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Open AccessLiving on the edge: utilising lidar data to assess the importance of vegetation structure for avian diversity in fragmented woodlands and their edges
In agricultural landscapes, small woodland patches can be important wildlife refuges. Their value in maintaining biodiversity may, however, be compromised by isolation, and so knowledge about the role of habit...
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Open AccessThe BDNF Val66Met polymorphism regulates glucocorticoid-induced corticohippocampal remodeling and behavioral despair
The BDNF Val66Met polymorphism has been associated with sensitivity to stress and affective disorders. We therefore sought to model the inter-causality of these relationships under controlled laboratory condit...
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Open AccessThe impacts, characterisation and management of human–leopard conflict in a multi-use land system in South Africa
Human–carnivore conflict represents a global problem, negatively impacting carnivore populations and local livelihoods worldwide. Game farming in South Africa has increased introducing a new form of conflict d...
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Open AccessAnalyzing the influence of BDNF heterozygosity on spatial memory response to 17β-estradiol
The recent use of estrogen-based therapies as adjunctive treatments for the cognitive impairments of schizophrenia has produced promising results; however the mechanism behind estrogen-based cognitive enhancem...
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Open AccessBird species distributions across woodland canopy structure gradients
The tree canopy characteristics of two broadleaved woods in southern England were quantified in terms of two independent measures of structure, canopy height (calculated using heights ≥ 1 m) and percentage can...
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Primary and secondary metabolism