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Abundance and use pattern of wildcats of ancient human-modified cattle pastures in northern Iberian Peninsula
The wildcat is typically found in low densities. Here, we estimated wildcat abundance in cattle pastures interspersed between forests in northern...
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Analysis of the Geological Heritage and Geodiversity Index of Two Mountainous Areas in Spain: Béjar and El Barco Massifs
This article identifies, describes, and characterizes, based on the analysis of 20 geosites, the geological heritage of the Béjar and El Barco...
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Red-Legged Partridge Monitoring and Population Trends
Thanks to the Pan-European Common Birds Monitoring Scheme and Breeding Bird Survey, the temporal changes in abundance of the Red-legged Partridge are...
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Home range requirements in Bonelli’s eagle (Aquila fasciata): prey abundance or trophic stability?
Prey abundance is one of the limiting factors for establishment a home range. In particular, biomass abundance could act as a key element for...
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Shedding light on long-term trends in Mediterranean carnivore populations: five species, one scenario, different responses
Long-term studies of community composition and relative abundance are key tools in wildlife management and biodiversity conservation. However, few...
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The value of transhumance for biodiversity conservation: Vulture foraging in relation to livestock movements
In recent decades, intensive techniques of livestock raising have flourished, which has largely replaced traditional farming practices such as...
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Influence of mineralogical and geochemical multi-parameters on the geotechnical properties of gneiss-derived lateritic gravels from an equatorial zone, center Cameroon
Lateritic gravels are extensively used in road construction and other civil engineering structures. Depending on various parameters, genetic...
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Citizen science and diet analysis shed light on dog-wildlife interactions in Italy
Domestic dogs Canis familiaris may cause a range of impacts on wildlife through predation, competition, pathogen transmission, harassment and...
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Factors sha** distribution and abundance of raptors wintering in two large Mediterranean islands
A growing number of ecological studies suggest that animal distributions are not only influenced by classical ecological features such as habitat...
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Longitudinal effects of habitat quality, body condition, and parasites on colour patches of a multiornamented lizard
AbstractOntogeny is expected to be a determinant factor affecting production of colour patches in lizards, while immune challenges or sudden weight...
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Environmental factors affecting the wintering raptor community in Armenia, Southern Caucasus
The species–habitat relationships can change during the year because of the seasonality of resources. Therefore, the investigation of habitat use by...
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Geo-Heritage and Geo-Tourism Potential of the Saoura Valley: A Field Geology Museum in the Ougarta Range (SW Algeria)
The geo-heritage of the Saoura Valley in Southwest Algeria is particularly rich and of undeniable scientific value for studying the Palaeozoic,...
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First evidence of the Upper Jurassic deposits in the Middle Atlas (Marmoucha syncline, Morocco) and connections to the Tethyan Domain
The Marmoucha syncline is located in the eastern part of the Middle Atlas. In this syncline, the “Gypsum marls” (Bathonian-?Callovian) are covered by...
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Spatial ecology of the stone marten in an Alpine area: combining camera-trap** and genetic surveys
A species’ potential distribution can be modelled adequately only if no factor other than habitat availability affects its occurrences. Space use by...
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Large-scale and small-scale population genetic structure of the medically important gastropod species Bulinus truncatus (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia)
BackgroundGastropod snails remain strongly understudied, despite their important role in transmitting parasitic diseases. Knowledge of their...
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Petrological and chemical evidence for polybaric differentiation across the preserved middle crustal plutonic column of the Famatinian arc, Argentina
This study investigates the formation of the middle layer of the Earth's crust in the Early Ordovician Famatinian arc. We focus on the Valle...
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European Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
This comprehensive species-specific chapter covers all aspects of the mammalian biology, including paleontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction...
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European Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
This comprehensive species-specific chapter covers all aspects of the mammalian biology, including paleontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction...
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Sedimentology and structure of a Holocene slump deposit on the continental slope off Baja California, Mexico
A marine sediment core located off the southernmost part of the Baja California Peninsula, NE Pacific, is analyzed to investigate a submarine mass...
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Variscan magmatism of the Tighza Mining District (Moroccan Central Massif): map**, petro-structural analysis, and geochemical characterization of the depositional mode
The Paleozoic magmatism of the Tighza Mining District (Central Morocco Massif) is of the polyphaser, emplaced during the Upper Carboniferous to the...
