Ultrasound imaging of the anterior section of the eye of five different snake speciesSnakeUltrasoundSpectacleVeterinary ScienceBackground Nineteen clinically normal snakes: six ball pythons (Python regius), six Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus), one Children???s python (Antaresia childreni), four ...
For example, tropical rain forests have higher species diversity than temperate forests. In the same way, marshes all have high productivity and deserts all have low productivity. Primary productivity is the amount of energy captured by primary producers during photosynthesis on a square meter of ...
Plants from the Zingiberaceae family, particularly Curcuma species, are highly valued for their medical and economic value. Curcuma longa, sometimes known as "Indian Saffron," is one of more than 90 species recognized worldwide. Curcuma Rhizome is a popular anti-tumor herb in traditional Chinese ...
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When the forest is cleared, the marvelous variety of plants and animals it contained is lost. Some can survive in small forest patches, but many cannot because light and moisture conditions are changed, critical mutualists are absent, or too few individuals of a given species are present to br...
Human actions have played a huge role in species extinction in more recent history, but they’re not the only culprit. Of the 99 percent of species that have gone extinct on the planet, most of these extinct animals were victims of cataclysmic events or evolutionary problems. Typically, specie...
of domesticated species to respond to alarm signals from wild individuals. Using sound playback experiments, we assessed the behavioral responses of free-range domestic chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Hainan to alarm calls (test playback) and songs (control playback) of wild Japanese tits ...
In polygynous species, such as red deer (Cervus elaphus), the fitness costs may be severe because a small male is less able to compete with larger males for mates and, as a consequence, has a much lower chance of fathering offspring. Nevertheless, survival means that the small male does ...
Undeniably, plants’ biological activities have been widely recognized to be related to their phytochemical constituents. Similarly, a broad range of compounds have been identified in Verbascum species. They can be grouped into eight major classes, namely saponins, iridoids, phenylethanoid glycosides, ...
Costa Rica harbors a rich snake herpetofauna comprising 141 species, of which 23 belong to the families Elapidae (6 species, genera Hydrophis and Micrurus) and Viperidae (17 species, genera Agkistrodon, Atropoides, Bothriechis, Bothrops, Cerrophidion, Crotalus, Lachesis, and Porthidium) (Solórzan...