Avian Biology ResearchRefsnider, J.M. (2016). Nest-site choice and nest construction in non-avian reptiles: evolu- tionary significance and ecological implications. -- Avian Biol. Res. 9: 76-88.Refsnider, J.M. (2016) Nest-site choice and nest construction in non-avian reptiles: ...
pools of microchromosomes, chromosome paints18 produced signals cross-species and, for the microchromosomes, selected BAC probes5 provided strong BAC signals (note, macrochromosomal BACs, despite working well on other avian species, did not produce many successful hybridisations on non-avian reptiles)...
What do monotremes have in common with birds and reptiles? How do placental mammals move? Are aye-ayes placental mammals? How do placental mammals eat? What is a non-avian theropod? Are there any native placental mammals in Australia?
There’s the beautiful recent find of a pregnant plesiosaur (Polycotylus), which showed us that these marine reptiles shared K-selected viviparous (giving live birth) reproductive life history characteristics with cetaceans (whales) and ichthyosaurs rather than their oviparous (egg laying) reptilian ...
multiple types of sleep have recently been found in animals ranging from non-avian reptiles to arthropods to cephalopods. Although there are similarities between these states and those found in mammals and birds, notable differences also exist. The diversity in the way sleep is expressed confounds ...
(Gogartenet al.2020; Pafčoet al.2018). Metabarcoding is also possible using MinION sequencing, but few studies have taken advantage of this (Krehenwinkelet al.,2019b). This is largely due to the fact that the individual reads have error rates between 5% and 15%, meaning the more ...
(Fitch2000; Titze1994). The source of vocal sound production is the larynx in mammals, amphibians, and reptiles, and the syrinx in birds. Specifically, vocal sound is generated by tissue vibrations stimulated by the passage of air through the vocal folds, in the source. The lowest frequency ...
Avian Birds are important indicators of ecosystem well-being and overall condition. Even subtle effects can be apparent due to their frequent presence in RFR areas. Their hollow feathers have dielectric and piezoelectric properties, meaning they are conductive and capable of acting as a waveguide ...
Despite the potential for ecological factors to influence various aspects of sleep, the ecological context of sleep in non-avian reptiles remains understudied and without systematic direction. In this review, we examine multiple aspects of reptilian sleep, including (i) habitat selection (sleep sites ...
Limitations to the use of tissue-specific gene expression characters in the phylogenetic analyses of non-avian reptiles. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 27, 213--222.Matson, R. H. (1999). Limitations to the use of tissue-specific gene expression characters in the phylogenetic analyses of non-avian ...