Browsing by Subject "Biodiversity"
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(2022-11-29)Turtle blood flukes (Digenea: Schistosomatoidea: “Spirorchiidae”; TBFs) are important disease agents in turtles yet are underreported in many turtle species and localities. In Texas, previous researchers documented TBF ...
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(2018-12-05)Studies on larvae and juvenile fishes during the first few months of life are limited for many pelagic species despite the fact that biological data on these stages are needed to better assess and monitor recruitment ...
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(2019-04-04)Community ecologist have studied biodiversity worldwide principally focusing on species richness. However, little is known about how species composition varies in space, time and even less about the species role in the ...
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(2023-04-24)Wildlife diversity is essential and valuable for the environment, society, and the economy. Grasslands have long been a biodiversity hotspot before anthropogenic impacts. In Texas, grasslands comprised much of the landscape ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Specimens of 6 species of threatened, vulnerable, and endangered turtles (Cuora amboinensis, Cyclemys dentata, Heosemys grandis, Orlitia borneensis, Pyxidea mouhotii, and Siebenrockiella crassicollis) belonging to family ...
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Global Trends and Threats in the Order Scandentia Using: An Assessment Using IUCN Red List Criteria (2015-09-24)The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is the world’s largest conservation organization. Known for their Red List of Threatened Species, the IUCN works with species specialists around the world to classify ...
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(2016-05-26)Plant species diversity is a critical element for the stability and functionality of all types of ecosystems. The drivers of plant species diversity remain up for debate with varying views of how a high level is achieved ...
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(2017-06-27)The biogeographical history of the Afro-tropical Guineo-Congolian lowland forests during the Plio-Pleistocene is characterized by pervasive fragmentation-coalescence cycling due to global climatic oscillations. Vicariance ...
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(2017-01-23)Agroforestry, a farming system where crops and trees co-exist, continues to rewrite rural landscapes as governmental and nongovernmental policies have globally endorsed it as a panacea to protect biodiversity while maintaining ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)The distribution of benthic polychaetes in the Mississippi Canyon was examined to evaluate impacts of environmental variables on species assemblages. Environmental variables considered included depth, bathymetric slope, ...
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(2017-05-01)Phylogeography aims to understand the formation of species across space and time. Freshwater fishes are studied because they strongly reflect historical and ecological changes in a region. The objective of this dissertation ...