Browsing by Subject "avian"
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Surface mining often changes the native landscape and vegetation of an area. Reclamation is used to counter this change, with the goal of restoring the land to its original pre-mined state. The process of reclamation creates ...
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Migration is a behavioral syndrome that integrates morphological, behavioral and physiological traits. This syndrome exhibits considerable variation within and between species. This variation in migratory behavior has been ...
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(2018-10-15)Maps of actual or potential species distributions are crucial for many aspects of natural resource management, land use development, and conservation planning. Species distribution models (SDMs) attempt to predict or ...
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(2009-05-15)Avian circadian clocks are composed of a distributed network of neural and peripheral oscillators. Three neural pacemakers, located in the pineal, the eyes, and the hypothalamus, control circadian rhythms of many biological ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)The avian circadian system is composed of multiple inputs, oscillators and outputs. Among its oscillators is a hypothalamic structure presumed to be homologous to the primary circadian pacemaker in mammals, the suprachiasmatic ...