- Kiwi (bird) - Wikipedia
Kiwi [a] are flightless birds endemic to New Zealand of the order Apterygiformes The five extant species fall into the family Apterygidae [b] and genus Apteryx [c] [5] [6] Approximately the size of a domestic chicken, kiwi are the smallest ratites (which also include ostriches, emus, rheas, cassowaries and the extinct elephant birds and moa)
- Elevational patterns of species richness and endemism for . . .
We describe the elevational patterns of species richness and endemism of some important taxa in the Hengduan Mountains, southwest China Species richness data came from publications, an online database, herbaria and field work Species richness was estimated by rarefaction and interpolation The Hengduan Mountains region was divided into a southern and northern subregion, and all species were
- In silico assessment of primers for eDNA studies using . . .
Overall, we identified DNA sequences from 15 species of fish, 17 species of mammals, 8 species of birds, 15 species of arthropods, one turtle and one salamander
- Mammals’ Time on Earth Is Half Over, Scientists Predict
A new model suggests that in 250 million years, all land will collide into a supercontinent that boosts warming and pushes mammals to extinction By Carl Zimmer It’s been about 250 million years
- Archetype, adaptation and the mammalian heart - PMC
Scaling of the PR interval occurs in mammals of different species but also in differently sized mammals of one and the same species , small versus large (dogs, chimpanzees, horses) and in humans (babies, children, adults) [39–41] Whether or not scaling is a product of natural selection is a debatable issue with no simple answer
- Small mammals reduce activity during high moon illumination . . .
Predation is a key biological process that influences interactions among individuals, shapes species’ distributions and alters the structure of ecological communities 1,2 For example, the
- Past and estimated future impact of invasive alien mammals on . . .
Invasive mammals on islands pose severe, ongoing threats to global biodiversity However, the severity of threats from different mammals, and the role of interacting biotic and abiotic factors in
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