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Wings of tropical finches: interspecific differences in shape are consistent with levels of mobility, but moult and feather fault patterns are more complex

Donald C. Franklin, Auteur ; Sarah Legge, Auteur ; Anja Skroblin, Auteur ; Joanne Heathcote, Auteur ; Kimberly Maute, Auteur ; Douglas J. Schaefer, Auteur ; Stephen T. Garnett, Auteur

Dans Emu - Austral Ornithologie (117(4) octobre 2, 2017)

Birds? wings reflect their life histories, suggesting evolutionary selection for wing shapes and moult strategies. Compared to sedentary species, long-distance migrants have narrower wings (for fast, efficient flight); they have fewer feather fa[...]

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Current insecticide treatments used in locust control have less of a short-term impact on Australian arid-zone reptile communities than does temporal variation

Kimberly Maute, Auteur ; Kristine French, Auteur ; C. Michael Bull, Auteur ; Paul Story, Auteur ; Grant Hose, Auteur

Dans Wildlife Research (42(1) 2015)

Context. Despite the regular use of pesticides to control locusts, there is a lack of information on the effects of locust-control treatments on reptiles worldwide. Exposure to pesticides poses a significant potential hazard to small reptiles, b[...]

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