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Anti-Predator Behavior and Discriminative Abilities: Playback Experiments with Free-Ranging Equatorial Saki Monkeys (Pithecia aequatorialis) in the Peruvian Amazon
Candace Stenzel
Jan 01, 0001
Anti-predator behaviors of free-ranging groups of equatorial saki monkeys (Pithecia aequatorialis) were recorded in the Área de Conservación Regional Comunal Tamshiyacu Tahuayo in the Peruvian Amazon to determine whether...
Pithecia Playback experiments Predator recognition Animal Sciences Animal Studies Behavior and Ethology Biology Life Sciences Social and Behavioral Sciences Zoology
Published by: Winthrop University
Assessment of Behavior and Social Dynamics in a Newly-Forming Group of Captive Western Lowland Gorillas
Sarah Murphey Huskisson
Jan 01, 0001
This study presents behavioral data of a recently-formed western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) group at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia, South Carolina, from the initial stages of group formation through the...
Published by: Winthrop University
Interactions of a Captive Maturing Female Hamadryas Baboon
In the wild, hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas hamadryas) typically practice male philopatry, where females transfer out of natal units to avoid inbreeding (Swedell et al. 2011). However, little is known about hamadryas female...
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Effects of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle Injections on Tissue Function and Morphology in Goldfish (Carassius auratus)
Bryan Joel Patterson
Jan 01, 0001
Fish gills are sensitive to a variety of environmental factors because they regulate the exchange of oxygen and ions between the fish and the external environment. This study examined the effects of polyacrylic acid (PAA) coated...
Goldfish Nanoparticles titanium dioxide TiO2 Polyacrylic Acid PAA Interlamellar Cell Mass ILCM Gills Animal Sciences Aquaculture and Fisheries Biology Life Sciences Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health Physiology toxicology
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Geographic Variation in Low Frequency Narrow-Band Sounds Produced by Amazon River Dolphins (Inia geoffrensis) in Brazil and Peru
Grace Olson
Jan 01, 0001
Relatively few studies have investigated the sound production of Amazon River dolphins (Inia geoffrensis), and many questions remain regarding their social sounds. In this study, we document the presence of "low frequency...
Amazon River dolphins Inia geoffrensis acoustic communication geographic variation Low frequency sounds Animal Sciences Biology Zoology
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Development of a CRISPR System to Mutate Lpar4 in Chick Retinal Ganglion Cells
Garrett Driscoll
Jan 01, 0001
Growth cones direct axon pathfinding during neural development by detecting environmental stimuli, known as axon guidance molecules. In vitro studies have shown inhibitory axon guidance molecules to cause growth cones to change...
lysophosphatidic acid LPA LPA Receptors LPA4 chicken Growth Cones Animal Sciences Cell Biology developmental biology Poultry or Avian Science
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A Comparison of Coyote Diets in Urban and Rural Habitats in the Piedmont of South Carolina
Bethany Krug
Jan 01, 0001
With increasing rates of urban expansion, interactions between humans and wildlife become inevitable. These urban environments present novel situations to native species, frequently resulting in their displacement or...
coyote Canis latrans rural urban Diet Macroscopic Analysis Animal Sciences Biology Comparative Nutrition
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Habitat Stratification of <em>Pithecia</em> Species in the Área de Conservación Regional Comunal Tamshiyacu Tahuayo in the Northeastern Peruvian Amazon
Richard L. Jackson
Jan 01, 0001
Researchers previously reporting equatorial and monk sakis (Pithecia aequatorialis and P. monachus) occurring sympatrically north of the Amazon River in Peru raised the question of whether the two species were syntopic or...
Published by: Winthrop University