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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Nest Material"”.
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The evolution of honeycomb
<p>The regular cells of honeycomb nests have fascinated scholars and mathematicians for millennia. In 36BC, the Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro first proposed the “honeycomb conjecture,” in which he postulated that bees build their comb using hexagons because it is the shape that requires the …
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Prevalence and impacts of ants colonizing active bird nests in Illinois
… birds, mammals and social insects, build nests which create unique and suitable microhabitats for a variety of other animals. These constructed environments can protect their residents from predation and from harmful abiotic conditions. In turn, the communities of arthropods that colonize …
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ANTI-MOSQUITO BEHAVIOR OF ADULT AND JUVENILE WHITE-FOOTED MICE (PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS) (TREEHOLE MOSQUITO, AEDES TRISERIATUS, EPIDEMIOLOGY)
… adult males in an enclosure with seeds and nest material that could be manipulated, simulating natural activity; (3) adult males from a lab colony of P. leucopus; and (4) wild-stock, lab-reared juveniles with or without "practice" (prior exposure to mosquitoes). I used an electronic event …
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Prenatal Environmental Stressors Impair Postnatal Microglia Function and Adult Behavior in Males
… exposure. This exposure is combined with nest material restriction during the last trimester of gestation to induce stress. I found that combined prenatal exposure to air pollution and maternal stress induced maternal immune activation in pregnant dams primarily via TNF-. I found that …
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The Effect of Duration of Feed Restriction, Prebreeder Protein Content, and Nesting Material on Growth and Reproductive Performance of Commercial Large White Turkey Breeder Hens
… restriction, prebreeder protein content, and nesting material on subsequent growth and reproductive performance. Day old poults were raised following standard commercial practices with feed and water for ad libitum consumption until 6 wk of age (WOA). At this time, hens were equally divided …