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Showing 1 to 20 of 264 for “"Ornithology"”.
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Doctoral thesis recital (double bass)
… Rowles -- Light as a feather / Stanley Clarke -- Ornithology / Charles Parker -- Skylark / H. Carmichael, J. Mercer -- Blackbird / Paul McCartney -- Birdland / Joe Zawinul.
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Seasonal timing in different environments: comparative studies in Stonechats
… of life at the Max-Planck Research Centre for Ornithology in Andechs, Germany. They differed in temporal patterns of their seasonal behavior and in their reaction norms to important Zeitgebers (e.g., photoperiod). These differences were taylored to their native habitats, and there is evidence …
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A natural adaptation : Elsie (McAlister) Cassels, Scottish immigrant and naturalist on the Albertan prairie, 1889-1938
… will highlight her contributions to Canadian ornithology, and situate her within the context of British imperialism on the Albertan prairie.
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Increasing accessibility and enhancing value of two university small vertebrate collections through digitization and online database publication
… collection (2,525 records) and, separately, the ornithology collection (403 records). Upon publication these records are the only mammal and bird datasets from the state of Tennessee uploaded to the Consortium of Vertebrate Collections on Symbiota. Online accessibility of these collections …
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Eulogy.
… artist's relationship with the natural world, ornithology, philosophy, psychology, poetry, and related personal influences.</p><p>The artist's thesis work consists of paintings, drawings, and photographs. The artist references her own investigation of poetry, philosophy, psychology, and …
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Assessing sea turtle, seabird and shark bycatch in artisanal, semi-industrial and industrial of fisheries in the Cabo Verde Archipelago
… Ryan of the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, for agreeing to supervise this project and for his guidance, insights and comments on the write-up. I am grateful to Sarah Saldanha, for all the support during this MSc. Many thanks also to Dr Ross Wanless, Dr …
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Reliability of avifauna information in a computerized fish and wildlife information system
… Game, Accidental) or the Virginia Society of Ornithology (e.g., Abundant, Permanent Resident, Transient Breeder).
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Print and British imperialism : the society for the diffusion of useful knowledge, 1826-46
… and optics, to lighter subjects such as ornithology and natural history, before their dissolution in 1846. To date, there has been some research into the operations of the SDUK, but it remains a largely superficial glimpse into an otherwise complex and expansive Society. Moreover, current …
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PLUMAGE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LONG-EARED OWL (Asio otus) IN THE VISIBLE AND ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA OF LIGHT
… study of plumage is a foundational aspect of ornithology, and the features of even a single feather can provide valuable information on an individual’s health, sex, or age. Recent discoveries on the abilities of birds to see in the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum has led to study of the UV-reactive …
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The doocots of Moray: a holistic approach to their evolutionary development.
… only to architecture, but also to history and ornithology) is taken at every step. Secondly, an extensive catalogue raisonne (a detailed building inventory covering a defined geographical area) is utilised as test-bed material for widely recognised theories. Aside from producing transferable …
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Seeing the World through Marcus zum Lamm’s Thesaurus Picturarum, c. 1564–1606
… an outstanding variety of subjects: ranging from ornithology, Reformation theology, prodigies and monstrosities, meteorology and astrology, through to costumes, art, ethnography, politics, and contemporary chronicles. As the first work to conduct a comprehensive review of Lamm’s collection, my …
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The intertidal and shallow subtidal food web of sub-antarctic Marion Island
… studies have been undertaken in the fields of ornithology, plant ecology, mammalogy and limnology. Marine biological research has been relatively neglected and at the outset of the present project the only work available on the Marion Island littoral fauna, apart from various taxonomic reports, …
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How Habitat and Observer Access Bias affects eBird Data Coverage in Nevada
… is a global project, run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and is more than just an online platform for tracking bird observations: The data are also made available to researchers who use them to perform broad scale studies that would otherwise be practically impossible to conduct without such …
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Landscape + Sky: land use analysis at the scale of flight
… representations to interpret information from ornithology, aviation, and ecology for making landscape planning decisions on the ground. It explores a 3-dimensional land use analysis by combining vertical and ground based information. Conclusions will show that land conservation and planning …
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‘The Paradise of the Southern Hemisphere’: The Perception of New Zealand and the Maori in Written Accounts of German-speaking Explorers and Travellers 1839-1889
… curiosities, from botany and geology to ornithology and ethnology, at the same time as a paradise for immigrant workers. The investigation begins with an evaluation of the eighteenth-century account of Georg Forster, who accompanied Captain Cook on his second voyage to the South Pacific. …
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Investigating automated bird detection from webcams using machine learning
… collected for this study from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology live stream feeds situated in six unique locations in United States, Ecuador, New Zealand, and Panama. To achieve the main objective of the study, two convolutional neural network object detection meta-architectures, single-shot detector …
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The causes of avian extinction and rarity
Biological extinction rates have escalated by as much as 1000 times the background extinction rate over the last 1500 years, causing concern over the long-term survival of many species. Avian extinctions since 1600 have been well documented relative to other taxa, as have current levels of avian …
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