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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Pteropus"”.
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Food odour preference behaviour in three Australian Pteropus species (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)
… of three Australian Megachiropteran species, Pteropus poliocephalus, P. scapulatus and P. alecto, for a variety of plant-derived odours. Methodologies were devised for investigating odour preference behaviour, involving equipment design, development of new applications for existing statistical …
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Food odour preference behaviour in three Australian Pteropus species (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)
… of three Australian Megachiropteran species, Pteropus poliocephalus, P. scapulatus and P. alecto, for a variety of plant-derived odours. Methodologies were devised for investigating odour preference behaviour, involving equipment design, development of new applications for existing statistical …
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Human and nature at conflict: a case study of Mauritius flying fox, Pteropus niger
The flying fox, Pteropus niger, an endemic old world bat species on the volcanic island of Mauritius, has been subjected to several culling initiatives since 2015. Government of the Republic of Mauritius, reacting to pressures from fruit producers opted for culling while conservationists argue that …
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Discovery of Unique Antiviral Pathways in a Bat Viral Reservoir, the Black Flying Fox
… expressed in cells from the black flying fox (Pteropus alecto). I found that RNASEL is uniquely induced in cells from the black flying fox, and that its activation is important for preventing viral infection. To determine if any bat interferon stimulated genes had evolved especially potent …
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Nipah: The history, and future, of one of the world’s most lethal viruses
… that the virus was spreading person to person. Pteropus fruit bats, which are native to South Asia, were identified as the natural reservoirs of the Nipah virus. Researchers have spent the last two decades studying the virus’ transmission in bats and how the virus spills over into humans. …
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Assessment of animal diversity in Pulau Tinggi, Mersing, Johor for conservation and indicator for potential wildlife tourism
… tourism products; for bat-based tourism is Pteropus hypomelanus; in camera trap, targeted species for wildlife tourism is Caloenas nicobarica and for entomotourism, lepidoptera order was selected to be developed as a tourism product. The result demonstrated that Trail 3 has a high potential …
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On the phylogeny and diversity of the microsoroid ferns (Polypodiaceae)
… the placement of the Java Fern (Leptochilus pteropus), the common plant used in aquaria, in the monophyletic Leptochilus, with L. macrophyllus as the most basal branch. The second study shows that five tribes should be recognized within Microsoroideae, containing ca. 11 genera/groups with …
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Identification of Receptor Transporting Proteins As Conserved Antiviral Effectors in Vertebrates
… conflicts. We identified RTP4 from the bat Pteropus alecto as a potent inhibitor of flavivirus infection. Mechanistic studies determined that RTP4 is an RNA-binding protein that associates with flavivirus replication machinery, binds replicating viral RNA, and suppresses viral genome …
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The spread of Nipah and chikungunya viruses: implications for control
… virus is a Paramyxovirus that circulates in Pteropus bats across South and Southeast Asia. Most outbreaks in humans are rare and localized, but infection is often lethal and human-to-human transmission has been observed. Chikungunya virus is an Alphavirus transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes that …