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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"migration route"”.
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Butterfly / urbanism
… and socio-economic design. Monarch butterfly migration is a dynamic flow that can elicit economic opportunities in the territories where they stopover. By strategically planting milkweeds and nectar plants, this project both controls the Monarch butterfly migration route by manipulating …
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Mitochondrial genetic variation in the evolution of humans and metabolism of cancer
… ideal genetic tool to trace human evolution and migrations, and a candidate for somatic mutation studies in cancer. These aspects of mitochondrial genetics form the two main foci of this thesis. Southern Africa is known to encompass the world’s greatest genomic diversity, and genetic, …
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Studies of the Annual Cycle of the Swallow-Tailed Kite (<em>Elanoides forficatus</em>): Migration, Habitat Use, and Parasites
… Peninsula are situated along the migratory route after a long over-water crossing, they may be potentially important stopover sites. To examine this prediction, 29 satellite-tracked kites from the U.S. were monitored to quantify migration rates and movements. Swallow-tailed Kites do not show …
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Grey nomads: Retirement, leisure and travel in the Australian context
… of Australia. Many form part of a seasonal migration route travelling north at the beginning of winter and returning south with the onset of spring. Others do not return home, however. They are the fulltimers who tour for years at a time. The themes and issues which emerged from this …
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Patterns of Nutrient Acquisition in Canvasbacks During Spring Migration
… largest follicle diameter increased as spring migration phenology advanced. In late migration, ovary and oviduct masses of paired females were greater than in umpired females. Testes masses of paired and unpaired males did not differ.</p> <p>Among sites, patterns of change in body reserves did …
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Biology & ecology of a killer whale (Orcinus orca) community that interacts with pelagic trawlers in the Northeast Atlantic
… to occur annually, along the mackerel spawning migration route from the North Sea into the Northeast (NE) Atlantic, with killer whale sightings ceasing northwest of Ireland. Information on killer whale group size, composition and behaviour are provided along with an insight into the range of …
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Distribution, population status and conservation of the samango monkey (Cercopithecus albogularis schwarzi) in the Limpopo Province, South Africa
… of the mountain, the most likely historical migration route into the Soutpansberg. Our analyses showed that the Soutpansberg population is divided across the mountain and that genetic diversity within the Soutpansberg decreases with increasing distance to the escarpment population and from …