BREEDING RECORDS OF LEPTOTILA RUFAXILLA (AVES: COLUMBIDAE) IN SOUTHWESTERN BRAZILIAN AMAZON WITH NOTES ON NESTING IN SOME REGIONS OF OCCURRENCE

Breeding records of Leptotila rufaxilla (Aves: Columbidae) in southwestern Brazilian Amazon with notes on nesting in some regions of occurrence

We present new aspects of breeding biology of Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla, from five nests found between 2012 and 2014 in a lowland forest fragment in southwestern Brazil.The nests simple/platform shape were built at a mean height of 1.90 click here m above ground.The clutch size was two eggs white and elliptic, incubated for 15 days (bas

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Exploring Marine Planktonic Archaea: Then and Now

In 1977, Woese and Fox leveraged molecular phylogenetic analyses of ribosomal RNAs and identified a new microbial domain of life on Earth, the Archaebacteria (now known as Archaea).At the time of their discovery, only one archaebacterial group, the strictly anaerobic methanogens, was known.But soon, other phenotypically unrelated microbial isolates

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Malaria risk in Corsica, former hot spot of malaria in France

Abstract Background The prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria was very high in Corsica just before the Second World War.The last outbreak was in 1972 and the most recent indigenous case was in 2006.Results Analysis of historical data shows that anopheline vectors were abundant.Recent surveys demonstrated that potential ve

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The Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta, Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) is a true seasonal migrant: an evolutionary puzzle resolved?

Ornithologists in Finland recorded the autumn migration of the Red Admiral butterfly, Vanessa atalanta (L.).In the best year, 1998, 1240 migrants were counted from a bird tower in September.That is, half a million butterflies migrated over a 100-km gotrax handlebar front.The butterflies were flying above forests riding on cool northerly winds.Radar

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