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Avian ecosystem functions are influenced by small mammal ecosystem engineering
(2013)
Background: Birds are important mobile link species that contribute to landscape-scale patterns by means of pollination, seed dispersal, and predation. Birds are often associated with habitats modified by small mammal ...
Social reinstatement responses of meat-type chickens to familiar and unfamiliar conspecifics after exposure to an acute stressor
(Elsevier Science, 2008-04)
Runway tests are considered indicative of underlying sociality in birds and their ability to make social discriminations. We evaluated whether experience of a prior stressor alters the subsequent affiliation responses of ...
[Aerial view of a hotel in Barbados]
(1964, 2010-02-22)
Photo of a hotel in Barbados. There is a view of the airport runway in the background. The postcard bears a handwritten correspondence describing the writer's stay at the hotel and also includes a 12 cents Trinidad and ...
Hydrological considerations for sizing of a barge discharge pipeline runway
(Cartagena de Indias, 2021-11-01)
A key element for water supply systems is the design of the water intake components. Mobile floating platforms (barges) are helpful when the hydraulic system displays substantial variations in water levels. This study ...
Glacier wastage on southern Adelaide Island, Antarctica, and its impact on snow runway operations
(INT GLACIOLOGICAL SOC, 2005)
The variations and dynamics of the southern edge of Fuchs Ice Piedmont, Adelaide island (67 degrees 45'09'S, 68 degrees 55'04'W), Antarctic Peninsula, are presented. The snow-covered surface of the glacier has been used ...
Effect of the density of conspecifics on runway social reinstatement behavior of male Japanese quail genetically selected for contrasting adrenocortical responsiveness to stress
(Oxford University Press, 2009-12-01)
Runway tests are considered indicative of underlying sociality in birds and their ability to make social discriminations and establish interactions among conspecifics. Herein, social reinstatement behavior in male juvenile ...
Projeto de implantação de uma segunda pista de pouso e decolagem na Base Aérea de Canoas
(Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 2013)
This Project Plan focuses on the implementation of a second landing and takeoff runway at Canoas Air Base (BACO). The project is of strategic importance to Rio Grande do Sul, in particular for the metropolitan region of ...