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High-Resolution 3D Printing Fabrication of a Microfluidic Platform for Blood Plasma Separation
(MDPI, 2022)
Additive manufacturing technology is an emerging method for rapid prototyping, which enables the creation of complex geometries by one-step fabrication processes through a layer-by-layer approach. The simplified fabrication ...
Molecular assays to reliably detect and quantify predation on a forest pest in bats faeces
(Nature Research, 2022)
[EN] Targeted molecular methods such as conventional PCR (cPCR) and quantitative PCR (qPCR), combined with species-specific primers and probes, are widely applied for pest species detection. Besides, the potential of qPCR ...
At the beginnings of the funerary Megalithism in Iberia at Campo de Hockey necropolis
(Nature, 2022)
[EN] The excavations undertaken at the Campo de Hockey site in 2008 led to the identification of a major Neolithic necropolis in the former Island of San Fernando (Bay of Cadiz). This work presents the results of the latest ...
Bats Actively Track and Prey on Grape Pest Populations
(Elsevier, 2021-07)
There is growing evidence about the role of insectivorous bats against agricultural pests in various crops. Nevertheless, little research addressed the aggregational and functional responses of bat assemblages to changes ...
Gaining ecological insight on dietary allocation among horseshoe bats through molecular primer combination
(Public Library of Science, 2019-07-24)
Knowledge on the trophic interactions among predators and their prey is important in order to understand ecology and behaviour of animals. Traditionally studies on the diet composition of insectivorous bats have been based ...
Bats from different foraging guilds prey upon the pine processionary moth
(PeerJ, 2019-03-08)
Outbreaks of the processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Denis & Schiffer-mailer, 1775), a forest pest from the Palearctic, are thought to induce a behavioral response of bats, but up to now the moth has been seldom ...
Ancient DNA and deep population structure in sub-Saharan African foragers
(Nature, 2022)
[EN] Multiple lines of genetic and archaeological evidence suggest that there were major demographic changes in the terminal Late Pleistocene epoch and early Holocene epoch of sub-Saharan Africa(1-4). Inferences about this ...
Pest consumption in a vineyard system by the lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros)
(Public Library of Science, 2019-07-18)
Herbivorous arthropods cause immense damage in crop production annually. Consumption of these pests by insectivorous animals is of significant importance to counteract their adverse effects. Insectivorous bats are considered ...
Timing and magnitude of net methylmercury effects on waterbird reproductive output are dependent on food availability.
(Elsevier, 2023-02)
Mercury (Hg) is a globally distributed pollutant. Its sub-lethal effects on reproduction of birds have been used as indicators of contamination and of potential demographic effects. However, studies typically used single ...
Differential tissue development compromising the growth rate and physiological performances of mussel
(Elsevier, 2022-09)
Differences in the food acquisition rates and in the energetic costs of metabolism seem to affect the growth rate variability of mussels. The aim of this study was to analyze if the physiological performances responsible ...