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Beneath the canopy, beneath the ground: how surface microhabitats shape cave communities
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A highly diverse Pennsylvanian tetrapod ichnoassemblage from the Semily Formation (Krkonoše Piedmont Basin, Czechia)
Gabriela Calábková, Jakub Březina, Roland Nádaskay
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The effects of the heavy metals cadmium and lead on six metabolic and immune-related enzymes in the loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
Qin Wang, Jiejie Su, Zhiruo Fu, Yujia Hu, Junlong Wei, Tao Pan, Shengzhou Zhang
Feeding ecology of scolopendromorphs: integrating a global literature review with Japanese citizen-sourced data
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A brief introduction to mixed effects modelling and multi-model inference in ecology
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Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna
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Continent-wide survey reveals massive decline in African savannah elephants
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A brief introduction to mixed effects modelling and multi-model inference in ecology
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