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NEWS ROUND-UP 26 February 2020 The latest science news, in brief. Masked palm civets sold in markets in China were linked to the SARS outbreak in 2002.Credit: Matthew Maran/NPL China bans eating of wild animals China’s top law-making body has banned the eating of wild-animal meat in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, which has […] More
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Data collection An online owner-filled questionnaire was designed to collect information on canine behaviour in a pet dog population17. The questionnaire was divided into seven main sections based on different behavioural traits, including fear of dogs, strangers, and novel situations (labelled as ‘fear’); aggression toward human family members and strangers (labelled as ‘aggression’); fear of […] More
NATURE PODCAST 26 February 2020 Hear the latest science updates, brought to you by Benjamin Thompson and Nick Howe. This week, the brain pathways of egg laying in fruit flies, and preventing fractures in metallic glass. Download MP3 In this episode: 00:46 Working out the wiring behind fruit fly behaviour Researchers have identified a neural […] More
The depth measurements collected were used to develop a bathymetric map (Fig. S1) that shows a maximum depth of 12 m in the southeastern branch of the lake. Satellite imagery (Google Earth Engine) was used to determine that the area of the lake was 3.6 Ha. Combining the area of the lake and the bathymetric map, we constructed a […] More
1. Berger, L. et al. Chytridiomycosis causes amphibian mortality associated with population declines in the rain forests of Australia and Central America. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 95, 9031–9036 (1998). First study detailing the discovery of amphibian chytridiomycosis and linking chytrid fungi to amphibian declines. 2. Longcore, J. E., Pessier, A. P. & Nichols, D. […] More
Temperature and productivity trends The analysis of the whole dataset, employing traditional statistics on the monthly series, is shown in Figs. 2, 3 and Tables S1 and 2. Along with raw data (Fig. 2A), we also show the long-term series of annually averaged data (Fig. 2B). This record showed large interannual variability of all variables, revealing patterns more complex […] More
