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Wetter years, high deer densities and greater use of permanent pastures favor the transmission of bluetongue in Doñana
Bluetongue (BT) is a viral disease (Orbivirus) transmitted mainly by blood-sucking insects of the genus Culicoides that affects domestic and wild ruminants. It was described for the first time in...
Understanding the processes leading to fossilization
Modern death assemblages provide insights about the early stages of fossilization and useful ecological information about the species inhabiting the ecosystem. The results of taphonomic monitoring...
Unprecedented high catecholamine production causing hair pigmentation after urinary excretion in red deer
Hormones have not been found in concentrations of orders of magnitude higher than nanograms per milliliter. This study reports urine concentrations of a catecholamine (norepinephrine) ranging from...