Essays about: "bats"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 43 essays containing the word bats.
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11. Analyzing the use of Humidity Cue in Navigation of Drosophila melanogaster
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Biomedicinsk teknikAbstract : Humidity is one of the main abiotic factor of ecosystems and affects animals behaviour, fitness and distribution. Due to their small size and inability to thermoregulate using metabolism, insects, such as the fruit fly Drosophila Melanogaster, are especially reliant on humidity. READ MORE
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12. Bats in Urban Sweden : A multiple regression analysis of bats’ relationship to urbanization
University essay from Södertörns högskola/MiljövetenskapAbstract : Human development continues to use up more physical space in the natural world, threatening the natural habitats of many organisms. To combat the loss of biodiversity science needs to explore what landscape features are important for different organisms so that we can incorporate these into the modern environment. READ MORE
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13. Tawny owl ( Strix aluco ) and its variation in diet between years
University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i biologiAbstract : The tawny owl resides in temperate forests in Europe and mainly hunts rodents but can also hunt other animals like birds,invertebrates and bats. In this study I examined how the diet of tawny owls varies during the span of 2018-2020, I also compared the diet found from nest boxes with footage obtained from cameras inside the nestboxes. READ MORE
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14. Bats as hosts of zoonotic pathogens : potential conflicts between nature conservation and public health
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental StudiesAbstract : Bats belong to the order Chiroptera, one of the most species rich mammalian groups of Sweden, but it is also the most threatened one. Nineteen different bat species have been found in Sweden, of which 12 are red-listed. Globally rodents and bats are the animal groups known to host most zoonotic pathogens. READ MORE
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15. Who Is to Blame? : An Ecolinguistic Analysis of the Portrayal of Human and Non-Human Animals in the Initial Phase of the Corona Crisis
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för språk, kultur och interaktionAbstract : The corona virus has spread steadily and led to consequences on a larger scale than anyone could have imagined, and it is not at all surprising that we want to find someone to hold responsible. Who is to blame for this terrible situation that we have to live through? By taking an ecolinguistic approach, primarily inspired by Arran Stibbe (2021), this study explores how human and non-human animals are being blamed for the corona crisis in a corpus based on 15 news articles. READ MORE