Natal habitat preference induction in large mammals-Like mother, like child?

Can settlement in natal-like habitat explain maladaptive habitat selection?

The study of habitat selection has long been influenced by the ideal free model, which maintains that young adults settle in habitat according to its inherent quality and the density of conspecifics within it. The model has gained support in recent years from the finding that conspecifics produce cues inadvertently that help prebreeders locate good habitat. Yet abundant evidence shows that anim...

Relationship between sweetness preference and dental caries in mother child pairs

Relationship between sweetness preference and dental caries in mother child pairs Dr. A. Pakdel* - Eng. N. Valaei** - Dr. N. Mirzabeygi*** *- Assistant Professor of Pedodontics Dept. - Faculty of Dentistry – Tehran Islamic Azad University. **- The member of Islamic Azad University. ***- Dentist. Background and Aim: Considering the existing concern on increasing caries and the importance of swee...

Natal Dispersal in Birds & Mammals

Habitat tracking, stasis and survival in Neogene large mammals.

Species response to environmental change may vary from adaptation to the new conditions, to dispersal towards territories with better ecological settings (known as habitat tracking), and to extinction. A phylogenetically explicit analysis of habitat tracking in Caenozoic large mammals shows that species moving over longer distances during their existence survived longer. By partitioning the fos...

Habitat compensation in nature-like fishways

STINA GUSTAFSSON H aitat om pesation in nare-like fshw ys The construction of nature-like fishways has become an increasingly common measure to restore longitudinal connectivity in streams, but these fishways also have the potential to compensate for habitat degradation and loss associated with hydropower. The habitat potential of fishways has largely been overlooked, and therefore the aim of t...