Several physiological and behavioral processes rely on precisely timed light information derived from the natural solar cycle. Using this information, traits have adapted to allow individuals within specific niches to optimize survival and reproduction, but urbanization by humans has significantly altered natural habitats. Nighttime light exposure alters immune function in several species, whic...

RESUME Wide swath imagery of the ENVISAT Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) may be used to study and map biophysical parameters of the Siberian forest. Within this study multi incidence-angle capacities of the ASAR Wide Swath (WS) mode for deriving forest types and biomass parameters are assessed. For this purpose a processing chain was set up to manage orthorectify, calibrate and analyse...

the siberian sturgeon (acipenser baerii) is an economically important species. sturgeon stockassessment during fingerling production is considered to be one of the most difficult phases ofhatchery rearing. the present study investigated the expression of growth hormone (gh)mrna in unfertilized eggs, fertilized eggs, eyed eggs (2 day before hatching), non-viable eggsand newly-hatched siberian st...

extended abstractintroductionsiberian high-pressure is one of the most important systems in climatology, which has been focused by all climatologists because of its influence area and expansion zone.unique features of this system including the expansion zone,the intensity of central pressure,which sometimes amounts to more than1075hp pressure at its core,its temperature and moisture characteris...

This study examined the branching pattern of the aortic arch (AA) and its major branches in the Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus Pallas, 1771) from South Korea. A total of eight of the nine expected types, based on the branching site and bilateral levels of the costocervical trunk (CCT) and subclavian artery (SB), were observed in the arterial silicone casts of 35 deer (16 males, 19 female...

■ Abstract A number of important insights into the peopling of the New World have been gained through molecular genetic studies of Siberian and Native American populations. These data indicate that the initial migration of ancestral Amerindian originated in south-central Siberia and entered the New World between 20,000–14,000 calendar years before present (cal yr BP). These early immigrants pro...