Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca (Güldenstädt, 1770) and Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus (Jerdon, 1840), two high altitude wetland migratory birds, were recorded for the first time from Sikkim, eastern Himalaya. The importance of conservation wetlands Sikkim Himalaya is highlighted.

This paper analyzes subjective well-being in Romania in 2001, 11 years after the collapse of the communism and the beginning of the transition to a market economy. Using a survey among 1770 individuals, we analyze the effects of various variables on self-reported measures of life satisfaction, and find that life satisfaction increases with housing standard, health status, economic situation, ed...

pheromones in many vertebrates. Pheromones have been found in saliva, skin gland secretions, and urine. For example, pheromones in the urine excreted from male and female rats induce various changes in gonadal function and endocrine state, including reflex ovulation in the absence of coitus and mounting, and a reduction in the oestrous cycle of female rats from 5 to 4 d, and oestrous synchrony ...

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Medical historians have recently become interested in the veterinary past, investigating the development of animal health in countries such as France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. An appreciation of the German context, however, is still lacking - a gap in the knowledge that the present article seeks to fill. Providing a critical interpretation of the evolution of t...