Up until the recent past, zoos served limited function, primarily existing for entertainment value. Today’s zoos, however, are serving many roles, chief among them: species conservation...
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11032001)
When manned spacecraft comes back to the earth, it relies on the impact attenuation seat to protect astronauts from injuries during landing phase. Hence, the seat needs to transfer impact load, as small as possible, t...
Many carnivores require large ranges to meet their ecological and energetic needs;however,anthropogenic changes threaten species and their habitats.Camera traps have been used to effectively collect data on carnivor...
supported by the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-10-0280);Technological Development Project of Longyan City (2011LY017)
Male tigers(Panthera tigris altaica) in captivity copulate alternatively with an estrous female,suggesting a potential for heteropaternity as an effective reproductive strategy to maximize genetic diversity of offspri...