supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(51475028,61703023).
The bio-inspired aerial–aquatic vehicle off ers attractive perspectives for future intelligent robotic systems.Cormorant’s webbed-feet support water-surface takeoff is a typical locomotion pattern of amphibious wate...
The Great Cormorant (Phalcrocorax carbo sinensis) is a well-known fish predator and migratory bird. The bird is a wintering visitor in Israel from the end of October through March. During 1950-1990, the Cormorant used...
financially supported by the State Forestry Administration Program (Grant Nos. Y31I351B01);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. Y011331501);the National Science & Technology Pillar Program (Grant Nos. 2008BADB0B0303);National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2010CB530301)
Background: Females can differentially deposit the immune factor lysozyme into eggs based on conditions of local breeding density and laying order.Materials: We collected 80 eggs from Great Cormorants(Phalacrocorax ca...
In eighteenth-century Britain, knowledge about animals from around the world was rapidly increasing. This paper focuses on what the British knew and imagined about the animals of China from reading the works of Europe...
Newcastle disease virus (NDV) is not considered as cause of serious disease in humans. But, recent data make it clear that, under particular circumstances, it is indeed possible for NDV to cause severe human respirato...
Although the importance of mangroves is clearly recognized around the world, these ecosystems are being strongly altered by the logging of their forests for multiple purposes. The Colombian Pacific coast is not an exc...
supported by the National Key Technologies R&D Program of Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No. 2007BAC27B01);the National Science and Technology Infrastructure Program of Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No. 2008FY2101000)
Tissue distribution provides important information regarding the pharmacokinetic behavior of pollutants and is invaluable when analyzing the risk posed to avian species by the exposure to such kind of pollutants. In t...