DESCRIPTION OF AMBLYOMMA MONTEIROAE N. SP. (ACARI: IXODIDAE), A PARASITE OF THE GREAT HORNED OWL (STRIGIFORMES: STRIGIDAE) IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL

Description of Amblyomma monteiroae n. sp. (Acari: Ixodidae), a parasite of the great horned owl (Strigiformes: Strigidae) in southern Brazil

In 2020, adult hard ticks (males and females) were collected from great horned owls [Bubo virginianus (Gmelin, 1788)] in the coastal region in southern Brazil.The engorged females were allowed to oviposit in the laboratory and hatched larvae could be obtained.Analyses of the external morphology of the adult ticks revealed that they represent a new

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Microbial Communities of Peaty Permafrost Tundra Soils along the Gradient of Environmental Conditions and Anthropogenic Disturbance in Pechora River Delta in the Eastern European Arctic

Microbial communities play crucial roles in the global carbon cycle, particularly in peatland and tundra ecosystems experiencing climate change.The latest IPCC assessments highlight the anthropogenic changes in the Arctic peatlands and their consequences due to global climate change.These disturbances could trigger permafrost degradation and intens

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Tribology and the Ocular Surface

Chris W Lievens,1,2 Elyse Rayborn1 1Southern College of Optometry, Memphis, TN, USA; 2Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UKCorrespondence: Chris W Lievens, Southern College of Optometry, 1245 Madison Ave, Memphis, TN, 38104, USA, Tel +1 901 722 3330, Fax +1 901 722 3280, Email clievens@sco.eduIntroduction: Tribology is known as the science of fri

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Moth resistance of armored-layer sunfi ower seeds

Sunflower varieties having plants with armored-layer seeds resulted SWEET ALMOND OIL in a high reduction of seed damage caused by larval feeding of the sunflower moth, Homoeosoma electel-lum (Hulst).Several sunflower lines were significantly more resistant to seed damage when the plants had armored-layer seeds than when the same lines had non-armor

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