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   Behavioural responses to air temperature change in helmeted guineafowl Numida meleagris

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Johann H van Niekerk --- University of South Africa, South Africa Marta Rodríguez-Rey --- Universidad de Alcalá, Forest Ecology and Restoration Research Group (FORECO), Spain Fabián Casas --- Universidad de Granada, Spain Giovanni Forcina --- Global Change Ecology and Evolution Research Group (GloCEE)/Soil Biology and Subterranean Ecosystems Research Group (GIBSES), Spain

   Deciphering the behavioural responses of helmeted guineafowl Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758) to temperature variation is key to understanding its eco-ethology and implementing sound management strategies. Here, we tested the ‘warmer together’ hypothesis, which states that thermoregulatory cost reduction (i.e. body...

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   Investigating gene expression patterns involved in salinity tolerance mechanisms in Thinopyrum distichum

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Isabel M van der Watt --- , South Africa Nicholas C Le Maitre --- , South Africa Kishalya Haridass --- , South Africa Cecile Bester --- , South Africa Willem C Botes --- , South Africa

   Thinopyrum distichum (Thunb.) Á. Löve is a salt-tolerant, wheat wild relative native to the Western Cape and Eastern Cape coastal regions of South Africa; however, the mechanisms governing this species’ halophytic nature remain underexplored. RNA was extracted from root and...

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