Predators have a major influence on prey populations and broader ecosystem dynamics through both their consumptive and non-consumptive effects.Prey employ risk-induced trait responses such as shifts in habitat use or changes in foraging behavior in response to the presence of predators.Risk-induced changes in foraging depend upon both the predator
Little is known about Southern ground-hornbill (SGH) population ecology outside of large, formally protected areas where the largest declines in numbers have been recorded.The SGH has started re-colonising, establishing group territories and breeding successfully argan oil pure purple in the Limpopo Valley on the northern border of South Africa, fo
Background: The tegmen tympani and mastoideum are insidious locations of bony dehiscence.Large defects may result in encephalocele, cerebrospinal fluid leak, recurrent meningitis, and intracranial abscess.A rare complication is spontaneous otogenic pneumocephalus (SOP).Herein, we describe the clinical course and operative repair strategy of a case
Background and aimsThe pathogenesis of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is associated with alterations of gut microbiota.We compared the gut microbiota of PBC patients and healthy controls from Zhejiang Province and assessed the use of these data for the diagnosis of PBC.MethodsFirst, 16S rRNA gene sequencing was used to characterize the gut micro