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Abstract The Open Bay Island skink (Oligosoma taumakae) is one of New Zealand's rarest lizard species. Until 2010, it was known only from two small islands in the Open Bay Island Group, a Māori-owned wildlife sanctuary in South Westland, New Zealand. Skinks on these islands are threatened by predation from weka (Gallirallus australis), a flightless native rail thought to have been introduced to the Open Bay Islands c. 100 years ago. Here, we describe the discovery of Open Bay Island skinks on two vegetated rock stacks located off the coast of Barn Bay, 52 km southwest of the Open Bay Islands. Although small (c. 0.10 and 0.36 ha), the Barn Islands appear to be predator-free, providing an important sanctuary for the skinks. We recommend: (1) a survey of mainland sites with suitable habitat; and (2) an evaluation of the need for island biosecurity measures for detecting and responding to incursions of small mammals. 相似文献
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Several fundamental questions remain enigmatic concerning human olfactory
sensitivity, including (i) whether detection threshold differences exist
between the two sides of the nose (and, if so, whether such differences are
influenced by handedness) and (ii) whether bilateral (i.e. binasal)
stimulation leads to lower thresholds than unilateral stimulation (and, if
so, whether the degree of facilitation is inversely related to general
olfactory ability). In this study, and well-validated single staircase
procedure was used to establish bilateral and unilateral detection
thresholds for the cranial nerve I stimulant phenyl ethyl alcohol in 130
right- and 33 left-handed subjects. No differences in sensitivity between
the left and right sides of the nose were observed in either group.
Bilateral thresholds were lower, on average, than unilateral thresholds
when the latter were categorized in terms of left and right nares. However,
the bilateral thresholds did not differ significantly from those of the
side of the nose with the lower threshold. Overall smell ability, as
measured by the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test, did
not interact with any of the test measures. These data imply that (i) the
left and right sides of the nose do not systematically differ in detection
threshold sensitivity for either dextrals or sinistrals and (ii) if central
integration of left:right olfactory threshold sensitivity occurs, its
effects do not exceed the function of the better side of the nose.
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The fungus Cochliobolus carbonum causes leaf spot disease of maize. Highly virulent isolates of the pathogen produce a host-selective, peptide toxin that is active against susceptible genotypes of maize. Prior to infection, spores must germinate and differentiate appressoria, structures specialized for leaf penetration. Analysis of spore germination fluids by plasma desorption mass spectrometry, which allowed detection of as little as 0.5 ng toxin, revealed that spores induced to form appressoria in vitro synthesized and released the toxin at a time coincident with maturation of appressoria. Spores incubated under conditions that did not induce appressorium formation failed to produce toxin. These observations indicate that synthesis of the host-selective toxin, which is essential for successful pathogenesis of maize by C. carbonum, is regulated by infection-related morphogenesis. 相似文献
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M Morgan Conn Joe Kappock Dale Drueckhammer Richard Cammack Dennis Hall Tony Cass Jon D Stewart Graham RL Cousins Jeremy KM Sanders Sabine Flitsch Philip AS Lowden Richard Newman 《Current opinion in chemical biology》1999,3(6):631
A selection of interesting papers that were published in the two months before our press date in major journals most likely to report significant results in chemical biology. 相似文献
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There is growing concern about mitigation-driven translocations that move animals from anthropogenic threats at donor sites because of their failure rate and lack of application of scientific principles and best practice. We reviewed all known lizard translocations in New Zealand between 1988 and 2013 and identified 85 translocations of 30 lizard taxa to 46 release sites. Most translocations (62%) were motivated by conservation goals for the species or the release site, and one-third were mitigation-driven translocations, typically motivated by habitat loss due to development. Mitigation-driven translocations began in 2003, and since that time have equalled the number of conservation-motivated translocations. Conservation-motivated translocations usually released lizards on islands without mammalian predators, whereas mitigation-driven translocations usually relocated lizards to mainland sites with introduced predators. Long-term monitoring has been sparse and often rudimentary. Eight lizard translocations have recorded population growth, including one mitigation-driven translocation that was into a fenced reserve. Research on commonly used management techniques to mitigate human-related impacts is recommended to establish whether these techniques benefit lizards in the long term. 相似文献
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