Search Results - "Fleming, P.A"

The sensitivity of QBA assessments of sheep behavioural expression to variations in visual or verbal information provided to observers by Fleming, P. A., Wickham, S. L., Stockman, C. A., Verbeek, E., Matthews, L., Wemelsfelder, F.

“…Qualitative behavioural assessment (QBA) is based on observers’ ability to capture the dynamic complexity of an animal’s demeanour as it interacts with the…”
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Does the environmental background (intensive v. outdoor systems) influence the behaviour of piglets at weaning? by Lau, Y. Y. W., Pluske, J. R., Fleming, P. A.

“…Under intensive pig husbandry, outdoor systems offer a more complex physical and social environment compared with indoor systems (farrowing sheds). As the…”
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A tutorial on control-oriented modeling and control of wind farms by Boersma, S., Doekemeijer, B.M., Gebraad, P.M.O., Fleming, P.A., Annoni, J., Scholbrock, A.K., Frederik, J.A., van Wingerden, J-W.

“…Wind turbines are often sited together in wind farms as it is economically advantageous. However, the wake inevitably created by every turbine will lead to a…”
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Defensive responses of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) are influenced by risk assessment and level of habituation to humans by Bateman, P.W, Fleming, P.A, Jones, B.C, Rothermel, B.B

“…Species that are either sessile or too slow to resort to flight may instead rely on defences such as natural armour or protective structures, but they will…”
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The effect of fleece on core and rumen temperature in sheep by Beatty, D.T., Barnes, A., Fleming, P.A., Taylor, E., Maloney, S.K.

“…Temperature loggers were implanted to record core body temperature ( T core) and rumen temperature ( T rumen) in sheep. The relationship between T core and T…”
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Definitive Twice Daily High-dose Rate Brachytherapy (HDRB), with or without Pelvic External Beam Radiotherapy (RT), for the Treatment of Medically Inoperable Stage I Uterus Cancer by Koyfman, S, Thakkar, V.V, Juliano, J.J, Wilkinson, D.A, Reddy, C.A, Fleming, P.A

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To cut a long tail short: a review of lizard caudal autotomy studies carried out over the last 20 years by Bateman, P.W, Fleming, P.A

“…Caudal autotomy, the ability to shed the tail, is common in lizards as a response to attempted predation. Since Arnold's substantial review of caudal autotomy…”
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Responses of dingo (Canis familiaris) populations to landscape-scale baiting by Kennedy, M.S., Kreplins, T.L., O’Leary, R.A., Fleming, P.A.

“…Carnivores are important drivers of ecological processes around the world. However, medium-large carnivores are often the focus of human-wildlife conflicts and…”
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Fighting like cats and dogs? Dingoes do not constrain spatial and temporal movements of feral cats by Kreplins, T.L., Kennedy, M.S., O'Leary, R.A., Adams, P.J., Dundas, S.J., Fleming, P.A.

“…The mesopredator release hypothesis proposes that when top-down suppression by a larger predator (e.g. dingoes, Canis familiaris) is removed, smaller…”
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Global data-driven modeling of wind turbines in the presence of turbulence by van der Veen, G.J., van Wingerden, J.W., Fleming, P.A., Scholbrock, A.K., Verhaegen, M.

“…This paper presents a practical approach to identify a global model of a wind turbine from operational data, while it operates in a turbulent wind field with a…”
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There will be blood: autohaemorrhage behaviour as part of the defence repertoire of an insect by Bateman, P.W, Fleming, P.A

“…Armoured ground crickets Acanthoplus discoidalis (Bradyporidae) have an arsenal of defence mechanisms in response to attack. Males but not females can…”
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Nectar concentration affects sugar preferences in two Australian honeyeaters and a lorikeet by Fleming, P. A., Xie, S., Napier, K., McWhorter, T. J., Nicolson, S. W.

“…1. Understanding avian diet preferences reveals a great deal about the birds' digestive physiology and relationships with food plants, and can make a valuable…”
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The application of shoulderless conical tools in friction stir welding: An experimental and theoretical study by Lammlein, D.H., DeLapp, D.R., Fleming, P.A., Strauss, A.M., Cook, G.E.

“…A friction stir welding (FSW) tool geometry, consisting of a shoulderless conical probe, is investigated for application to closed contour welding, variable…”
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Investigation into the characteristics, triggers and mechanism of apnoea and bradycardia in the anaesthetized platypus by Macgregor, J.W, Holyoake, C, Fleming, P.A, Robertson, I.D, Connolly, J.H, Warren, K.S

“…Health and conservation research on platypuses (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) may require anaesthesia to reduce stress and the risk of injury to both the animal…”
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Melatonin secretion in the Mashona mole-rat, Cryptomys darlingi- inluence of light on rhythmicity by Vasicek, C.A., Malpaux, Benoit, Fleming, P.A., Bennett, N.C.

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Opportunistic breeding in the Cape spiny mouse (Acomys subspinosus) : short communication by Nicolson, S.W., Fleming, P.A.

“…The relationship between Protea humiflora and its small mammal pollinators was investigated at the fynbos / karoo ecotone in the Riviersonderend Mountains,…”
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Role of insects in the pollination of Acacia nigrescens (Fabaceae) by Fleming, P.A., Hofmeyr, S.D., Nicolson, S.W.

“…We examined pollination biology of Acacia nigrescens Oliver , flowering at the end of the dry season in Kruger National Park, South Africa . A. nigrescens…”
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Are giraffes pollinators or flower predators of Acacia nigrescens in Kruger National Park, South Africa? by Fleming, Patricia A., Hofmeyr, Sally D., Nicolson, Sue W., du Toit, Johan T.

“…We examined the relationship between giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) and Acacia nigrescens in Kruger National Park, South Africa, to determine whether these…”
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Osmoregulatory response to acute diet change in an avian nectarivore: rapid rehydration following water shortage by Fleming, P.A, Gray, D.A, Nicolson, S.W

“…Nectarivores may be required to switch between water conservation and water excretion as rapidly as they change food plants in nature. We examined the…”
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Comparative study of the activity of total hip arthroplasty patients and normal subjects by Goldsmith, A.A.J., Dowson, D., Wroblewski, B.M., Siney, P.D., Fleming, P.A., Lane, J.M., Stone, M.H., Walker, R.

“…The walking activity of normal subjects and total hip arthroplasty (THA) patients from the Wrightington Hospital for Joint Disease and The General Infirmary at…”
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