Effect of pony morphology and hay feeding methods on back and neck postures

C Bordin, F Raspa, P Harris, AD Ellis… - Journal of Animal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The application of hay feeding devices, such as the use of hay nets or slow feeders, can
help with the management of weight in ponies; however, there is still a lack of knowledge …

Rapid divergence of nesting depth and digging appendages among tunneling dung beetle populations and species

ALM Macagno, AP Moczek… - The American …, 2016 - journals.uchicago.edu
Many dung beetle communities are characterized by species that share very similar
morphological, ecological, and behavioral traits and requirements yet appear to be stably …

Studying the shape variations of the back, the neck, and the mandibular angle of horses depending on specific feeding postures using geometric morphometrics

F Raspa, A Roggero, C Palestrini, M Marten Canavesio… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Many feeding devices such as hay nets are used to increase the time
horses spend feeding on hay. However, when hay nets are used, the horse is often forced to …

[HTML][HTML] Species delimitation in northern European water scavenger beetles of the genus Hydrobius (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae)

EI Fossen, T Ekrem, AN Nilsson, J Bergsten - ZooKeys, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The chiefly Holarctic Hydrobius species complex (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae)
currently consists of Hydrobius arcticus Kuwert, 1890, and three morphological variants of …

Pony feeding management: the role of morphology and hay feeding methods on intake rate, ingestive behaviors and mouth shaping

C Bordin, F Raspa, M Greppi, P Harris… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
In the last decade, haynets and slow feeders have been promoted as sustainable tools to
improve the feeding management of horses and reduce forage waste, but little is known …

The evolution of the mouthpart structures in the Eucraniini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)

C Palestrini, E Barbero, A Roggero - Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 2020 - Springer
The Eucraniini are a small dung beetle tribe endemic to Argentina (4 genera with 14
species), adapted to live in extremely arid environments, usually feeding on dry, small …

Evidence for Male Horn Dimorphism and Related Pronotal Shape Variation in Copris lunaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Coprini)

K Kerman, A Roggero, A Rolando, C Palestrini - Insects, 2018 - mdpi.com
Male horn dimorphism is a rather common phenomenon in dung beetles, where some adult
individuals have well-developed head horns (ie, major males), while others exhibit …

On the evolution of shape and size divergence in Nebria (Nebriola) ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

C Palestrini, A Roggero… - Systematics and …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Ground beetles include many species of rather recent evolutionary origin that are extremely
similar in their external morphology. We used geometric morphometrics to quantify the …

Elytra reduction may affect the evolution of beetle hind wings

J Goczał, R Rossa, A Tofilski - Zoomorphology, 2018 - Springer
Beetles are one of the largest and most diverse groups of animals in the world. Conversion
of forewings into hardened shields is perceived as a key adaptation that has greatly …

[HTML][HTML]  Towards a revision of the Palaearctic species of Aphodius Hellwig, 1798, subgenus Liothorax Motschulsky, 1860 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae)

RB Angus, JF Maté, EM Angus, D Král - ZooKeys, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 Abstract The Palaearctic species of Aphodius Hellwig, 1798, subgenus Liothorax
Motschulsky, 1860 are revised using a combination of chromosome analysis, molecular …