GENETIC VARIABILITY IN THREE AMAZON PARROT SPECIES

Genetic variability in three Amazon parrot species

Parrots of the genus Amazona are among the most threatened species of the Order Pscittaciformes.This work describes allozyme polymorphisms in three Amazon parrot species - the Blue-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva), the Orange-winged Amazon (Amazona amazonica), and the Festive Amazon (Amazona festiva) -, and provides useful data for the evaluation o

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Towards an International Prosodic Alphabet (IPrA)

In this article we present a set of arguments in favor of having access to two levels of prosodic representation, broad phonetic and phonological, and the motivations for developing a set of cross-linguistically transparent and consistent labels (e.g., an International Prosodic Alphabet, IPrA) based on BODY LOTION the Autosegmental-Metrical (AM) fr

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Development of Micro Downwind Turbine Generator Having Soft Blades

As there are frequent needs to install a micro Baby Teethers wind turbine generator in a residential area, we have developed such a downwind-type turbine rotor having the following specifications: The rotor has the tip diameter of 1.5 m and three two-dimensional NACA0018 blades of 0.15 m chord whose material is light, soft and pliable foam plastic

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