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A comparison of monitoring methods for inferring demographics of a pond‐breeding amphibian population over 14 years

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
We used 4 sampling methods to estimate or index the abundance and sex ratio of spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) over 14 years. The present study highlights the importance of considering individual heterogeneity in capture probability when estimating abundance of pond‐breeding amphibians from capture data with imperfect detection. Abstract Long‐
Patrick D. Moldowan, Doug P. Armstrong, Glenn J. Tattersall, Njal Rollinson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differential Evolution of the Epidermal Keratin Cytoskeleton in Terrestrial and Aquatic Mammals. [PDF]

Mol Biol Evol, 2019
Ehrlich F, Fischer H, Langbein L, Praetzel-Wunder S, Ebner B, Figlak K, Weissenbacher A, Sipos W, Tschachler E, Eckhart L.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Fire‐induced shifts in activity patterns of predators and prey in the Brazilian Pantanal

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
Using camera trap data, we observed that 5 of 6 prey species showed statistically significant changes in temporal activity patterns, while jaguars were the only predator species to adjust activity when comparing pre‐fire and post‐fire periods in an isolated rocky formation in the Pantanal region.
Sergio Eduardo Barreto de Aguiar, Grasiela Edith Oliveira de Porfirio, Leonardo França do Nascimento, Josiel de Oliveira Coelho, Mariana Alves Carvalho Queiroz, Geovani Vinco Tonolli, Wener Hugo Arruda Moreno, Diego Francis Passos Viana, Rocío Bardales, Matthew Hyde, Ricardo Daniel Ortiz‐Hoyos, Nayara Yoshie Sano, Filipe Martins Santos   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Detection of serum antibodies to Brucella in Russian aquatic mammals. [PDF]

J Vet Med Sci, 2018
Ohishi K, Abe E, Amano M, Miyazaki N, Boltunov A, Katsumata E, Maruyama T.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Evaluating novel attachment methods for tracking devices on terrestrial mammals

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
We deployed GNSS tracking devices on 2 endangered large terrestrial mammals, scimitar‐horned oryx and Przewalski's horses, using novel attachment methods. Tags achieved fix success rates and spatial accuracy that compare well with standard collars used on large mammals.
John F. McEvoy, Catherine Ressijac, Rosana N. Moraes, Dolores Reed, Tara Buk, Jared A. Stabach, Peter Leimgruber, Melissa Songer, Katherine Mertes   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Energetic tradeoffs control the size distribution of aquatic mammals. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2018
Gearty W, McClain CR, Payne JL.
europepmc   +1 more source

CardiacDP: An R package for rapid automated cardiac data processing, integrating autocorrelation, a genetic algorithm, and a tracking index

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, EarlyView.
Abstract Heart rate is a popular proxy of physiological responses, but the highly complex and variable cardiac data obtained from organisms such as marine invertebrates pose a major challenge to efficient and accurate data processing. To address this, we developed a novel, integrative algorithm for rapid and automated cardiac data processing.
Sarah L. Y. Lau, Adrian T. C. Wong, Yi‐Fei Gu, Tin Yan Hui   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence for dispersal personality in the guppy across ecological conditions, with a minor effect of relative brain size

Oikos, EarlyView.
Individuals that disperse typically exhibit specific phenotypical traits that facilitate dispersal and settlement success, known as ‘dispersal syndromes'. Consequentially, characterizing dispersers is crucial to understand other processes such as metapopulation dynamics and biological invasions.
Gilles De Meester, Mirjam Amcoff, Arezo Shamsgovara, Alessandro Devigili, Alexander Kotrschal, John L. Fitzpatrick, Niclas Kolm   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterising fine‐scale habitat associations for range expanding species with limited data: a case study on the West Nile Virus vector, Culex modestus

Oikos, EarlyView.
The ecological and epidemiological consequences of species expanding into new areas are growing concomitantly with climate change. Those aiming to monitor species expanding in range must make optimal use of finite resources to deliver effective surveillance capable of detecting new incursions and range expansions.
Susanna Cant, Owen Jones, Maisie Vollans, Maximilian Ayling, Nyall Jamieson, Alexander G. C. Vaux, Jolyon M. Medlock, Thomas Ward, Julie Day, Robert S. Paton   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting the behavioural framework of feeding in predatory aquatic mammals. [PDF]

Proc Biol Sci, 2017
Kienle SS, Law CJ, Costa DP, Berta A, Mehta RS.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source