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Ecological Applications, Volume 33, Issue 4, June 2023., 2023 Abstract Infectious diseases pose a significant threat to global health and biodiversity. Yet, predicting the spatiotemporal dynamics of wildlife epizootics remains challenging. Disease outbreaks result from complex nonlinear interactions among a large collection of variables that rarely adhere to the assumptions of parametric regression modeling.
Gabriel M. Barrile +8 more
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Diet of a threatened rattlesnake (eastern massasauga) revealed by DNA metabarcoding
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 4, April 2023., 2023 We applied a DNA metabarcoding approach to study the diet of the threatened eastern massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus). We identified at least 12 different prey species, with eastern massasaugas exhibiting opportunistic feeding and a strong preference towards small mammals.
Alyssa Swinehart +5 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 3, March 2023., 2023 Traditionally abiotic factors are considered the main drivers of biodiversity at macro‐scales, whereas biotic factors are considered important almost only at local scales. Modeling the distribution of 177 African bat species, we demonstrated the importance of considering biotic interactions in SDMs at macro‐scales regardless of the species’ ecology ...
Francesca Cosentino +3 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 12, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022 There is a long‐recognized need to consider population dynamics and outcomes at multiple spatial scales for improving management. Therefore, we developed a novel approach to define biologically relevant subpopulations of hierarchically nested population‐levels that could facilitate the management and conservation of wildlife populations and habitats ...
Michael S. O'Donnell +8 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 12, Issue 9, September 2022., 2022 We studied nest defense behavior in peregrine falcons in two successive breeding seasons to evaluate (1) the extent of repeatable variation in nest defense, and (2) evaluate alternative mechanisms that could maintain this variation. We found that nest defense was repeatable both within‐ and across years, and that patterns of (dis‐)assortative mating ...
Nick A. Gulotta, Kimberley J. Mathot
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Journal of Ecology, Volume 110, Issue 1, Page 129-143, January 2022., 2022 By using a newly developed methodology for quantifying chemical traits in single leaves, we here investigate how herbivory‐driven changes in leaf silicon, nitrogen, and phosphorus levels alter grass‐forage quality in tundra grasslands. Our results can have implications for how herbivores forage across the tundra landscape and changes in tundra plant ...
Matteo Petit Bon +4 more
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That's So Last Season: Unraveling the Genomic Consequences of Fur Farming in Arctic Foxes (Vulpes lagopus). [PDF]
Mol EcolABSTRACT Humans have relied on animal fur for centuries, yet fur farming only began recently during the mid‐19th Century. Little is known about this incipient domestication or the genomic processes involved. Domestication may involve founder effects, population bottlenecks and low population size, which, when combined with intense artificial selection,
Cockerill CA +22 more
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Integration of Renewable energy sources with Battery Energy Storage for Line Loss Reduction in Distribution Networks using HALACBO algorithm [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesLine loss is a critical indicator of energy management efficiency in low-voltage power systems, with transformer areas contributing significantly to overall distribution losses.
Bansal Akash Kumar, Singh Ram Narayan
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 10, Issue 13, Page 6664-6676, July 2020., 2020 Estimates of diet composition are essential to decipher complex interactions in food webs. Combining approaches of diet reconstruction gains in popularity as it could bring complementary information about consumers' food habits. Still, there are few empirical examples of the outcomes of different methods applied to a consumer diet over the same period.
Michaël Bonin +4 more
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