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Morphometric and Paleobiological Insights Into Pleistocene Sicilian Wolf Populations

Acta Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Pleistocene wolves (Canis lupus) from Sicily represent one of the few known insular populations of this species from that time period. Despite their potential relevance for understanding carnivore adaptations in insular contexts, no dedicated study has previously investigated their morphology and evolutionary significance.
Domenico Tancredi, Carolina Di Patti, Sabrina Lo Brutto, Matteo Cammarata   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate structures bison dietary quality and composition at the continental scale

Environmental DNA, 2020
Background Nutrition is a key determinant of North American plains bison (Bison bison) weight gain and reproduction, yet little is known about what bison eat and the pattern of nutritional stress across their distribution.
Tami Jorns, Joseph Craine, E. Gene Towne, Margaret Knox   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Early Upper Palaeolithic open‐air site of Friedrichsdorf‐Seulberg, Germany, in the context of the northern central European Aurignacian

Boreas, EarlyView.
Our knowledge of the Early Upper Palaeolithic occupation in northern central Europe is very limited, and recent research at the open‐air site of Friedrichsdorf‐Seulberg in Hesse, Germany, provides important new information on the Aurignacian. The site is rather small (26.5 m2) and spatial analysis identified a central hearth with two associated ...
Tilman Böckenförde, Gabriele Russo, Neda Rahimzadeh, Felix Bittmann, Nikolitsa Nikolakopoulou, Thomas Terberger   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emerging applications of large language models in ecology and conservation science

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Large language models (LLMs) mark a major development in artificial intelligence, with potentially transformative implications for ecology and conservation science. Built on advanced deep‐learning architectures, these models can support a wide range of tasks. We reviewed emerging applications of LLMs, drawing on the wider scientific literature
Christos Mammides, Hao Gu, Thilina S. Nimalrathna, Naufal Rahman Avicena, Harris Papadopoulos, Ahimsa Campos‐Arceiz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban Bats: City Lovers or Refugees?

Ethology, EarlyView.
Hypothetical relationship between urbanisation intensity and bat species population persistence framed through a species refuge concept. Moderately urbanised landscapes may function as temporal refuge zones where habitat heterogeneity and establishment suitability allow some bat species to colonise and persist.
Krizler C. Tanalgo, Danilo Russo
wiley   +1 more source

The former distribution of White‐tailed Eagles in Iberia, the Mediterranean and the Middle East: a case study of the importance of understanding historical distribution in informing current conservation and restoration interventions

Ibis, EarlyView.
The importance of considering historical data in developing conservation and restoration measures for individual species and for wider ecological restoration has been pointed out by recent reviews but often remains neglected in practice. This paper provides a case study illustrating the issue through a review of the former breeding distribution of the ...
Duncan J. Halley
wiley   +1 more source

Challenging the Monolith: Ambivalence, the Native‐Speaker Ideal and Teacher Preparation in Multilingual South Africa

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explored the ambivalence of final‐year TESOL pre‐service teachers towards a non‐native‐speaking (NNS) lecturer within a historically white South African university. The research involved twelve student teachers being prepared to teach English as either a home language or a first additional language to high school learners in the ...
Nhlanhla Mpofu
wiley   +1 more source

Historical case study of a transfer experiment that demonstrated the importance of the estuarine ecosystem for the survival of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) at the Campbell River estuary, British Columbia, Canada

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Estuary dependence to the survival of Chinook salmon was investigated at the Campbell River estuary, British Columbia, Canada. Replicate batches of marked smolts were transferred from a hatchery and released in 1983, 1984 and 1985 at four ecosystems, two that ensured estuarine experience (river, estuary) and two seawards of the estuary ...
Colin D. Levings, J. Steve Macdonald
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in the American Bison (Bison bison)

Journal of Food Protection, 2007
Bison is becoming a popular meat source for consumers, but very little is known about the bison's status with respect to Escherichia coli O157:H7. We conducted a study to determine the prevalence and identify virulence genes and pulsed-field genetic types of E. coli O157:H7 in bison.
S, Reinstein, J T, Fox, X, Shi, M J, Alam, T G, Nagaraja   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Microanatomical features of bovids long bones: What are the effects of mass and habitat?

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
This study provides the first qualitative and quantitative exploration of inter‐bones and interspecific variations in the microanatomy of long bones in bovids in response to significant changes in body mass and habitat. Abstract Bovids are a valuable group for studying limb long bone adaptations due to differences in size and the environment that the ...
Morgan Proust, Cyril Etienne, Alexandra Houssaye   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source