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More than fish: diet composition of fishing cats Prionailurus viverrinus in human‐dominated landscape

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
The fishing cat Prionailurus viverrinus is a medium‐sized wetland specialist felid threatened primarily by habitat loss, human–wildlife conflict, and road mortality. Limited information is available on their life history in human‐modified environments.
Rama Mishra   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Buffalo bbu-miR-493-5p Promotes Myoblast Proliferation and Differentiation

open access: yesAnimals
In recent years, the meat and dairy value of buffaloes has become a major concern in buffalo breeding, and the improvement of buffalo beef quality is key to protecting buffalo germplasm resources and solving the problem of beef supply.
Liyin Zhang   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reproductive Traits of Zoo‐Bred and Wild‐Bred Eastern Massasaugas (Sistrurus catenatus) at Species Survival Plan® Conservation Breeding Centres and Other Facilities

open access: yesZoo Biology, EarlyView.
Based on 94 Massasauga litters born in human care, mean litter size and number of live young per litter were higher in wild‐bred than in zoo‐bred litters. Wild‐bred litters more often contained live young than did zoo‐bred litters. In zoo‐bred litters, dam mass was positively associated with above‐average reproductive output.
Jonathan D. Choquette   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shared leadership can promote success in collaborative research networks in ecology

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract While collaborative science is becoming the norm in ecology, many ecologists participating in collaborations are less aware of the body of research that studies the processes by which collaborative teams organize and communicate.
Daniel C. Allen   +27 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bacterial and fungal growth on fungal necromass and its diverse components: Shared profiles and divergent constraints revealed by high‐throughput phenotyping

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract While fungal necromass is increasingly recognized as a major source of persistent carbon (C) in soils, the relative functional roles of bacteria and fungi in decomposing necromass are not fully resolved, and the processes that select for necromass decomposer communities
Achala Narayanan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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