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Population size estimates based on the frequency of genetically assigned parent–offspring pairs within a subsample

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Estimating population density as precise as possible is a key premise for managing wild animal species. This can be a challenging task if the species in question is elusive or, due to high quantities, hard to count.
Björn Müller, Moritz Mercker, Jörg Brün   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficient estimation of large‐scale spatial capture–recapture models

Ecosphere, 2021
Capture–recapture methods are a common tool in ecological statistics, which have been extended to spatial capture–recapture models for data accompanied by location information.
Daniel Turek, Cyril Milleret, Torbjørn Ergon, Henrik Brøseth, Pierre Dupont, Richard Bischof, Perry deValpine   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Application of a novel molecular method to age free-living wild Bechstein's bats [PDF]

, 2018
The age profile of populations fundamentally affects their conservation status. Yet, age is frequently difficult to assess in wild animals. Here, we assessed the use of DNA methylation of homologous genes to establish the age structure of a rare and ...
Altschul, Batulevicius, Bekaert, Botsford, Briggs, Brunet-Rossini, Chakrabarti, Cheng, Christensen, Cunningham, De Paz, Dennis, Dietz, Dunshea, Fleischer, Gaisler, Goel, Grönniger, Hannum, Horvath, Jones, Jung, Kerth, Koch, Kunz, Llamas, Maegawa, Mallet, Mizroch, Munshi-South, Nelson, Oli, Olsen, Olsen, Petkovich, Polanowski, Puechmaille, R Core Team, Richardson, RStudio, Sand, Speed, Storz, Stubbs, Tella, Teschendorff, Thompson, Tost, Turbill, Weidner, Wilkinson, Zbieć-Piekarska   +51 more
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Vicarious Touch: A Potential Substitute for Social Touch During Touch Deprivation

European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Restricted interpersonal touch experiences, for instance due to COVID‐19 social distancing measures, result in detrimental effects on anxiety, loneliness and psychological well‐being. Yet, interventions capable of mitigating the impact of social touch deprivation, as experienced during the COVID‐19 pandemic, remain insufficient. In this study,
Louise P. Kirsch, Mariana von Mohr, Athanasios Koukoutsakis, Aikaterini Fotopoulou   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Water vole (Arvicola amphibius) abundance in grassland habitats of Glasgow [PDF]

, 2019
Water vole (Arvicola amphibius) populations have undergone a serious decline throughout the UK, and yet a stronghold of these small mammals is found in the greater Easterhouse area of Glasgow.
Jarrett, C., McCafferty, D.J., Scott, C., Stewart, R.A., White, S.A.   +4 more
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Exercise serum promotes DNA damage repair and remodels gene expression in colon cancer cells

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
What's New? Exercise releases bioactive molecules into the bloodstream that can directly slow cancer cell growth. In colon cancer, this may help limit disease progression. Here, using colon cancer cells, the authors investigated the effects of exercise‐conditioned human serum on DNA repair mechanisms. Notably, acute exercise in humans elicited systemic
Samuel T. Orange, Emily Dodd, Sharanya Nath, Hannah Bowden, Alastair R. Jordan, Hannah Tweddle, Ann Hedley, Ifeoma Chukwuma, Ian Hickson, Sweta Sharma Saha   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parthenogenesis did not consistently evolve in insular populations of Ischnura hastata (Odonata, Coenagrionidae) [PDF]

, 2017
1. The evolutionary advantages that have driven the evolution of sex are still very much debated, and a number of benefits of parthenogenesis over sexual reproduction have been proposed.
Almbro, Archetti, Baker, Bell, Burnham, Burnham, Cheptou, Cook, Cordero-Rivera, Cordero-Rivera, Cuéllar, Degen, Dijkstra, Dunkle, Fincke, Fincke, Garrison, Geijskes, GenStat, Gerritsen, Glesener, Jiménez-Cortés, Jordan, Keightley, Kondrashov, Lebreton, Lorenzo-Carballa, Lorenzo-Carballa, Lorenzo-Carballa, Massol, Matsuura, Maynard Smith, Morbey, Naraoka, Peck, Peck, Ridley, Robinson, Rowe, Schwander, Suomalainen, Sánchez-Guillén, Teder, Valen, Vandel, Vrijenhoek, West, White   +47 more
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A comprehensive longitudinal analysis of changes during Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder pharmacological treatments: Relationships between clinical measures, QbCheck and Conners CPT‐II

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background This study aims to evaluate the clinical value of using QbCheck in routine Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) clinics by investigating longitudinal inter‐domain relationships between objective neurocognitive outcomes of QbCheck and subjective clinical outcomes: ADHD core symptoms, impairment and quality of life (QoL ...
Seungjae Lee, Renee Testa, Beth Johnson, David Coghill   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Habitat selection and abundance of common genets using camera capture-mark-recapture data

European Journal of Wildlife Research, 2009
Using camera-trapping techniques, the present study, conducted from 2005 to 2007, provides common genet abundance estimates in Serra da Malcata Nature Reserve (central-eastern Portugal). We estimated genet abundance using the software CAPTURE. It was possible to obtain a capture success of 1.49 captures/100 trap-nights.
Sarmento, Pedro Bernardo, Cruz, Joana P., Eira, Catarina I., Fonseca, Carlos   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Changes in capture availability due to infection can lead to detectable biases in population-level infectious disease parameters [PDF]

PeerJ
Correctly identifying the strength of selection that parasites impose on hosts is key to predicting epidemiological and evolutionary outcomes of host-parasite interactions. However, behavioral changes due to infection can alter the capture probability of
Iris A. Holmes, Andrew M. Durso, Christopher R. Myers, Tory A. Hendry   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources