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Comparative genomics of the Natural Killer Complex in carnivores

Frontiers in Immunology
BackgroundThe mammalian Natural Killer Complex (NKC) harbors genes and gene families encoding a variety of C-type lectin-like proteins expressed on various immune cells.
Jan Futas, April L. Jelinek, Pamela A. Burger, Petr Horin, Petr Horin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Incorporating Human Beliefs and Behaviors into Wildlife Ecology [PDF]

, 2019
Like much of the global biosphere, wildlife species have experienced rapid declines during the Anthropocene. Wildlife ecologists have responded to these crises by developing a range of technologies, techniques, and large datasets, which together have ...
McInturff, Michael Charles Alexander
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Macroscopic, Histological and Ultrastructural Features of the Tongue of the Anatolian Wild Boar (Sus scrofa libycus)

Microscopy Research and Technique, EarlyView.
Integrated macroscopic, histological, and ultrastructural analyses revealed five distinct lingual papillae types (filiform, fungiform, conical, foliate, and vallate) in the Anatolian wild boar (Sus scrofa libycus). Mechanical papillae showed marked structural specialization, while gustatory papillae exhibited region‐specific distribution of taste buds.
Fatma Işbilir, Banu Kandil, Muhammed Zahid Atli, İhsan Işbilir, Barış Can Güzel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Temperature on Trophic Discrimination of Stable Isotopes (13C and 15N) and Biokinetics in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio, L. 1758)

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Stable isotope analysis (SIA) provides essential information toward a better understanding of trophic ecology. However, the interpretation of SIA results relies on assumptions about the trophic discrimination factor (TDF), which aims to improve the accuracy but may lead to bias.
I. Kuklina, J. Kubec, P. Balzani, T. B. Meador, M. J. Kainz, M. Buřič, L. Veselý   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attitudes, norms, and beliefs of pastoralists toward cheetahs in the Horn of Africa

Frontiers in Conservation Science
Free-ranging African cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) inhabit only 13% of their former range. A subspecies of particular conservation concern is the Northeastern African cheetah (A. j. soemmeringii), which has a tentative estimate of 500 mature individuals in
Kelly W. Jones, Kelly W. Jones, Paul Evangelista, Sarah M. Durant, Sarah M. Durant, Nicholas E. Young, Redae T. Tesfai, Abdullahi H. Ali, Patricia Tricorache, Nicholas Mitchell, Nicholas Mitchell, Tomas Maule, Mowlid Hassan Abdilahi, Aden Hussein Edin, Sangale Edwin, Mohamed Hussein, Ahmed Mohamud Mohamed, Abdifatah Hassan Musse   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neo‐Taphonomic Analysis of Prey Bone Remains Accumulated by Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos): A Case of Nests in Southern France

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) nests in rock cavities where it accumulates prey bone remains during the breeding season. Because nests can be reoccupied from year to year, these faunal elements can form remarkable bone accumulations and, in the sub‐fossil record, be mixed with assemblages derived from human or other predator activities ...
Juliette Ripond, Véronique Laroulandie, Jean‐Baptiste Mallye, Renaud Nadal, Patrick Bayle, Christian Itty   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expanding the Faunal Interpretation of the Cova Eirós (NW Iberia) Middle Paleolithic–Early Upper Paleolithic Record With ZooMS

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cova Eirós archaeopaleontological site preserves the most comprehensive archaeostratigraphic sequence in the northwestern Iberian Peninsula, with an exceptionally rich record spanning from the Mousterian to the Upper Paleolithic. The extensive fragmentation of the faunal record and the rich taxonomic diversity at this site have limited the
Hugo Bal‐García, Samantha Brown, Iván Rey‐Rodríguez, Mikel Díaz‐Rodríguez, Carlos Fernández‐Rodríguez, Álvaro Ibáñez‐Encinas, Arturo de Lombera‐Hermida, Tania Mosquera‐Castro, Xosé Pedro Rodríguez‐Álvarez, Ramón Fábregas‐Valcarce   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Benthic megafauna and the functioning of macroalgal forests and urchin barrens

Oikos, EarlyView.
Two temperate rocky reef food‐web models, representing the trophic diversity of the Mediterranean rocky reef communities, were built for the two stable states: macroalgal forests and barren grounds, which are characterized by opposite amounts of erect macroalgal biomass.
Chiara Bonaviri, Davide Agnetta, Stefania Pinna, Luigi Piazzi, Fabio Badalamenti, Giulia Ceccherelli, Davide Iaciofano, Manfredi Di Lorenzo, Francesco Di Trapani, Sabrina Lo Brutto, Vesna Mačić, Anna Maria Mannino, Francesco Mura, Luigi Musco, Laura Tamburello, Tomás Vega Fernández, Salvatrice Vizzini, Trevor Willis, Paola Gianguzza   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Familiarity and aggression shape long‐term associations and mortality risk in a solitary ungulate

Oikos, EarlyView.
Periodic social interactions are important to animal fitness, even in solitary species. For solitary species, these interactions can be unexpected and shaped by previous encounters. Despite being aggressive and largely solitary, black rhinoceroses Diceros bicornis are commonly seen in groups, suggesting they may engage in more social behaviours than ...
Rachel M. Stein, Adrian M. Shrader
wiley   +1 more source

When wolves aren't enough: revisiting trophic cascades in northern Wisconsin

Oikos, EarlyView.
Elimination of top predators has allowed large herbivores to flourish in many terrestrial ecosystems, transforming food webs and ecosystem functions. Restoration of large predator communities is hoped to reverse negative effects of this trophic downgrading, but evidence for such effects is elusive.
Elaine M. Brice, Donald M. Waller, Jennifer L. Price Tack, Daniel J. Storm, David A. Rogers, Sarah E. Johnson, Bernd Blossey   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source