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Wild Pigs (Sus scrofa) Stand Their Ground: Investigating Flight Response, or Lack Thereof, to Perceived Predation Risk 野猪坚守原地:探究其面对感知捕食风险时的逃逸反应 (或无逃逸行为)

Wildlife Letters, EarlyView.
We used automated behavioral response systems (ABRs) to assess invasive wild pig (Sus scrofa) behavioral response to four auditory playbacks: humans, coyote vocalizations (Canis latrans), pigs in distress, and barred owl (Strix varia) calls. Wild pigs had a significant flight response to human playbacks, but 68% of pigs did not flee.
Justine L. Smith, L. Mike Conner, Michael T. Mengak   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vegetation and Soil Aggregates Shape Nematode Communities and Energy Flow on the Loess Plateau. [PDF]

Microorganisms
Kang W, Chen Z, Du Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Multispecies assessment of core areas and connectivity of desert carnivores in central Iran

, 2018
R. Khosravi, M. Hemami, S. Cushman
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ecology of declining populations of gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) in Indiana, USA Ecología de las poblaciones en declive de zorros grises (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) en Indiana, EE.UU.

Wildlife Monographs, EarlyView.
We estimated seasonal space use, cover selection, and resource selection; evaluated gene flow and potential genetic barriers; and assessed cause‐specific survival rates and reproduction of radiomarked gray foxes in Indiana, USA. Our results provide evidence that gray foxes in Indiana are an edge species with relatively large home ranges, relatively low
Tim L. Hiller, Julia A. Nawrocki, Brandon M. Bernhardt, Lane K. Jeakle, Dawn M. Reding, Geriann Albers   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated assessment and forecasting of heavy metal contamination in soils affected by Pb-Zn mining in Guizhou, China. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Shi T, Huang J, Chen S, Chen H, Xu H, Guo J, Wang X, Li Q, Tang Q, Xie F, Song G.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Drone‐based radiotelemetry and imagery systems provide an advantage over traditional techniques for estimating survival of dependent juveniles

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
We used drone‐based radiotelemetry and multispectral imagery to estimate detection and survival probabilities of blue‐winged teal broods in Saskatchewan, Canada. Weekly brood survival probabilities, estimated via Cormack‐Jolly‐Seber models, increased with age and were comparable between drone methods.
Grant A. Rhodes, Dylan L. Bakner, Hannah C. Sabatier, Benjamin S. Sedinger, Christopher A. Nicolai, Kevin M. Ringelman   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revealing seasonal dietary niche overlap among sympatric large carnivores using DNA metabarcoding. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Patterson JR, Périquet-Pearce S, Melton MH, PetersonWood B, Portas R, Aschenborn O, Cloete C, Peirson LE, Lafferty DJR, Beasley JC.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal mapping the usable space of free‐roaming equids across the western United States

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
Identification of the inter‐decadal (2010‐2011) enhancement‐degradation gradients in the usable space for wild equid Herd Management Areas in the Great Basin, USA. Abstract Management of feral equids in the American West is hindered by the lack of a formal habitat map and monitoring system.
Alexander Hernandez, Eric Thacker, Kaden Patten, David Stoner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diet, phenology and body size shape nutrient release by songbirds

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Animals can dramatically alter ecosystem structure and function through the cycling and transport of nutrients in their waste. While birds are particularly capable of influencing nutrient cycles due to their high mobility, abundance, metabolism and functional diversity,
Linsey Chen, Alexander S. Flecker, Ethan S. Duvall   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diets, dominance hierarchies, and kleptoparasitism drive asymmetrical interactions between wolves and cougars. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Binder W, Ruprecht JS, Rabe J, Metz MC, Hutchinson R, Stahler DR, Levi T.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source