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Assessing Methods for Detecting Island Spotted Skunks

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2020
Island spotted skunks (Spilogale gracilis amphiala) are endemic to 2 of the California Channel Islands (CA, USA)—Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa. The status of skunks is uncertain, although incidental captures in traps set for island foxes (Urocyon littoralis)
Ellen C. Bolas, Rahel Sollmann, Kevin R. Crooks, Laura Shaskey, Christina L. Boser, Victoria J. Bakker, Adam Dillon, Dirk H. Van Vuren   +7 more
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Emergent global patterns of ecosystem structure and function from a mechanistic general ecosystem model [PDF]

, 2014
Anthropogenic activities are causing widespread degradation of ecosystems worldwide, threatening the ecosystem services upon which all human life depends.
A Friedlander, A Hardisty, B Cho, B Collen, B-E Sæther, BJ McGill, C Mora, C Ward-Paige, CA Deutsch, CB Field, CD Thomas, CEL Ferreira, CH Sekercioglu, CM Duarte, CR McClain, D Griffiths, D Policansky, D Post, D Yates, Derek P. Tittensor, DG Jenkins, Drew W. Purves, DW Purves, E Jeppesen, E Macpherson, E Odum, E Siemann, EA Fulton, FS Chapin, G Krinner, GA Kaufman, GM Mace, H Cyr, H Stibor, HR Peinetti, J Cebrian, J Chase, J Gasol, J Merilä, JA Carton, JE Cohen, JH Brown, JL Frangi, JM Sunday, Jon Hutton, JP Rodríguez, JS Millar, Jörn P. W. Scharlemann, K Rose, KA Nagy, KA Schubert, KE Jones, KR Buck, L Tremblay-Boyer, LLM Fedigan, LW Oring, M Behrenfeld, M González-Suárez, Matthew J. Smith, MBJ Harfoot, ME Power, Michael B. J. Harfoot, Michel Loreau, MJ Coe, MJ Morgan, MJ Smith, MJ Vander Zanden, MK Litvak, MR Evans, MW McCoy, N Blakley, N Loeuille, NG Hairston, O Krüger, P Abrams, P Del Giorgio, PK Holland, R Alkemade, R Bustamante, R Gentile, R Meek, R Shine, R Shine, RE Ricklefs, RE Ricklefs, RJ Williams, RJ Williams, RW Sheldon, RW Wilson, S Díaz, S Fretwell, S Jain, S Jennings, S Jennings, S Meiri, S Sitch, SA Sandin, SD Pletcher, Stephen Emmott, T Newbold, T Sousa, Tim Newbold, TJ Case, TJ Webb, U Brose, V Christensen, Vassily Lyutsarev, W Sprules, X Irigoien, Y-J Shin   +109 more
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A record of fossil shallow-water whale falls from Italy [PDF]

, 2014
Twenty-five Neogene-Quaternary whales hosted in Italian museum collections and their associated fauna were analysed for evidence of whale-fall community development in shallow-water settings.
Allison, Amano, Amano, Bellinzona, Bianucci, Bianucci, Bianucci, Bianucci, Bianucci, Bianucci, Bisconti, Bisconti, Bisconti, Borselli, Braby, Britton, Capellini, Capellini, Caretto, Carmignani, Chicchi, Coleman, Cortesi, Dahlgren, Damarco, Dando, Danise, Danise, Danise, Dominici, Dubilier, Esperante, Fergusson, Ferrero, Glover, Glover, Goedert, Goffredi, Higgs, Higgs, Hogler, Kauffman, Kiel, Kiel, Kiel, Kiel, Kubodera, Lancaster, Lundsten, Marshall, Martill, Martill, Martill, Mojetta, Naganuma, Nesbitt, Owen, Pavlyuk, Portis, Pyenson, Reisdorf, Ricci Lucchi, Richardson, Rouse, Rouse, Sahling, Sarti, Scabelli, Schäfer, Shapiro, Smith, Smith, Smith, Smith, Squires, Strobel, Tarasov, Taylor, Thorson, Trevisan, Vai, Warén   +81 more
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Phylogenomics reveals the evolution of floral traits associated with pollinators and pollinator–prey conflict within the carnivorous Pinguicula subgenus Temnoceras

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise The carnivorous plant genus Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae) exhibits remarkable floral diversity associated with pollination, particularly in the largest subgenus Temnoceras, which spans Mexico and Central America. Despite this diversity, the relationships between species and the evolution of key floral traits remain unresolved. Here, we
Yunjia Liu, Qianshi Lin, Steven J. Fleck, Martín Mata‐Rosas, Enrique Ibarra‐Laclette, Tanya Renner   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Garbage in the diet of carnivores in an agricultural area [PDF]

, 2016
Human food waste is considered to be richer in carbohydrates, lipids and proteins than most natural food supplies; however, it is very well digested in scats. So, as an indication of this kind of food in the diet, we have used each indigestible,
Jankowiak, Łukasz, Krawczyk, Agata J., Malecha, Anna W.   +2 more
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Animal‐mediated seed dispersal: A review of study methods

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract By dispersing seeds, animals provide ecological functions critical for the ecology, evolution, and conservation of plants. We review quantitative and empirical approaches and emerging technologies to quantify processes and patterns of animal‐mediated seed dispersal (zoochory) across its phases: from predispersal to postdispersal.
Noelle G. Beckman, Erin K. Kuprewicz, Binod Borah, James M. Bullock, Amanda S. Gallinat, Juan P. González‐Varo, Abir Jain, Jun Ying Lim, Carina I. Motta, Omer Nevo, Haldre S. Rogers   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Painted Ferocity: The Social Behaviors of African Wild Dogs, Threats to Survival, and Resulting Conservation Initiatives [PDF]

, 2018
African Wild Dogs (Lycaon pictus) are an endangered species of canid from Sub-Saharan Africa. They are very social communal hunters, and are capable of chasing down prey for long stretches of time. Wild dogs benefit a savannah ecosystem by regulating the
Valdes, Alexis
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Disparity of turbinal bones in placental mammals

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Turbinals are key bony elements of the mammalian nasal cavity, involved in heat and moisture conservation as well as olfaction. While turbinals are well known in some groups, their diversity is poorly understood at the scale of placental mammals, which span 21 orders.
Quentin Martinez, Mark Wright, Benjamin Dubourguier, Kai Ito, Thomas van de Kamp, Elias Hamann, Marcus Zuber, Gabriel Ferreira, Rémi Blanc, Pierre‐Henri Fabre, Lionel Hautier, Eli Amson   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of puma–livestock conflicts in rangelands of central Argentina [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2017
Livestock predation is one of the major causes of conflicts between humans and pumas (Puma concolor). Using data from interviews with ranchers and kill-site inspections, we characterized puma–livestock conflicts in Villarino and Patagones counties of ...
María de las Mercedes Guerisoli, Estela Luengos Vidal, Marcello Franchini, Nicolás Caruso, Emma Beatriz Casanave, Mauro Lucherini   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can you hear me now? A comparative survey of pinniped auditory apparatus morphology

Zoodiversity, 2021
Over the past century research on the morphology of the auditory apparatuses of pinnipeds, which include Phocidae (true seals), Otariidae (sea lions and fur seals), and Odobenidae (walruses) is extremely limited, in comparison to other Carnivora ...
Lindsey Koper, Irina Koretsky, Sulman Rahmat   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source