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How many fathers? Study design implications when inferring multiple paternity in crocodilians

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2022
Up to 10 males were reported to sire clutches of crocodilian eggs but review of the underlying study designs raised questions of potential upward bias of inferred sire numbers.
Sally R. Isberg
doaj   +1 more source

Inbreeding depression in red deer calves [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
BACKGROUND Understanding the fitness consequences of inbreeding is of major importance for evolutionary and conservation biology. However, there are few studies using pedigree-based estimates of inbreeding or investigating the influence of environment ...
Clutton-Brock, Tim H   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Multiple scales of fear: foraging behaviour of white‐naped jays in semiarid landscapes

open access: yesOikos, EarlyView.
Animals must constantly balance the need to find resources with the risk of predation. Not only avoiding direct encounters with predators but also assessing the overall risk of their environment using cues, social information or habitat traits at multiple spatial and temporal scales.
Maria Carolina Beiriz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Public Perception towards the Development of Deer Breeding in Bandar Lampung

open access: yesJurnal Sylva Lestari, 2019
The existence of the deer population that continue to decline in its natural habitat need conservation efforts, such as through ex-situ conservation.
Bainah Sari Dewi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unveiling human–wildlife interactions in the context of livestock grazing abandonment and the return of large carnivores, ungulates and vultures: A stakeholder perspective

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Pastoral practices remain a widespread economic activity across European mountain regions. However, the viability of this activity may be threatened by the recovery of large wild vertebrates associated with passive rewilding, leading to the so‐called human–wildlife conflicts.
P. Acebes   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

鹿属动物的驯化要点

open access: yes野生动物学报, 1988
鹿属(Cervus)。在我国有梅花鹿(Cervus nippon)、马鹿(Cervus elaphus)、白唇鹿(Cervus dlbirostris)海南坡鹿(Cervus eldi)、水鹿(Cervusunicolor)等五种,都是国家保护对象。到目前为止,这五种鹿都有野生的和人工驯养的种群,只是数量相差十分悬殊而已。自1963年以来曾先后从事过水鹿、梅花鹿、海南坡鹿以及引进的爪哇鹿(Cervus hippe—
袁喜才, 王宝琳
doaj  

Reservas corporales y tasa de preñez del ciervo colorado introducido en Patagonia (Argentina) después de un período de sequía [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
El ciervo rojo (Cervus elaphus) fue introducido en Patagonia en la década de 1920 y ha alcanzado densidades altas en ciertas áreas del ecotono entre el bosque y la estepa.
Fluck, Werner Thomas
core  

Ultradian, circadian and seasonal rhythms in cortisol secretion and adrenal responsiveness to ACTH and yarding in unrestrained red deer (Cervus elaphus) stags [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Seasonal changes in the activity and responsiveness of the adrenal gland in red deer (Cervus elaphus) stags were quantified by measuring 24 h endogenous cortisol secretory profiles and plasma cortisol responses to either administration of exogenous ACTH ...
Crockford, J.N.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Methionine Supplementation Affects Fecal Bacterial Community and Production Performance in Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) [PDF]

open access: gold, 2023
Yan Wu   +8 more
openalex   +1 more source

Understanding contingency in wolf‐mediated livestock predation across a mosaic of land uses: An agent‐based modelling approach

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The return of grey wolves to multi‐use landscapes in North America and Europe raises concerns over accompanying risks of livestock predation. While local‐level risk factors have received attention, it is difficult to explore the role that landscape‐scale variables, such as landscape connectivity, play in driving livestock losses.
Vivian F. Hawkinson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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