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Modeling Skin Mark Temporal Variations to Estimate the Sex of Delphinids with Low Sexual Dimorphism: Implications for Management and Conservation

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This work aimed to apply the principles of skin mark analysis to a cetacean species to build a sex‐discrimination model exclusively based on photographic material. Relevant differences between sexes emerged in markings, with males presenting more social, aggression‐related, and fishing‐related marks overall, and a stronger tendency of mark accumulation
Alice Turchi, Giulia Pedrazzi, Alex Mattiussi, Maria S. Labriola, Daniele Petrone, Sofia Rinalduzzi, Giancarlo Giacomini, Daniela Silvia Pace   +7 more
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Sensory Biology of the Franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei, Pontoporiidae, Cetartiodactyla): Ontogenetic Modifications of Vibrissae and Vibrissal Crypts

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
The transition of cetaceans from a terrestrial to an aquatic environment involved a crucial sensory adaptation to environments with limited visibility. Vibrissae, important mechanoreceptors, undergo an ontogenetic transformation in odontocetes. This research describes the histomorphology of vibrissae and crypts at different developmental stages ...
Cecilia Mariana Krmpotic, Cleopatra Mara Loza, Alejo Carlos Scarano, Pedro Fernando Andrés‐Laube, Francisco Acuña, Juan Pablo Loureiro, Carolina Natalia Zanuzzi, Nicolás Nahuel Castro, María Teresa Pombo, Lorenzo von Fersen, Claudio Gustavo Barbeito   +10 more
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A Bayesian classification model to reconstruct lifetime movement patterns of riverine fish using environmental tracers

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Environmental tracers, including both elemental concentrations and isotope ratios, are widely used to reconstruct the movement patterns of animals throughout landscapes. The methodology involves creating a map that describes the distribution of the environmental tracer across the landscape, an isoscape and then matching the values of the same ...
Michael P. Venarsky, Edward L. Boone, Ben Stewart‐Koster, David A. Crook, Kaitlyn O'Mara, Jon Woodhead, Roland Maas, Stuart Bunn   +7 more
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The changing risk of coastal flooding in the United Kingdom

Weather, EarlyView.
Rachel Perks
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Goby gummies: A customizable and edible assay to quantify predation in aquatic ecosystems

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Predation is a critical ecosystem process that shapes the structure and functioning of biological communities. However, due to its intermittent nature, fast pace and general unpredictability, predation is difficult to observe and quantify. Therefore, we commonly rely on indirect metrics or proxies of predation, which reflect the outcome of ...
Christopher R. Hemingson, Douglas B. Rasher, Simon J. Brandl   +2 more
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Ceramic Production and Geodiversity in Iron Age Iberia: An Archaeometric Study of Pottery from Castrejón de Capote (SW Spain)

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The hillfort of Castrejón de Capote is one of the best investigated settlements of Late Iron Age southwest Iberia. Located in the territory that the classical sources attributed to the Celtici, it was occupied between the early 4th and the 1st centuries bce.
Beatrijs de Groot, Luis Berrocal‐Rangel, Manuel Fernández‐Götz   +2 more
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Weaponry Investment in the Socially Monogamous Snapping Shrimp Alpheus brasileiro (Decapoda: Alpheidae)

Acta Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Weapons are morphological structures used by animals in various contexts, especially in intra‐specific contests and visual displays. In snapping shrimps of the genus Alpheus, particularly the monogamous species Alpheus brasileiro, both sexes bear enlarged chelipeds, potentially conferring advantages in mate competition or territorial defence ...
Leonardo Moreira, Caio Santos Nogueira, Régis Augusto Pescinelli, Rogerio Caetano Costa   +3 more
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Luminescence dating of coastal deposits from the Chanthaburi Plain, Thailand

Boreas, EarlyView.
The ongoing global sea‐level rise urges us to better understand the dynamics of coastal processes for predicting future changes. Sedimentary deposits reflect past coastal environments but require precise chronological data to place evidence into a temporal context.
Margarita Nuss, Sakonvan Chawchai, Savanna Kager, Smith Leknettip, Yunyi Li, Kannika Wangritthikraikul, Frank Preusser   +6 more
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The collective application of shorebird tracking data to conservation

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Addressing urgent conservation issues, such as the drastic declines of North American migratory birds, requires creative, evidence‐based, efficient, and collaborative approaches. The abundance of over 50% of monitored North American shorebird populations has declined by over 50% since 1980. To address these declines, we developed a partnership
Autumn‐Lynn Harrison, Candace Stenzel, Alexandra Anderson, Jessica Howell, Richard B. Lanctot, Marley Aikens, Joaquín Aldabe, Liam A. Berigan, Joël Bêty, Erik Blomberg, Juliana Bosi de Almeida, Andy J. Boyce, David W. Bradley, Stephen Brown, Jay Carlisle, Edward Cheskey, Katherine Christie, Sylvain Christin, Rob Clay, Ashley Dayer, Jill L. Deppe, Willow English, Scott A. Flemming, Olivier Gilg, Christine Gilroy, Susan Heath, Jason M. Hill, J. Mark Hipfner, James A. Johnson, Luanne Johnson, Bart Kempenaers, Paul Knaga, Eunbi Kwon, Benjamin J. Lagassé, Jean‐François Lamarre, Christopher Latty, Don‐Jean Léandri‐Breton, Nicolas Lecomte, Pam Loring, Laura A. McDuffie, Rebecca McGuire, Scott Moorhead, Juan G. Navedo, David Newstead, Erica Nol, Alina Olalla‐Kerstupp, Bridget Olson, Elizabeth Olson, Julie Paquet, Allison K. Pierce, Jennie Rausch, Kevin Regan, Matthew E. Reiter, Amber M. Roth, Mike Russell, Daniel Ruthrauff, Sarah T. Saalfeld, Amy L. Scarpignato, Shiloh Schulte, Nathan R. Senner, Joseph A. M. Smith, Paul A. Smith, Zach Spector, Kelly Srigley Werner, Michelle L. Stantial, Audrey R. Taylor, T. Lee Tibbitts, Mihai Valcu, Nils Warnock, Walter Wehtje, Brad Winn, Michael B. Wunder   +71 more
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A practical, adaptive compliance management framework for improving marine protected area effectiveness

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Noncompliance regularly undermines the effectiveness of marine protected areas (MPAs) worldwide. The reasons for and drivers of noncompliance depend on the context (e.g., insufficient funding, capacity, neocolonialism, historical conflict), but the prevalent solution offered to curtail noncompliance tends to be more or better enforcement.
B. Bergseth, C. Moltzen, A. Arias, J. Aumend, M. Guilbeaux, R. Oyanedel, R. Parsons, C. Pukini, A. Quintana, C. Wilcox, J. C. Day   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source