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Nonstationarity in wildlife disease dynamics: insights from the prairie dog–plague system

Oikos, EarlyView.
Ecological relationships often vary in strength and direction across ecosystems, a pattern that has become increasingly evident as ecology expands to broader spatial and temporal scales. Although such nonstationarity – the changing effect of predictor variables across spatiotemporal contexts – is widely acknowledged in ecological research, it has ...
Gabriel M. Barrile, Joshua F. Layfield, David J. Augustine, Lauren M. Porensky, Courtney J. Duchardt, Imtiaz Rangwala, Ana D. Davidson   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drought intensifies dominant competitor avoidance and risk‐dependent habitat selection in a large carnivore guild

Oikos, EarlyView.
Intraguild competition is a key force structuring predator communities, with dominant species impacting subordinate species' space use and access to resources. Climate change may intensify or reshape these processes, yet how climate conditions interact with dominance to influence predator space use and resource selection remains poorly understood.
Anna C. Nisi, Leigh West, Meghan Halabisky, Neil R. Jordan, Robynne Kotze, Andrew J. Loveridge, J. W. McNutt, John Neelo, Laura R. Prugh, Kasim Rafiq, Lara L. Sousa, Alan M. Wilson, Lukas Bierhoff, Briana Abrahms   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feline Coronavirus Prevalence in 493 Cats With Chronic Diarrhea

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Background Chronic diarrhea (CD) is common in cats, with unknown etiology in many cases. Objectives To establish the prevalence of feline coronavirus (FCoV) and other enteropathogens in cats with CD.
Gary D. Norsworthy, Kristin N. Miller, Sarah M. Castro, Diane D. Addie   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating vision, audition and olfaction traits: a roadmap for contrasting sensory ecologies of birds and rodents

Oikos, EarlyView.
Sensory ecology seeks to understand how organisms detect and use information from their environment, yet comparative analyses across multiple sensory modalities remain rare. Here, we present a roadmap for contrasting the sensory ecologies of birds and rodents using surrogate morphological and acoustic traits associated with vision, audition, and ...
Raphaël Proulx, Josyane Brouillard, Laurie Provençal, Frédérick Girard, Jessica Bertolacci, Youri Simard   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feline Acromegaly [PDF]

Topics in Companion Animal Medicine, 2012
Acromegaly, or hypersomatotropism, results from chronic, excessive secretion of growth hormone in the adult animal. The anabolic effects of growth hormone are exerted through the intermediary hormone, insulin-like growth factor 1, which is produced in the liver under the influence of growth hormone.
openaire   +2 more sources

Spatio‐temporal patterns, associated factors and mitigation of tiger and leopard attacks on people in western Himalayas

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Coexistence with large carnivores becomes extremely difficult in areas where there are large number of attacks on humans. An understanding of the factors that explain the spatio‐temporal context of such attacks would guide policy and management to mitigate conflict, conserve carnivores and assist coexistence.
Aman Deep Rathi, Keshab Gogoi, Rajiv Bhartari, Yadvendradev V. Jhala   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Belief and the beast: Religion and attitudes towards tigers in Central India

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Human perceptions of wildlife are critical to shaping conservation outcomes, particularly in landscapes where people coexist with large carnivores. Religion, a deeply rooted sociocultural force, remains underexplored in the context of human–wildlife conflict.
Sathvika Krishnan, Poonam Dhanwatey, Harshwardhan Dhanwatey, Andrew Gosler, Claudio Sillero‐Zubiri   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hybridization patterns and research effort in Asteraceae, a megadiverse and economically important plant family

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Plant hybridization is increasingly recognized as an important evolutionary process, and a deeper understanding of hybridization is necessary for its application to agriculture, conservation, and ecological solutions. Here, we assess correlates of hybridization in the megadiverse and societally important family Asteraceae and how and where hybrids have
Leandra O′Connell, Kathryn G. Turner, Nora Mitchell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial population distribution dynamics of big cats and ungulates with seasonal and disturbance changes in temperate natural forest

Global Ecology and Conservation
Wildlife conservation and management in human-dominated landscapes are major concerns for wildlife ecologists and managers. The dynamics of human disturbance, combined with seasonal limitations in the availability of nutritious foods, may restrict ...
Dusu Wen, Jinzhe Qi, Wannian Cheng, Zhaoyue Li, Qi Qi, Yonglu Cui, Nathan James Roberts, Yumiao Tian, Zeying Zhou, Ying Wang, Zhigang Cheng, Yan Zhao, Feng Shan, Eryan Yang, Guangshun Jiang   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Citizen Science for Individual Identification of Pine Martens Martes martes From Camera Trap Footage

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Camera traps generate large volumes of wildlife footage, but identifying animals to the individual level remains challenging and time‐consuming. Using European pine martens in the Forest of Dean as a case study, we assessed whether citizen scientists could identify individuals from camera trap photos and videos.
Sian E. Green, Philip A. Stephens, Josie Bridges, Catherine M. McNicol, Russell A. Hill   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source