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Untangling the influence of biotic and abiotic factors on habitat selection by a tropical rodent
Scientific Reports, 2021 Understanding how animal populations respond to environmental factors is critical because large-scale environmental processes (e.g., habitat fragmentation, climate change) are impacting ecosystems at unprecedented rates.
Georgia Ward-Fear +3 more
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The Social and Reproductive Challenges Faced by Free-Roaming Horse (Equus caballus) Stallions
Animals, 2023 In captivity, intact male horses, due to their sexual drive, are usually socially isolated from other horses. This lifestyle strongly contrasts with that experienced by horses living in free-roaming, feral, or semi-feral conditions, where adult stallions
Aleksandra Górecka-Bruzda +2 more
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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 +3 more
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Adjusting Our Thinking About Feeding Animals: Fiber as the Metric for Mimicking Natural Diets
Zoo Biology, EarlyView.A typical effect of the change of an animal group to a diet higher in fiber: juveniles keep growing, animals of ideal body weight maintain their weight, and obese individuals lose weight. ABSTRACT Free‐ranging animals often ingest markedly different diets than their counterparts under human care, whether companion animals, production animals, or zoo ...
Marcus Clauss +4 more
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, 2011 To determine the impact of a free-choice diet on nutritional intake and body condition of feral horses.Cadavers of 41 feral horses from 5 Australian locations.Body condition score (BCS) was determined (scale of 1 to 9), and the stomach was removed from ...
Christopher C. Pollitt +11 more
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Aggression, Erection, and Masturbation in Feral Pottoka Ponies and Implications for Equine Welfare
Animals, 2022 Erection and masturbation in horses are considered unwanted behaviors in training contexts, despite recognition that these are naturally occurring behaviors that are integral to the welfare of male horses.
Katherine Grillaert
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Integrating large mammalian herbivores into Dynamic Global Vegetation Models: Status and next steps
Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Zoogeochemistry, the study of how animals influence elemental cycling within ecosystems, bridges the fields of zoology, ecology and biogeochemistry. Yet, most terrestrial ecosystem models, especially Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs), remain largely plant‐centric
Yue Cheng +10 more
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Occurrence of Equine Foamy Virus Infection in Horses from Poland
Viruses, 2022 Equine foamy virus (EFVeca) is a foamy virus of non-primate origin and among the least-studied members of this retroviral subfamily. By sequence comparison, EFVeca shows the highest similarity to bovine foamy virus.
Magdalena Materniak-Kornas +5 more
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‘More Beastliness Than Beauty’: Gendering Pica in Seventeenth‐Century English Medicine and Culture
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Today, defined as the ‘persistent eating of non‐nutritive substances’, pica is a lesser‐known eating disorder with a long history. Defined in early modern England as the ‘desire to eat absurd things’, pica was explicitly gendered, associated with pregnant women and pubescent girls.
Helena C. Aeberli
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Dehydration and Mortality of Feral Horses and Burros: a Systematic Review of Reported Deaths [PDF]
, 2022 Water is a requirement for all organisms, including equids. Dehydration-caused mortality of feral horses (Equus ferus caballus) is often cited as a cause of concern and as justification for management of feral horses, yet a paucity of information exists ...
Hennig, Jacob D. +3 more
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