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Ecological scale mediates nonlinear relationships of animal nutrient excretion with dissolved organic matter

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
We show that nutrient excretion by vertebrates and invertebrates varies nonlinearly with dissolved organic matter concentration and composition and by taxonomic rank, with stronger patterns at the individual compared to the community level. Our findings highlight the importance of examining animal‐mediated nutrient cycling across taxa and ecological ...
Sandra Klemet‐N'Guessan, Marina Taskovic, Nolan J. T. Pearce, Marguerite A. Xenopoulos   +3 more
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Spatial Differentiation and Driving Mechanisms of Nekton Community Diversity in Eastern Guangdong Coastal Waters, Northern South China Sea. [PDF]

Biology (Basel)
Li Y, Tong M, Zheng X, Tang QH, Zhang YP, Guo YS, Wang ZD, Liao J.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Understanding natal emigration in group‐living carnivores

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Dispersal is a key ecological and evolutionary process, yet drivers of variation in emigration under human‐modified conditions remain understudied. Using a novel genetic approach applied to harvested grey wolves in Idaho, USA, we found that prey availability and population density shape natal emigration patterns in a cooperative breeder.
Kathleen M. Petersen, Joel M. Tebbenkamp, Matthew A. Mumma, David E. Ausband   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Some population parameters of three flatfish species (<i>Arnoglossus laterna</i>, <i>Monochirus hispidus</i>, and <i>Microchirus ocellatus</i>) from Güllük Bay, southern Aegean Sea. [PDF]

PeerJ
Cerim H, Yapıcı S, Yılmaz Ö, Gülşahin A, Soykan O, Reis İ, Yalgın F.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Spillover dynamics and asynchronous temporal fluctuations in host density and competence drive fungal parasite persistence in multi‐host, seasonal communities

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
In this study, the authors develop a new model to show that species contributions to parasite persistence can have strong, asynchronous temporal variability, often limiting the effectiveness of targeted seasonal parasite control. The model is broadly applicable for partitioning who, when, and what drive parasite persistence in multi‐host seasonal ...
Sarah A. R. Schrock, Joseph A. DeMarchi, Billy J. Gardner, Matthew J. Gray, Michel E. B. Ohmer, Mark Q. Wilber   +5 more
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Microplastic Munchies: Exploring Microplastic Trophic Transfer Potential Between Two Key Prey Fish Species and Resident Common Bottlenose Dolphins (<i>Tursiops truncatus</i>) in Sarasota Bay, Florida. [PDF]

Mar Mamm Sci
Martin E, Wells RS, Berens McCabe EJ, Dziobak MK, Case SM, Curtin T, Conger E, Gaur A, Knowles MA, Allen RF, Toms CN, Weinstein JE, Hart LB.   +12 more
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High thermal plasticity, low heritability and constant directional selection on breeding phenology in a viviparous ectotherm

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Our findings reveal that breeding phenology of the common lizard is shaped by strong thermal plasticity, body size effects, constant selection for earlier parturition, but low heritability. This suggests that phenological responses to climate change in this species, and likely in other squamates, will predominantly arise through plastic rather than ...
Théo Bodineau, Alexis Rutschmann, Jean‐François Le Galliard, Manuel Massot, Murielle Richard, Jean Clobert, Sandrine Meylan, Pierre de Villemereuil   +7 more
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Long-term random sampling confirms high-use areas and indicates declining abundance of juvenile smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) in Charlotte Harbor, Florida. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Farmer NA, Brame AB, Dar R, Wooley AK, Heath LB, Yakich DM, Lombardo SM, Poulakis GR.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Games and gamification projects in the Australian public sector

Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract This article surveys the arrival of gameful government into Australian public sector practice. Gameful government is a shorthand, descriptive term denoting the interpenetration of (video)games, and design elements and thinking from them, into public sector work.
David Threlfall, Catherine Althaus
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Informative Missingness in Nominal Data: A Graph-Theoretic Approach to Revealing Hidden Structure. [PDF]

Comput Struct Biotechnol J
Zangene E, Schwämmle V, Jafari M.
europepmc   +1 more source