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Using Fitness Surfaces to Better Link Conservation Breeding Programmes With Wild Population Recovery

Molecular Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 12, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Fitness surfaces offer a valuable tool for bridging the gap between captive breeding programmes and wild populations. By quantifying the relationship between phenotypes and reproductive success in captive and wild settings, fitness surfaces can help identify the fitness consequences of phenotypic change in either environment. Measuring fitness
Drew Sauve, Hana Thompson, Amy A. Chabot, Denis Réale   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors influencing risk of predation by subsidized predators on juvenile Mojave desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii)

Global Ecology and Conservation
A persistent lack of juvenile recruitment in populations of the imperiled Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) has been attributed to artificially inflated populations of coyotes (Canis latrans) and common ravens (Corvus corax) in some areas ...
Collin J. Richter, Brian D. Todd, Kurt A. Buhlmann, Gabriella R. Barnas, Michel T. Kohl, Tracey D. Tuberville   +5 more
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The effects of breeding status on common raven movement, home range, and habitat selection

The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 89, Issue 4, May 2025.
We investigated space use and resource selection of breeding and non‐breeding common ravens in Nevada, finding that breeding ravens had smaller core areas around their nests and shorter step lengths than non‐breeding ravens. Both breeding classes preferred high NDVI areas with low shrub and annual grass cover, but non‐breeding ravens also demonstrated ...
Julia C. Brockman, Peter S. Coates, John C. Tull, Pat J. Jackson, Shawn T. O'Neil, Perry J. Williams   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cross–Species Transmission at the Wildlife–Livestock Interface: A Case Study of Epidemiological Inference From Mule Deer GPS Collar Data

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 4, April 2025.
Mycoplasma bovis is bacterial pathogen of cattle that is rarely detected in wildlife. Our intensive monitoring of free‐ranging mule deer led to the discovery of Mycoplasma bovis as the cause of death in an animal that had recently selected for use of a dairy premise.
Jennifer L. Malmberg, Jeremy Alder, Halcyon Killion, Danielle Buttke, Kim M. Pepin, George Wittemyer   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate and Dispersal Ability Limit Future Habitats for Gila Monsters in the Mojave Desert

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 3, March 2025.
We assessed how suitable habitat for Gila monsters will change under climate change scenarios, limiting future habitat to areas that Gila monsters can potentially disperse to. We find that without this limitation, future Gila monster habitat will be overestimated.
Steven J. Hromada, Jason L. Jones, Jocelyn B. Stalker, Dustin A. Wood, Amy G. Vandergast, C. Richard Tracy, C. M. Gienger, Kenneth E. Nussear   +7 more
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Using movement to inform conservation corridor design for Mojave desert tortoise

Movement Ecology, 2020
Background Preserving corridors for movement and gene flow among populations can assist in the recovery of threatened and endangered species. As human activity continues to fragment habitats, characterizing natural corridors is important in establishing ...
Steven J. Hromada, Todd C. Esque, Amy G. Vandergast, Kirsten E. Dutcher, Corey I. Mitchell, Miranda E. Gray, Tony Chang, Brett G. Dickson, Kenneth E. Nussear   +8 more
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Effectiveness of canine‐assisted surveillance and human searches for early detection of invasive spotted lanternfly

Ecosphere, Volume 15, Issue 12, December 2024.
Abstract Prevention and early detection of invasive species are championed as the most cost‐effective and efficient strategies for reducing or preventing negative impacts on ecosystems. Spotted lanternfly (SLF), Lycorma delicatula, is a recently introduced invasive insect whose range in the United States has been expanding rapidly since it was first ...
Angela K. Fuller, Ben C. Augustine, Eric H. Clifton, Ann E. Hajek, Arden Blumenthal, Josh Beese, Aimee Hurt, Carrie J. Brown‐Lima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Concordant Signal of Genetic Variation Across Marker Densities in the Desert Annual Chylismia brevipes Is Linked With Timing of Winter Precipitation

Evolutionary Applications, Volume 17, Issue 12, December 2024.
ABSTRACT Climate change coupled with large‐scale surface disturbances necessitate active restoration strategies to promote resilient and genetically diverse native plant communities. However, scarcity of native plant materials hinders restoration efforts, leading practitioners to choose from potentially viable but nonlocal seed sources.
Daniel F. Shryock, Nila Lê, Lesley A. DeFalco, Todd C. Esque   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using incidental mark‐encounter data to improve survival estimation

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Obtaining robust survival estimates is critical, but sample size limitations often result in imprecise estimates or the failure to obtain estimates for population subgroups.
Seth M. Harju, Scott M. Cambrin, Roy C. Averill‐Murray, Melia Nafus, Kimberleigh J. Field, Linda J. Allison   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying genome-wide immune gene variation underlying infectious disease in wildlife populations – a next generation sequencing approach in the gopher tortoise

BMC Genomics, 2018
Background Infectious disease is the single greatest threat to taxa such as amphibians (chytrid fungus), bats (white nose syndrome), Tasmanian devils (devil facial tumor disease), and black-footed ferrets (canine distemper virus, plague).
Jean P. Elbers, Mary B. Brown, Sabrina S. Taylor   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source