Integrating the Microbiome Into Infection Ecology and Evolution in Wild Animals
ABSTRACT Parasites are a ubiquitous force in nature threatening wildlife populations and ecosystems. Interactions between hosts and their parasites are impacted by host‐associated microbiomes, which are essential for host development, physiology and immunity.
Jingdi Li +5 more
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Are Hibernators Toast? Global Climate Change and Prolonged Seasonal Hibernation. [PDF]
Dausmann KH, Cooper CE.
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Hitchhiking Parasites: Unstructured Populations of Bat Ectoparasites Reveal Host‐Driven Dispersal
ABSTRACT Understanding factors influencing the dynamics and distribution of parasites is essential to decipher the mechanism behind their spread and the identification of populations with elevated risks of infection. Bats—together with the diverse parasites they host and the influence of their social behaviour on parasitism—offer a suitable system.
Clara Castex +3 more
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Functional State of Lampbrush Chromosomes in Early Vitellogenic Oocytes of Hibernating Frogs <i>Rana temporaria</i>. [PDF]
Ilicheva NV, Podgornaya OI.
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Ips acuminatus (Gyllenhal) in the Czech Republic: Flight dynamics and adult population structure
Ips acuminatus exhibits a univoltine life cycle in Central Europe and no full second generation in midsummer. The sex ratio shifts from male‐biased in spring to slightly female‐biased with the season, with over 90% of females mated. Among the pheromone lures tested, the ACP was most attractive, and combining ACP and PH lures could be used for effective
Daniela Hlávková +3 more
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Abstract High‐resolution movement data from Cuvier's beaked, or goose‐beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris, hereafter Ziphius, n = 8) tag deployments (4.1–19.2 days) were used to estimate blood and tissue O2 and CO2 levels. Acceleration and magnetometry data were used to estimate the locomotion cost (LC) from the relationship between activity and the O2 ...
Andreas Fahlman +8 more
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From Leaves to Litter: Use of Anthropogenic Nesting Materials in Hibernation Nests of the European Hedgehog. [PDF]
Crawford K +4 more
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Protein Structure Determination by Racemic and Quasi‐Racemic X‐Ray Crystallography
Racemic mixtures of protein enantiomers facilitate formation of diffraction‐quality crystals in centrosymmetric space groups that have quantized phases which simplify structure solution. Quasi‐racemic mixtures of a protein and its mirror image isomorph similarly facilitate formation of highly ordered crystals.
Stephen B. H. Kent
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A POMT2 missense substitution contributes to hypoxia adaptation in hibernating mammals. [PDF]
Zhang J +11 more
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