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Digging into dirt: Rewilding with threatened mammals shapes soil‐emerging insect assemblages

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
By comparing insect communities across treatments at two time points, we show that reintroduced digging mammals shape soil‐emerging insect assemblages. This provides empirical evidence that restoring ecosystem engineers may drive broader community‐level change in semi‐arid ecosystems. Abstract Digging mammals function as ecosystem engineers by altering
Lucy G. Johanson, Peter Contos, Romina Rader, Heloise Gibb   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chinese Pangolin Changes Local Vertebrate Assemblages and Contributes to Their Interspecific Interactions by Burrowing and Revisitation

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
In this study, we systematically analyzed the utilization patterns of Chinese pangolin burrows by sympatric species in Guangdong Province, China, including differences in species composition using burrow mounds and burrow tunnels. We found that repeated visits to burrows by Chinese pangolin promoted the use of burrows by sympatric species, suggesting ...
Song Sun, Ruirui Mao, Hongliang Dou, Haiyang Gao, Ying Wang, Yaqian Zhang, Fei Wu, Yuanwen Kuang, Zhishu Xiao, Yan Hua   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prey Partitioning in a Diverse Carnivore Community: Implications for Reintroduced Fishers in Washington

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Using fecal DNA metabarcoding, we quantified dietary overlap among reintroduced fishers and sympatric coyotes, bobcats, and Pacific martens in Washington's North Cascades. Niche overlap was substantial for common prey but varied with body size, revealing fine‐scale resource partitioning that may limit fishers' access to energetically efficient prey ...
Kayla A. Shively, Ellen M. Reese, Jason I. Ransom, Jeffrey C. Lewis, Tara Chestnut, David O. Werntz, Taal Levi, Laura R. Prugh   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monitoring Hoary Marmots: Matching Objectives to Available Effort [PDF]

, 2017
Monitoring provides information necessary for managers to make informed decisions related to the status of populations. However, collecting sufficient data to reliably detect trends in abundance over a large area is costly in time and resources. Instead,
Hammond, Chris, Litt, Andrea R., Turnock, Ben Y., Vore, John   +3 more
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Sick leave in the United Kingdom Post Office, 1850–1908

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper uses a large individual‐record‐level dataset on sick leave to examine adult morbidity in the United Kingdom between 1850 and 1908. From 1859 onwards postal workers were eligible to receive a pension or gratuity when they retired or were forced to stop working due to ill health.
Harry Smith, David R. Green, Laura Newman, Joe Chick, Kathleen McIlvenna, Holly Marley, Natasha Preger, Douglas Brown, Nicola Shelton   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

PREDATION RISK FOR HOARY MARMOTS IN THE CHANGING CLIMATE OF WASHINGTON���S NORTH CASCADES

, 2022
Climatic changes can reduce habitat availability of high-elevation specialists such as the hoary marmot (Marmota caligata), a hibernating rodent of subalpine meadows and talus fields. Observed hoary marmot mean abundance in North Cascades National Park (NOCA) has declined by 74%, and though declines of other marmot populations have been attributed to ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Beyond mammals: the evolution of chewing and other forms of oropharyngeal food processing in vertebrates

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 3, Page 1406-1462, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Oropharyngeal food processing exhibits a remarkable diversity among vertebrates, reflecting the evolution of specialised ‘processing centres’ associated with the mandibular, hyoid, and branchial arches. Although studies have detailed various food‐processing strategies and mechanisms across vertebrates, a coherent and comprehensive terminology ...
Daniel Schwarz, Maja Mielke, Stephan Handschuh, Anthony Herrel, Patrick Lemell, Léa Da Cunha, Nicolai Konow   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The distribution and phylogeography of the Alaska marmot (Marmota broweri) [PDF]

, 2007
Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2007The taxonomic and distributional status of the Marmota broweri has been the subject of much debate and confusion since it was first described as a subspecies of the hoary marmot (M caligata).
Gunderson, Aren M.
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Friends of the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum, No. 40 [PDF]

, 2022
From the Curator: Dedication - 25 Years, Founding - 125 Years -- The First Years of UM Museums -- Bird Puzzles with Larry -- iDigBio Summer Internship Report -- Don Pattie on the Beartooth -- 2022 Marmot Madness Report -- Who\u27s in the Museum ...
University of Montana--Missoula. Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum
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Identification of camera trap images by artificial intelligence and human experts produces similar multi‐species occupancy models

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 5, May 2026.
The use of a global AI classifier to identify species and reproducible pre‐ and post‐processing decisions makes our approach broadly applicable and particularly beneficial for national and international monitoring programs that collect large amounts of photo data on threatened, at risk, or management sensitive species and wildlife communities.
Daniel Thornton, Dan Morris, Travis King, Lucy Perera‐Romero, Alissa Anderson, Rony Garcia‐Anleu, Scott Fitkin, Carly Vynne   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source