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Strategies, costs and counter-strategies to sexual coercion. [PDF]
Biol Rev Camb Philos SocABSTRACT Sexual conflict, the conflict between the evolutionary interests of females and males over mating, occasionally results in the evolution of traits favourable for one sex and adverse for the other. In this context, males can use sexual coercion to increase their mating success, at the expense of their female targets' mate choice.
Smit N.
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Many lifetime growth trajectories for a single mammal
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 11, Issue 21, Page 14789-14804, November 2021., 2021 There is a relative rarity of long‐term studies documenting lifetime body growth trajectories. Using long‐term longitudinal data on two wild boar populations subjected to contrasting environments (rich vs. poor), we demonstrate body growth trajectories in wild boar are context‐, sex‐, and cohort‐specific, differing between populations and among ...
Lara Veylit +4 more
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The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 85, Issue 8, Page 1574-1590, November 2021., 2021 ABSTRACT In social species, the transmission and maintenance of infectious diseases depends on the contact patterns between individuals within groups and on the interactions between groups. In southern Africa, the Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) is a vector for many pathogens that can infect sympatric livestock.
Elodie Wielgus +8 more
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Zoo‐housed mammals do not avoid giving birth on weekends
Zoo Biology, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 3-8, January/February 2021., 2021 Birth events across sixteen different mammalian species representing four orders were randomly dispersed through the week with no evidence that any species avoided giving birth when the zoos were most crowded with visitors indicating visitors were not sufficiently stressful to bring about birth delays.
Geoff Hosey +4 more
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BMC Veterinary Research, 2012 Background In Zambia, the presence of bovine tuberculosis in both wild and domestic animals has long been acknowledged and mutual transmission between them has been predicted without any direct evidence. Elucidation of the circulating Mycobacterium bovis
Hang’ombe Mudenda B +8 more
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African Journal of Ecology, Volume 58, Issue 3, Page 514-528, September 2020., 2020 Abstract Invasive species typically establish in areas outside their natural distribution through accidental introduction and accidental release or escape. Some species are introduced legally for economic and social benefits such as recreational hunting, the pet trade and research through established permitting processes driven by appropriate laws and ...
Moleseng C. Moshobane +3 more
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Evolution of ungulate mating systems: Integrating social and environmental factors
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 10, Issue 11, Page 5160-5178, June 2020., 2020 We provide a new approach to understanding mating systems in ungulates. We integrate both social and environmental factors in doing so. We develop a predictive model to help understand the evolution of these unique behaviors, which should help to direct future studies.
R. Terry Bowyer +4 more
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A Review of Bovine Tuberculosis in the Kafue Basin Ecosystem
Veterinary Medicine International, 2011 The Kafue basin ecosystem is the only remaining natural habitat for the endangered Kafue lechwe antelope (Kobus leche Kafuensis). However, hydroelectricity power production, large-scale sugar plantations, commercial fishing and increasing livestock ...
Musso Munyeme +1 more
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Kobus leche subsp. leche Gray 1850
, 2005 Kobus leche subsp. leche Gray 1850 Kobus leche subsp. leche Gray 1850, Gleanings, Knowsley Menagerie, Vol. 2: 23. Type Locality: "Banks of the river Zoaga, lat. 21°"; since identified as Botswana, Botletle River, near Lake Ngami (Smithers, 1971:233).
Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
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