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Heart Rate as an Indicator of Stress in Gotland's Russ Horses

open access: yesZoo Biology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Animal welfare concerns both the physical and mental wellbeing of animals so the assessment of animals kept in captivity, for example zoos, is important and necessary both legally and ethically. Good welfare is especially vital when breeding endangered species as stress impairs reproductive investment.
Isidora Dundjerovic, Lynne U. Sneddon
wiley   +1 more source

Wild large herbivores promote plant diversity and functional redundancy by reducing dominance

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Large herbivores can strongly shape plant communities, yet studies report contrasting effects on species richness, and how they affect plant functional diversity remains largely unknown.
Jonas Trepel   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental and Spatial Drivers of Latrine Site Selection in Dorcas Gazelle. [PDF]

open access: yesEcol Evol
Louhichi M   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Maternal glucocorticoids have persistent effects on offspring social phenotype irrespective of opportunity for social buffering

open access: yesJournal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study tests whether early‐life maternal association buffers offspring from the effects of prenatal stress in a facultatively social lizard. Despite clear effects of maternal glucocorticoids on growth and social behaviour, social associations did not mitigate these effects, revealing limits to social buffering in this species.
Kirsty J. MacLeod   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zinc translocation from Zn-sufficient to Zn-deficient roots as an adaptation to heterogeneous Zn availability. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Plant Biol
Pypka M   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Contrasting properties of predation and scavenging networks governed by megaherbivores in an African savannah

open access: yesJournal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
For the first time, predation and scavenging networks are directly compared within a single ecosystem. Using an 8‐year dataset of African mammals, including megaherbivores, this study reveals distinct structural rules and body mass constraints, providing a scalable framework for studying consumer–resource dynamics and ecosystem function.
Solange Alexandra Batista‐Nunes   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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