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NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2022 The last extensive (pan-Arctic) review on knowledge available on the bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) was conducted by Cameron et al. in 2010. As bearded seals are hunted off Svalbard and Greenland but no stock assessments are available, NAMMCO ...
Nicolai Scherdin +2 more
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Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities
Journal of Biogeography, 2022 Comprehensive, global information on species' occurrences is an essential biodiversity variable and central to a range of applications in ecology, evolution, biogeography and conservation.
Charles J. Marsh +148 more
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COMBINE: a coalesced mammal database of intrinsic and extrinsic traits.
Ecology, 2021 The use of species' traits in macroecological analyses has gained popularity in the last decade, becoming an important tool to understand global biodiversity patterns.
C. D. Soria +4 more
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Wolf risk fails to inspire fear in two mesocarnivores suggesting facilitation prevails
Scientific Reports, 2022 Large carnivores not only supress mesocarnivores via killing and instilling fear, but also facilitate them through carrion provisioning. Hence, mesocarnivores frequently face a trade-off between risk avoidance and food acquisition.
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Disturbance type and species life history predict mammal responses to humans
Global Change Biology, 2021 Human activity and land use change impact every landscape on Earth, driving declines in many animal species while benefiting others. Species ecological and life history traits may predict success in human‐dominated landscapes such that only species with “
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Molecular identification of Mazama species (Cervidae: Artiodactyla) from natural history collections [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2020 Natural history museum collections constitute an invaluable patrimony of biological diversity for analysing the taxa distribution and evolution. However, it is very common to discover taxonomic misidentification in museum collections based on incorrect ...
Aline Meira Bonfim Mantellatto +2 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2020 Background Spirometra erinaceieuropaei is a diphylobothriid tapeworm with a complex life-cycle including definitive, intermediate and paratenic (transport) hosts. Multiple routes of parasite transmission often make it impossible to determine what type of
Eliza Kondzior +5 more
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Decadal decline in maternal body condition of a Southern Ocean capital breeder
Scientific Reports, 2023 The changing physical properties of the Southern Ocean are known to impact the recruitment and survival of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba). For oceanic krill predators, the resulting reduced energy intake may lead to population-level effects likely ...
Els Vermeulen +4 more
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A System for Monitoring Acoustics to Supplement an Animal Welfare Plan for Bottlenose Dolphins
Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2021 Animal sounds are commonly used by humans to infer information about their motivations and their health, yet, acoustic data is an underutilized welfare biomarker especially for aquatic animals.
Brittany L. Jones +5 more
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Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2023 Cognitive enrichment for professionally managed species has become more prevalent in recent years in both zoological and research settings and has been encouraged as a means of welfare enhancement.
Danielle L. Roberts +4 more
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