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Finding Mr. Right: Housing Quality Affects Male Mouse Attractiveness to Females, With Implications for Conservation Captive Breeding

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
Housing quality affects male mouse attractiveness to females ABSTRACT Females generally prefer mates with traits indicating low stress (e.g., large size; good health). In captivity, stress from suboptimal housing might therefore reduce male attractiveness.
Prathipa Anandarajan, Jiayi Cai, Georgia Mason   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Limited Effects of Temperature on Captive Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) Growth

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
While higher temperatures are generally expected to increase amphibian growth, our experiments with captive‐reared Eastern Hellbenders found no evidence that growth increased at a rearing temperature of 21°C relative to 16°C. As Eastern Hellbender reintroduction efforts move forward, a focus on other conditions, such as density or diet, might be more ...
Kylie S. Soniak, Rod N. Williams, Lewis Single, Nicholas G. Burgmeier, Jason T. Hoverman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mass Incarceration in an Aging America: Implications for Geriatric Care and Aging Research. [PDF]

J Am Geriatr Soc, 2018
Barry LC.
europepmc   +1 more source

Effects of Density and Food Availability on the Growth of Captive‐Reared Eastern Hellbenders

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
Our experiments demonstrate that food is the major factor limiting captive‐reared Hellbender growth and that increasing rearing density to the tested levels does not negatively impact growth. Implementing these changes may result in larger, more robust Hellbenders and increase the success of reintroduction programs.
Shelby M. Royal, Summer S. Brown, Nicholas G. Burgmeier, Rod N. Williams, Jason T. Hoverman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural Racism, Mass Incarceration, and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity.

JAMA Netw Open
Hailu EM, Riddell CA, Bradshaw PT, Ahern J, Carmichael SL, Mujahid MS.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Diet, phenology and body size shape nutrient release by songbirds

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Animals can dramatically alter ecosystem structure and function through the cycling and transport of nutrients in their waste. While birds are particularly capable of influencing nutrient cycles due to their high mobility, abundance, metabolism and functional diversity,
Linsey Chen, Alexander S. Flecker, Ethan S. Duvall   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mass incarceration and the impact of prison release on HIV diagnoses in the US South. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2018
Ojikutu BO, Srinivasan S, Bogart LM, Subramanian SV, Mayer KH.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

All roads lead to infection: A mechanistic model to assess transmission routes of brucellosis in a wild ungulate population

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Wildlife and domestic populations frequently share diseases with a potential for cross‐species transmission, posing significant threats to animal and human health, economy and biodiversity conservation.
Rémi Fay, Sébastien Lambert, Anne Thébault, Pascal Marchand, Ariane Payne, Elodie Petit, Carole Toïgo, Emmanuelle Gilot‐Fromont   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trade‐offs between surviving and thriving: A careful balance of physiological limitations and reproductive effort under thermal stress

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Balancing survival and reproduction presents a fundamental evolutionary challenge, especially in extreme and unpredictable environments. Thermoregulatory behaviour, in particular, imposes a costly trade‐off, as time spent maintaining optimal body temperature precludes ...
David L. Hubert, Ehren J. Bentz, Robert T. Mason   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Endogenous colony dormancy shapes seasonal cold tolerance in temperate ants

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract As eusocial superorganisms, cold‐adapted ants must survive multiple consecutive winters and are shaped by selective pressures acting at both individual and colony‐level.
Quentin Willot, Vladimir Kostal, Martin Moos, Johannes Overgaard   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source