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Extinction of eastern Sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration

Nature Communications, 2020
The causes of the Upper Pleistocene megafauna extinction in Australia and New Guinea are debated, but fossil data are lacking for much of this region. Here, Hocknull and colleagues report a new, diverse megafauna assemblage from north-eastern Australia ...
Scott A. Hocknull, Richard Lewis, Lee J. Arnold, Tim Pietsch, Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Gilbert J. Price, Patrick Moss, Rachel Wood, Anthony Dosseto, Julien Louys, Jon Olley, Rochelle A. Lawrence   +11 more
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First record of an Odontaspidid shark in Ascension Island waters [PDF]

, 2019
The occurrence of the poorly understood shark species Odontapsis ferox is reported at an oceanic seamount in the central south Atlantic, within the Exclusive Economic Zone of Ascension Island.
Burgess, George H., Richardson, Andrew J., Shepherd, Charles M., Weber, Sam B.   +3 more
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Anthromes and terrestrial carbon

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Anthony P. Walker, Rose Z. Abramoff, Kathryn Baragwanath, Matthew E. Craig, Yadvinder Malhi, Crystal N. H. McMichael   +5 more
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Monitoring African Megafauna in an Anthropogenic Landscape: A 15‐Year Case Study of the Vulnerable West African Giraffe

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
We used pattern recognition software to correct misidentifications in a 15‐year photographic database of the last, vulnerable West African giraffe population in Niger. After revealing substantial methodological errors that had inflated population estimates by nearly 19%, we corrected individual encounter histories and applied capture‐mark‐recapture ...
Mara Vukelić, Ella W. White, Julian Fennessy, Abdoul Razack Moussa Zabeirou, Kateřina Gašparová, Simon Valle, Michael B. Brown, Thomas Rabeil, Karolína Brandlová   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bubble blasts! An adaptation for buoyancy regulation in shallow foraging gray whales

Ecology and Evolution
Foraging efficiency is key to animal fitness. Consequently, animals evolved a variety of kinematic, morphological, physiological, and behavioral adaptations for efficient locomotion to reduce energy expenditure while moving to find, capture, and consume ...
Clara N. Bird, Enrico Pirotta, Leslie New, K. C. Bierlich, Lisa Hildebrand, Alejandro Fernandez Ajó, Leigh G. Torres   +6 more
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Morphometric and Paleobiological Insights Into Pleistocene Sicilian Wolf Populations

Acta Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Pleistocene wolves (Canis lupus) from Sicily represent one of the few known insular populations of this species from that time period. Despite their potential relevance for understanding carnivore adaptations in insular contexts, no dedicated study has previously investigated their morphology and evolutionary significance.
Domenico Tancredi, Carolina Di Patti, Sabrina Lo Brutto, Matteo Cammarata   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cold-water coral mounds and reefs off Mauritania and associated megafauna

Frontiers in Marine Science
This study presents the megafauna related to coral mounds (coral remains) and cold-water coral (CWC) reefs off Mauritania. The mound-specific megafauna was documented by comparing 47 trawl catches from coral mounds with 47 catches from off-mound areas ...
Hammoud El Vadhel, Hammoud El Vadhel, Lene Buhl-Mortensen, Mohamed El Khalil Med Mahmoud, Yeslem El Vally, Beyah Meissa, François Le Loc’h, Lenaick Menot   +7 more
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Lessons learned from screening potential other effective area‐based conservation measures

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Other effective area‐based conservation measures (OECMs) are sites that deliver effective biodiversity outcomes irrespective of their management objectives. These areas are widely expected to play an important role in efforts to protect 30% of Earth by 2030.
Carly N. Cook, Madhu Rao, Peter J. Clyne, Vanessa Rathbone, Christian Barrientos, Antonio Boveda, Alex Diment, Jorge Parra, Valeria Falabella, Matthew Linke, Deo Kujirakwinja, Stephane Ostrowski, Kirk Olson, Vardhan Patankar, Lovy Rasolofomanan, Hedley S. Grantham   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Novel Bio-Logging Tool for Studying Fine-Scale Behaviors of Marine Turtles in Response to Sound

, 2017
Increases in the spatial scale and intensity of activities that produce marine anthropogenic sound highlight the importance of understanding the impacts and effects of sound on threatened species such as marine turtles.
Domit, Camila, Fuentes, Mariana M. P. B., Hall, Michael, Mann, David, Nowacek, Douglas P., Piniak, Wendy Dow, Tyson, Reny B.   +6 more
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Threats to and management of Natura 2000 protected areas relative to agricultural practices

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Natura 2000 (N2K) network combines biodiversity protection and socioeconomic targets. Human activities, such as agricultural practices, can affect biodiversity in N2K sites in diverse ways. Limiting activities with negative impacts while enforcing land management that supports biodiversity is crucial for effective conservation.
Giorgio Zavattoni, Elie Gaget, Tyler Hallman, Ineta Kačergytė, Tomas Pärt, Diego Pavón‐Jordán, Thomas Sattler, Jon E. Brommer   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source