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First Report on the Diet of the Angolan Flying Squid (Todarodes angolensis) in New Zealand Waters

open access: yesNew Zealand Journal of Zoology, Volume 53, Issue 3, September 2026.
The Angolan flying squid (Todarodes angolensis) is a southerly distributed, large‐bodied ommastrephid preyed upon by many large marine vertebrates such as the southern elephant seal and deep‐sea squalid sharks. Here, we report its diet in New Zealand waters for the first time, identifying prey items from the stomach contents of 58 adults using ...
Samuel Clough   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phytolacca tetramera, an Ecological Anachronism from the Pleistocene Surviving in the Pampean Grasslands

open access: yesDiversity
The Dwarf Ombú, Phytolacca tetramera, is a rare and highly unusual plant endemic to the northeastern Pampean grasslands of Argentina and is currently considered of high conservation priority.
Elián L. Guerrero, Federico L. Agnolín
doaj   +1 more source

Participatory Mapping of Karajarri Sea Country Knowledge to Guide IPA Zoning and Ranger Management

open access: yesEcological Management &Restoration, Volume 27, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT The expansion of Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) into coastal and marine environments requires spatial planning approaches that support Traditional Owner aspirations for Sea Country management while respecting Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP).
Matilda Murley   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Megafauna Extinctions

open access: yes
This paper presents a systems-level framework for understanding late Pleistocene megafauna extinctions across the Americas and other regions. Rather than treating extinction as the result of a single dominant cause, it argues that the observed geographic asymmetry, delayed extinctions, and selective survival patterns are best explained by the ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Elephant Rewilding Indirectly Affects Rodent Site‐Use and Behavior by Moderating Coarse Woody Debris Density

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.
Megaherbivores such as African savannah elephants are ecosystem engineers that modify vegetation structure, yet the cascading effects of these changes on smaller fauna remain poorly understood. We examined how elephant rewilding affected coarse woody debris (CWD) density and the behavior of the Natal multimammate mouse in lowveld savannah, South Africa,
Christopher E. Gordon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parasites of a keystone megaherbivore: insights into trematode life cycles and biological invasions in the Greater Kruger ecosystem

open access: yesParasitology
The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) is a keystone megaherbivore endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. Despite this ecological importance, the species is listed as Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature due to habitat loss ...
Ruben Schols   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Testing the Dry Refuge Model: Paleoecological Insights From Late Pleistocene Gomphotheres in Ecuador

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.
We present paleontological evidence that may prove the Dry Refuge Model in Ecuador during the Late Pleistocene. ABSTRACT Paleoenvironmental records indicate that Neotropical regions near the Equator experienced reduced rainfall during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). However, some records show conflicting environmental signals.
Erwin González‐Guarda   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A machine learning assisted method for rapidly annotating benthic megafauna in large volumes of marine imagery

open access: yesLimnology and Oceanography: Methods, Volume 24, Issue 8, August 2026.
Abstract Recent technological advancements have rapidly expanded our capacity for collecting image data in the marine environment, but processing images into meaningful ecological metrics remains a manual, time‐consuming, and biased process. This is particularly challenging with electro‐optical cabled imaging systems which generate images at a rate ...
Katharine T. Bigham, Ada Carter
wiley   +1 more source

Romeo and Juliet: a forbidden love story? A review of hybridization in keystone, aquatic megafauna

open access: yesAnimal Biodiversity and Conservation
Romeo y Julieta: ¿una historia de amor prohibido? Revisión de la hibridación en megafauna acuática clave La hibridación, entendida aquí como la reproducción sexual entre individuos de diferentes especies, es relativamente común en ambientes fluviales ...
A. Arriaga-Mayorga   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Observations of Shelling Behavior and Potential Evidence of Vertical Social Learning by Bottlenose Dolphins in the Great Sandy Marine Park, Queensland Australia

open access: yes
Marine Mammal Science, Volume 42, Issue 4, October 2026.
Alexis L. Levengood   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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