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Playing with fire: Wolf response to active wildfires, fire fronts and smoke

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study is one of the first, to our knowledge, to explicitly examine fine‐scale behavioural responses of a large carnivore to actively burning wildfires, fire fronts and smoke. The study found that wolves balanced the potential risks and benefits associated with wildfires, with implications for predator–prey dynamics in fire‐prone regions.
Skylar Boucher, Katherine Wolfenden, Michael Bridger, Jesse Tigner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quill Mites Parasitising African Shrikes: New Host Records and Distributional Insights Into Host and Habitat Specificity. [PDF]

J Parasitol Res
Skoracki M, Hromada M, Wamiti W, Sikora B, Kosicki JZ.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Host‐mediated filtering and interspecific associations structure strongyle parasite communities in Sable Island horses

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Using individual‐level nemabiome metabarcoding of 3147 samples from 916 horses on Sable Island over 10 years, we generate the largest dataset of its kind to date. This unprecedented scale enables a rare test of the processes structuring parasite communities in a natural system, revealing dominant host‐mediated filtering and predominantly positive ...
Sangwook Ahn, Philip D. McLoughlin, Jocelyn Poissant   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Photovoltaic arrays reshape multitrophic biodiversity through spatial heterogeneity in Qinghai Tibet Plateau alpine meadows. [PDF]

iScience
Guo Y, Sun W, Xue F, Zhu X, Yang H, Hua L.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Cryptic variation within and among islands in the ultraviolet reflectance of lizard throat coloration

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Identifying the existence of ‘cryptic’ morphs is critical in animal ecology for providing a basis for accurately testing links between phenotype and environment. This study identifies the existence of previously undocumented variation in UV reflectance in Aegean wall lizards that likely has novel behavioural and evolutionary implications within this ...
Hayley L. Crowell, Alison R. Davis Rabosky, Kinsey M. Brock   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Substrate affinities of slime moulds (Eumycetozoa) and their potential as indicators of forest microhabitat conditions. [PDF]

PeerJ
Pawłowicz T, Oszako T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Field validation of blow fly age estimation methods for determining time of placement of human remains in Tennessee, USA

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Forensic entomology currently represents one of the best approaches for estimating the minimum postmortem interval (PMIMIN) in medicolegal death investigations given certain parameters and assumptions are met. However, validation of standard estimation methods used in this field are few and far between.
Charity G. Owings, Hayden S. McKee‐Zech, Erin A. Patrick, Dawnie W. Steadman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Substrate heterogeneity outweighs colour in shaping thermal environment and intertidal barnacle recruitment on artificial surfaces. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Lagos NA, Lardies MA, García-Herrera C, Leppes NM, Moscoso F, Herrera D.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Edges as ecological filters: Asymmetrical orientation‐specific arthropod activity across forest boundaries

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Moderate retention forestry creates structurally sharp forest edges that act as ecological filters, shaping orientation‐specific activity of ground‐dwelling arthropods. Using drift‐fence pitfall traps, we show that activity aligned with ecotones is more frequent than activity across forest–clearcut boundaries, particularly among detritivores.
Dominik Stočes, Ondřej Košulič, Adrián Purkart, Jan Šipoš   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source