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Differences in predominant collagen fiber orientation between dorsal and plantar trabecular bone tracts of adult mule deer calcanei suggest strain‐mode‐specific adaptation

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Polarized microscopic images of the outer bone cortex (a and b) and deeper trabecular bone (c and d) of the deer calcaneus in thin cross‐sections. The brighter gray levels reflect more oblique‐to‐transverse collagen fibers in the compression/dorsal bone (a, c) and the darker gray levels reflect more longitudinal collagen in the tension/plantar bone (b,
John G. Skedros, John T. Cronin, Chad S. Mears, Brett W. Richards   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing a macroecology for human‐altered ecosystems

Ecography, EarlyView.
Although anthropogenically‐induced ecological disruptions are fundamentally important in defining ecosystem properties, they are largely overlooked by macroecological theory. Anthropogenic disruptions and their effects are generally not comparable to one another, nor to disturbances that are part of natural disturbance regimes.
Erica A. Newman, Mark Q. Wilber, Alexandre Génin, Oriana E. Chafe, Henry F. Houskeeper, Steven Lee, Eric L. Berlow, John Harte   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding contingency in wolf‐mediated livestock predation across a mosaic of land uses: An agent‐based modelling approach

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The return of grey wolves to multi‐use landscapes in North America and Europe raises concerns over accompanying risks of livestock predation. While local‐level risk factors have received attention, it is difficult to explore the role that landscape‐scale variables, such as landscape connectivity, play in driving livestock losses.
Vivian F. Hawkinson, Oswald J. Schmitz, Kristy M. Ferraro   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feral horses influence both spatial and temporal patterns of water use by native ungulates in a semi‐arid environment

Ecosphere, 2018
The horse (Equus caballus) is a feral ungulate that currently exceeds target population sizes in many areas of western North America. Horses are behaviorally dominant over native ungulates and outcompete the latter for access to water sources. However, a
Lucas K. Hall, Randy T. Larsen, Robert N. Knight, Brock R. McMillan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Habitat use and spatio‐temporal interactions of mule and white‐tailed deer in an area of sympatry in NE Washington

Ecosphere, 2021
Sympatric species that are ecologically similar must either segregate through habitat disassociation or engage in biotic interactions with one another. Mule (Odocoileus hemionus) and white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are similar ungulate species
Anna R. Staudenmaier, Lisa A. Shipley, Andris J. Bibelnieks, Meghan J. Camp, Daniel H. Thornton   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Capacity and limitations of US wild meat donation programmes

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Historically, sharing of wild harvests to facilitate food security followed concepts of kin selection and reciprocal altruism. However, cultural shifts have reduced access to foods for some populations in modern times. Cultural altruism through sustainably harvested wild meat donation programmes (WDPs) can reduce food and nutritional ...
David S. Mason, Mark E. Bell, Kenneth F. Kellner, Chad M. Stewart, Jerrold L. Belant   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risky business: relating probability of direct contact to risk of chronic wasting disease

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal, prion disease of cervids that was first detected in Alberta in 2005. Transmission of CWD by direct contact with infected individuals plays a major role in the early phases of an outbreak.
Maria A. Dobbin, Peter Smolko, Laurens Put, Evelyn H. Merrill   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The magnitude and economic replacement value of wild meat obtained from ‘recreational’ big game hunting in the United States

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Meat production has notable benefits for food security, nutrition and various production economies, but has elicited substantial negative environmental impacts. Recreational hunting provides an alternative to agricultural meat production for over 24 million hunters worldwide.
Shane P. Mahoney, Richard D. Honor
wiley   +1 more source

Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae in Wildlife Species beyond Subfamily Caprinae

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
Elucidating the emergence of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae–associated respiratory disease in ruminants requires identification of the pathogen host range.
Margaret A. Highland, David R. Herndon, Scott C. Bender, Lisa Hansen, Robert F. Gerlach, Kimberlee B. Beckmen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extent and direction of introgressive hybridization of mule and white‐tailed deer in western Canada

Evolutionary Applications, 2021
Hybridization of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and white‐tailed deer (O. virginianus) appears to be a semi‐regular occurrence in western North America.
Ty Russell, Catherine Cullingham, Mark Ball, Margo Pybus, David Coltman   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source