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Determinants of litter size and offspring survival in captive European mink Mustela lutreola: Implications for enhancing conservation strategies for the Eastern population

Global Ecology and Conservation
The European mink Mustela lutreola, classified as critically endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, has experienced severe population declines due to habitat loss, invasive species, and overhunting.
Jakub Skorupski
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Occurrence of human pathogenic bacteria and their antibiotic resistance in the gut of wild and captive sloth bears

Wildlife Biology, Volume 2025, Issue 5, September 2025.
A growing worldwide problem of antibiotic resistance (AR) has significant effects on both human and animal health. The present study compared the presence of human pathogens in wild and captive sloth bear populations, and their resistance to antibiotics.
Sakhi Dabhi, Barbara A. Williams, Julia Bevins, Nishith Dharaiya   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Decline and Ecological Impact: What Future for European Fur Farming? Déclin économique et impact écologique : quel avenir pour l’élevage d'animaux à fourrure en Europe ? Wirtschaftlicher Niedergang und ökologische Auswirkungen: Was bringt die Zukunft für die europäische Pelztierzucht?

EuroChoices, Volume 24, Issue 2, Page 79-86, August 2025.
Summary The economic, ecological and animal welfare impacts of fur farming in the European Union have been debated for decades, culminating in proposals for an EU‐wide ban on keeping animals solely for fur production. The Covid‐19 pandemic further intensified these discussions, particularly within individual Member States.
Martina Bozzola, Farah Hamdan
wiley   +1 more source

Focusing solely on genetics may harm the conservation of critically endangered species: A comment to Skorupski et al. (2025)

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 9, September 2026.
Madis Põdra, Grete Nummert‐Meister, Kristel Nemvalts, María Díez‐León, Kairi Kiik, Martin Silts, Asunción Gómez, Lauren A. Harrington, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, Tiit Maran   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding and Predicting Population Response to Anthropogenic Disturbance: Current Approaches and Novel Opportunities

Ecology Letters, Volume 28, Issue 8, August 2025.
Here, we provide a cross‐taxa overview of key methodological approaches and model elements that are used to model the effects of human disturbance on wildlife populations. We discuss how these modelling approaches differ in their key assumptions, their structure and complexity, the questions they are best poised to address and their data requirements ...
Cassie N. Speakman, Sarah Bull, Sarah Cubaynes, Katrina J. Davis, Sébastien Devillard, John M. Fryxell, Cara A. Gallagher, Elizabeth A. McHuron, Kévan Rastello, Isabel M. Smallegange, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez, Elsa Bonnaud, Christophe Duchamp, Patrick Giraudoux, Simon Lacombe, Courtney J. Marneweck, Louis Schroll, Adrien Tableau, Sandrine Ruette, Olivier Gimenez   +19 more
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Conservation genetics is not conservation by genetics alone: Response to Põdra et al.

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 9, September 2026.
Jakub Skorupski, Christian Seebass, Wolfgang Festl, Natalia Kiseleva, Mihai Marinov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Water Interaction Type Affects Environmental DNA Shedding Rates of Terrestrial Mammal eDNA Into Surface Water Bodies

Environmental DNA, Volume 7, Issue 3, May–June 2025.
Although shedding rates for aquatic species are well studied, little is known about terrestrial mammal shedding rates in water. In this study, we quantify eDNA shedding rates from domestic dogs during various interactions with water bodies and find that defecation and crossing through water produce the highest shedding rates, highlighting direct water ...
Gabriele Sauseng, Tamara Schenekar
wiley   +1 more source

Antibodies to Aleutian Mink Disease Parvovirus in free-ranging small carnivores from south-western France: implication for the conservation of the European mink (Mustela lutreola)

, 2004
Owing to the rapid decline of the European mink (Mustela lutreola) in France, a national conservation action plan has been initiated, in which scientific research to improve understanding of the causes of the decline is one of the primary objectives.
Fournier-Chambrillon, Christine, Perrot, Améli, Fournier, Pascal, Simon, Christian, Artois, Marc, Sauvage, Frank, Chauby, Xavier, Cassiède, Jean-Michel, Pontier, D., Aasted, Bent, Molin, Alain Dal   +10 more
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Mitochondrial DNA and palaeontological evidence for the origins of endangered European mink, Mustela lutreola

, 2000
The European mink Mustela lutreola is one of Europe's most endangered carnivores, with few vulnerable populations remaining. Surprisingly, a recent phylogeny placed a single mink specimen within the polecat (M. putorius, M. eversmannii) group, suggesting
Sidorovich, Vadim E., Irizar, Iñaki, Villate, Idoia, Macdonald, David W., Brookes, Rachael C., Kitchener, Andrew C., Ceña, Juan Carlos, Maran, Tiit, Ceña, Alfonso, Griffiths, Huw I., Moya, Ivan, Miñano, Santiago Palazón, González-Esteban, Jorge, Davison, Angus   +13 more
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Latitudinal Variation in the Timing of Nest Predator Activity Is Habitat Specific

Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 34, Issue 1, January 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim The goal of this work was to investigate whether the community of avian nest predators shifts from nocturnal to diurnal with changes in latitude. This hypothesis was formulated 70 years ago, under the rationale that longer day length during the bird breeding season at high latitudes increases opportunities for visual predators.
Léna de Framond, Clinton D. Francis, Mihai Valcu, Henrik Brumm   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source