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How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen, Mohamed Khalil Meliane, Zachery B. Holmes, Karl E. Miller, William J. Barichivich, Emilie Dedeban, Alex Furst, Miranda Imeri, Peyton E. Niebanck, Samantha Nunn, Kailee Pearson, Nicole Rita, Brier Ryver, Dakotah Shaffer, Susan C. Walls, E. Hance Ellington   +15 more
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Flight of the dragons: a global review of migration in Odonata

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Insects are the most abundant and ecologically important animal migrants. Yet, we know relatively little about the patterns and processes underlying insect migration. Dragonflies (Anisoptera) and damselflies (Zygoptera) comprise the ancient insect order Odonata, whose ancestors were the first organisms to fly on Earth.
Johanna S.U. Hedlund, Myles Menz, Jason W. Chapman, Alexander Hayward   +3 more
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Genetic Diversity of the Surubim-Do-Iguaçu, a Giant Catfish Species Threatened with Extinction: Recommendations for Species Conservation

Diversity, 2021
Steindachneridion melanodermatum is the largest catfish of the Lower Iguaçu River and is endangered due to the habitat fragmentation caused by dams. Currently, the wild population’s last refuge is restricted to an area of 190 km.
Lenice Souza-Shibatta, Dhiego G. Ferreira, Lucileine de Assumpção, Oscar A. Shibatta, Silvia H. Sofia, Suelen F. R. Pini, Patricia S. da Silva, Sergio Makrakis, Maristela C. Makrakis   +8 more
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Counting cases, conserving species: addressing highly pathogenic avian influenza in wildlife

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has become a critical threat to wildlife, shifting from a seasonal epizootic to a persistent, year‐round panzootic with global consequences. Here, we summarise the origin, evolutionary mechanisms, and expanding host range of the current H5N1 virus (clade 2.3.4.4b) and assess its impact on wildlife. Over
Ulrich Knief, Sandra Bouwhuis, Anja Globig, Anne Günther, Wouter Courtens   +4 more
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Evidence for adaptive explanations of semelparity in animals

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Semelparity, the reproductive strategy of reproducing once, is widespread but uncommon in animals. Classes of models to explain the evolution of semelparity are based either on age structure and mortality schedules – demographic models in which high post‐reproductive mortality risk favours high reproductive effort and semelparity results from ...
Diana O. Fisher, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez   +1 more
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Sensibility of Neotropical Fishes to Dichromate of Potassium

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Contamination, 2008
The objective of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity of potassium dichromate to Piaractus mesopotamicus (pacu), Hyphessobrycon eques (mato-grosso) e Phallocerus caudimaculatus (guaru). The LC(I)50;96h for the P. mesopotamicus was 144.50 ± 19.67 mg L-1; for the H. Eques, 130.79 ± 10.02 mg L-1; and for the P.
Claudinei da Cruz, P. Cubo, G. R. Gomes, F. P. Venturini, P. E. Guilherme, R. A. Pitelli   +5 more
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Carrion ecology: concepts, interdisciplinary synthesis, and perspectives

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Carrion is a ubiquitous resource in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, yet it has long been overlooked in ecological research. Over the past two decades, studies on carrion and the many organisms that exploit it have flourished, revealing not only wide‐ranging ecological functions but also significance far beyond ecology.
Marcos Moleón, José A. Sánchez‐Zapata, Travis L. DeVault, Wayne M. Getz, Zebensui Morales‐Reyes, Daniel Redondo‐Gómez, Lara Naves‐Alegre, Solange A. Batista‐Nunes, Esther Sebastián‐González, Juan M. Pérez‐García, Kelly A. Waters, Thijs van Overveld, Craig Smith, Nuria Selva, Thomas A. Schlacher, Graeme Ruxton, Jesús Rodríguez, Martina‐M. Quaggiotto, Paula L. Perrig, Norman Owen‐Smith, Thomas M. Newsome, Isabel Navas, Yoshihiro Nakashima, Ana Mateos, Carlos Martínez‐Carrasco, Daniel Martín‐Vega, Berta Martín‐López, Antoni Margalida, Sergio A. Lambertucci, Adam Kane, Kevin Healy, Akane Hashizume, Antonio J. García‐Fernández, José A. Donázar, M. Eric Benbow, James C. Beasley, Philip S. Barton, Kathleen A. Alexander, Eneko Arrondo   +38 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fishing Into the MicroRNA Transcriptome

Frontiers in Genetics, 2018
In the last decade, several studies have been focused on revealing the microRNA (miRNA) repertoire and determining their functions in farm animals such as poultry, pigs, cattle, and fish.
Marcos E. Herkenhoff, Arthur C. Oliveira, Pedro G. Nachtigall, Juliana M. Costa, Vinicius F. Campos, Alexandre W. S. Hilsdorf, Danillo Pinhal   +6 more
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Genomic selection signatures in farmed Colossoma macropomum from tropical and subtropical regions in South America

Evolutionary Applications, 2022
Tambaqui or cachama (Colossoma macropomum) is one of the most important neotropical freshwater fish used for aquaculture in South America, and its production is concentrated at low latitudes (close to the Equator, 0°), where the water temperature is warm.
John Fredy Gómez Agudelo, Vito Antonio Mastrochirico‐Filho, Carolina Heloisa de Souza Borges, Raquel Belini Ariede, Lieschen Valeria Guerra Lira, Rubens Ricardo de Oliveira Neto, Milena Vieira deFreitas, Gustavo Adolfo Lenis Sucerquia, Manuel Vera, Milthon Honorio Muñoz Berrocal, Diogo Teruo Hashimoto   +10 more
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Genomic Differences Between the Sexes in a Fish Species Seen Through Satellite DNAs

Frontiers in Genetics, 2021
Neotropical fishes have highly diversified karyotypic and genomic characteristics and present many diverse sex chromosome systems, with various degrees of sex chromosome differentiation. Knowledge on their sex-specific composition and evolution, however,
Carolina Crepaldi, Emiliano Martí, Évelin Mariani Gonçalves, Dardo Andrea Martí, Patricia Pasquali Parise-Maltempi   +4 more
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