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Cattle Egrets and dry fish business in coastal areas [PDF]

, 2009
Cattle Egret is one of the common wetland birds in India known for its efficiency to make use of human interfered habitats. The present study is an attempt to document maggots of houseflies and calliphorids in the coastal sun drying fish yards and the ...
Kotta Seedikkoya, PA Azeez
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Chronic Wasting Disease management responses in North America: A public policy analysis

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
In this study we use the Multiple Streams Framework from public policy theory to assess the responses of wildlife management agencies in states and provinces with CWD‐positive cases in the United States and Canada to alleviate public concerns and manage the spread of this disease.
Kelly H. Dunning, Iree Wheeler, Catherine A. Cummings, Stephen S. Ditchkoff, Braxton McCoy, Daniel Morris, Philip Reichert, Vincent Rivers, Travis E. Stoakley, Temple Stoellinger, Tarissa Spoonhunter, Janna R. Willoughby, Sarah Zohdy   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diet, phenology and body size shape nutrient release by songbirds

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Animals can dramatically alter ecosystem structure and function through the cycling and transport of nutrients in their waste. While birds are particularly capable of influencing nutrient cycles due to their high mobility, abundance, metabolism and functional diversity,
Linsey Chen, Alexander S. Flecker, Ethan S. Duvall   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linking 'citizen scientists' to professionals in ecological research, examples from Namibia and South Africa [PDF]

, 2009
The use of trained members of the public (‘citizen scientists’) to help monitor and collect data in science-driven environmental research projects is not a new concept e.g.
Araya, Yoseph N., Schmiedel, Ute, von Witt, Caitlin   +2 more
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Abiotic variables drive different aspects of fish community trait variation and species richness across the continental United States

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Trait distributions provide insight into how niches overlap within a broader trait space. By integrating individual‐level trait observations from different communities, we can explore how facets of trait dimensionality vary across environmental conditions.
Alicia McGrew, Crysta Gantz, Brigid Wills, Benjamin Baiser, Sydne Record, Phoebe L. Zarnetske, Angela L. Strecker   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maternal glucocorticoids have persistent effects on offspring social phenotype irrespective of opportunity for social buffering

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study tests whether early‐life maternal association buffers offspring from the effects of prenatal stress in a facultatively social lizard. Despite clear effects of maternal glucocorticoids on growth and social behaviour, social associations did not mitigate these effects, revealing limits to social buffering in this species.
Kirsty J. MacLeod, Alix Bouffet‐Halle, Erik Wapstra, Tobias Uller, Geoffrey M. While   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seasonal decline in breeding performance of the Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus [PDF]

, 2008
The effects of timing of breeding on reproductive parameters of Kelp Gulls Larus dominicanus were studied in Patagonia, Argentina, during 1998 and 1999.
Garcia Borboroglu, Jorge Pablo, Moreno, Juan, Potti Sánchez, Jaime, Yorio, Pablo Martin   +3 more
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Social network dynamics under experimental manipulations of predation risk and food abundance in wild rock hyraxes

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study combines replicated experimental manipulation, social network analysis, network permutations and meta‐analysis to disentangle active from spatially‐induced changes in animal network structure in the wild. It reveals that short‐term environmental changes primarily alter space use, with limited effects on social structure.
Camille N. M. Bordes, Marine Ammeter, Chuchu Lu, Rosanne Beukeboom, Yael Goll, Julien Bourdiol, Amiyaal Ilany   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatio-temporal patterns of juvenile common ravens integrating into a free-flying non-breeder flock

iScience
For animals living in structured groups, social integration matters: numerous studies reveal fitness advantages for well-integrated over poorly integrated individuals.
Awani Bapat, Varalika Jain, Christian R. Blum, Palmyre H. Boucherie, Petra Sumasgutner, Thomas Bugnyar   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Apex predators exploit advantageous snow conditions across hunting modes

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Advantageous snow conditions—in terms of snow depth and density—are among the most important features of the winter landscape for two apex predators, regardless of hunting strategy. In a warming climate, the knock‐on effects of a diminishing snowpack may reduce the hunting success of multiple large carnivore species.
Benjamin K. Sullender, Taylor R. Ganz, Ross Mower, Jessica D. Lundquist, Brian N. Kertson, Thomas M. Newsome, Aaron J. Wirsing, Laura R. Prugh   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source