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Lack of capture‐induced mortality of neonates associated with variation in handling protocols

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
We found that handling metrics (e.g., handling time, number of collectors, and age at capture) had limited or no influence on the survival of neonatal mule deer, desert bighorn sheep, and Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep within the first few days of life. Furthermore, we found that handled mule deer and Rocky Mountain bighorn neonates were recruited at a ...
Marcus E. Blum, Tayler N. LaSharr, Kelley M. Stewart, John T. Hogg, Brittany L. Wagler, Rachel A. Smiley, Katey S. Huggler, Rhiannon P. Jakopak, Mitchell J. Brunet, Rebecca L. Levine, Rebekah T. Rafferty, Samantha P. H. Dwinnell, Benjamin M. Regan, Mike Cox, Brian F. Wakeling, Doug Brimeyer, Gary L. Fralick, Brandon Scurlock, Rusty C. Kaiser, Mark Thonhoff, Patrick W. Burke, Alyson B. Courtemanch, Daryl Lutz, Timothy J. Robinson, Kevin L. Monteith   +24 more
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Objective measurement of Akodon budini dorsal coloration: methodological concerns

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2016
The role of color in taxonomic and systematic studies of several taxa is central. Color data are more valuable if they permit comparisons. We aimed to provide pelage objective color measurements of a series of Akodon budini and to use those color data to
MARÍA L. SANDOVAL SALINAS, JOSÉ D. SANDOVAL, ELISA M. COLOMBO   +2 more
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Hair as sensory skin: sensitive bodies, ritual shaving, and the maintenance of bodily boundaries in Hindu Suriname De la pilosité comme peau sensorielle : corps sensibles, rasage rituel et maintien des limites du corps chez les hindous du Surinam

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Hair is an integral part of the skin's interface and has sensory capacity. It actively contributes to processes of bodily materialization and facilitates transactional exchange with other social actors and environments, particularly regarding energies and vibrations that can be perceived as subtle matter.
Sinah Theres Kloß
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SealID: Saimaa Ringed Seal Re-Identification Dataset

Sensors, 2022
Wildlife camera traps and crowd-sourced image material provide novel possibilities to monitor endangered animal species. The massive data volumes call for automatic methods to solve various tasks related to population monitoring, such as the re ...
Ekaterina Nepovinnykh, Tuomas Eerola, Vincent Biard, Piia Mutka, Marja Niemi, Mervi Kunnasranta, Heikki Kälviäinen   +6 more
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Hair histology as a tool for forensic identification of some domestic animal species

, 2018
Animal hair examination at a criminal scene may provide valuable information in forensic investigations. However, local reference databases for animal hair identification are rare.
Ahmed, Yasser A., Ali, Safwat, Ghallab, Ahmed   +2 more
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Sensory Biology of the Franciscana (Pontoporia blainville, Pontoporiidae, Cetartiodactyla): Ontogenetic Modifications of Vibrissae and Vibrissal Crypts

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
The transition of cetaceans from a terrestrial to an aquatic environment involved a crucial sensory adaptation to environments with limited visibility. Vibrissae, important mechanoreceptors, undergo an ontogenetic transformation in odontocetes. This research describes the histomorphology of vibrissae and crypts at different developmental stages ...
Cecilia Mariana Krmpotic, Cleopatra Mara Loza, Alejo Carlos Scarano, Pedro Fernando Andrés‐Laube, Francisco Acuña, Juan Pablo Loureiro, Carolina Natalia Zanuzzi, Nicolás Nahuel Castro, María Teresa Pombo, Lorenzo von Fersen, Claudio Gustavo Barbeito   +10 more
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Monitoring African Megafauna in an Anthropogenic Landscape: A 15‐Year Case Study of the Vulnerable West African Giraffe

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
We used pattern recognition software to correct misidentifications in a 15‐year photographic database of the last, vulnerable West African giraffe population in Niger. After revealing substantial methodological errors that had inflated population estimates by nearly 19%, we corrected individual encounter histories and applied capture‐mark‐recapture ...
Mara Vukelić, Ella W. White, Julian Fennessy, Abdoul Razack Moussa Zabeirou, Kateřina Gašparová, Simon Valle, Michael B. Brown, Thomas Rabeil, Karolína Brandlová   +8 more
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Androlaelaps marmosops (Acari: Laelapidae), a new species associated with the mouse opossum, Marmosops incanus (Lund, 1840) in the Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2001
Androlaelaps marmosops, a new species of laelapid mite, is described from the pelage of the mouse opossum, Marmosops incanus (Lund, 1840) (Mammalia: Didelphidae), in two areas of Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro State. Measurements and illustrations are
F. MARTINS-HATANO, D. GETTINGER, H. G. BERGALLO   +2 more
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Challenges of measuring body temperatures of free-ranging birds and mammals [PDF]

, 2015
The thermal physiology of most birds and mammals is characterised by considerable spatial and temporal variation in body temperature. Body temperature is, therefore, a key parameter in physiological, behavioural and ecological research.
Gallon, S., McCafferty, D.J., Nord, A.
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Morphology of Guard Hairs in Amazonian Marsupials: Intergeneric Variation, Habitat and Habit Association in a Phylogenetic Framework of the Order Didelphimorphia

Acta Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cuticle and medulla of guard hairs exhibit distinct morphological patterns among mammalian species. To investigate this variability in marsupials from the Brazilian Amazon, we analysed guard hairs from nine Didelphimorphia species and incorporated data from an additional 25 didelphid species.
Matheus M. Bitencourt, Ana Cristina Mendes‐Oliveira, Gleomar F. Maschio, Maria Clara S. Ribeiro, Alexandra M. R. Bezerra   +4 more
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