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Energized fencing reduces risk of American black bear (Ursus americanus) damage to bird feeders in Minnesota

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
Energized fences were effective at reducing black bear damage to bird feeders. The fences were 100% effective in a good natural bear food year and 77% effective in a poor natural bear food year. When bears breached the fences, the cause was typically poor electrical grounding.
Hannah J. Leeper, Andrew N. Tri
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Evolutionary analysis of Babesia vulpes and Babesia microti-like parasites

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background The Babesia microti-like parasite is an emerging tick-borne piroplasm that has been detected in a range of hosts worldwide. Babesia vulpes, which is found in dogs and foxes, has been reclassified from B. microti-like parasites.
Sanghyun Lee, Yeonchul Hong, Dong-Il Chung, Hyung-Kwan Jang, Youn-Kyoung Goo, Xuenan Xuan   +5 more
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Review of Rabies Preventions and Control [PDF]

, 2017
Rabies is an acute viral infection of the central nervous system, caused by a lyssavirus in the family Rhabdoviridae. It is zoonotic viral disease that can affect all mammals, including humans, cats, dogs, and wildlife and farm animals.
Abdela, N. (Nejash), Balcha, C. (Chernet)   +1 more
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Seasonal variation in wild pig (Sus scrofa) diet revealed by DNA metabarcoding

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
Using DNA metabarcoding of fecal samples, we investigated the diet of wild pigs at an extensive bottomland hardwood forest ecosystem within Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge in Southern Arkansas. We found that wild pig diet was highly diverse and included at least 74 plant families and 106 genera and 23 species of vertebrates.
Kenneth C. Wilson, Scott J. Chiavacci, Caleb P. Roberts, Brett A. DeGregorio   +3 more
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Habitat Features, Coyotes, and Humans Drive Diel Activity Variation Among Sympatric Mammals

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We found that multiple mammal species show considerable variation in diel activity in response to several factors, with biotic variables (habitat features and the presence of coyotes Canis latrans) having the strongest overall effects. Our results have important implications for trophic dynamics. Future studies will need to account for these underlying
Nathan J. Proudman, Maximilian L. Allen
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The O’Meara Case and Constitutional Requirements of State Anti-Discrimination Housing Laws [PDF]

, 1962
Against the backdrop of the highly criticized O’Meara case, this comment explores the possible rational bases a state could use to support a differentiation between publicly-assisted and unassisted home owners. This comment also addresses the question of
Van Alstyne, William W.
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Reducing data processing effort in camera trap density estimation: Extending the REST model by explicitly modelling animal detection processes

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Accurate and reliable estimation of wildlife population density is fundamental to effective conservation and management. While camera traps show potential for monitoring ground‐dwelling mammal densities, labour‐intensive data processing remains a significant constraint. Ideally, conservation efforts would benefit from the continuous monitoring
Yoshihiro Nakashima, Gota Yajima, Ryo Matsuoka   +2 more
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Identification of major dioxin-like compounds and androgen receptor antagonist in acid-treated tissue extracts of high trophic-level animals [PDF]

, 2011
We evaluated the applicability of combining in vitro bioassays with instrument analyses to identify potential endocrine disrupting pollutants in sulfuric acid-treated extracts of liver and/or blubber of high trophic-level animals.
Abraham Brouwer, Bart van der Burg, Behnisch P. A., Brack W., Brack W., Burgess R. M., Chou P. H., Go Suzuki, Hamers T., Hamers T., Hanari N., Hidetaka Takigami, Houtman C. J., Howard G. J., Imaeda D., Isobe T., Kajiwara N., Kelce W. R., Kojima H., Kojima H., Kubota A., Kunisue T., Kunisue T., Li Y. F., Marja Lamoree, Martin van Velzen, Masayuki Someya, Masunaga S., Nakata H., Nguyen M. Tue, Noma Y., Nomiyama K., Park J. S., Qu G. B., Ren M., Sakai S., Sander van der Linden, Schroijen C., Shin Takahashi, Shinsuke Tanabe, Sonneveld E., Sonneveld E., Suzuki G., Suzuki G., Suzuki G., Tadasu K. Yamada, Tanabe S., Thomas K. V., Tomohiko Isobe, Tue N. M., van den Berg M., van der Burg B., van der Burg B., van der Burg B., van der Linden S. C., Weiss J. M., Yuko Tajima   +56 more
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Biometric Analysis of Giant and Large Murid Remains From Matja Kuru 2, Timor‐Leste

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Published research on Matja Kuru 2 (MK2) demonstrates its significance for understanding human lifestyle during the terminal Pleistocene and Holocene. Murids represent the most commonly identified taxa in the site, with specimens preliminarily classified as small, large and giant based on size comparisons.
Sarah Hannan, Sofia C. Samper Carro, Sue O'Connor   +2 more
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Sequencing of rabies binding region on nicotinic acteylcholine receptor alpha subunits in four host species [PDF]

, 2013
• Rabies virus is known to bind to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAchR) • The virus is known to bind to alpha 1 subunits nAchR • The virus binding region has been characterized in alpha 1 subunits of these receptors • Little research has been ...
Barnard, Karen
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