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Soil and microbial responses to wild ungulate trampling depend more on ecosystem type than trampling severity

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Physical trampling is a ubiquitous activity of walking vertebrates, but is poorly understood as a mechanism impacting biogeochemical cycling in soil. Lack of detailed knowledge of soil abiotic–biotic interactions underlying trampling effects, and the primary sources of ...
G. Adam Meyer, Shawn J. Leroux, Kathryn E. Hargan, Niels van Miltenburg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Few-shot prototype adaptation for generalizable electromyography gesture recognition. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Lee H, Lim B, Jiang M, Yang Z, Zhao Q.
europepmc   +1 more source

No gain from pain: Lack of nociceptor activation suggests no adaptation for defence in the evolution of European viper venoms

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Snake venoms show variability in composition at all taxonomic levels, both within and between species, and the selective pressures underlying this variation have long been debated.
Bálint Üveges, Samuel D. Robinson, Vanessa Schendel, Edvárd Mizsei, Ana Ćuriċ, Maria Dimaki, Vincenzo Ferri, Silviu Petrovan, Andrea V. Pozzi, Tihomir Radonjiċ, Tibor Sos, Jeffrey W. Streicher, Alexandru Strugariu, Emina Šunje, Ștefan Zamfirescu, Oleksandr Zinenko, Irina Vetter, Wolfgang Wüster   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feeder insects differ in passage of coccidian oocysts in captive reptiles. [PDF]

Parasitology
Berec M, Totušková G, Žahourek J, Kvičerová J, Šetlíková I.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Global meta‐analysis reveals urban‐associated behavioural differences among wild populations

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Urbanization drives rapid phenotypic change, yet broad patterns of behavioural responses remain unclear. Using a global phylogenetic meta‐analysis, we show urban populations exhibit increased boldness, aggression, exploration and activity—especially in birds—highlighting consistent behavioural shifts and revealing major taxonomic gaps that limit our ...
Tracy T. Burkhard, Ned A. Dochtermann, Anne Charmantier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploratory values for venous blood gas analysis of clinically healthy Hermann's tortoises (<i>Testudo hermanni</i>). [PDF]

Front Vet Sci
Pagnini N, Ciappi D, Pasquini A, Bonazza Foselli M, Lippi I, Perondi F, Vetere A.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Beyond thermoregulation: Active behavioural regulation of ultraviolet light exposure by a free‐ranging lizard

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study provides a clear demonstration of active ultraviolet (UV) regulation in free‐ranging lizards and supports that microhabitat choice likely constrains UV regulation more than thermoregulation. Overall, it serves to establish UV as a parallel regulatory axis of physiological homeostasis and expand the range of testable hypotheses in animal ...
Matthew S. Lattanzio
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular Sex Determination in Caenophidian Snakes Using qPCR Amplification of Sex-Linked Genes: Validation and Interspecific Comparison. [PDF]

Animals (Basel)
Enacrachi GI, Paştiu AI, Pusta DL.
europepmc   +1 more source

Zooming In: Assessing the Transferability of SDMs From Large to Small Spatial Extents. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Seuren JRG, Droog MCE, Hilbers JP, Schipper AM.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

First report on a <i>Raillietiella orientalis</i> and <i>Kalicephalus</i> sp. co-infection in a wild-caught red-tailed green rat snake (<i>Gonyosoma</i> <i>oxycephalum</i>). [PDF]

Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl
Sapion-Miranda P, Gärtner U, Taubert A, Hermosilla C, Kratz F, Hallinger MJ.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source