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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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Can Wapiti (Cervus elaphus) Browsing Stimulate the Chemical Defense of Taxus cuspidata—A Case of Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We study that browsing by wapiti reduces the growth of saplings, and it develop chemical defenses to prevent themselves browsed again. These results reduce our concern about wapiti browse T. cuspidate saplings, and provide basic data for the study of the interaction between them, and also provide theoretical basis for the population restoration and ...
Jianan Feng, Hairong Du, Xianzhe Wang, Minghai Zhang   +3 more
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Sensory Biology of the Franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei, 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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VENTRAL HERNIA IN A WHITE-TAILED DEER [PDF]

Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 1971
G, Wobeser, R, MacLennan
openaire   +2 more sources

Tree Squirrels Selectively Disperse High‐Quality Acorns Away From Tree Trunks

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Acorn quality and squirrel feeding behavior significantly structured spatial dispersal patterns of two Californian oak species. Non‐infested acorns were preferentially selected for embryo excision and dispersed farther than infested ones. Acorns were fully consumed near tree trunks, signaling rapid feeding in safe refuges, whereas non‐eaten, partially ...
Miguel Puente‐Ruiz, Raquel Muñoz‐Gallego, Marta Peláez, Rodolfo Dirzo, Ramón Perea   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seasonal Habitat Selection by a Threatened Ungulate in an Industrializing Boreal Landscape

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Understanding habitat selection by Threatened wood bison in landscapes characterized by anthropogenic disturbance is important for conservation planning. During summer and winter, bison selected for linear (e.g., roads, seismic lines, pipelines) and polygonal (e.g., well sites) disturbances, unless there were high densities of linear features.
Lisa J. Koetke, Christopher J. Lewis, Ingebjørg Jean K. Hansen, Thomas S. Jung, Chris J. Johnson   +4 more
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Veterinarian attitudes towards immunocontraceptive use in cats

Australian Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Background The continuously expanding global cat population poses concerns to public health, native ecosystems and individual animal welfare. These concerns have led to additional management strategies to reduce unowned cat numbers, including the development of feline immunocontraceptives.
E Vartola, S Wills, E Cottingham, CD Marth, N Krekeler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Growth and Variation in Fallow Deer (Dama dama L.) From Two Contrasting Habitats in Southern Britain

Acta Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We have compiled a unique data set on the age, sex, body weight and dimensions of over 500 European fallow deer from two contrasting areas of habitat in southern England: a high‐density managed parkland population and a lower‐density feral woodland one.
Adrian M. Lister, Norma G. Chapman
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Spatial overlap of gray wolves and ungulate prey changes seasonally corresponding to prey migration

Movement Ecology
Background Prey are more vulnerable during migration due to decreased familiarity with their surroundings and spatially concentrated movements. Predators may respond to increased prey vulnerability by shifting their ranges to match prey.
Nathaniel H. Wehr, Seth A. Moore, Edmund J. Isaac, Kenneth F. Kellner, Joshua J. Millspaugh, Jerrold L. Belant   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The former distribution of White‐tailed Eagles in Iberia, the Mediterranean and the Middle East: a case study of the importance of understanding historical distribution in informing current conservation and restoration interventions

Ibis, EarlyView.
The importance of considering historical data in developing conservation and restoration measures for individual species and for wider ecological restoration has been pointed out by recent reviews but often remains neglected in practice. This paper provides a case study illustrating the issue through a review of the former breeding distribution of the ...
Duncan J. Halley
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