Digestive anatomy and diet of free-ranging maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) [0.03%]
自由生活的南美犬的消化道解剖结构和饮食组成
Bruno Costa Silva,Luan Alexander de Oliveira,Marcus Clauss et al.
Bruno Costa Silva et al.
The maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) is the largest of the currently extant ten species of South American canids and is a monotypic taxon in the genus Chrysocyon, currently classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN. Here we report the ana...
Insular dwarfism in horses from the Aegean Sea and the Japanese archipelago [0.03%]
爱琴海和日本列岛岛屿上马的岛矮化现象
Keesha M Ming,Kévin Le Verger,Madeleine Geiger et al.
Keesha M Ming et al.
The horse (Equus caballus) varieties from Skyros and Rhodes islands (Greece) in the Aegean archipelago are extremely small, reaching shoulder heights of only about 1 m. Furthermore, the Japanese archipelago is home to eight small, native ho...
A review of the diet of the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) in the context of anthropogenic change [0.03%]
人为变化背景下-common vampire bat(Desmodus rotundus)饮食的回顾
Natalie Brown,Luis E Escobar
Natalie Brown
The common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) maintains a diverse, sanguivorous diet, utilizing a broad range of prey taxa. As anthropogenic change alters the distribution of this species, shifts in predator-prey interactions are expected. Und...
Association patterns and community structure among female bottlenose dolphins: environmental, genetic and cultural factors [0.03%]
宽吻海豚雌性个体间的联系模式与社团结构:环境、遗传及文化因素的影响
Svenja M Marfurt,Simon J Allen,Manuela R Bizzozzero et al.
Svenja M Marfurt et al.
Social structuring from assortative associations may affect individual fitness, as well as population-level processes. Gaining a broader understanding of social structure can improve our knowledge of social evolution and inform wildlife con...
Assessing social structure: a data-driven approach to define associations between individuals [0.03%]
基于数据定义个体之间联系的评估社会结构的方法
Sara B Tavares,Hal Whitehead,Thomas Doniol-Valcroze
Sara B Tavares
Our interpretation of animal social structures is inherently dependent on our ability to define association criteria that are biologically meaningful. However, association thresholds are often based upon generalized preconceptions of a spec...
The value of individual identification in studies of free-living hyenas and aardwolves [0.03%]
个体识别在野生土狼和土狼研究中的价值
Olivia S B Spagnuolo,Marie A Lemerle,Kay E Holekamp et al.
Olivia S B Spagnuolo et al.
From population estimates to social evolution, much of our understanding of the family Hyaenidae is drawn from studies of known individuals. The extant species in this family (spotted hyenas, Crocuta crocuta, brown hyenas, Parahyaena brunne...
Rebecca Rimbach,Gabrielle Butler,Pratik R Gupte et al.
Rebecca Rimbach et al.
Urban habitats provide wildlife with predictable, easily accessible and abundant food sources in the form of human food waste. Urban eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) are commonly observed feeding in trash bins, but we lack data...
Multispecies facial detection for individual identification of wildlife: a case study across ursids [0.03%]
基于多物种面部检测的野生动物个体识别:以熊科动物为例的研究
Melanie Clapham,Ed Miller,Mary Nguyen et al.
Melanie Clapham et al.
To address biodiversity decline in the era of big data, replicable methods of data processing are needed. Automated methods of individual identification (ID) via computer vision are valuable in conservation research and wildlife management....
Jens Rydell,Danilo Russo,Price Sewell et al.
Jens Rydell et al.
The recent pandemic and other environmental concerns have resulted in restrictions on research and surveys involving capture and handling bats. While acoustic surveys have been widely used as an alternative survey method, in this study, we ...
Preliminary evidence for a forestomach washing mechanism in llamas (Lama glama) [0.03%]
llama(Lama glama)前胃洗涤作用的初步证据
Jean-Michel Hatt,Daryl Codron,Henning Richter et al.
Jean-Michel Hatt et al.
Dust and grit are ingested by herbivores in their natural habitats along with the plants that represent their selected diet. Among the functions of the rumen, a washing of ingesta from adhering dust and grit has recently been demonstrated. ...