Application of Species Distribution Models (SDMs) and Corridor Mapping for Conservation of an Endangered Charismatic Mammal: Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) in Iran [0.03%]
物种分布模型(SDMs)和廊道制图在伊朗濒危魅力哺乳动物保护中的应用:棕熊( Ursus arctos )保护案例研究
Farnoosh Kouchali,Bagher Nezami,Masoud Yousefi
Farnoosh Kouchali
The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is the largest terrestrial carnivore in Iran with a rapidly shrinking range. In this study, we assembled the most comprehensive and up-to-date distribution dataset of the brown bear in Iran. We applied Species ...
Can Herbivore Feeding Preferences Reinforce the Female-Biased Sex Ratio in an Alpine Willow? [0.03%]
草食动物的摄食偏好会强化高山柳的雌性偏态性别比例吗?
I C Barrio,C G Bueno,D S Hik
I C Barrio
Sex-biased herbivory is a potential mechanism for maintaining female-biased sex ratios in Arctic and alpine willows, which are consumed by taxonomically diverse herbivores. Differences in feeding preferences of these herbivores may determin...
Can Functional Traits Explain Recent Changes in Abundance of Alpine Plant Species? [0.03%]
功能特征可以解释高山植物种群数量的 recent 变化吗?
Feline Peters,Jana Weghorst,Mariana Paetzolt et al.
Feline Peters et al.
Climate change is driving significant changes in alpine ecosystems, where temperature-sensitive plant communities are particularly vulnerable. As plants migrate to higher elevations, understanding the mechanisms behind these changes is crit...
Hemoglobin Digestion Genes Are Conserved in Lizard-Infective Plasmodium Species With Different Host Cellular Niches [0.03%]
不同宿主细胞生态位的蜥蜴感染疟原虫种消化血红蛋白基因被保守下来
Sarah J Pangburn,Janus Borner,Sidhanth Misra et al.
Sarah J Pangburn et al.
In their vertebrate hosts, malaria parasites typically inhabit erythrocytes where they harvest the cell's abundant supply of hemoglobin as a nutrient source. A byproduct of hemoglobin digestion is free heme, which the parasites detoxify by ...
Life History Consequences of the Prevalence of Aggressive Males Carrying Costly Weapons [0.03%]
攻击性男性携带昂贵武器盛行的生命史后果
Neha Pandey,Przemysław Piekarczyk,Radosław Gmyrek et al.
Neha Pandey et al.
Sexually selected weapons used in intra-sexual competition for mates are among the most striking animal features, but how their evolution affects life history traits closely correlated with fitness, and hence species' evolutionary trajector...
Wild Seasons, Urban Stasis: Anthropogenic Food Subsidies Buffer Seasonal Dietary Shifts for Coyotes (Canis latrans) in a Wildland-Urban Landscape South of Mexico City [0.03%]
人工食物补贴缓冲了墨西哥城南部人兽交织景观中郊狼的季节性饮食变化:城市停滞,野地多变
Andrés Arias-Alzate,Nitzia Flores-Raíz,Juan F Acevedo-Quintero et al.
Andrés Arias-Alzate et al.
Coyote (Canis latrans) populations are expanding into urban areas, yet how their feeding ecology adapts to the wildland-urban interface remains poorly understood, particularly near megacities such as Mexico City. We evaluated coyote diet ac...
Species Distribution Models and Abundance Estimates Enhance Breeding Bird Atlas Data [0.03%]
物种分布模型和丰度估计增强繁殖鸟类图集数据
Nicholas G Walton,Edmund J Zlonis,Péter Sólymos et al.
Nicholas G Walton et al.
Breeding bird atlases play a crucial role in understanding bird species distribution and abundance during the breeding season. This information is essential for creating accurate species distribution maps, which are fundamental for understa...
Habitat Utilization Preference by Small Mammals Is Associated With Geomorphic and Soil Properties: A Case Study of the Plateau Pika From the Eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau [0.03%]
小哺乳动物栖息地利用偏好与地貌及土壤属性的关系——以青藏高原东缘鼠兔为例研究
Faming Qin,Yingyuan Chen,Zhongmin Tang et al.
Faming Qin et al.
Amid accelerating climate change, understanding how wildlife adjusts to environmental constraints, particularly via habitat use, is essential. In high-altitude regions with extreme environmental conditions and strong ecological filtering ef...
ManuTrace: An HTML-Based Interface for Manually Extracting Movement Trajectory Data From a Video [0.03%]
ManuTrace:一种基于HTML的从视频中手动提取运动轨迹数据的界面
Kiyotaka Yabe,Yuna Tosaka,Kenji Matsuura
Kiyotaka Yabe
Tracking the movements of animals provides fundamental insights into behavioral strategies and ecological adaptations. Recent advances in automated video analysis have enabled the extraction of movement trajectories from video recordings. H...
From Inventories to Insights: Environmental Gradients Structuring Macro-Moths Assemblages Recorded in Nature Reserves [0.03%]
从库存到洞察:环境梯度结构化自然保护区macro-moths群落的宏观格局分析
Zuzana Kubincová,Zdeněk Faltýnek Fric,Radek Hejda et al.
Zuzana Kubincová et al.
Inventorying biodiversity in reserves is a routine activity in conservation, yet for hyper-diverse insect groups such as macro-moths, general ecological patterns remain underexplored. We collated and analysed macro-moths (Lepidoptera) inven...