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Nonlinear Abundance-Area Relationship Underlying Processes of the American Bullfrog Invasion in the Zhoushan Archipelago, China. 舟山群岛美洲牛蛙入侵过程的非线性丰度-面积关系

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Integrative zoology Pub Date : 2025-04-25 DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12987

Yanxia Li, Yuanbao Du, Weishan Tu, Yuchen Wang, Qing Zhang, Yonghong Xi, Jun Ding, Lixia Han, Zixuan Zhao, Yanghua Dai, Yanping Wang, Xuan Liu

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Metagenomic Insights into the Rumen Microbiome in Solid and Liquid Fractions of Yaks and their Differences Compared to Other Ruminants. 牦牛固体和液体部分瘤胃微生物组的宏基因组研究及其与其他反刍动物的差异。

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Integrative zoology Pub Date : 2025-04-23 DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12984

Xiaoting Yan, Fei Xie, Shuo Yang, Yishan Sun, Yu Lei, Qingmiao Ren, Huazhe Si, Zhipeng Li, Qiang Qiu

{"title":"Metagenomic Insights into the Rumen Microbiome in Solid and Liquid Fractions of Yaks and their Differences Compared to Other Ruminants.","authors":"Xiaoting Yan, Fei Xie, Shuo Yang, Yishan Sun, Yu Lei, Qingmiao Ren, Huazhe Si, Zhipeng Li, Qiang Qiu","doi":"10.1111/1749-4877.12984","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12984","url":null,"abstract":"The rumen microbiome plays a critical role in nutrient metabolism and adaptation of the yak (Bos grunniens), an import livestock animal of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau renowned for their superior plant fiber degradation capacity. However, the microbiome among the different ecological niches within yak's rumen remains unelucidated. Through shotgun sequencing of rumen solid and liquid fractions from five yaks, we identified significant differences in the microbial communities and their genetic functions between the solid and liquid fractions. Solid fractions exhibited dominance by Ruminococcus, Succiniclasticum, and Aspergillus, while Prevotella, Paludibacter, Parabacteroides, and Bacteroides prevailed in liquid fractions. Comparative CAZyme profiling revealed solid fractions were significantly enriched in cellulose/hemicellulose-targeting enzymes (GH5, GH11, and CBM63), implicating their specialization in breaking down the fibrous grasses. In contrast, liquid fractions showed higher abundances of starch-degrading enzymes (GH13, CBM48) and host-glycan utilizers (GH92), suggesting roles in soluble nutrient extraction and host-microbe interactions. Comparative analysis of 574 metagenome-assembled genomes suggested that Methanomethylophilaceae_UBA71 and nitrate-respiring Ruminococcaceae_Firm-04 preferentially colonized in the solids, whereas propionate-producing Quinella and animal glycan-degrading Bacteroides were more prevalent in the liquids. Moreover, compared to Hu sheep, yak's rumen microbiome showed significantly enhanced utilization of plant polysaccharide capacity. Comparative analysis across 10 ruminant species further highlighted host phylogeny as a key driver of rumen microbiome variation. These findings advance our understanding of niche differentiation and functional specialization within the unique yak rumen ecosystem.","PeriodicalId":13654,"journal":{"name":"Integrative zoology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144009428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Fruit Choice by Two Sympatric Primate Species: Determining Nutritional Composition Using Visual and Tactile Cues. 两种同域灵长类动物的水果选择：利用视觉和触觉线索确定营养成分。

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Integrative zoology Pub Date : 2025-04-23 DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12988

Yuan Chen, Xukai Zhong, Pengfei Fan

{"title":"Fruit Choice by Two Sympatric Primate Species: Determining Nutritional Composition Using Visual and Tactile Cues.","authors":"Yuan Chen, Xukai Zhong, Pengfei Fan","doi":"10.1111/1749-4877.12988","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12988","url":null,"abstract":"In forested environments it is challenging for fruit-eating animals to select fruits that meet their nutritional needs. Primates base their food choices on fruit phenotypic traits such as color and tactile cues to determine nutrient content to improve foraging efficiency. However, are fruit phenotypic traits reliable indicators of nutrient content? To answer this question, we integrated observations of feeding behavior with the nutritional and physical characteristics of the fruits in the diet of two sympatric primates (Nomascus concolor and Trachypithecus crepusculus) in a subtropical forest in Southwestern China. Gibbons chose fruits with high total non-structural carbohydrate content that have high chromatic contrast against a predominantly green background, while langurs chose fruits with high crude protein content and high hardness. The chromatic contrast exhibited a significant positive correlation with the carbohydrate content, and the fruit hardness demonstrated a significant positive correlation with the protein content. Chromatic conspicuousness and hardness may serve as important fruit foraging cues for gibbons and langurs. This study adds to our growing understanding of how Old World primates use color vision and tactile cues while foraging and provides new insights to the evolution of diverse animal sensory systems.","PeriodicalId":13654,"journal":{"name":"Integrative zoology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144009616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Functionally Conserved yet Dynamically Evolving Toolkit Underpinning Molluscan Biomineralization: Insights From Shell and Radula. 一个功能保守但动态发展的工具包支持软体动物生物矿化：从壳和拉杜拉的见解。

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Integrative zoology Pub Date : 2025-04-18 DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12978

Zhuoqing Li, Meijie Yang, Xinghao Ma, Cong Zhou, Fanyu Meng, Pu Shi, Pengpeng Hu, Bin Liang, Qingtian Jiang, Lili Zhang, Xiaoyan Liu, Tingyu Shi, Changping Lai, Tao Zhang, Hao Song

{"title":"A Functionally Conserved yet Dynamically Evolving Toolkit Underpinning Molluscan Biomineralization: Insights From Shell and Radula.","authors":"Zhuoqing Li, Meijie Yang, Xinghao Ma, Cong Zhou, Fanyu Meng, Pu Shi, Pengpeng Hu, Bin Liang, Qingtian Jiang, Lili Zhang, Xiaoyan Liu, Tingyu Shi, Changping Lai, Tao Zhang, Hao Song","doi":"10.1111/1749-4877.12978","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12978","url":null,"abstract":"The molluscan shell and radula constitute pivotal molluscan innovations, each characterized by distinct functions and diverse forms, regulated by the highly specific biomineralization regulatory networks. Despite their paramount importance, the conserved components and adaptive evolutionary processes governing these regulatory networks remain unresolved. To address this knowledge gap, we advocate for the integration of data from less-explored lineages, such as Scaphopoda, as an essential step. This study presents the inaugural comprehensive transcriptome analysis of Pictodentalium vernedei, a representative species of Scaphopoda distinguished by a unique and evolutionarily conserved shell morphology and radula structure. Furthermore, comparative transcriptome/genome analyses are employed to unravel the conservatism and evolutionary innovation of the involved biomineralization regulatory elements. Our findings underscore the central role of secretomes in governing biomineralization processes, and we identified a fundamental set of 26 domains within molluscan secretomes, forming an essential functional protein domain repertoire necessary for the transformation of inorganic ions into biomineralized structures. This core biomineralization toolkit has undergone independent expansion and lineage-specific recruitment, giving rise to novel, modular domain architectures. This may be essential for the functional specialization and morphological diversification of shell and radula structures. These evolutionary processes are driven by the independent co-option of ancient genes and the emergence of novel de novo genes. This comprehensive investigation not only contributes insights into the evolution of molluscan biomineralization structures but also establishes avenues for further scholarly exploration.","PeriodicalId":13654,"journal":{"name":"Integrative zoology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144011217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Rethinking the Impact of Human Disturbance on Wildlife: Fine-Scale Responses From Species to Guilds. 重新思考人类干扰对野生动物的影响：从物种到行会的精细尺度反应。

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Integrative zoology Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12986

Shengnan Yang, Junhua Hu

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WIMANET: The Power of a Network in Wildlife Malaria Research. WIMANET：野生动物疟疾研究网络的力量。

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Integrative zoology Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12983

Alfonso Marzal, Kasun Bodawatta, Carolina R F Chagas, Nayden Chakarov, Mélanie Duc, Tamara Emmenegger, Martina Ferraguti, Luz García-Longoria, Rafael Gutiérrez-López, Ricardo J Lopes, Josué Martínez-De La Puente, Swen Renner, Diego Santiago-Alarcón, Ravinder N M Sehgal, Daliborka Stanković, Jenny C Dunn

{"title":"WIMANET: The Power of a Network in Wildlife Malaria Research.","authors":"Alfonso Marzal, Kasun Bodawatta, Carolina R F Chagas, Nayden Chakarov, Mélanie Duc, Tamara Emmenegger, Martina Ferraguti, Luz García-Longoria, Rafael Gutiérrez-López, Ricardo J Lopes, Josué Martínez-De La Puente, Swen Renner, Diego Santiago-Alarcón, Ravinder N M Sehgal, Daliborka Stanković, Jenny C Dunn","doi":"10.1111/1749-4877.12983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12983","url":null,"abstract":"The Wildlife Malaria Network (WIMANET) is an EU-COST-funded global network of researchers and stakeholders interested in wildlife malaria and related haemosporidian parasites. The network has six working groups covering a diverse range of core topics within wildlife malaria research, focusing on genetics and genomics, species identification, vectors, haematology, communities, and communication. Up to now, the network includes 229 members from 45 countries including Europe, America, Africa, and Asia, but this number is continually growing. This review outlines the aims and goals of WIMANET, providing a summary of activities and plans for each of the six working groups for the next years. The network is open to new members, and we provide details on how both new and existing members can get involved in the network and take part in activities. WIMANET provides a global platform for collaborative and innovative research, and we encourage all members of the wildlife malaria community (and beyond) to take advantage of the opportunities the network offers.","PeriodicalId":13654,"journal":{"name":"Integrative zoology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143998352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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An Automated AI Framework for Quantitative Measurement of Mammalian Behavior. 用于哺乳动物行为定量测量的自动AI框架。

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Integrative zoology Pub Date : 2025-04-14 DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12985

Jia Liu, Tao Liu, Zhengfeng Hu, Fan Wu, Wenjie Guo, Haojie Wu, Zhan Wang, Yiyi Men, Shuang Yin, Paul A Garber, Derek Dunn, Colin A Chapman, Gang He, Felix Guo, Ruliang Pan, Tongzuo Zhang, Yang Zhao, Pengfei Xu, Baoguo Li, Songtao Guo

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A Slow and Underappreciated Forest Megafauna: Food Habits, Movements, and Multiscale Habitat Preferences of Critically Endangered Sundaic Giant Tortoises (Manouria emys emys). 一种缓慢且未被充分认识的森林巨型动物：极度濒危的巽他象龟的食物习惯、运动和多尺度栖息地偏好。

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Integrative zoology Pub Date : 2025-04-14 DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12965

Try Surya Harapan, Lisa Ong, Ade Prasetyo Agung, Rafia Rafia, Djong Hon Tjong, Wilson Novarino, Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz

{"title":"A Slow and Underappreciated Forest Megafauna: Food Habits, Movements, and Multiscale Habitat Preferences of Critically Endangered Sundaic Giant Tortoises (Manouria emys emys).","authors":"Try Surya Harapan, Lisa Ong, Ade Prasetyo Agung, Rafia Rafia, Djong Hon Tjong, Wilson Novarino, Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz","doi":"10.1111/1749-4877.12965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12965","url":null,"abstract":"Sundaic giant tortoises (Manouria emys emys) are the largest chelonians in Asia. Classified as critically endangered, they are extremely rare throughout their range. The limited knowledge of their behavior and ecology hampers effective conservation initiatives. We integrated GPS tracking, behavioral observations, local ecological knowledge, resource selection functions, spatial distribution modeling, and landscape functional connectivity to assess key aspects of their food habits, movement patterns, and habitat relationships at local and broad scale in Sumatra, Indonesia. Sundaic giant tortoises were predominantly diurnal (93% of activities) and had a mean home range of 27.5 ha (±28.8 SD; N = 3 individuals, autocorrelated kernel density estimate). We identified 40 plant species from 20 families, including ferns, monocots, and dicots, consumed by the tortoises. They consumed the fruits of 30 of these plants, swallowing seeds as large as those of Durio and Artocarpus (>2 × 4 cm), indicating potential seed dispersal over distances exceeding 1 km. Habitat preference analysis at both local and island-wide scales showed a consistent preference for primary rainforests with steep slopes at moderate altitudes, and near rivers, mostly on the western side of the island. We identified 15 \"priority areas,\" that is, those with high habitat suitability but lacking formal protection. Among these, only one, Gunung Talang, lacked connectivity with other forest areas, prompting us to propose a wildlife corridor connecting it to Kerinci Seblat National Park. In addition, we argue that Sundaic giant tortoises hold potential for rewilding operations in Sumatra and other parts of their range, emphasizing the need for targeted conservation efforts.","PeriodicalId":13654,"journal":{"name":"Integrative zoology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144010194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Density-Dependent Difference in Serum Levels of Immunoglobulin G in Brandt's Voles and Its Potential Influencing Factors. 布氏田鼠血清免疫球蛋白G水平的密度依赖性差异及其潜在影响因素

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Integrative zoology Pub Date : 2025-04-11 DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12974

Guoliang Li, Min Zhang, Shuli Huang, Hongxuan He, Xinrong Wan, Fusheng Wang, Zhibin Zhang

{"title":"Density-Dependent Difference in Serum Levels of Immunoglobulin G in Brandt's Voles and Its Potential Influencing Factors.","authors":"Guoliang Li, Min Zhang, Shuli Huang, Hongxuan He, Xinrong Wan, Fusheng Wang, Zhibin Zhang","doi":"10.1111/1749-4877.12974","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12974","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the density-dependent immune response is an important theme in ecological and evolutionary studies. Animals may elevate their immune response with an increase in population density. There is substantial evidence supporting the density-dependent immune response in some insects, reptiles, and birds, but evidence is still lacking in wild rodents. Here, we tested the density-dependent immune response on Brandt's voles by manipulating their population change under both laboratory (with none or little parasite infection) and field conditions (with strong parasite infection). In the field experiment, we found that the parasite prevalence and infection intensity as well as the IgG levels increased with population density, suggesting evidence of density-dependent immune response. In the lab experiment, Brandt's voles in the high-density group experienced high crowding stress exhibited by a high frequency of locomotion and aggression, and they had a higher IgG level than those in the low-density group, but with no significant difference in parasite infection. Brandt's voles in the field had significantly higher parasite intensity and higher IgG levels than Brandt's voles in the lab. Sheep grazing and rainfall supplmentation increased IgG level but food supplementation had no significant effect on IgG level. Our study confirms density-dependent immune response in Brandt's voles, likely driven by increasing agressive behavior of voles and parasite transmission, and provides novel insight into density-dependent population regulation in small rodents oscillations.","PeriodicalId":13654,"journal":{"name":"Integrative zoology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144007031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Hope for Black-and-White Snub-Nosed Monkey Conservation. 黑白扁鼻猴保护的希望。

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Integrative zoology Pub Date : 2025-04-11 DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12980

Yitian Li, Weimin Kuang

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