{"title":"Using artificial light source as visual enhancement for predation by Oecophylla ants in Paren, Kalimpong, West Bengal","authors":"Soumyajit Chowdhury","doi":"10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e40s1533","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e40s1533","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48746,"journal":{"name":"Endangered Species Research","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74087183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diversity and abundance of ichthyofauna in Shekhdari dam, district Amravati, Maharashtra","authors":"Ashwini A Farkade, S. Bhandarkar, K. Sangve","doi":"10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e39s1531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e39s1531","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48746,"journal":{"name":"Endangered Species Research","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74233083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ranim Μ. Othman, M. Galiya, H. E. Laika, Zouher Almajid
{"title":"First record of hermaphroditism in Bullet tuna Auxis rochei in the Mediterranean Sea: Syrian marine waters","authors":"Ranim Μ. Othman, M. Galiya, H. E. Laika, Zouher Almajid","doi":"10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e36s1526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e36s1526","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48746,"journal":{"name":"Endangered Species Research","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78031265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spider (Arachnida: Araneae) Versus Snake (Reptilia: Squamata): A spider (Pholcus) feeding on a worm snake (Ramphotyphlops)","authors":"R. Vyas, Lalita Pal","doi":"10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e35s1525","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e35s1525","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48746,"journal":{"name":"Endangered Species Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73212897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Population genetics of freshwater stingray require investigation to confirm DNA contamination: Reply to Alshari et al. (2023)","authors":"KC Lim, AY Then","doi":"10.3354/esr01242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01242","url":null,"abstract":"Alshari et al. (2023; Endang Species Res 50:311-313) were able to collect 3 Fluvitrygon kittipongi specimens from the Pahang River, which were not available to us at the time of our study (Lim & Then 2022; Endang Species Res 48:43-50). The cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) sequences (or haplotypes) of these 3 stingrays were identical to each other but differed from the haplotypes of our Perak River specimens. The result of 100% similarity between COI sequences of our Perak River rays and the eDNA water samples isolated from Pahang River in our study was suggested by Alshari et al. (2023) as DNA contamination in our study, which is plausible. However, further population genetics studies would be necessary to ascertain that the Perak River haplotype does not occur in stingrays of the Pahang River.","PeriodicalId":48746,"journal":{"name":"Endangered Species Research","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86272235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nfmah Alshari, Mhib Adnan, Jaf Jamaluddin, S. Lavoué, S. Nor
{"title":"DNA contamination and taxonomic diversity hinder eDNA research on freshwater stingray species: Comment on Lim & Then (2022)","authors":"Nfmah Alshari, Mhib Adnan, Jaf Jamaluddin, S. Lavoué, S. Nor","doi":"10.3354/esr01241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01241","url":null,"abstract":"Recently, Lim & Then (2022; Endang Species Res 48:43-50) used an environmental DNA (eDNA) PCR-based method for detecting the presence of an endangered species of freshwater stingray, Fluvitrygon kittipongi (Dasyatidae), in the Pahang River basin, east Peninsular Malaysia. For that, they designed a species-specific pair of primers to amplify a 196 base pair (bp) fragment of the cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) gene. Lim & Then (2022) reported positive detection of this species along an upstream stretch of the Pahang River during the inter-monsoon and the southwest monsoon seasons, with the PCR-amplified eDNA sequences identical to the reference COI sequences of F. kittipongi collected from the Perak River basin, west Peninsular Malaysia. Here, we argue that such positive results are likely the consequence of a DNA contamination because the 196 bp COI fragments of F. kittipongi from the Pahang River and the Perak River differ from each other by 4 nucleotide substitutions. The source of contamination in Lim & Then (2022) could have been the Perak samples the authors handled to develop the primers. We also briefly discuss the potential impact of the presumed co-occurrence of freshwater stingrays of the genus Fluvitrygon in the Pahang River on the specificity of the F. kittipongi-specific primers designed by Lim & Then (2022).","PeriodicalId":48746,"journal":{"name":"Endangered Species Research","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84484273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Red-cockaded woodpecker habitat characteristics associated with partial brood loss in the Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain, USA","authors":"EJ Martin, F. Gigliotti, Pfb Ferguson","doi":"10.3354/esr01223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01223","url":null,"abstract":"Some red-cockaded woodpecker (RCW) Dryobates borealis populations remain understudied. This is notable because management that incorporates population demographics and site characteristics may benefit RCW recovery. The Oakmulgee Ranger District of the Talladega National Forest (Alabama, USA) has no wiregrass Aristida stricta, small forest stand sizes, rolling topography, and contains an understudied RCW population. Our goal in the Oakmulgee was to characterize RCW habitat, possibly identify ways in which habitat differed from other regions, and estimate associations between habitat and reproductive output. We found that 70.2 and 92.5% of sampled stands met recovery standard thresholds for small and large pine basal area (BA) as defined in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) RCW Recovery Plan. While 74.6% of longleaf pine Pinus palustris-dominated stands met the threshold for overstory hardwood canopy composition, 60.0% of loblolly pine P. taeda-dominated stands did not. Few stands met the recommended percentage of herbaceous understory (19.8%) or recommended absence of hardwood midstory. A lower rate of partial brood loss was associated with a greater area of large pines (≥25.4 cm diameter at breast height; DBH), a smaller area of small pines (≥10 and <25.4 cm DBH), a larger area burned in the dormant season, and higher RCW density. In our models, hardwood overstory and midstory did not influence egg or hatchling production. Hardwoods in the Oakmulgee could contribute to unfavorable habitat, as indicated in the USFWS RCW Recovery Plan, as well as relate to variation in habitat across the RCW’s range. Regions of the RCW’s range are understudied, and limited staffing and funding impede advances in understanding and conservation.","PeriodicalId":48746,"journal":{"name":"Endangered Species Research","volume":"194 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86237589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Yadav, R. Kadariya, U. Paudel, S. Thapa, K. Bhusal
{"title":"Diversity and Richness of Avian Species in Khata and Karnali Corridor, Nepal","authors":"S. Yadav, R. Kadariya, U. Paudel, S. Thapa, K. Bhusal","doi":"10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e34s1522","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e34s1522","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48746,"journal":{"name":"Endangered Species Research","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78551557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}