D. Melovski, G. Ivanov, A. Stojanov, Vasko Avukatov, Andrej Gonev, A. Pavlov, U. Breitenmoser, M. V. Arx, M. Filla, M. Krofel, J. Signer, N. Balkenhol
{"title":"First insight into the spatial and foraging ecology of the critically endangered Balkan lynx ( Lynx lynx balcanicus , Buresh 1941)","authors":"D. Melovski, G. Ivanov, A. Stojanov, Vasko Avukatov, Andrej Gonev, A. Pavlov, U. Breitenmoser, M. V. Arx, M. Filla, M. Krofel, J. Signer, N. Balkenhol","doi":"10.4404/HYSTRIX-00254-2019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4404/HYSTRIX-00254-2019","url":null,"abstract":"1Georg-August University Goettingen, Wildlife Sciences, Germany 2Macedonian Ecological Society, Skopje, Macedonia 3Geonatura, Zagreb, Croatia 4Biology Students’ Research Society, Skopje, Macedonia 5KORA Carnivore ecology and wildlife management, Bern, Switzerland 6Centre for Fish and Wildlife Health, University of Bern, Switzerland 7Georg-August University Goettingen, Workgroup on Endangered Species, Germany 8 University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Forestry, Slovenia","PeriodicalId":55036,"journal":{"name":"Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2020-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88459540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Zanin, B. Adrados, Vania Cristina de Vargas Foletto, B. D. Camargo, G. Porfirio, D. Dias, F. Palomares
{"title":"What should I eat: feeding behaviour of puma in a Brazilian protected semi-arid area","authors":"M. Zanin, B. Adrados, Vania Cristina de Vargas Foletto, B. D. Camargo, G. Porfirio, D. Dias, F. Palomares","doi":"10.4404/HYSTRIX–00265-2019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4404/HYSTRIX–00265-2019","url":null,"abstract":"Acknowledgements We thank the SANR managers and Associação Caatinga for logistical support during fieldwork. This study was carried out under project CGL2010-16902 of the Spanish Ministry of Research and Innovation, project CGL2013-46026-P of MINECO, Excellence Project RNM 2300 of the Junta de Andalucía, and CAPES through Finance Code 001. We thank PIBIC (Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciação Científica) of Universidade Católica Dom Bosco for granting scholarships to VCVF and BPC. MZ is supported by CAPES (grant number 88887.478136/2020-00) through the Program of National Cooperation in the Amazon (Programa Nacional De Cooperação Acadêmica na Amazônia). Abstract","PeriodicalId":55036,"journal":{"name":"Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2020-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87308324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. V. Stronen, M. Bartol, Barbara Boljte, Maja Jelenčič, I. Kos, H. Potočnik, Aleksandra Majić Skrbinšek, T. Skrbinšek, M. Konec
{"title":"“Passive surveillance” across species with cross-amplifying molecular markers: the potential of wolf ( Canis lupus ) genetic monitoring in tracking golden jackal ( C. aureus ) colonization and hybridization","authors":"A. V. Stronen, M. Bartol, Barbara Boljte, Maja Jelenčič, I. Kos, H. Potočnik, Aleksandra Majić Skrbinšek, T. Skrbinšek, M. Konec","doi":"10.4404/HYSTRIX-00259-2019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4404/HYSTRIX-00259-2019","url":null,"abstract":"Acknowledgements We thank Meta Mavec and Ana Galov for their assistance and information, and two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments. Funding was provided by the SLOWOLF project (http://www.volkovi.si), the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, the Slovenian Forest Service, and the Slovenian Research Agency (project number V1-1626; http://sakal.gozdis.si/sakal/sakal-v-sloveniji) co-founded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food. AVS was supported by a senior postdoctoral fellowship from Insubria University, Varese, Italy. Abstract","PeriodicalId":55036,"journal":{"name":"Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2020-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74359692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Świsłocka, M. Matosiuk, M. Ratkiewicz, A. Borkowska, M. Czajkowska, P. Mackiewicz
{"title":"Phylogeny and diversity of moose ( Alces alces , Cervidae, Mammalia) revealed by complete mitochondrial genomes","authors":"M. Świsłocka, M. Matosiuk, M. Ratkiewicz, A. Borkowska, M. Czajkowska, P. Mackiewicz","doi":"10.4404/HYSTRIX-00252-2019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4404/HYSTRIX-00252-2019","url":null,"abstract":"Acknowledgements We are grateful to the sta of the Gostynin and Srokowo Forest Districts for their help during sample collection for genetic analyses, and Piotr Rode for drawing the figures. We would like to thank Prof. dr. habil. Adam Nadachowski and Dr. habil. Krzysztof Stefaniak for enlightening information about fossil records of moose, as well as Dr. Bastien Mennecart for providing helpful information about his study on the origin and evolution of deer. Michael Jacobs and Agata Borkowska-Clark edited the article for submission. We thank two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments and suggestions, which significantly improved the manuscript. This project was financed by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (grant no. BMN-155) and was under subsidy for maintaining the research potential of the Faculty of Biology, University of Bialystok. Some computations were carried out at the Wrocław Center for Networking and Supercomputing under grant no. 307 (PM). Abstract","PeriodicalId":55036,"journal":{"name":"Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2020-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80089175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alessio Iannucci, R. Sardella, Flavia Strani, B. Mecozzi
{"title":"Size shifts in late Middle Pleistocene to Early Holocene Sus scrofa (Suidae, Mammalia) from Apulia (southern Italy): ecomorphological adaptations?","authors":"Alessio Iannucci, R. Sardella, Flavia Strani, B. Mecozzi","doi":"10.4404/HYSTRIX-00258-2019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4404/HYSTRIX-00258-2019","url":null,"abstract":"Acknowledgements The authors are thankful for granting access to the material, the kindness and availability of: Donato Coppola (MPCCSM); Maria Carmela Del Re (MPUN); Luciano Bruni and Stefano Grimaldi (IsIPU); Linda Riti and Michele Lustrino (MUST); Riccardo Castiglia (MACUS); Rosanna Laragione (SMCC); Elisabetta Cioppi and Luca Bellucci (IGF); Francesca Alhaique (MUCIV); Addolorata Mazzotta and Carlo Viva (ITCGC); Marco Pavia (MGP). We wish to thank J. Conti, D.A. Iurino, and A. Profico for their useful suggestions and help. We thank also H. Baills and P. Magniez for their support and suggestions. We are grateful for the insightful review of the associate editor P. Raia, M. Cherin, and an anonymous reviewer. This research was funded by Sapienza University of Rome “Grandi Scavi” 2016–2017–2018–2019 grants (principal investigator RS). Abstract","PeriodicalId":55036,"journal":{"name":"Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2020-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81775056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Palladini, M. Mucedda, E. Pidinchedda, A. Martinoli, D. Russo, G. Bogliani, N. Mucci
{"title":"Genetic diversity of Italian greater horseshoe bats ( Rhinolophus ferrumequinum ) and distinction of the Sardinian colonies","authors":"A. Palladini, M. Mucedda, E. Pidinchedda, A. Martinoli, D. Russo, G. Bogliani, N. Mucci","doi":"10.4404/HYSTRIX-00210-2019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4404/HYSTRIX-00210-2019","url":null,"abstract":"1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, via A. Ferrata 1, 27100 Pavia, Italy 2Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) 3Centro Pipistrelli Sardegna, Via G. Leopardi 1, 07100 Sassari, Italy 4Environment Analysis and Management Unit – Guido Tosi Research Group, Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, University of Insubria, via J.-H. Dunant 3, 21100 Varese, Italy 5Wildlife Research Unit, Sezione di Biologia e Protezione dei Sistemi Agrari e Forestali, Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Italy 6Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden, Tatzberg 47/49, 01307 Dresden, Germany","PeriodicalId":55036,"journal":{"name":"Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2019-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81601509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Salicaceae afforestations: advantage or disadvantage for Neotropical otter in its southernmost distribution?","authors":"Pamela Krug, M. Cabrera, R. Quintana","doi":"10.4404/HYSTRIX-00232-2019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4404/HYSTRIX-00232-2019","url":null,"abstract":"Acknowledgements Financial support was provided by CONICET (PIP 571-15) and ANPCyT (FONCyT PICT-2982). Papel Prensa S.A. and BEng. Juan Manuel García Conde are thanked for their assistance and logistical support during the fieldwork. The authors would like to thank Dr. Gabriela Mataloni, Dr. Irina Izaguirre and Laboratorios Tauro S.A. for his help with the water analysis. MsC. Priscilla Minotti and BSc. Florencia Brancolini are thanked for providing the authors the data of the ictiofauna of the study area. We thank to BSc. Diego Aquino for help with map edition and Luis Franco Tadic for your beautiful drawing of Neotropical otter (Lontra longicaudis). Abstract","PeriodicalId":55036,"journal":{"name":"Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2019-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79097391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Fioravanti, A. Splendiani, M. Giovannotti, P. N. Cerioni, Tommaso Righi, A. Rossetti, F. Morandi, V. C. Barucchi
{"title":"The chamois ( Rupicapra cf. pyrenaica ) in central Italy: what ancient DNA tells us","authors":"T. Fioravanti, A. Splendiani, M. Giovannotti, P. N. Cerioni, Tommaso Righi, A. Rossetti, F. Morandi, V. C. Barucchi","doi":"10.4404/HYSTRIX-00235-2019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4404/HYSTRIX-00235-2019","url":null,"abstract":"Acknowledgements This work was supported by funds from “Università Politecnica delle Marche” (Ricerca Scientifica d’Ateneo 2018, grant number I36C18004750005 and Progetto Strategico di Ateneo, grant number 040017_R. SCIENT. A_2016_CAPUTO BARUCCHI_V_STRATEGICI). We are grateful to Carlo Bifulco, Director of the Sibillini Mountain National Park, for permitting us to study the Ripa Grande skull of Apennine chamois and to Francesca Alhaique (Museo delle Civiltà, Rome, Italy) for revising the first draft of the manuscript. We also thank the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments which allowed the improvement of the manuscript. Abstract","PeriodicalId":55036,"journal":{"name":"Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2019-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77795656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Femke Batsleer, E. Portelli, J. Borg, A. Kiefer, M. Veith, D. Dekeukeleire
{"title":"Maltese bats show phylogeographic affiliation with North-Africa : implications for conservation","authors":"Femke Batsleer, E. Portelli, J. Borg, A. Kiefer, M. Veith, D. Dekeukeleire","doi":"10.4404/HYSTRIX-00237-2019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4404/HYSTRIX-00237-2019","url":null,"abstract":"In the Mediterranean region, cryptic diversity of bats is common. As distinct genetic lineages should be managed independently for conservation, insight into bat phylogeography is important. The Maltese islands are located in the centre of the Mediterranean between North Africa and Sicily and are densely populated. At present, it is thought that at least seven species of bats are native, but phylogeographic affiliations remain largely unexplored. Therefore, we sequenced a ca. 540 bp fragment of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene from 23 bats, which were captured during the citizen-science project Akustika. We found two morphologically cryptic lineages common in North Africa, Plecotus gaisleri and a mainly North-African lineage of Hypsugo savii (named Hypsugo cf. darwinii in some recent studies). We also recorded two Pipistrellus species. The P. kuhlii haplotype belonged to a lineage present in North-Africa and across the Mediterranean. Within P. pipistrellus we found two novel haplotypes that clustered within a North-African clade, well distinguished from the European haplotypes. Our results highlight the historic connection between the bat fauna of the Maltese Islands and North Africa. Malta is one of the few regions in the European Union where P. gaisleri and the North-African clades of P. pipistrellus and H. savii occur. Hence, Malta has an exceptionally high responsibility for the conservation of these taxa in Europe.","PeriodicalId":55036,"journal":{"name":"Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2019-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76712040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Bisi, G. Cremonesi, L. Gaffi, F. Zibordi, A. Gagliardi, Leonardo Gueli, A. Martinoli, D. Preatoni
{"title":"Watching a movie or going for a walk? Testing different Sun bear ( Helarctos malayanus ) occupancy monitoring schemes","authors":"F. Bisi, G. Cremonesi, L. Gaffi, F. Zibordi, A. Gagliardi, Leonardo Gueli, A. Martinoli, D. Preatoni","doi":"10.4404/HYSTRIX-00246-2019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4404/HYSTRIX-00246-2019","url":null,"abstract":"Acknowledgements We are grateful to Ministry Of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MONREC) and to Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division (NWCD) of Myanmar for their participation and for the constant support to the monitoring activities. We like to thank the field sta consisting of U Win Lin Aung, U Than Tun Win, U Maung Phyu, U Naing Lin So and the park rangers U Aung Kyaw Myint, U Ye Win Naing and U Phyo Min Thu for their deep commitment showed throughout the data collection. Authors would like to thank two anonymous reviewers for the precious comments and the IUCN SSC Bear Specialist Group (BSG) for the productive discussion on Asiatic bears monitoring that helped improving the manuscript. Funding Statement This study was partially funded by Fondation Segré with the project “Conservation of Sun bears in Myanmar” and by Fondation Ensemble “Préservation de l’Ours malais dans le sud de l’Etat Rakhine (Arakan)” Abstract","PeriodicalId":55036,"journal":{"name":"Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2019-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90514149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}