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Favourable areas for expansion and reintroduction of Iberian lynx accounting for distribution trends and genetic variation of the wild rabbit 考虑到野兔的分布趋势和遗传变异，适合扩大和重新引进伊比利亚猞猁的地区

Wildlife biology in practice (Online) Pub Date : 2010-08-05 DOI: 10.2461/WBP.LYNX.3

A. Barbosa, R. Real

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引用次数: 10

Performance Characteristics of Small Global-Positioning-System Tracking Collars 小型全球定位系统跟踪环的性能特征

Wildlife biology in practice (Online) Pub Date : 2010-06-30 DOI: 10.2461/WBP.2010.6.2

T. Dennis, William Y. C. Chen, Inigo Koefoed, Shabana F. Shah, M. Walker, P. Laube, P. Forer

{"title":"Performance Characteristics of Small Global-Positioning-System Tracking Collars","authors":"T. Dennis, William Y. C. Chen, Inigo Koefoed, Shabana F. Shah, M. Walker, P. Laube, P. Forer","doi":"10.2461/WBP.2010.6.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2461/WBP.2010.6.2","url":null,"abstract":"Recent technological advances have made possible the development of animal-tracking devices based on the global positioning system (GPS) that are much smaller than what were available previously. However, potential limitations in size-dependent technologies and differences in patterns of behavior between small and large animals could mean that miniaturized GPS tracking devices may not function as well as their larger counterparts. Here, we evaluate the performance characteristics of 105-g GPS collars suitable for prolonged use on animals weighing as little as 2.5 kg. We tested 9 collars in stationary trials at a single reference site and in field deployments on common brushtail possums ( Trichosurus vulpecula/ ), a semi-arboreal, nocturnal marsupial. We found in both trials that individual collars differed in several measures of positional accuracy and precision, yet overall the small collars compared favorably with published results of larger devices in similar habitats. Differences in operational characteristics between the two trials were mainly in the number and spatial configuration of satellites used to calculate position fixes, resulting in an increase in median location error from 9.8 m in the stationary tests to an estimated 14.7 m in the field trials. Most probably, these effects were due to dissimilarities in microhabitat features and variation in the orientation of GPS antennae which occurred when the possums changed their body posture during movement. The collars evaluated in this study promise to be a valuable tool for the study of the ecology, behavior, and conservation of many small-to-medium sized animals.","PeriodicalId":89522,"journal":{"name":"Wildlife biology in practice (Online)","volume":"98 1","pages":"14-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76733185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 25

Feeding habits offeral cats felis silvestris catus in the countryside of Majorca Island, Spain 西班牙马略卡岛乡村的猫科动物的饮食习惯

Wildlife biology in practice (Online) Pub Date : 2010-06-30 DOI: 10.2461/WBP.2010.6.3

J. Millán

{"title":"Feeding habits offeral cats felis silvestris catus in the countryside of Majorca Island, Spain","authors":"J. Millán","doi":"10.2461/WBP.2010.6.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2461/WBP.2010.6.3","url":null,"abstract":"The diet of feral cats ( Felis silvestris catus ) in the Mediterranean island of Majorca (Spain) was studied from July 2008 to June 2009 by the analysis of the scats of 75 feral cats captured in baited traps in 14 different areas. A total of 138 preys were identified in the analyzed scats. Mammals were the main group preyed on and constituted 93% both in frequency and biomass. Among them, mice were the most frequent prey consumed (55% Mus sp., 18% Apodemus sylvaticus ) but represented only 20% of biomass. Rat was present in 29% of scats and was the main component in terms of biomass (57%). Rabbit was found at a frequency of 6.6%, and constituted 18% of biomass. Other prey (birds, geckos and insects) were found in lower frequency, and all pooled constituted only 7% of biomass. Reproductive females preyed less upon mice (20%) than the other cats (77%). This may indicate that these females tended to predate upon higher preys, which may be secondary to increased energetic requirements due to pregnancy or lactation. No seasonal variations were found in any of the different parameters studied. Results indicate that rodents constitute all year round the main prey item in feral cat diet in the countryside of Majorca.","PeriodicalId":89522,"journal":{"name":"Wildlife biology in practice (Online)","volume":"37 1","pages":"32-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77184289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 10

Evaluating the potential of the Otto® Wildlife GPS device to record roadside moose and deer locations for use in wildlife vehicle collision mitigation planning 评估Otto®野生动物GPS设备记录路边驼鹿和鹿位置的潜力，以用于野生动物车辆碰撞缓解规划

Wildlife biology in practice (Online) Pub Date : 2010-06-24 DOI: 10.2461/WBP.2010.6.1

Gayle Hesse, Roy V. Rea, N. Klassen, Scott Emmons, David C. Dickson

{"title":"Evaluating the potential of the Otto® Wildlife GPS device to record roadside moose and deer locations for use in wildlife vehicle collision mitigation planning","authors":"Gayle Hesse, Roy V. Rea, N. Klassen, Scott Emmons, David C. Dickson","doi":"10.2461/WBP.2010.6.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2461/WBP.2010.6.1","url":null,"abstract":"Wildlife vehicle collisions present a serious challenge to road safety. Although spatially accurate wildlife collision data is necessary to identify areas where wildlife vehicle collisions are recurrent, global positioning system technology has seldom been operationally used to mark roadkilled carcass or roadside live animal points of interest. We modified an existing global positioning system based device (Otto-Driving Companion®) to record roadside live sightings and carcass locations of deer (Odocoileus spp.) and moose (Alces alces) in northern British Columbia, Canada and assess the operational feasibility of the device to quickly and reliably collect data. Ten modified Otto-Driving Companion® units were installed in commercial semi-trailer trucks and roadside points of interest were recorded between July 2006 and May 2007. The device was straightforward to install and operate, and functioned proficiently for data collection. Data transfers from the units to the researchers were simple and fast. Maps showing live sighting and carcass points of interest were easily created from the data. While methodologies remain to be developed to normalise the data and minimise temporal biases arising from non systematic data collection, the modified Otto-Driving Companion® demonstrated it is well suited to the collection of roadside wildlife points of interest for a variety of operational and research purposes.","PeriodicalId":89522,"journal":{"name":"Wildlife biology in practice (Online)","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79482520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 10

Current Status Of the Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) in Eastern Sierra Morena, Southern Spain 西班牙南部莫雷纳山脉东部伊比利亚猞猁的现状

Wildlife biology in practice (Online) Pub Date : 2010-05-28 DOI: 10.2461/WBP.LYNX.2

J. M. Gil-Sánchez, M. A. Simón, R. Cadenas, J. Bueno, Manuel Moral, J. Rodríguez-Siles

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引用次数: 9

Management of Chamois in Bavaria (Germany): The Importance of Game Activities in Scabies Control. 巴伐利亚(德国)岩羚羊的管理:游戏活动在疥疮控制中的重要性。

Wildlife biology in practice (Online) Pub Date : 2009-11-19 DOI: 10.2461/WBP.2009.5.12

Andreas Grauer, A. König

{"title":"Management of Chamois in Bavaria (Germany): The Importance of Game Activities in Scabies Control.","authors":"Andreas Grauer, A. König","doi":"10.2461/WBP.2009.5.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2461/WBP.2009.5.12","url":null,"abstract":"In Bavaria (Germany), scabies was registered for the first time in the year 1824 among the chamois population of the Berchtesgaden region, and disappeared 6 years later. For the next 119 years, the chamois populations in the Bavarian Alps seemed not to be infected by scabies. But in 1949 scabies occurred again in the Bavarian chamois populations east of the River Inn, with origin in the Berchtesgaden region. Scabies has been recorded repeatedly since then. Whereas between 1949 and the early 1990s scabies had a great impact on the development of the chamois populations in the Bavarian Alps east of the river Inn, the disease has had little significance since 1995. As it is assumed that there is a link between high population density and the occurrence of scabies among chamois, hunting bags (as indicators of population density) were compared with the recorded scabies cases (shot or deceased game) among chamois populations in the Bavarian state forests east of the river Inn. Data collected from the Berchtesgaden Forest Office were further analysed according to age and sex parameters. There is a highly significant, inverse, non-parametric correlation between recorded incidences of scabies and hunting bags in the whole study area and in the area of Berchtesgaden Forest Office. The results of the analysis show that bucks were slightly more likely to be registered with scabies than does (p=0.018). Young animals (yearlings and juveniles) played only a secondary role in terms of scabies prevalence. \u0000Both the historical background of scabies in the Alps and the present study support the above-mentioned hypothesis that the incidence of scabies in chamois is related to high chamois population densities. The spread of scabies can therefore be slowed down or prevented by increasing game bags over a large area.","PeriodicalId":89522,"journal":{"name":"Wildlife biology in practice (Online)","volume":"4 1","pages":"115-127"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90211273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 7

Dietary Response of Sympatric Deer to Fire Using Stable Isotope Analysis of Liver Tissue 用肝脏组织稳定同位素分析同域鹿对火的日粮反应

Wildlife biology in practice (Online) Pub Date : 2009-11-19 DOI: 10.2461/WBP.2009.5.13

W. D. Walter, T. Zimmerman, D. M. Leslie, J. Jenks

{"title":"Dietary Response of Sympatric Deer to Fire Using Stable Isotope Analysis of Liver Tissue","authors":"W. D. Walter, T. Zimmerman, D. M. Leslie, J. Jenks","doi":"10.2461/WBP.2009.5.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2461/WBP.2009.5.13","url":null,"abstract":"Carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopes in biological samples from large herbivores identify photosynthetic pathways (C3 vs. C4) of plants they consumed and can elucidate potential nutritional characteristics of dietary selection. Because large herbivores consume a diversity of forage types, δ13C and δ15N in their tissue can index ingested and assimilated diets through time. We assessed δ13C and δ15N in metabolically active liver tissue of sympatric mule deer ( Odocoileus hemionus ) and white-tailed deer ( O. virginianus ) to identify dietary disparity resulting from use of burned and unburned areas in a largely forested landscape. Interspecific variation in dietary disparity of deer was documented 2–3 years post-fire in response to lag-time effects of vegetative response to burning and seasonal (i.e., summer, winter) differences in forage type. Liver δ13C for mule deer were lower during winter and higher during summer 2 years post-fire on burned habitat compared to unburned habitat suggesting different forages were consumed by mule deer in response to fire. Liver δ15N for both species were higher on burned than unburned habitat during winter and summer suggesting deer consumed more nutritious forage on burned habitat during both seasons 2 and 3 years post-fire. Unlike traditional methods of dietary assessment that do not measure uptake of carbon and nitrogen from dietary components, analyses of stable isotopes in liver or similar tissue elucidated δ13C and δ15N assimilation from seasonal dietary components and resulting differences in the foraging ecology of sympatric species in response to fire.","PeriodicalId":89522,"journal":{"name":"Wildlife biology in practice (Online)","volume":"2009 1","pages":"128-135"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82628844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 7

An Assessment of Agricultural Damage Caused by Red Deer ( Cervus elaphus L.)and Fallow Deer ( Dama dama L.) in Southwest England 英格兰西南部马鹿(Cervus elaphus L.)和小鹿(Dama Dama L.)对农业危害的评价

Wildlife biology in practice (Online) Pub Date : 2009-11-17 DOI: 10.2461/WBP.2009.5.11

C. Wilson, Alan Britton, R. Symes

{"title":"An Assessment of Agricultural Damage Caused by Red Deer ( Cervus elaphus L.)and Fallow Deer ( Dama dama L.) in Southwest England","authors":"C. Wilson, Alan Britton, R. Symes","doi":"10.2461/WBP.2009.5.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2461/WBP.2009.5.11","url":null,"abstract":"The impact of deer grazing on agricultural grassland and cereal crops was assessed at two locations with medium to high deer densities in the Exmoor area of southwest England. Red deer impact on early spring grazing was measured at one site by comparing samples of herbage cut from inside and outside deer-proof exclosure cages, just prior to turn out of livestock, on 1 March 1989. Fallow deer impact on first-cut silage grass production was similarly measured using exclosure cages at a second site by cutting samples on 31 May 1990 and on 6 June 1995. In addition, impact of fallow deer on cereal crops was assessed at this site by measuring sample grain yields from areas of the crop used or unused by deer in 1995 (winter wheat), 1996 (winter barley) and 1997 (winter wheat). Significant dry matter yield losses were recorded for red deer impact on spring grazing in 1989 (14.5%) and for fallow deer impact on first-cut silage (15.9%) in 1995 but not in 1990. In 1995 a small but significant yield loss (7.1%) was recorded for winter wheat at the fallow deer site but no loss in cereal yield was recorded in 1996 or 1997. These assessments, carried out in response to complaints about deer damage, suggest that the impacts of deer in this area, where they occur at relatively high density, are only moderate. This highlights the need for careful assessment of cost-benefits when considering deer management strategies to reduce perceived agricultural damage.","PeriodicalId":89522,"journal":{"name":"Wildlife biology in practice (Online)","volume":"8 1","pages":"104-114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85948359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 22

A diverse autumn diet without dominant prey for opportunistic black-backed jackals Canis mesomelas 对于机会主义的黑背豺来说，秋天的饮食多样化，没有主要的猎物

Wildlife biology in practice (Online) Pub Date : 2009-11-16 DOI: 10.2461/WBP.2009.5.10

E. L. San, Nangamso B. Malongwe, B. Fike, M. Somers, M. Walters

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引用次数: 6

Sequence Length Polymorphisms within Cervid AmelogeninX and AmelogeninY Genes: Use in Sex Determination. 雄性无亲缘基因和无亲缘基因序列长度多态性:在性别决定中的应用。

Wildlife biology in practice (Online) Pub Date : 2009-11-16 DOI: 10.2461/WBP.2009.5.9

B. Morrill, L. Rickords, Heather J. Schafstall

{"title":"Sequence Length Polymorphisms within Cervid AmelogeninX and AmelogeninY Genes: Use in Sex Determination.","authors":"B. Morrill, L. Rickords, Heather J. Schafstall","doi":"10.2461/WBP.2009.5.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2461/WBP.2009.5.9","url":null,"abstract":"Sequence length polymorphisms between the amelogeninX and amelogeninY genes have been utilized for the design of rapid PCR sex determination assays for various mammalian species, including four cervid species ( Capreolus capreolus , Cervus elaphus , Cervus nippon , and Dama dama ). Several of these assays have been shown to be able to determine sex from non-invasively collected samples such as hair roots, feces, or skeletal remains. Such assays can be helpful for both zoo and wildlife biologists for sex determination, and could possibly be further developed to aid in species identification and SNP analyses if sequence information is also available. In order to further study the amelogeninX and amelogeninY gene polymorphisms that exist within cervids, partial sequences from these genes were generated and analyzed in multiple amelogeninX and amelogeninY samples of mule deer ( Odocoileus hemionus ) and Rocky Mountain elk ( Cervus elaphus nelsoni ); and single amelogeninX and amelogeninY samples of sika deer ( Cervus nippon ), fallow deer ( Dama dama ) and axis deer ( Axis axis ). Within these five species, three sequence length polymorphism regions (two or more nucleotides inserted or deleted between samples) were found. The lengths of these polymorphisms were 45, 9, and 9 nucleotides. In addition, a SNP was found in the amelogeninY sequences of the mule deer samples that were analyzed. Lastly, the primers used to amplify the regions of the amelogeninX and amelogeninY sequences were able to determine sex in all five species that were studied.","PeriodicalId":89522,"journal":{"name":"Wildlife biology in practice (Online)","volume":"36 1","pages":"89-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89696648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0