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  • Barriers to management of a foreign animal disease at the wildlife-domestic animal interface : the case of rabbit hemorrhagic disease in the United States 
    Shapiro, Hannah G.; Pienaar, Elizabeth Frances; Kohl, Michel T. (Frontiers Media, 2022-05)
    The increasing global emergence of pathogens transmitted between wildlife and domestic animals are critically important conservation and economic concerns. International organizations, such as the World Organization for ...
  • Bartonella diversity and zoonotic potential in indigenous Tete Veld rats (Aethomys ineptus) from South Africa 
    Hatyoka, Luiza M.; Brettschneider, Helene; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Kleynhans, Dewald J.; Muteka, Sachariah Penda; Bastos, Armanda D.S. (Elsevier, 2019-09)
    Bartonellosis is a vector-borne disease that is often misdiagnosed due to a broad range of clinical symptoms, compounded by a lack of awareness regarding the prevalence, diversity and public health impacts of regional ...
  • Bartonellae of synanthropic four-striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio) from the Western Cape Province, South Africa 
    Hatyoka, Luiza; Froeschke, Gotz; Kleynhans, Dewald; Van der Mescht, Luther; Heighton, Sean; Matthee, Sonja; Bastos, Armanda D.S. (Mary Ann Liebert, 2019-03)
    Bartonella is a species-rich bacterial genus that infects a wide variety of wild and domestic animals, including rodents. Despite high levels of murid rodent diversity in Africa, associated Bartonella prevalence and diversity ...
  • A Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus pair preyed primarily on bats and birds that forage in clutter-edge and open-air habitat groups 
    MalaN, G.; Harris, E.; Harris, T.; Monadjem, Ara (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2022)
    This study aimed to analyse the diet of a pair of Bat Hawks Macheiramphus alcinus, based on regurgitated pellets, and the associated habitat-foraging groups that the prey species belonged to. A total of 908 regurgitated ...
  • Bat species (Mammalia: Chiroptera) occurring at Telperion Nature Reserve 
    Kearney, T.C.; Keith, Mark; Markotter, Wanda; Pretorius, M.; Seamark, E.C.J. (Ernest) (Transvaal Museum, 2019-03)
    Mist nets, harp traps and roost searches resulted in the eight bat species being recorded in Telperion Nature Reserve, which is in a transition between the Savanna and Grassland biomes. The majority of these were species ...
  • Bat species richness and community composition along a mega-transect in the Okavango River Basin 
    Weier, Sina M.; Keith, Mark; Neef, Gotz G.; Parker, Daniel M.; Taylor, Peter J. (MDPI, 2020-05)
    The Okavango River Basin is a hotspot of bat diversity that requires urgent and adequate protection. To advise future conservation strategies, we investigated the relative importance of a range of potential environmental ...
  • The beat goes on : humpback whale song seasonality in Antarctic and South African waters 
    Shabangu, Fannie Welcome; Kowarski, Katie A. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-04-26)
    Little is known of the movements and seasonal occurrence of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) of South Africa and the Antarctic, populations once brought to near extinction by historic commercial whaling. We ...
  • Behavioral and adrenocortical responses of captive white rhino adolescents to the introduction of a new calf 
    Fabregas, María C.; Ganswindt, Andre; Fosgate, Geoffrey Theodore; Bertschinger, Hendrik Jan; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney (Springer, 2019-10)
    Changes in group composition are not exclusive to zoos and conservation breeding centers. The recent increase in poaching of African rhino species has accelerated the arrival of orphan calves at rehabilitation centers. ...
  • Behavioral and corticosterone responses to carbon dioxide exposure in reptiles 
    Natusch, Daniel J.D.; Aust, Patrick W.; Khadiejah, Syarifah; Ithnin, Hartini; Isa, Ain; Zamzuri, Che Ku; Ganswindt, Andre; DeNardo, Dale F. (Public Library of Science, 2020-10)
    The use of carbon dioxide (CO2) exposure as a means of animal euthanasia has received considerable attention in mammals and birds but remains virtually untested in reptiles. We measured the behavioral responses of four ...
  • Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns 
    Tucker, Marlee A.; Schipper, Aafke M.; Adams, Tempe S.F.; Attias, Nina; Avgar, Tal; Babic, Natarsha L.; Barker, Kristin J.; Bastille-Rousseau, Guillaume; Behr, Dominik M.; Belant, Jerrold L.; Beyer, Dean E.; Blaum, Niels; Blount, J. David; Bockmuhl, Dirk; Pires Boulhosa, Ricardo Luiz; Brown, Michael B.; Buuveibaatar, Bayarbaatar; Cagnacci, Francesca; Calabrese, Justin M.; Cerne, Rok; Chamaillé-Jammes, Simon; Chan, Aung Nyein; Chase, Michael; Chaval, Yannick; Chenaux-Ibrahim, Yvette; Cherry, Seth G.; Cirovic, Dusko; Coban, Emrah; Cole, Eric K.; Conlee, Laura; Courtemanch, Alyson; Cozzi, Gabriele; Davidson, Sarah C.; DeBloois, Darren; Dejid, Nandintsetseg; DeNicola, Vickie; Desbiez, Arnaud L.J.; Douglas-Hamilton, Iain; Drake, David; Egan, Michael; Eikelboom, Jasper A.J.; Fagan, William F.; Farmer, Morgan J.; Fennessy, Julian; Finnegan, Shannon P.; Fleming, Christen H.; Fournier, Bonnie; Fowler, Nicholas L.; Gantchoff, Mariela G.; Garnier, Alexandre; Gehr, Benedikt; Geremia, Chris; Goheen, Jacob R.; Hauptfleisch, Morgan L.; Hebblewhite, Mark; Heim, Morten; Hertel, Anne G.; Heurich, Marco; Hewison, A.J. Mark; Hodson, James; Hoffman, Nicholas; Hopcraft, J. Grant C.; Huber, Djuro; Isaac, Edmund J.; Janik, Karolina; Jezek, Milos; Johansson, Orjan; Jordan, Neil R.; Kaczensky, Petra; Kamaru, Douglas N.; Kauffman, Matthew J.; Kautz, Todd M.; Kays, Roland; Kelly, Allicia P.; Kindberg, Jonas; Krofel, Miha; Kusak, Josip; Lamb, Clayton T.; LaSharr, Tayler N.; Leimgruber, Peter; Leitner, Horst; Lierz, Michael; Linnell, John D.C.; Lkhagvaja, Purevjav; Long, Ryan A.; Lopez-Bao, Jose Vicente; Loretto, Matthias-Claudio; Marchand, Pascal; Martin, Hans; Martinez, Lindsay A.; McBride, Roy T.; McLaren, Ashley A.D.; Meisingset, Erling; Melzheimer, Joerg; Merrill, Evelyn H.; Middleton, Arthur D.; Monteith, Kevin L.; Moore, Seth A.; Van Moorter, Bram; Morellet, Nicolas; Morrison, Thomas; Muller, Rebekka; Mysterud, Atle; Noonan, Michael J.; O'Connor, David; Olson, Daniel; Olson, Kirk A.; Ortega, Anna C.; Ossi, Federico; Panzacchi, Manuela; Patchett, Robert; Patterson, Brent R.; De Paula, Rogerio Cunha; Payne, John; Peters, Wibke; Petroelje, Tyler R.; Pitcher, Benjamin J.; Pokorny, Bostjan; Poole, Kim; Potocnik, Hubert; Poulin, Marie-Pier; Pringle, Robert M.; Prins, Herbert H.T.; Ranc, Nathan; Reljic, Slaven; Robb, Benjamin; Roder, Ralf; Rolandsen, Christer M.; Rutz, Christian; Salemgareyev, Albert R.; Samelius, Gustaf; Sayine-Crawford, Heather; Schooler, Sarah; Sekercioglu, Cagan H.; Selva, Nuria; Semenzato, Paola; Sergiel, Agnieszka; Sharma, Koustubh; Shawler, Avery L.; Signer, Johannes; Silovsky, Vaclav; Silva, Joao Paulo; Simon, Richard; Smiley, Rachel A.; Smith, Douglas W.; Solberg, Erling J.; Ellis-Soto, Diego; Spiegel, Orr; Stabach, Jared A.; Stacy-Dawes, Jenna; Stahler, Daniel R.; Stephenson, John; Stewart, Cheyenne; Strand, Olav; Sunde, Peter; Svoboda, Nathan J.; Swart, Jonathan; Thompson, Jeffrey J.; Toal, Katrina L.; Uiseb, Kenneth H.; VanAcker, Meredith C.; Velilla, Marianela; Verzuh, Tana L.; Wachter, Bettina; Wagler, Brittany L.; Whittington, Jesse; Wikelski, Martin; Wilmers, Christopher C.; Wittemyer, George; Young, Julie K.; Zięba, Filip; Zwijacz-Kozica, Tomasz; Huijbregts, Mark A.J.; Mueller, Thomas (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2023-06)
    COVID-19 lockdowns in early 2020 reduced human mobility, providing an opportunity to disentangle its effects on animals from those of landscape modifications. Using GPS data, we compared movements and road avoidance of ...
  • Behavioural and endocrine correlates to the aardwolf mating system 
    Marneweck, David G.; Cameron, Elissa Z.; Ganswindt, Andre; Dalerum, Fredrik (Elsevier, 2015-01)
    It is now widely recognized that mating systems contain both social and genetic components, where social components describe patterns of social associations while genetic components reflect patterns of mating activities. ...
  • Belowground biomass response to nutrient enrichment depends on light limitation across globally distributed grasslands 
    Cleland, Elsa E.; Lind, Eric M.; DeCrappeo, Nicole M.; DeLorenze, Elizabeth; Wilkins, Rachel Abbott; Adler, Peter B.; Bakker, Jonathan D.; Brown, Cynthia S.; Davies, Kendi F.; Esch, Ellen; Firn, Jennifer; Gressard, Scott; Gruner, Daniel S.; Hagenah, Nicole; Harpole, W. Stanley; Hautier, Yann; Hobbie, Sarah E.; Hofmockel, Kirsten S.; Kirkman, Kevin; Knops, Johannes M.H.; Kopp, Christopher W.; La Pierre, Kimberly J.; MacDougall, Andrew; McCulley, Rebecca L.; Melbourne, Brett A.; Moore, Joslin L.; Prober, Suzanne M.; Riggs, Charlotte; Risch, Anita C.; Schuetz, Martin; Stevens, Carly; Wragg, Peter D.; Wright, Justin; Borer, Elizabeth T. (Springer, 2019-11)
    Anthropogenic activities are increasing nutrient inputs to ecosystems worldwide, with consequences for global carbon and nutrient cycles. Recent meta-analyses show that aboveground primary production is often co-limited ...
  • Benefits of cooperation in captive Damaraland mole-rats 
    Houslay, Thomas M.; Vullioud, Philippe; Zottl, Markus; Clutton-Brock, Tim H. (Oxford University Press, 2020-05)
    Although the social mole-rats are commonly classified as eusocial breeders on the grounds that groups include a single breeding female (the “queen”) and a number of nonbreeding individuals (“helpers”) of both sexes, ...
  • Benefits of wildlife-based land uses on private lands in Namibia and limitations affecting their development 
    Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Havemann, Carl Peter; Lines, Robin M.; Price, A.E.; Retief, Tarryn Anne; Rhebergen, T.; Van der Waal, Cornelis; Romanach, S.S. (Cambridge University Press, 2013-01-08)
    Legislative changes during the 1960s–1970s granted user rights over wildlife to landowners in southern Africa, resulting in a shift from livestock farming to wildlifebased land uses. Few comprehensive assessments of ...
  • Beyond aggression : androgen-receptor blockade modulates social interaction in wild meerkats 
    DelBarco-Trillo, Javier; Greene, Lydia K.; Goncalves, Ines Braga; Fenkes, M.; Wisse, Jillian H.; Drewe, J.A.; Manser, Marta B.; Clutton-Brock, Tim H.; Drea, Christine M. (Elsevier, 2016-02)
    Inmale vertebrates, androgens are inextricably linked to reproduction, social dominance, and aggression, often at the cost of paternal investment or prosociality. Testosterone is invoked to explain rank-related reproductive ...
  • Beyond spatial overlap : harnessing new technologies to resolve the complexities of predator–prey interactions 
    Suraci, Justin P.; Smith, Justine A.; Chamaillé-Jammes, Simon; Gaynor, Kaitlyn M.; Jones, Menna; Luttbeg, Barney; Ritchie, Euan G.; Sheriff, Michael J.; Sih, Andrew (Wiley, 2022-08)
    Predation risk, the probability that a prey animal will be killed by a predator, is fundamental to theoretical and applied ecology. Predation risk varies with animal behavior and environmental conditions, yet attempts to ...
  • The biological, social, and political complexity of conserving oribi antelope Ourebia ourebi in South Africa 
    Louw, Adrienne Joy; Pienaar, Elizabeth Frances; Shrader, A.M. (Adrian) (Inter Research, 2021-05-27)
    The endangered oribi antelope Ourebia ourebi is highly dependent on privately owned lands for its continued survival in South Africa. Despite the fact that conserving oribi may result in costs to farmers in the form of ...
  • The biology of an isolated Mashona mole-rat population from southern Malawi, with implications for the diversity and biogeography of the genus Fukomys 
    Sumbera, R.; Uhrova, M.; Begall, S.; Caspar, K.R.; Jerkovicova, D.; Van Daele, P.; Chitaukali, W.N.; Faulkes, Chris G.; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Johannes, C.; Burda, H.; Mikula, O. (Springer, 2023-09)
    The Mashona mole-rat, Fukomys darlingi (Thomas, 1895), is a little studied social African mole-rat (Bathyergidae) from south-astern Africa. Here, we present an integrative study characterizing the genetic diversity of ...
  • Biotic and abiotic effects on density, body size, sex ratio, and survival in immature stages of the European woodwasp, Sirex Noctilio 
    Garnas, Jeffrey R.; Vann, Katie E.; Hurley, Brett Phillip (Ecology and Evolution, 2020-12)
    Resource quality can have direct or indirect effects on female oviposition choice, offspring growth and survival, and ultimately on body size and sex ratio. We examined these patterns in Sirex noctilio Fabricus, the ...
  • Blubber thickness in right whales Eubalaena glacialis and Eubalaena australis related with reproduction, life history status and prey abundance 
    Miller, Carolyn A.; Reeb, Desray; Best, Peter B.; Knowlton, Amy R.; Brown, Moira W.; Moore, Michael J. (Inter-Research Science Publishing, 2011-10)
    The high variability in reproductive performance of North Atlantic right whales, Eubalaena glacialis, compared to southern right whales, Eubalaena australis, may reflect differences in lipid reserves. Amplitude-mode ...