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Fig. 1 in Habitat Preferences And Activity Patterns Of The Larger Mammal Community In Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia
Fig. 1. Locations of camera-traps within Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary, eastern Cambodia.
Figure 4 in Conservation gaps identification through patterns of species richness established from species niche models of mammals in a sector of Chaco Seco ecoregion
Figure 4. Response graphs of habitat suitability (ordinate axis) according to the explanatory variables that intervened in the adjustment of the model for brown brocket deer (A, B, C). The temperature is expressed in degrees Celsius.Source of bioclimatic variables (bio), site https://www.worldclim.org/data/bioclim.html.
Figure 8 in Conservation gaps identification through patterns of species richness established from species niche models of mammals in a sector of Chaco Seco ecoregion
Figure 8. Species richness maps obtained using three algorithms, (A) "fuzzy union″, (B) "species richness″ and (C) "total beta″.
Figure 7 in Conservation gaps identification through patterns of species richness established from species niche models of mammals in a sector of Chaco Seco ecoregion
Figure 7. Response graphs of habitat suitability (ordinate axis) according to the explanatory variables that intervened in theadjustment of themodel for collared peccary (A,B, C).Temperature is expressed in degrees Celsius and altitude in meters.Source of bioclimatic variables (bio), site https://www.worldclim.org/data/bioclim.html.
Data from: Mammal communities of primeval forests as sentinels of global change
<p>Understanding the drivers and consequences of global environmental change is crucial to inform predictions of effects on ecosystems. We used the mammal community of Białowieża Forest, the last lowland near-primeval forest in temperate Europe, as a sentinel of global change. We analyzed changes in stable carbon (δ<sup>13</sup>C) and nitrogen (δ<sup>15</sup>N) isotope values of hair in 687 specimens from 50 mammal species across seven decades (1946–2011). We classified mammals into four taxonomic-dietary groups (herbivores, carnivores, insectivores, bats). We found a significant negative trend in hair δ<sup>15</sup>N for the mammal community, particularly strong for herbivores. This trend is consistent with temporal patterns in nitrogen deposition from (<sup>15</sup>N depleted) industrial fertilizers and fossil fuel emissions. It is also in line with global-scale declines in δ<sup>15</sup>N reported in forests and other unfertilized, non-urban terrestrial ecosystems and with local decreases in N foliar concentrations. The global depletion of <sup>13</sup>C content in atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> due to fossil fuel burning (Suess effect) was detected in all groups. After correcting for this effect, the hair δ<sup>13</sup>C trend became non-significant for both community and groups, except for bats, which showed a strong decline in δ<sup>13</sup>C. This could be related to an increase in the relative abundance of freshwater insects taken by bats or increased use of methane-derived carbon in food webs used by bats. This work is the first broad-scale and long-term mammal isotope ecology study in a near-primeval forest in temperate Europe. Mammal communities from natural forests represent a unique benchmark in global change research; investigating their isotopic temporal variation can help identify patterns and early detections of ecosystem changes and provide more comprehensive and integrative assessments than single-species approaches.</p>
Data from: Prioritizing global land protection for population persistence can double the efficiency of habitat protection for reducing mammal extinction risk
<p>Halting the alarming rate of species extinction, driven primarily by habitat destruction, motivated the international community to adopt (2022) the Global Biodiversity Framework and it’s 23 targets aimed at reversing habitat and species loss. Due to urgency and resource constraints, a key challenge is meeting targets effectively and efficiently. Here we conduct a global prioritization linking 70,492 unique population maps and life history characteristics for 861 threatened terrestrial mammal species. Incorporating individual population data boosted viability for 84% more populations compared to using a more typical approach that uses species distributions alone, nearly doubling the security of long-term species persistence. We map and rank global mammal persistence priority areas and assess how well the current protected areas (PA) system captures these important regions. Our results will provide conservation actors a more direct and quantifiable linkage between conservation action and extinction risk than has previously been possible at a global scale.</p>
Small increases in ambient temperature reduce offspring body mass in an equatorial mammal
<p class="MsoNormal">Human-induced climate change is leading to temperature rises, along with increases in the frequency and intensity of heatwaves. Many animals respond to high temperatures through behavioural thermoregulation, for example by resting in the shade, but this may impose opportunity costs by reducing foraging time (therefore energy supply), and so may be most effective when food is abundant. However, the heat dissipation limit theory (HDL) proposes that even when energy supply is plentiful, high temperatures can still have negative effects. This is because dissipating excess heat becomes harder, which limits processes that generate heat such as lactation. We tested predictions from HDL on a wild, equatorial population of banded mongooses (<em>Mungos mungo</em>). In support of HDL, higher ambient temperatures led to lighter pups, and increasing food availability made little difference to pup weight under hotter conditions. This suggests that direct physiological constraints rather than opportunity costs of behavioural thermoregulation explain the negative impact of high temperatures on pup growth. Our results indicate that climate change may be particularly important for equatorial species, which often experience high temperatures year-round so cannot time reproduction to coincide with cooler conditions.</p>
Convergent evolution and predictability of gene copy numbers associated with diets in mammals
<p>Convergent evolution, the evolution of the same or similar phenotypes in phylogenetically independent lineages, is a widespread phenomenon in nature. If the genetic basis for convergent evolution is predictable to some extent, it may be possible to infer organismic phenotypes and adaptability based on genome sequence data. While repeated amino acid changes have been studied in association with convergent evolution, relatively little is known about the potential contribution of repeated gene copy number changes. In this study, we explore whether certain gene copy number changes are linked to diet shifts in mammals and assess if trophic ecology can be inferred from the copy numbers of a specific set of genes. Using 86 mammalian genome sequences, we identified several genes with higher copy numbers in herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores, even after phylogenetic corrections. We were able to confirm previous findings on genes such as amylase, olfactory receptor, and xenobiotic metabolism genes, and identify novel genes whose copy numbers correlate with dietary patterns. For example, omnivores exhibited higher copy numbers of genes encoding gene expression regulators. We also established a discriminant function based on the copy numbers of 13 genes that can help predict trophic ecology based on genome sequence data. These findings highlight a possible association between convergent evolution and repeated copy number changes in specific genes, suggesting the potential to develop a method for predicting animal ecology and adaptability from genome sequence data.</p>
Diversity and host specificity of Borrelia burgdorferi's outer surface protein C (ospC) alleles in synanthropic mammals, with a notable ospC allele U absence from mixed infections
<p>Interactions among pathogen genotypes that vary in host specificity may affect overall transmission dynamics in multi-host systems. <em>Borrelia burgdorferi</em>, a bacterium that causes Lyme disease, is typically transmitted among wildlife by <em>Ixodes</em> ticks. Despite the existence of many alleles of <em>B. burgdorferi</em>'s <em>sensu stricto</em> outer surface protein C (<em>ospC</em>) gene, most human infections are caused by a small number of <em>ospC</em> alleles ["human infectious alleles" (HIAs)], suggesting variation in host specificity associated with <em>ospC</em>. To characterize the wildlife host association of <em>B. burgdorferi</em>'s <em>ospC</em> alleles, we used metagenomics to sequence <em>ospC</em> alleles from 68 infected individuals belonging to eight mammalian species trapped at three sites in suburban New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA). We found that multiple allele ("mixed") infections were common. HIAs were most common in mice (<em>Peromyscus</em> spp.) and only one HIA was detected at a site where mice were rarely captured. <em>OspC </em>allele U was exclusively found in chipmunks (<em>Tamias striatus</em>), and although a significant number of different alleles were observed in chipmunks, including HIAs, allele U never co-occurred with other alleles in mixed infections. Our results suggest that allele U may be excluding other alleles, thereby reducing the capacity of chipmunks to act as reservoirs for HIAs.</p>
Differential utilization of surface and arboreal water bodies by birds and mammals in a seasonally dry Neotropical forest in southern Mexico
<p>Water availability significantly influences bird and mammal ecology in terrestrial ecosystems. However, our understanding of the role of water as a limiting resource for birds and mammals remains partial because most of the studies have focused on surface water bodies of desert and semi-desert ecosystems. This study assessed the use of two types of surface water bodies (waterholes and epikarst rock pools) and one arboreal (water-filled tree holes) by birds and mammals in the seasonally dry tropical forests of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in southern Mexico. We deployed camera traps in 23 waterholes, 22 rock pools, and 19 water-filled tree holes in this karstic region to record visits by small, medium, and large-bodied birds and mammals during the dry and rainy seasons. These cameras were set up to record videos documenting when animals were making use of water for drinking, bathing, or both. We compared the species diversity and composition of bird and mammal assemblages using the different types of water bodies by calculating Hill numbers and conducting non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS), indicator species, and contingency table analyses. There was a greater species richness of birds and mammals using surface water bodies than tree holes during both seasons. There were significant differences in species composition among bird assemblages using the different water bodies, but dominant species and diversity remained the same. Terrestrial and larger mammalian species preferentially used surface water bodies whereas arboreal and scansorial small and medium mammals were more common in arboreal water bodies. These findings suggest that differences in water body characteristics might favor segregation in mammal activity. The different water bodies may act as alternative water sources for birds and complementary sources for mammals, potentially favoring species coexistence and increasing community resilience to environmental variation (e.g., fluctuation in water availability). Understanding how differences in water bodies favor species coexistence and community resilience is of great relevance from a basic ecological perspective but is also crucial for anticipating the effects that the increased demand for water by humans and climate change can have on wildlife viability.</p>
Data from: Does the number of functional olfactory receptor genes predict olfactory sensitivity and discrimination performance in mammals?
<p>The number of functional genes coding for olfactory receptors differs markedly between species and has repeatedly been suggested to be predictive of a species' olfactory capabilities. To test this assumption, we compiled a database of all published olfactory detection threshold values in mammals and used three sets of data on olfactory discrimination performance that employed the same structurally related monomolecular odor pairs with different mammal species. We extracted the number of functional olfactory receptor genes of the 20 mammal species for which we found data on olfactory sensitivity and/or olfactory discrimination performance from the Chordata Olfactory Receptor Database. We found that the overall olfactory detection thresholds significantly correlates with the number of functional olfactory receptor genes. Similarly, the overall proportion of successfully discriminated monomolecular odor pairs significantly correlates with the number of functional olfactory receptor genes. These results provide the first statistically robust evidence for the relation between olfactory capabilities and their genomics correlates. However, when analysed individually, of the 44 monomolecular odorants for which data on olfactory sensitivity from at least five mammal species are available, only five yielded a significant correlation between olfactory detection thresholds and the number of functional olfactory receptors genes. Also, for the olfactory discrimination performance, no significant correlation was found for any of the 74 relationships between the proportion of successfully discriminated monomolecular odor pairs and the number of functional olfactory receptor genes. While only a rather limited amount of data on olfactory detection thresholds and olfactory discrimination scores in a rather limited number of mammal species is available so far, we conclude that the number of functional olfactory receptor genes may be a predictor of olfactory sensitivity and discrimination performance in mammals.</p>
Dataset for "Cascading effects of mammal host community composition on tick vector occurrence at the urban human-wildlife interface"
<p>Dataset for the following paper:</p> <p><strong>Cascading effects of mammal host community composition on tick vector occurrence at the urban human-wildlife interface</strong></p> <p>Jonathan Bastard *, Nichar Gregory *, Maria Pilar Fernandez, Michaela Mincone, Olivia Card, Sara Kross, Maria Diuk-Wasser</p> <p>* These authors contributed equally.</p>
Early origins of divergent patterns of morphological evolution on the mammal and reptile stem-lineages
<p>The origin of amniotes 320 million years ago signalled independence from water in vertebrates and was closely followed by divergences within the mammal and reptile stem lineages (Synapsida and Reptilia). Early members of both groups had highly similar morphologies, being superficially 'lizard-like' forms with many plesiomorphies. However, the extent to which they might have exhibited divergent patterns of evolutionary change, with potential to explain the large biological differences between their living members, is unresolved. We use a new, comprehensive phylogenetic dataset to quantify variation in rates and constraints of morphological evolution among Carboniferous–early Permian amniotes. We find evidence for an early burst of evolutionary rates, resulting in the early origins of morphologically distinctive subgroups that mostly persisted through the Cisuralian. Rates declined substantially through time, especially in reptiles. Early reptile evolution was also more constrained compared to early synapsids, exploring a more limited character state space. Postcranial innovation in particular was important in early synapsids, potentially related to their early origins of large body size. In contrast, early reptiles predominantly varied the temporal region, suggesting disparity in skull and jaw kinematics, and foreshadowing the variability of cranial biomechanics seen in reptiles today. Our results demonstrate that synapsids and reptiles underwent an early divergence of macroevolutionary patterns. This laid the foundation for subsequent evolutionary events and may be critical in understanding the substantial differences between mammals and reptiles today. Potential explanations include an early divergence of developmental processes or of ecological factors, warranting cross-disciplinary investigation.</p>
Temporal increase in ticks and pathogen prevalence in the small mammal part of the Lyme disease cycle in northern Europe
<p>Data and Scripts for our research article "Temporal increase in ticks and pathogen prevalence in the small mammal part of the enzootic Lyme disease cycle in northern Europe"</p>
Data for: Body mass mediates spatio-temporal responses of mammals to human frequentation across Italian protected areas
<p>Protected areas (PAs) networks are a pivotal tool to fight biodiversity loss, yet they often need to balance the mission of nature conservation with the socio-economic need of giving opportunity for outdoor recreation. Recreation in natural areas is important for human health in an urbanised society, but can prompt behavioural modifications in wild animals. Rarely, however, have these responses being studied across multiple PAs and using standardized methods. We deployed a systematic camera trapping protocol at over 200 sites to sample medium and large mammals in four PAs within the European Natura 2000 network to assess their spatio-temporal responses to human frequentation, proximity to towns, amount of open habitat, and topographical variables. By applying multi-species and single-species models on the number of diurnal, crepuscular, and nocturnal detections, and a multi-species model on nocturnality index, we estimated both species-specific and meta-community level effects, finding that increased nocturnality appeared the main strategy that the mammal meta-community used to cope with human disturbance. However, responses in the diurnal, crepuscular, and nocturnal site use were mediated by species' body mass, with larger species exhibiting avoidance of humans and smaller species more opportunistic behaviours. Our results show the effectiveness of standardised sampling and provide insights for planning the expansion of PA networks as foreseen by the Kunming-Montreal biodiversity agreement.</p>
Data from: Evaluating genotyping-in-thousands by sequencing as a genetic monitoring tool for a climate sentinel mammal using non-invasive and archival samples
<p>Genetic tools for wildlife monitoring can provide valuable information on spatiotemporal population trends and connectivity, particularly in systems experiencing rapid environmental change. Though many DNA sequencing approaches still require high quality and quantity of DNA obtained from traditional sources (e.g. blood and tissue), rapid genotyping tools such as Genotyping-in-Thousands by sequencing (GT-seq) have improved our ability to make use of degraded and less concentrated DNA commonly obtained from non-invasive and archival samples. Here, we developed a multi-purpose GT-seq panel (307 single nucleotide polymorphisms) for a climate sentinel mammal (the American pika, <em>Ochotona princeps</em>) for use as a genetic tool for monitoring populations in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. We optimized the panel using contemporary tissue samples (n = 77) and subsequently applied it to archival tissue (n = 17) and contemporary fecal pellet samples (n = 129) to evaluate its effectiveness at identifying individuals and sex, estimating relatedness, and inferring population structure. The panel demonstrated high efficacy with contemporary and archival tissue samples (94.7% and 90.5% genotyping success, respectively) and negligible genotyping error (0.001% and 0.0%, respectively). Despite relatively high genotyping success for fecal pellet samples (79.7%), high genotyping error (28.4%) limited its power as a monitoring tool to assess genetic variation using non-invasive samples and highlighted the need for further optimization around sample and data collection.</p>
Dead mammal walking: a month-long march by a bison (Bison bison) after an ungulate-vehicle collision
<p>Globally, ungulate-vehicle collisions (UVC) are a major human safety concern and may also represent a significant source of mortality for some ungulate populations. However, records of UVC based on counts of roadside carcasses or reports by drivers involved in these incidents are assuredly underestimated because not all ungulates struck die immediately or at the roadside or are reported by drivers or authorities. Here, we provide an observation and analysis of the movements of a GPS-collared bison (<em>Bison bison</em>) that was involved in a UVC on the Alaska Highway and died in thick boreal forest 29 days later. During that time she moved 49.7 km from where she was hit. Her daily movement rate (km/hr) and daily net displacement (km/day) were significantly greater in the 29-day period before she was struck compared to 29 days afterward. This vivid example illustrates that individuals injured in a UVC can die several weeks later and at a considerable distance from where they were initially struck. Moreover, when they eventually die it may be where their carcass would not be found or associated with a UVC. Bison are the largest land mammal in North America and perhaps more robust to some lower-impact UVC than smaller-bodied species. Even so, if not for the GPS collar on this bison, we would have never known the fate of this individual, and the carcass likely never found. Taken together, the movements and final resting place of this bison illuminate how estimates of mortality as a result of UVC can be underestimated when the animal does not die immediately and in a location where it can be found. Given our data, we further urge managers to consider roadside counts of animals killed in UVC as a minimum estimate when considering options for mitigation.</p>
Plate 2 in Observation on the re-occurrence of Nicobar spiny shrew (Crocidura nicobarica Miller, 1902): A critically endangered mammal of Great Nicobar Island, India
Plate 2. The skull and dentition of Crocidura nicobarica in Dorsal, ventral, microscopic view.
Figure 1 in Observation on the re-occurrence of Nicobar spiny shrew (Crocidura nicobarica Miller, 1902): A critically endangered mammal of Great Nicobar Island, India
Figure 1. Field photograph of Crocidura nicobarica Miller, 1902.
Figure 4 in An updated checklist of Mammals of Uttarakhand, India
Figure 4. Different categories of abundance of mammals in Uttarakhand.
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