Contributing to the worldwide biodiversity crisis are emerging infectious diseases, which can lead to extirpations and extinctions of hosts. For example, the infectious fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is associated with worldwide amphibian population declines and extinctions. Sensitivity to Bd varies with species, season, and life stage. However, there is...
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fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis among amphibian populations
Bradley, P. W., Gervasi, S
Pathogens often have negative effects on wildlife populations, and disease management strategies are important for mitigating opportunities for pathogen transmission. Bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis; BTB) is widespread among African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) populations in southern Africa, and strategies for managing this disease vary. In two high profile parks, Kruger National...
Pathogens often have negative effects on wildlife populations, and disease management strategies are important for mitigating opportunities for pathogen transmission. Bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis; BTB) is widespread among African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) populations in southern Africa, and strategies for managing this disease vary. In two high profile parks, Kruger National...
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African buffalo
Lane-deGraaf, K. E., Amish, S. J., Gardipee, F., Jolles, A., Luikart, G., & Ezenwa,
V. O
A suite of eight rocks analyzed by the Curiosity Rover while it was stopped at the Rocknest sand
ripple shows the greatest chemical divergence of any potentially sedimentary rocks analyzed in the early
part of the mission. Relative to average Martian soil and to the stratigraphically lower units encountered as...
A suite of eight rocks analyzed by the Curiosity Rover while it was stopped at the Rocknest sand
ripple shows the greatest chemical divergence of any potentially sedimentary rocks analyzed in the early
part of the mission. Relative to average Martian soil and to the stratigraphically lower units encountered as...
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Compositions [from Schmidt et al., 2014]a
SiO2 TiO2 Al2O3 FeOT MgO CaO Na2O K2O
Total Oxide
(no S) SO3
1. Despite their importance in determining the rate of both energy gain and expenditure, how
the fine-scale kinematics of foraging are modified in response to changes in prey abundance
and distribution remain poorly understood in many animal ecosystems.
2. In the marine environment, bulk-filter feeders rely on dense aggregations of...
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. Goldbogen, Elliott L. Hazen, Ari S. Friedlaender, John
Calambokidis, Stacy L. DeRuiter, Alison K. Stimpert
1. Despite their importance in determining the rate of both energy gain and expenditure, how
the fine-scale kinematics of foraging are modified in response to changes in prey abundance
and distribution remain poorly understood in many animal ecosystems.
2. In the marine environment, bulk-filter feeders rely on dense aggregations of...
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mechanism to filter prey-laden water at an estimated
rate of 3–5 m3 s�1 (Werth 2004; Simon et al. 2009
Management of marine ecosystems increasingly demands comprehensive and quantitative assessments of ocean health,
but lacks a tool to do so. We applied the recently developed Ocean Health Index to assess ocean health in the relatively
data-rich US west coast region. The overall region scored 71 out of 100, with sub-regions...
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the global assessment (Halpern et al. 2012). Additional details can also be found in the
supporting
Management of marine ecosystems increasingly demands comprehensive and quantitative assessments of ocean health,
but lacks a tool to do so. We applied the recently developed Ocean Health Index to assess ocean health in the relatively
data-rich US west coast region. The overall region scored 71 out of 100, with sub-regions...
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