EchidnaCSI: Engaging the public in research and conservation of the short-beaked echidna
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2108826119
Abstract: Significance Echidnas are iconic egg-laying mammals threated by environmental changes. However, their cryptic lifestyle and Australia-wide distribution renders a citizen science approach the only feasible way to obtain continent-scale information. With EchidnaCSI (Conservation Science Initiative),… read more here.
Keywords: science; conservation; short beaked; citizen science ... See more keywords
Postural, pilo-erective and evaporative thermal windows of the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
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DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0495
Abstract: We identify for wild, free-living short-beaked echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus) a novel evaporative window, along with thermal windows, and demonstrate the insulating properties of the spines, using infrared thermography. The moist tip of their beak, with… read more here.
Keywords: pilo erective; postural pilo; thermal windows; tachyglossus aculeatus ... See more keywords
Metastatic mineralisation caused by vitamin D intoxication in hand-raised short-beaked echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus).
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DOI: 10.1111/avj.12640
Abstract: CASE REPORT Two cases of metastatic mineralisation caused by dietary excess of vitamin D are reported in hand-raised short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) puggles at the Australian Wildlife Health Centre. Oversupplementation was attributed to excessive levels… read more here.
Keywords: hand raised; short beaked; raised short; mineralisation caused ... See more keywords
Oscillatory whistles—The ups and downs of identifying species in passive acoustic recordings
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DOI: 10.1121/10.0004457
Abstract: Sympatric short- and long-beaked common dolphins in the Southern California Bight (Delphinus delphis and D. delphis bairdii) are challenging to identify acoustically because their whistles overlap in many time-frequency characteristics. We therefore asked whether frequency… read more here.
Keywords: common dolphins; long beaked; whistle types; short beaked ... See more keywords
Plasma progesterone secretion during gestation of the captive short-beaked echidna.
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DOI: 10.1530/rep-21-0110
Abstract: This study describes the progesterone profile during pregnancy in sexually mature female captive short-beaked echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus aculeatus). Echidnas were monitored daily by video surveillance to confirm key reproductive behaviour. Plasma samples were collected and… read more here.
Keywords: captive short; short beaked; gestation; pouch development ... See more keywords