Detection and persistence of environmental DNA from an invasive, terrestrial mammal
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3698
Abstract: Abstract Invasive Sus scrofa, a species commonly referred to as wild pig or feral swine, is a destructive invasive species with a rapidly expanding distribution across the United States. We used artificial wallows and small… read more here.
Keywords: detection; water; detection persistence; persistence environmental ... See more keywords
Terrestrial mammal responses to habitat structure and quality of remnant riparian forests in an Amazonian cattle-ranching landscape
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DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.11.033
Abstract: Extensive 1970–2010 deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has generated a ~ 1.5 Mha fragmented region known as the ‘arc of deforestation’. Farmers and cattle ranchers throughout Brazil are legally required to set-aside riparian forest strips… read more here.
Keywords: habitat structure; riparian forest; landscape; terrestrial mammal ... See more keywords
Collapse of terrestrial mammal food webs since the Late Pleistocene
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DOI: 10.1126/science.abn4012
Abstract: Food webs influence ecosystem diversity and functioning. Contemporary defaunation has reduced food web complexity, but simplification caused by past defaunation is difficult to reconstruct given the sparse paleorecord of predator-prey interactions. We identified changes to… read more here.
Keywords: mammal food; food web; food; web links ... See more keywords