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Genome-wide association analysis of the resistance to infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus in two rainbow trout aquaculture lines confirms oligogenic architecture with several moderate effect quantitative trait loci Genome-wide association analysis of the resistance to infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus in two rainbow trout aquaculture lines confirms oligogenic architecture with several moderate effect quantitative trait loci
Infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN) is a disease of salmonid fish that is caused by the IHN virus (IHNV), which can cause substantial mortality and economic losses in rainbow trout aquaculture and fisheries enhancement hatchery programs. In a previous study on a commercial rainbow trout breeding line that has undergone selection, we found that genetic resistance to IHNV is controlled...
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Yniv Palti, Roger Vallejo, Maureen Purcell, Guangtu Gao, Kristy Shewbridge, Roseanna Long, Christopher Setzke, Breno Fragomeni, Hao Cheng, Kyle Martin, Kerrry Naish
Illegal shooting of protected nongame birds along power lines coincides with places and times of peak legal recreational shooting Illegal shooting of protected nongame birds along power lines coincides with places and times of peak legal recreational shooting
Illegal killing of protected nongame birds is pervasive and can be demographically relevant. In 2021 and 2022, we evaluated spatial and temporal patterns in illegal killing of birds along 69.7 km of power lines in the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in Idaho, USA, to provide insight into potential drivers behind the activity and key information to...
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Eve Thomason, James Belthoff, Sharon Poessel, Todd E. Katzner
Geographic drivers of mercury entry into aquatic food webs revealed by mercury stable isotopes in dragonfly larvae Geographic drivers of mercury entry into aquatic food webs revealed by mercury stable isotopes in dragonfly larvae
Atmospheric mercury (Hg) emissions and subsequent transport and deposition are major concerns within protected lands, including national parks, where Hg can bioaccumulate to levels detrimental to human and wildlife health. Despite this risk to biological resources, there is limited understanding of the relative importance of different Hg sources and delivery pathways within protected...
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Sarah E. Janssen, Christopher Kotalik, James Willacker, Michael T. Tate, Colleen M Flanagan-Pritz, Sarah Nelson, David Krabbenhoft, David Walters, Collin A. Eagles-Smith
Season of grazing interacts with soil texture, selecting for associations of biocrust morphogroups Season of grazing interacts with soil texture, selecting for associations of biocrust morphogroups
Livestock grazing, a widespread land use in semi-arid systems, is often placed in opposition to the perpetuation of biological soil crusts (“biocrusts”: lichens, mosses, and algal crusts including cyanobacteria) that live on the soil surface and provide ecosystem functions. The composition of biocrusts and vascular plants varies with climate, soils, and disturbance. In general, ruderal...
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Lea Condon, Roger Rosentreter, Kari Veblen, Peter Coates
Lead poisoning of raptors: State of the science and cross-discipline mitigation options for a global problem Lead poisoning of raptors: State of the science and cross-discipline mitigation options for a global problem
Lead poisoning is an important global conservation problem for many species of wildlife, especially raptors. Despite the increasing number of individual studies and regional reviews of lead poisoning of raptors, it has been over a decade since this information has been compiled into a comprehensive global review. Here, we summarize the state of knowledge of lead poisoning of raptors, we...
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Todd E. Katzner, Deborah Pain, Michael McTee, Leland Brown, Sandra Cuadros, Mark Pokras, Vince Slabe., Rick Watson, Guillermo Wiemeyer, Bryan Bedrosian, Jordan Hampton, Chris Parish, James Pay, Keisuke Saito, John Schulz
Abundance of Long-billed Curlews on military lands in the Columbia Basin Abundance of Long-billed Curlews on military lands in the Columbia Basin
Long-billed Curlews (Numenius americanus) are declining throughout North America, and the loss of grassland breeding habitat is one of the primary threats to the species. Intermountain West, in particular, has been identified as the most important region in North America for breeding curlews. Nevertheless, the density and abundance of Long-billed Curlews in this region is not well...
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Sharon Poessel, Elise Elliott-Smith, Sean Murphy, Susan Haig, Adam Duerr, Todd E. Katzner
Global mercury concentrations in biota: Their use as a basis for a global biomonitoring framework Global mercury concentrations in biota: Their use as a basis for a global biomonitoring framework
An important provision of the Minamata Convention on Mercury is to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the adopted measures and its implementation. Here, we describe for the first time currently available biotic mercury (Hg) data on a global scale to improve the understanding of global efforts to reduce the impact of Hg pollution on people and the environment. Data from the peer...
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David Evers, Josh Ackerman, Staffan Akerblom, Dominique Bally, Niladri Basu, Kevin Bishop, Nathalie Bodin, Hans Veitberg Braaten, Mark Burton, Paco Bustamante, Celia Chen, John Chetelat, Linroy Christian, Rune Dietz, Paul Drevnick, Collin A. Eagles-Smith, Luis Fernandez, Neil Hammerschlag, Mireille Harmelin-Vivien, Agustin Harte, Eva Kruemmel, Jose Lailson-Brito, Gabriella Medina, Cesar Rodriguez, Iain Stenhouse, Elsie Sunderland, Akinori Takeuchi, Timothy Tear, Claudia Vega, Simon Wilson, Pianpian Wu
Key breeding habitats of threatened golden eagles across Eastern Canada identified using a multi-level, multi-scale habitat selection approach Key breeding habitats of threatened golden eagles across Eastern Canada identified using a multi-level, multi-scale habitat selection approach
ContextIn a conservation context, identifying key habitats suitable for reproduction, foraging, or survival is a useful tool, yet challenging for species with large geographic distributions and/or living in remote regions.ObjectivesThe objective of this study is to identify selected habitats at multiple levels and scales of the threatened eastern North American population of golden...
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Laurie Maynard, Jerome Lemaitre, Jean-Francois Therrien, Tricia Miller, Todd E. Katzner, Scott G. Somershoe, Cooper. Jeff, Robert Sargent, Nicolas Lecomte
Biological soil crusts are more prevalent in warmer and drier environments within the Great Basin ecoregion: Implications for managing annual grass invasion Biological soil crusts are more prevalent in warmer and drier environments within the Great Basin ecoregion: Implications for managing annual grass invasion
Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) can thrive under environmental conditions that are stressful for vascular plants such as high temperatures and/or extremely low moisture availability. In these settings, and in the absence of disturbance, cover of biocrusts commonly exceeds cover of vascular plants. Arid landscapes are also typically slow to recover from disturbance and prone to altered...
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Lea Condon, John B. Bradford, Peter Coates
Tracking data highlight the importance of human-induced mortality for large migratory birds at a flyway scale Tracking data highlight the importance of human-induced mortality for large migratory birds at a flyway scale
Human-induced direct mortality affects huge numbers of birds each year, threatening hundreds of species worldwide. Tracking technologies can be an important tool to investigate temporal and spatial patterns of bird mortality as well as their drivers. We compiled 1704 mortality records from tracking studies across the African-Eurasian flyway for 45 species, including raptors, storks, and...
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Juan Serratosa, Steffen Oppel, Andrea Santangeli, Shay Rotics, Stuart Butchart, Luis Cano-Alonso, Jose Telleria, Ryno Kemp, Aaron Nicholas, Aigars Kalvansj, Aitor Galarza, Aldina Franco, Alessandro Andreotti, Alexander Kirschel, Alex Ngari, Alvaro Soutullo, Ana Bermejo-Bermejo, Andre Botha, Andrea Ferri, Angelos Evangelidis, Anna Cenerini, Anton Stamenov, Antonio Hernandez-Matias, Arianna Aradis, Atanas Grozdanov, Beneharo Rodriguez, Cagan Sekercioglu, Catuxa Cerecedo-Iglesias, Christina Kassara, Christos Barboutis, Claire Bracebridge, Clara Garcia-Ripolles, Corinne Kendall, Damijan Denac, Dana Schabo, David Barber, Dimitar Popov, Dobromir Dobrev, Egidio Mallia, Elena Kmetova-Biro, Ernesto Alvarez, Evan Buechly, Evgeny Bragin, Fabrizio Cordischi, Fadzai Zengeya, Flavio Monti, Francois Mougeot, Gareth Tate, Georgi Stoyanov, Giacomo Dell'Omo, Giuseppe Lucia, Gradimir Gradev, Guido Ceccolini, Guilad Friedemann, Hans-Gunther Bauer, Holger Kolberg, Hristo Peshev, Ines Catry, Ingar Oien, Isidoro Carbonell Alanis, Ivan Literak, Ivan Pokrovsky, Ivar Ojaste, Jan Ostnes, Javier de la Puente, Joan Real, Joao Guilherme, Jose Gonzalez, Jose Fernandez-Garcia, Juan Gil, Julien Terraube, Karel Poprach, Karen Aghababyan, Katharina Klein, Keith Bildstein, Kerri Wolter, Kjell Janssens, Kyle Kittelberger, Lindy Thompson, Mansoor AlJahdhami, Manuel Galan, Marcin Tobolka, Mario Posillico, Mario Cipollone, Marion Gschweng, Maris Strazds, Mark Boorman, Mark Zvidzai, Marta Acacio, Marta Romero, Martin Wikelski, Matthias Schmidt, Maurizio Sara, Michael McGrady, Mindaugas Dagys, Monique Mackenzie, Muna Al Taq, Msafiri Mgumba, Munir Virani, Nicolaos Kassinis, Nicolo Borgianni, Nikki Thie, Nikos Tsiopelas, Nili Anglister, Nina Farwig, Nir Sapir, Oddmund Kleven, Oliver Krone, Olivier Duriez, Orr Spiegel, Osama Al Nouri, Pascual Lopez-Lopez, Patrik Byholm, Pauline L. Kamath, Pawel Mirski, Peter Palatitz, Pietro Serroni, Rainer Raab, Ralph Buij, Ramūnas Žydelis, Ran Nathan, Rauri Bowie, Rigas Tsiakiris, Richard Stratton Hatfield, Roi Harel, Rolf Kroglund, Ron Efrat, Ruben Liminana, Salim Javed, Sasa Marinkovic, Sascha Rösner, Sasha Pekarsky, Shiv Kapila, Simeon Marin, Simon Krejci, Sinos Giokas, Siranush Tumanyan, Sondra Turjeman, Sonja Kruger, Steven Ewing, Stoycho Stoychev, Stoyan Nikolov, Tareq Qaneer, Theresa Spatz, Thomas Hadjikyriakou, Thomas Mueller, Todd E. Katzner, Tomas Aarvak, Tomas Veselovsky, Torgeir Nygard, Ugo Mellone, Ulo Vali, Urmas Sellis, Vicente Urios, Vladimir Nemcek, Volen Arkumarev, Wayne M. Getz, Wolfgang Fiedler, Willem Van den Bossche, Yael Lehnardt, Victoria Jones
Propensity score matching mitigates risk of faulty inferences in observational studies of effectiveness of restoration trials Propensity score matching mitigates risk of faulty inferences in observational studies of effectiveness of restoration trials
Determining effectiveness of restoration treatments is an important requirement of adaptive management, but it can be non-trivial where only portions of large and heterogeneous landscapes of concern can be treated and sampled. Bias and non-randomness in the spatial deployment of treatment and thus sampling is nearly unavoidable in the data available for large-scale management trials, and...
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Chad Kluender, Matthew J. Germino, Christopher Anthony
Vegetation, fuels, and fire-behavior responses to linear fuel-break treatments in and around burned sagebrush steppe: Are we breaking the grass-fire cycle? Vegetation, fuels, and fire-behavior responses to linear fuel-break treatments in and around burned sagebrush steppe: Are we breaking the grass-fire cycle?
BackgroundLinear fuel breaks are being implemented to moderate fire behavior and improve wildfire containment in semiarid landscapes such as the sagebrush steppe of North America, where extensive losses in perennial vegetation and ecosystem functioning are resulting from invasion by exotic annual grasses (EAGs) that foster large and recurrent wildfires. However, fuel-break construction...
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Matthew J. Germino, Samuel Price, Susan Prichard
Nontarget effects of pre-emergent herbicides and a bioherbicide on soil resources, processes, and communities Nontarget effects of pre-emergent herbicides and a bioherbicide on soil resources, processes, and communities
Community-type conversions, such as replacement of perennials by exotic annual grasses in semiarid desert communities, are occurring due to plant invasions that often create positive plant–soil feedbacks, which favor invaders and make restoration of native perennials difficult. Exotic annual grass control measures, such as pre-emergent herbicides, can also alter soil ecosystems directly...
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Brynne E. Lazarus, Matthew J. Germino, Marie-Anne de Graaff
Cross-scale analysis reveals interacting predictors of annual and perennial cover in Northern Great Basin rangelands Cross-scale analysis reveals interacting predictors of annual and perennial cover in Northern Great Basin rangelands
Exotic annual grass invasion is a widespread threat to the integrity of sagebrush ecosystems in Western North America. Although many predictors of annual grass prevalence and native perennial vegetation have been identified, there remains substantial uncertainty about how regional-scale and local-scale predictors interact to determine vegetation heterogeneity, and how associations...
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Madelon Case, Kirk Davies, Chad Boyd, Lina Aoyama, Joanna Merson, Calvin Penkauskas, Lauren Hallett
Establishment of terrestrial mammals on former reservoir beds following large dam removal on the Elwha River, Washington, USA Establishment of terrestrial mammals on former reservoir beds following large dam removal on the Elwha River, Washington, USA
Terrestrial wildlife species are important yet often overlooked taxa in the recovery of ecosystems following dam removal. Their presence can shape ecosystem recovery, signal restoration of ecosystem function, and influence food web dynamics and nutrient transfer. We used camera traps to examine seasonal use of two former reservoir beds and an upstream reference reach by the mammalian...
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Rebecca McCaffery, Sara Cendejas-Zarelli, Katy Goodwin, Patricia Happe, Kurt Jenkins, Kimberly A. Sager-Fradkin