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Refoyo Román P, Olmedo C, Murciano Cespedosa A, Muñoz B. The expansion process of the Iberian ibex in the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park, Madrid (Spain). ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION 2022. [DOI: 10.32800/abc.2022.45.0299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In this paper we explore the usefulness of MaxEnt to predict the most suitable areas for a wildlife species, the Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica). For two decades (1990–2010), the species was established in a small part of the National Park Sierra de Guadarrama (Spain) and there has been a process of expansion to other areas of this protected area since 2010. However, almost two decades have elapsed since the modeling methods (MaxEnt) were proposed and no studies have tested their effectiveness using real distribution data, i.e. data from past predictions, to see if they fit the current distribution. We generated a model with presence– only data from 2007 and verified accuracy from 2017 data concerning real presence. Our results show a relationship between models and the species' current presence. The generated model can be useful to define the preferred locations of the species. We detected several differences between males and females of the species. This work not only shows the importance of selecting climatic and ecological variables for the construction of models but also indicates that they must be adjusted, at least for some species, to each sex and period of the year.
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- Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Vilizzi L, Piria M, Pietraszewski D, Kopecký O, Špelić I, Radočaj T, Šprem N, Ta KAT, Tarkan AS, Weiperth A, Yoğurtçuoğlu B, Candan O, Herczeg G, Killi N, Lemić D, Szajbert B, Almeida D, Al-Wazzan Z, Atique U, Bakiu R, Chaichana R, Dashinov D, Ferincz Á, Flieller G, Gilles Jr AS, Goulletquer P, Interesova E, Iqbal S, Koyama A, Kristan P, Li S, Lukas J, Moghaddas SD, Monteiro JG, Mumladze L, Olsson KH, Paganelli D, Perdikaris C, Pickholtz R, Preda C, Ristovska M, Švolíková KS, Števove B, Uzunova E, Vardakas L, Verreycken H, Wei H, Zięba G. Development and application of a multilingual electronic decision-support tool for risk screening non-native terrestrial animals under current and future climate conditions. NEOBIOTA 2022. [DOI: 10.3897/neobiota.76.84268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Electronic decision-support tools are becoming an essential component of government strategies to tackle non-native species invasions. This study describes the development and application of a multilingual electronic decision-support tool for screening terrestrial animals under current and future climate conditions: the Terrestrial Animal Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (TAS-ISK). As an adaptation of the widely employed Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (AS-ISK), the TAS-ISK question template inherits from the original Weed Risk Assessment (WRA) and related WRA-type toolkits and complies with the ‘minimum requirements’ for use with the recent European Regulation on invasive alien species of concern. The TAS-ISK consists of 49 basic questions on the species’ biogeographical/historical traits and its biological/ecological interactions, and of 6 additional questions to predict how climate change is likely to influence the risks of introduction, establishment, dispersal and impact of the screened species. Following a description of the main features of this decision-support tool as a turnkey software application and of its graphical user interface with support for 32 languages, sample screenings are provided in different risk assessment areas for one representative species of each of the main taxonomic groups of terrestrial animals supported by the toolkit: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, annelids, insects, molluscs, nematodes, and platyhelminths. The highest-scoring species were the red earthworm Lumbricus rubellus for the Aegean region of Turkey and the New Zealand flatworm Arthurdendyus triangulatus for Croatia. It is anticipated that adoption of this toolkit will mirror that of the worldwide employed AS-ISK, hence allowing to share information and inform decisions for the prevention of entry and/or dispersal of (high-risk) non-native terrestrial animal species – a crucial step to implement early-stage control and eradication measures as part of rapid-response strategies to counteract biological invasions.
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Wood CM, Kryshak N, Gustafson M, Hofstadter DF, Hobart BK, Whitmore SA, Dotters BP, Roberts KN, Keane JJ, Sawyer SC, Gutiérrez RJ, Peery MZ. Density dependence influences competition and hybridization at an invasion front. DIVERS DISTRIB 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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- Connor M. Wood
- Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology University of Wisconsin – Madison Madison WI USA
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- Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology University of Wisconsin – Madison Madison WI USA
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- Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology University of Wisconsin – Madison Madison WI USA
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- Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology University of Wisconsin – Madison Madison WI USA
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- Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology University of Wisconsin – Madison Madison WI USA
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- Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology University of Wisconsin – Madison Madison WI USA
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- U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station Davis CA USA
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- Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology University of Wisconsin – Madison Madison WI USA
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- Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology University of Wisconsin – Madison Madison WI USA
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Prpić AM, Gančević P, Safner T, Kavčić K, Jerina K, Šprem N. Activity patterns of aoudad (Ammotragus lervia) in a Mediterranean habitat. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.25225/jvb.20055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Ana Marija Prpić
- Department of Fisheries, Apiculture, Wildlife Management and Special Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; e-mail:
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- Department of Fisheries, Apiculture, Wildlife Management and Special Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; e-mail:
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biometrics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Fisheries, Apiculture, Wildlife Management and Special Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; e-mail:
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- Department of Forestry and Renewable Forest Resources, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Fisheries, Apiculture, Wildlife Management and Special Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; e-mail:
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Kuemmerle T, Bluhm H, Ghoddousi A, Arakelyan M, Askerov E, Bleyhl B, Ghasabian M, Gavashelishvili A, Heidelberg A, Malkhasyan A, Manvelyan K, Soofi M, Yarovenko Y, Weinberg P, Zazanashvili N. Identifying priority areas for restoring mountain ungulates in the Caucasus ecoregion. CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Tobias Kuemmerle
- Geography Department Humboldt‐University Berlin Berlin Germany
- Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human‐Environment Systems (IRI THESys) Humboldt‐University Berlin Berlin Germany
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- Geography Department Humboldt‐University Berlin Berlin Germany
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- Geography Department Humboldt‐University Berlin Berlin Germany
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- WWF‐Azerbaijan Baku Azerbaijan
- Institute of Zoology, Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences Baku Azerbaijan
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- Geography Department Humboldt‐University Berlin Berlin Germany
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- Department of Vertebrate Zoology National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia Yerevan Armenia
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- School of Biological Sciences University of Aberdeen Tillydrone Avenue, Zoology Building, Aberdeen UK
- Workgroup on Endangered Species, J. F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology University of Goettingen Bürgerstr Göttingen Germany
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- Daghestan Federal Research Centre Russian Academy of Sciences Makhachkala Russia
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- WWF‐Caucasus Tbilisi Georgia
- Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University Tbilisi Georgia
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Pascual-Rico R, Sánchez-Zapata JA, Navarro J, Eguía S, Anadón JD, Botella F. Ecological niche overlap between co-occurring native and exotic ungulates: insights for a conservation conflict. Biol Invasions 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-020-02265-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Derouiche L, Irzagh A, Rahmouni R, Tahri R, Hadjeloum M, Bouhadad R, Fernandes C. Deep mitochondrial DNA phylogeographic divergence in the threatened aoudad Ammotragus lervia (Bovidae, Caprini). Gene 2020; 739:144510. [PMID: 32109559 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2020.144510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Revised: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The aoudad or Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) is a threatened ungulate emblematic of North Africa, whose population structure and subspecific taxonomy have not been examined genetically. This knowledge is essential and urgently needed to inform ongoing conservation and management efforts. We analysed the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and four nuclear genes (casein kappa, spectrin beta nonerythrocytic 1, thyroglobulin, thyrotropin subunit beta) for the first phylogeographic survey of the aoudad, and uncovered a deep Mediterranean-Saharan mitochondrial split separating two highly distinct evolutionary lineages. Their level of divergence is greater than or comparable to those observed between several pairs of congeneric species of different caprine genera. The split was estimated to have occurred in the Early Pleistocene, about 1.3 million years ago. None of the four nuclear genes surveyed, chosen because they have been used in phylogeographic and species-level phylogenetic studies of bovids, allowed us to detect, likely due to their slow evolutionary rate, the substantial and geographically coherent subdivision revealed by mitochondrial DNA. This study is evidence and testament to the ability of mitochondrial DNA, probably unrivalled by any other single-locus marker, as an exploratory tool for investigating population genealogy and history and identifying potential evolutionarily significant units for conservation in animals.
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- Louiza Derouiche
- LBEIG, Population Genetics & Conservation Unit, Faculté des Sciences Biologiques, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene, BP 32 El-Alia, Bab Ezzouar, 16111, Algiers, Algeria.
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- Département de Biotechnologie, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Université Saad Dahlab de Blida, route de Soumâa, BP 270, 09000 Blida, Algeria
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- Réserve de Chasse de Tlemcen, Direction Générale des Forêts (DGF), Boulevard de Lala Sitti, Tlemcen, Algeria
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- Bureau de la Gestion et Protection de la Faune, Direction Générale des Forêts (DGF), Algiers, Algeria
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- LBEIG, Population Genetics & Conservation Unit, Faculté des Sciences Biologiques, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene, BP 32 El-Alia, Bab Ezzouar, 16111, Algiers, Algeria
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- CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
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Chiatante G. Heterospecific social attraction in migrant birds: habitat niche overlap between two threatened shrikes. WILDLIFE RESEARCH 2019. [DOI: 10.1071/wr18031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
Context
Effective biodiversity conservation requires information about a species’ ecology and its relationship with the geographical context. To achieve this efficiently, species distribution models can be developed, also taking into account species associations.
Aims
I aimed to illustrate the habitat requirements of two threatened passerines of semi-open landscapes, i.e. the lesser grey shrike, Lanius minor, and the woodchat shrike, Lanius senator, in southern Italy. Further, I assessed whether there is heterospecific social attraction between them, by assessing how their habitat niches overlap.
Methods
Data were collected by territory mapping during the 2009–13 breeding seasons. The habitat requirements of the species were investigated with the help of ecological niche factor analysis (ENFA). In addition, the areas of sympatry between the two species were defined by indicator kriging and the habitat niche overlap was analysed using the generalised linear model (GLM).
Key results
The results showed that these two species inhabit open areas, with scattered vegetation such as shrubs and trees, while avoiding intensively cultivated permanent crops, such as vineyards and olive groves. Moreover, a little difference was observed in the percentage cover of shrublands, which were higher in the woodchat shrike territories than in the lesser grey ones. The strong overlap in their habitat niches suggests heterospecific social attraction between them, especially because of the species rarity.
Conclusions
The lesser grey and the woodchat shrike were found to occur in very similar environments, by evidencing the overlap of their macrohabitat niches. This suggests the presence of heterospecific social attraction, corroborating the understudied hypothesis that this phenomenon is valid for migrant birds as well. The lesser grey shrike, in particular, may use occurrences of the woodchat shrike as a cue for assessing habitat quality and, thus, to establish its territory.
Implications
Considering the high habitat niche overlap, habitat changes occurring in the landscape might affect them equally. Furthermore, the use of heterospecific social information in habitat selection potentially has many important conservation implications. Indeed, by reproducing the appropriate information, birds could be attracted to specific sites known to be high-quality habitat.
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Cassinello J. Misconception and mismanagement of invasive species: The paradoxical case of an alien ungulate in Spain. Conserv Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Jorge Cassinello
- Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (EEZA-CSIC); Carretera de Sacramento s/n, La Cañada de San Urbano 04120 Almería Spain
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Invasion ecology of wild pigs (Sus scrofa) in Florida, USA: the role of humans in the expansion and colonization of an invasive wild ungulate. Biol Invasions 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-018-1667-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Mori E, Mazza G, Saggiomo L, Sommese A, Esattore B. Strangers Coming from the Sahara: An Update of the Worldwide Distribution, Potential Impacts and Conservation Opportunities of Alien Aoudad. ANN ZOOL FENN 2017. [DOI: 10.5735/086.054.0501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Emiliano Mori
- Research Unit of Behavioural Ecology, Ethology and Wildlife Management, Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Via P.A. Mattioli 4, IT-53100 Siena, Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Agrobiology and Pedology Research Centre (CREA-ABP), Via Lanciola 12/A, Cascine del Riccio, IT-50125 Firenze, Italy
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- Czech University of Life Sciences (Č.Z.U.), Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Game Management and Wildlife Biology, Kamýcká 961/129, CZ-165 21 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Czech University of Life Sciences (Č.Z.U.), Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Department of Animal Husbandry and Ethology, Kamýcká 961/129, CZ-165 00 Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute of Animal Science (V.Ú.Ž.V.), Department of Ethology, Přáteiství 815, CZ-10400 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Czech University of Life Sciences (Č.Z.U.), Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Department of Animal Husbandry and Ethology, Kamýcká 961/129, CZ-165 00 Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute of Animal Science (V.Ú.Ž.V.), Department of Ethology, Přáteiství 815, CZ-10400 Prague, Czech Republic
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Nowak S, Mysłajek RW, Szewczyk M, Tomczak P, Borowik T, Jędrzejewska B. Sedentary but not dispersing wolves Canis lupus
recolonizing western Poland (2001-2016) conform to the predictions of a habitat suitability model. DIVERS DISTRIB 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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- Faculty of Biology; Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology; University of Warsaw; Warszawa Poland
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- Faculty of Biology; Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology; University of Warsaw; Warszawa Poland
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- Association for Nature “Wolf”; Lipowa Poland
- Faculty of Modern Languages and Literature; Institute of Romance Studies; Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań; Poznań Poland
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- Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences; Białowieża Poland
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Carpio AJ, Barasona JA, Guerrero-Casado J, Oteros J, Tortosa FS, Acevedo P. An assessment of conflict areas between alien and native species richness of terrestrial vertebrates on a macro-ecological scale in a Mediterranean hotspot. Anim Conserv 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/acv.12330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- A. J. Carpio
- Department of Zoology; University of Cordoba; Córdoba Spain
- Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS, CSIC); Córdoba Spain
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- SABIO group; Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC; UCLM-CSIC-JCCM); Ciudad Real Spain
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- Department of Zoology; University of Cordoba; Córdoba Spain
- Universidad Técnica de Manabí; Portoviejo Ecuador
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- Center of Allergy & Environment (ZAUM); Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL); Technische Universität München/Helmholtz Center; Munich Germany
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- Department of Zoology; University of Cordoba; Córdoba Spain
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- SABIO group; Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC; UCLM-CSIC-JCCM); Ciudad Real Spain
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Favourableness and connectivity of a Western Iberian landscape for the reintroduction of the iconic Iberian ibex Capra pyrenaica. ORYX 2016. [DOI: 10.1017/s003060531600065x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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AbstractTraditional land use practices declined throughout many of Europe's rural landscapes during the 20th century. Rewilding (i.e. restoring ecosystem functioning with minimal human intervention) is being pursued in many areas, and restocking or reintroduction of key species is often part of the rewilding strategy. Such programmes require ecological information about the target areas but this is not always available. Using the example of the Iberian ibex Capra pyrenaica within the Rewilding Europe framework we address the following questions: (1) Are there areas in Western Iberia that are environmentally favourable for reintroduction of the species? (2) If so, are these areas well connected with each other? (3) Which of these areas favour the establishment and expansion of a viable population of Iberian ibex in a reintroduction programme? We modelled environmental favourableness for the species in the Iberian Peninsula using a logistic regression with a forward–backward stepwise procedure, and assessed landscape connectivity using a graph analytical approach after downscaling the model to the Western Iberia region. Our results indicate that several habitat patches in the study area present favourable environmental conditions for reintroduction of the Iberian ibex. Overall, most of the habitat connectivity was concentrated in northern and central patches. We highlight the potential and practical application of the analytical protocol used, for successful integration of species distribution modelling and landscape connectivity in the design of broad-scale reintroduction and recovery programmes.
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Barros T, Carvalho J, Pereira MJR, Ferreira JP, Fonseca C. Following the trail: factors underlying the sudden expansion of the Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) in Portugal. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0133768. [PMID: 26266939 PMCID: PMC4534455 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 06/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Species range-limits are influenced by a combination of several factors. In our study we aimed to unveil the drivers underlying the expansion of the Egyptian mongoose in Portugal, a carnivore that was confined to southern Portugal and largely increased its range during the last three decades. We evaluated the expansion of the species in three periods (1980-1990, 1990-2000 and 2000-2010), by projecting the presence/absence data of the species in each temporal range and proposed four hypotheses to explain this sudden expansion associated to changes in the barrier effects of human infrastructure and topographic features, and in the availability of suitable areas due to climate change or land use. An exploratory analysis was made using Spearman rank correlation, followed by a hierarchical partitioning analysis to select uncorrelated potential explanatory variables associated with the different hypotheses. We then ran Generalized Linear Models (GLM) for every period for each hypothesis and for every combination of hypotheses. Our main findings suggest that dynamic transitions of land-use coupled with temperature and rainfall variations over the decades are the main drivers promoting the mongoose expansion. The geographic barriers and the human infrastructures functioned as barriers for mongoose expansion and have shaped its distribution. The expansion of the Egyptian mongoose across the Portuguese territory was due to a variety of factors. Our results suggest a rapid shift in species range in response to land-use and climate changes, underlining the close link between species ranges and a changing environment.
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- Tânia Barros
- Departamento de Biologia & CESAM (Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar), Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário Santiago 3810–193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Departamento de Biologia & CESAM (Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar), Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário Santiago 3810–193 Aveiro, Portugal
- Servei d' Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge (SEFaS), Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Biologia & CESAM (Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar), Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário Santiago 3810–193 Aveiro, Portugal
- PPGBAN, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, Porto Alegre RS 91540–000, Brasil
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- Departamento de Biologia & CESAM (Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar), Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário Santiago 3810–193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Departamento de Biologia & CESAM (Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar), Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário Santiago 3810–193 Aveiro, Portugal
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The House Crow (Corvus splendens): A Threat to New Zealand? ISPRS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION 2015. [DOI: 10.3390/ijgi4020725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Farashi A, Kaboli M, Karami M. Predicting range expansion of invasive raccoons in northern Iran using ENFA model at two different scales. ECOL INFORM 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2013.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Favourability: concept, distinctive characteristics and potential usefulness. Naturwissenschaften 2012; 99:515-22. [PMID: 22660474 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0926-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2012] [Revised: 05/16/2012] [Accepted: 05/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The idea of analysing the general favourability for the occurrence of an event was presented in 2006 through a mathematical function. However, even when favourability has been used in species distribution modelling, the conceptual framework of this function is not yet well perceived among many researchers. The present paper is conceived for providing a wider and more in-depth presentation of the idea of favourability; concretely, we aimed to clarify both the concept and the main distinctive characteristics of the favourability function, especially in relation to probability and suitability, the most common outputs in species distribution modelling. As the capabilities of the favourability function go beyond species distribution modelling, we also illustrate its usefulness for different research disciplines for which this function remains unknown. In particular, we stressed that the favourability function has potential to be applied in all the cases where the probability of occurrence of an event is analysed, such as, for example, habitat selection or epidemiological studies.
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Lorca-Oró C, Pujols J, García-Bocanegra I, Mentaberre G, Granados JE, Solanes D, Fandos P, Galindo I, Domingo M, Lavín S, López-Olvera JR. Protection of Spanish Ibex (Capra pyrenaica) against Bluetongue virus serotypes 1 and 8 in a subclinical experimental infection. PLoS One 2012; 7:e36380. [PMID: 22666321 PMCID: PMC3364256 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2011] [Accepted: 04/03/2012] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Many wild ruminants such as Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica) are susceptible to Bluetongue virus (BTV) infection, which causes disease mainly in domestic sheep and cattle. Outbreaks involving either BTV serotypes 1 (BTV-1) and 8 (BTV-8) are currently challenging Europe. Inclusion of wildlife vaccination among BTV control measures should be considered in certain species. In the present study, four out of fifteen seronegative Spanish ibexes were immunized with a single dose of inactivated vaccine against BTV-1, four against BTV-8 and seven ibexes were non vaccinated controls. Seven ibexes (four vaccinated and three controls) were inoculated with each BTV serotype. Antibody and IFN-gamma responses were evaluated until 28 days after inoculation (dpi). The vaccinated ibexes showed significant (P<0.05) neutralizing antibody levels after vaccination compared to non vaccinated ibexes. The non vaccinated ibexes remained seronegative until challenge and showed neutralizing antibodies from 7 dpi. BTV RNA was detected in the blood of non vaccinated ibexes from 2 to the end of the study (28 dpi) and in target tissue samples obtained at necropsy (8 and 28 dpi). BTV-1 was successfully isolated on cell culture from blood and target tissues of non vaccinated ibexes. Clinical signs were unapparent and no gross lesions were found at necropsy. Our results show for the first time that Spanish ibex is susceptible and asymptomatic to BTV infection and also that a single dose of vaccine prevents viraemia against BTV-1 and BTV-8 replication.
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- Cristina Lorca-Oró
- Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal, UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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Speziale KL, Lambertucci SA, Carrete M, Tella JL. Dealing with non-native species: what makes the difference in South America? Biol Invasions 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0162-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Torres RT, Virgós E, Santos J, Linnell JD, Fonseca C. Habitat use by sympatric red and roe deer in a Mediterranean ecosystem. ANIM BIOL 2012. [DOI: 10.1163/157075612x631213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Much recent research has focused on understanding the environmental factors that limit the distribution and abundance of species. However, by no means all models consider the effects of interspecific competition on species’ distributions. In this study, we explore the contribution of both environmental factors and the presence of another ungulate species on the distribution of two sympatric deer species: roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and red deer (Cervus elaphus). To assess the importance of both biotic and abiotic factors, we constructed models for each species incorporating environmental predictors and an index of abundance of the other species. High density of shrubs and distance to roads had a positive affect on roe deer occurrence while spatial heterogeneity, namely mean shape index, and the presence of red deer had a negative effect. In contrast, the percentage of shrub cover, landscape heterogeneity and the presence of roe deer all positively affected red deer occurrence. Our results suggest that interspecific competition between these species might occur with asymmetric effects and underlines the need to explore the nature of these interactions in greater detail in southern ecosystems.
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- Rita T. Torres
- CESAM & Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, 7485 Trondheim, Norway
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- Biodiversity and Conservation Area, University of Rey Juan Carlos, c/ Tulipán s/n, 28933 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- CESAM & Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CESAM & Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Miranda M, Sicilia M, Bartolomé J, Molina-Alcaide E, Gálvez-Bravo L, Cassinello J. Contrasting feeding patterns of native red deer and two exotic ungulates in a Mediterranean ecosystem. WILDLIFE RESEARCH 2012. [DOI: 10.1071/wr11146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Context
Ungulates have been widely introduced in multiple ecosystems throughout the world due to their value as food and for sport hunting. The identification of foraging preferences of exotic and native ungulates living in sympatry is, therefore, becoming increasingly important in order to assess potential impacts of introduced animals on the host ecosystem.
Aims
To describe species-specific foraging strategies and infer resource selection overlap between native and exotic ungulates.
Methods
We compared the trophic ecology of three sympatric ungulate species living in a Mediterranean landscape: the native Iberian red deer Cervus elaphus hispanicus, and two exotic bovids, the European mouflon Ovis orientalis musimon and the aoudad Ammotragus lervia. We simultaneously determined herbivore diet through analyses of botanical content in faeces and assessed the nutritional content of these diets.
Key results
Higher selection of shrubs by deer was sustained throughout the year, while bovids showed seasonal shifts in forage selection. Both bovids displayed a selective dietary strategy directed towards a higher overall nutritional quality than that of deer. Divergent exploitation patterns between the studied cervid and bovids might be related to body mass and physiological adaptations to overcome secondary defence compounds of shrubs, and were largely affected by seasonal changes in the nutritional value of available vegetation. Ecological theory suggests that diet overlap should be greater between similar-sized species. Indeed, both exotics showed similar, sometimes overlapping, dietary patterns that could lead to potential competition in the use of resources. Native red deer preferences only showed some overlap with those of exotic mouflon under constrained summer conditions.
Conclusions
Dietary overlap between deer and mouflon and between aoudad and mouflon during limiting summer conditions could entail a potential competitive interaction under more even densities of the study species, since a concurrent habitat overlap between those pairs of species has previously been reported.
Implications
The outcomes of our study suggest the need for an integration of habitat and ungulate management. Management actions in Mediterranean rangelands should be directed towards protecting habitat conditions so that biodiversity is enhanced along with the presence of sustainable communities of large herbivores. Management directed towards ungulates should maintain moderate stocking rates and monitor and control introduced and native populations.
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Acevedo P, Real R, Gortázar C. Favorabilidad ecogeográfica para el corzo: distribución y abundancia. PIRINEOS 2011. [DOI: 10.3989/pirineos.2011.166001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Kumschick S, Alba C, Hufbauer RA, Nentwig W. Weak or strong invaders? A comparison of impact between the native and invaded ranges of mammals and birds alien to Europe. DIVERS DISTRIB 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00775.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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De Angelo C, Paviolo A, Di Bitetti M. Differential impact of landscape transformation on pumas (Puma concolor) and jaguars (Panthera onca) in the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest. DIVERS DISTRIB 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00746.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Acevedo P, Real R. Biogeographical differences between the two Capra pyrenaica subspecies, C. p. victoriae and C. p. hispanica, inhabiting the Iberian Peninsula: Implications for conservation. Ecol Modell 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Acevedo P, Ward AI, Real R, Smith GC. Assessing biogeographical relationships of ecologically related species using favourability functions: a case study on British deer. DIVERS DISTRIB 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00662.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Deviance partitioning of host factors affecting parasitization in the European brown hare (Lepus europaeus). Naturwissenschaften 2009; 96:1157-68. [PMID: 19565211 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0577-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2008] [Revised: 06/05/2009] [Accepted: 06/10/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Deviance partitioning can provide new insights into the ecology of host-parasite interactions. We studied the host-related factors influencing parasite prevalence, abundance, and species richness in European brown hares (Lepus europaeus) from northern Spain. We defined three groups of explanatory variables: host environment, host population, and individual factors. We hypothesised that parasite infection rates and species richness were determined by different host-related factors depending on the nature of the parasite (endo- or ectoparasite, direct or indirect life cycle). To assess the relative importance of these components, we used deviance partitioning, an innovative approach. The explained deviance (ED) was higher for parasite abundance models, followed by those of prevalence and then by species richness, suggesting that parasite abundance models may best describe the host factors influencing parasitization. Models for parasites with a direct life cycle yielded higher ED values than those for indirect life cycle ones. As a general trend, host individual factors explained the largest proportion of the ED, followed by host environmental factors and, finally, the interaction between host environmental and individual factors. Similar hierarchies were found for parasite prevalence, abundance, and species richness. Individual factors comprised the most relevant group of explanatory variables for both types of parasites. However, host environmental factors were also relevant in models for indirect life-cycle parasites. These findings are consistent with the idea of the host as the main habitat of the parasite; whereas, for indirect life-cycle parasites, transmission would be also modulated by environmental conditions. We suggest that parasitization can be used not only as an indicator of individual fitness but also as an indicator of environmental quality for the host. This research underlines the importance of monitoring parasite rates together with environmental, population, and host factors.
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Acevedo P, Cassinello J. Human-Induced Range Expansion of Wild Ungulates Causes Niche Overlap between Previously Allopatric Species: Red Deer and Iberian Ibex in Mountainous Regions of Southern Spain. ANN ZOOL FENN 2009. [DOI: 10.5735/086.046.0105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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ACEVEDO PELAYO, CASSINELLO JORGE. Biology, ecology and status of Iberian ibexCapra pyrenaica: a critical review and research prospectus. Mamm Rev 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2008.00138.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Candela MG, Serrano E, Martinez-Carrasco C, Martín-Atance P, Cubero MJ, Alonso F, Leon L. Coinfection is an important factor in epidemiological studies: the first serosurvey of the aoudad (Ammotragus lervia). Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2008; 28:481-9. [PMID: 19020912 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0654-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2008] [Accepted: 10/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- M G Candela
- Department of Animal Health, University of Murcia, Spain.
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Predicting the potential distribution of invasive ring-necked parakeets Psittacula krameri in northern Belgium using an ecological niche modelling approach. Biol Invasions 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9266-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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