Austral Ecology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 49(7)
Published: July 1, 2024
Language: Английский
Published: Aug. 12, 2024
Ecological and evolutionary processes are recognized as the main factors generating maintaining biodiversity. However, how biodiversity knowledge is collated, organized, distributed worldwide influences our perceptions inferences about underlying processes. We demonstrated that name-bearing type specimens (NBT), most fundamental reference for identity of any species, all freshwater brackish fish species in world mostly housed museums Global North countries. The unequal distribution NBT results from historical socioeconomic has implications both South For North, which concentrates NBT, we found a mismatch between their ichthyological collections native biotas. On other hand, countries with elsewhere face barrier advancing research due to difficulty accessing material, hampering global efforts cataloging, reviewing, describing new species. advocate if truly committed research, should pursue initiatives make biological fairer among countries, involves programs specimen repatriation facilitation accessibility material researchers they were collected.
Language: Английский
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BioScience, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Dec. 26, 2024
Abstract Museum specimens document the impacts of interacting and increasingly pervasive environmental stressors on global biodiversity. Environmental, sampling, management records are needed to interpret causes these changes address collection biases; however, such data rarely available in museum catalogues. We outline a process join collections associated using science workflows tandem with community tools. Our approach is illustrated case study lake survey from Michigan that provide ecological context for catalogued fish specimens. Using web-based platform Zooniverse, we engage stakeholders, public, educational audiences. includes five key steps: archive assessment preparing images, workflow development, engagement transcription, curation, archiving. Integrating historical can clarify biodiversity over recent history refine our predictions future impacts.
Language: Английский
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Southeastern Naturalist, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 22(4)
Published: Jan. 2, 2024
Modeling population dynamics in response to various threats or potential management actions has become an increasingly common aspect of conservation programs for imperiled species. However, these models typically require a detailed understanding demographic processes that are often challenging quantitatively assess. We combined data from the published literature (n = 4) with collected preserved specimens 6) model relationship between female body size and clutch Ambystoma cingulatum (Frosted Flatwoods Salamander). found positive effect on (z-score 9.4, P < 0.001). This can now be incorporated into ongoing efforts flatwoods salamanders, reducing uncertainty improving stakeholders' ability make decisions this
Language: Английский
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Mammalogy Notes, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(1), P. 422 - 422
Published: March 5, 2024
Mammalogy Notes, la revista científica de Sociedad Colombiana Mastozoología celebra su primera década publicar y difundir investigación e información original sobre historia natural, distribución, ecología otros aspectos biología los mamíferos Colombia el mundo. La ha servido espacio difusión principalmente para autores latinoamericanos, destacándose contribución colombianos, mexicanos brasileños. Resaltamos apoyo incondicional legado editores, investigadores en general, quienes han sido clave fortalecimiento consolidación Notes. Así mismo, esperamos que continúe por muchos años más se siga consolidando como una fuente confiable diversidad importancia a nivel nacional internacional.
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Global Ecology and Conservation, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 51, P. e02916 - e02916
Published: March 28, 2024
The maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) is a South-American canid of which conservation guidelines have been implemented due to its population vulnerability. Its trophic ecology demonstrates an omnivorous and opportunistic diet, even flexibility in response anthropogenic disturbances. Among the food items identified, consumption reptiles scarce, includes snakes lizards. We monitored broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) nests during four nesting seasons through camera trapping, savannas grasslands areas, recorded wolves feeding on eggs periods drought. uncommon item, at low frequency, suggests that trapping could become complementary tool for studying dietary habits wolf. Caimans priority conservation, while are currently being released reintroduced order reverse their vulnerable status. This interaction must be long term, project integral strategies include both emblematic species.
Language: Английский
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Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3(2)
Published: Aug. 21, 2024
Science, like other sectors of society, is currently in a period rapid social and cultural change. Demands for the decolonization democratization research culture scientific data are prevalent. Systematic biology, as community that focuses on existentially important issue understanding global biodiversity, standard-bearer field deeply rooted colonialist approaches, has unique opportunity to develop model meaningful actionable vision systemic Because systematics requires sampling analyzing planetary it operates within arena which undoing exclusionary norms practices, reimagining new kind science builds knowledge collectively, both possible potentially hugely impactful. its history, discipline potential become powerful intentional transformation. Professional systematists work conduct across natural history museums, academic institutions, federal agencies, national laboratories, international organizations, private sector they serve leaders throughout disciplinary ecosystem; result, well-positioned shape We highlight just one example change lever (peer review proposals) illustrate this. Beneficial outcomes such era will be extensive continued advances biodiversity phylogenetics, critical challenges lie at science-society-policy intersection.
Language: Английский
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Journal of Interpretation Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Oct. 29, 2024
Naturalists act as a link between scientific knowledge and the public’s understanding of natural history conservation efforts. For them to be successful, they need access current content resources. Incorporating tablet technology into naturalists’ endeavors can serve an interpretation tool that facilitates participation offers needed support new/emerging naturalists. Our study, guided by Attention Participation Framework, used qualitative approach explore use tablets during technology-enhanced nature education program. We developed app hikes for students led naturalists-in-training ( n = 72). investigated how naturalists tablet-based hike activities their perspectives on education. found relied reference throughout hikes. Additionally, all held positive perspective toward using interpretive recommended future use.
Language: Английский
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Current Biology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 34(21), P. R1061 - R1063
Published: Nov. 1, 2024
Language: Английский
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American Journal of Primatology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Nov. 11, 2024
Accurately assessing primate diets is important in studies of behavioral ecology and evolution. While previous research has compared sampling methods (scan, focal), we examined how schedule influences accuracy dietary measures. We define as the combined distribution (random vs. consecutive) frequency days within a given month. Under field conditions, time may be required to locate study group, therefore also subtracted 1, 2, or 3 h from beginning all non-consecutive each mimic observation lost search. From dense (near daily) 5-year record feeding behavior derived focal animal follows adult females five wild blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis) groups, created data subsets matching various schedules, monthly measures calculated subset those based on full set. These included (1) proportion fruit, (2) diet composition (three top-ranked food items), (3) species richness plant diet, (4) Shannon-Wiener diversity index species, (5) Holmes-Pitelka expressing overlap with used generalized linear mixed models assess type (a combination hours lost) relate subset's deviation set, where smaller (or higher chance matching, for composition) implies greater accuracy. For measures, increasing increased The response varied among but types generally differed more at lower frequencies. Deviation widely between some schedules resulted values large percentage differences "full" data. Accordingly, when designing comparing studies, researchers should consider influence interest.
Language: Английский
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Inventions, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 8(6), P. 153 - 153
Published: Dec. 6, 2023
Accurate and rapid taxonomy identification is the initial step in spider image recognition. More than 50,000 species are estimated to exist worldwide; however, their still challenging due morphological similarity physical structures. Deep learning a known modern technique computer science, biomedical bioinformatics. With help of deep learning, new opportunities available reveal advanced taxonomic methods. In this study, we applied deep-learning-based approach using YOLOv7 framework provide an efficient user-friendly tool for found Taiwan called Spider Identification APP (SpiderID_APP). The model integrated as fully connected neural network. training was performed on 24,000 images retrieved from freely annotated database iNaturalist. We provided 120 genus classifications species, results exhibited accuracy par with Furthermore, presented SpiderID_APP time- cost-effective, researchers citizen scientists can use entry point perform Taiwan. However, detailed at level, additional methods like DNA barcoding or genitalic structure dissection considered necessary.
Language: Английский
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