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Habitat Selection and Population Density of Diurnal and Nocturnal Lemurs in the Anjozorobe-Angavo Protected Area, MadagascarNARA Subscribed
Primates are among the most threatened mammals globally owing to rapid habitat loss and intense hunting pressure. Among these, lemurs are the taxon with the highest number of species at risk of extinction. Although many lemur species have been surveyed extensively across Madagascar, some taxa and protected areas remain understudied. The Anjozorobe-Angavo Protected Area, a rainforest landscape in the highlands of central-easter...
Did you know? State-of-the-art preprocessing diffusion MRI data can improve tractographyNARA Subscribed
Diffusion MRI fiber tractography is sensitive to noise and artifacts in diffusion-weighted images, and these challenges can propagate into fiber-orientation estimation and the tractography process. In this “Did You Know” communication, we synthesize evidence that state-of-the-art preprocessing improves tractography anatomical fidelity and test-retest reproducibility compared to minimally processed data. We summarize best-pract...
The impact of sea level rise on nesting sea turtles: a global meta-analysis to highlight current understanding and knowledge gapsNARA Subscribed
Sea turtles face a number of threats from climate change. One pertinent threat is the impact of sea level rise (SLR), which can lead to a loss of nesting habitat and reduced survival of embryos due to inundation and erosion. Here we review the impacts of SLR on sea turtles. We examined 34 studies (66 assessments) on SLR impacts across six species and 40 sites globally, with 62.1% of assessments located in the Americas. Overall...
Climate warming currently threatens many species with extinction, particularly those with a limited capacity for adaptation. Sea turtles have temperature‐dependent sex determination, whereby female hatchlings are produced at warmer incubation temperatures; hence, climate warming might cause the feminisation of populations. Recent evidence suggests that climate warming will outpace the ability of turtles to adapt through phenol...
SNAPSHOT USA 2021: A third coordinated national camera trap survey of the U nited S tatesNARA Subscribed
SNAPSHOT USA is a multicontributor, long‐term camera trap survey designed to survey mammals across the United States. Participants are recruited through community networks and directly through a website application ( https://www.snapshot-usa.org/ ). The growing Snapshot dataset is useful, for example, for tracking wildlife population responses to land use, land cover, and climate changes across spatial and temporal scales. Her...
Short‐term resilience to climate‐induced temperature increases for equatorial sea turtle populationsNARA Subscribed
Projection models are being increasingly used to manage threatened taxa by estimating their responses to climate change. Sea turtles are particularly susceptible to climate change as they have temperature‐dependent sex determination and increased sand temperatures on nesting beaches could result in the ‘feminisation’ of hatchling sex ratios for some populations. This study modelled likely long‐term trends in sand temperatures...
Regulating cancer risk prediction: legal considerations and stakeholder perspectives on the Canadian contextNARA Subscribed
Risk prediction models hold great promise to reduce the impact of cancer in society through advanced warning of risk and improved preventative modalities. These models are evolving and becoming more complex, increasingly integrating genetic screening data and polygenic risk scores as well as calculating risk for multiple types of a disease. However, unclear regulatory compliance requirements applicable to these models raise si...
Impact of Access and Benefit Sharing implementation on biological control genetic resourcesNARA Subscribed
The third objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the use of genetic resources was further developed when the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing came into effect in 2014. Interpretation of how this agreement is being implemented is wide-ranging and there are implications for biological control. A survey of biological control workers indicated tha...