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Recent Decline Of Lowland Populations Of The Western Gray Squirrel In The Los Angeles Area Of Southern California, Daniel S. Cooper, Alan Muchlinski
Recent Decline Of Lowland Populations Of The Western Gray Squirrel In The Los Angeles Area Of Southern California, Daniel S. Cooper, Alan Muchlinski
Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences
We provide an overview of the distribution of lowland and otherwise isolated populations of the western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus) in the Los Angeles area of southern California, an area that has experienced a recent and ongoing invasion by the non-native eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger), an urban-adapted species introduced a century ago. Away from its strongholds in the western Santa Monica Mountains, San Gabriel Mountains, and Santa Ana Mountains, the western gray squirrel is resident locally in both the Santa Susana and the Verdugo Mountains, in Griffith Park, in low hills at the eastern periphery of the San Gabriel ...
Employing Natural History Collections In The Aid Of Conservation: Streamlining An Approach To Model Species Distributions En Masse For The Preservation Of Biodiversity, Alice Fornari
Master's Projects and Capstones
Using species distribution models (SDMs) in Natural History Collections (NHCs) can influence how humans implement conservation changes in flora and fauna communities and ecosystems. Through the use of legacy data (old NHCs and their associated locality/collection information), data correction (background data or pseudo absences added to presence-only data), and the SDM software, Maxent (and its associated geographic information systems or GIS projected models), it has been shown that it is feasible to create a low budget protocol/setup to project the past, present and future of species population changes. This has been done in the past few decades as ...
Rediscovery Of Red Wolf Ghost Alleles In Canid Population Along The American Gulf Coast, Elizabeth Heppenheimer, Kristin Brzeski, Ron Wooten, William Waddell, Linda Y. Rutledge, Michael J. Chamberlain, Et. Al.
Rediscovery Of Red Wolf Ghost Alleles In Canid Population Along The American Gulf Coast, Elizabeth Heppenheimer, Kristin Brzeski, Ron Wooten, William Waddell, Linda Y. Rutledge, Michael J. Chamberlain, Et. Al.
School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science Publications
Rediscovering species once thought to be extinct or on the edge of extinction is rare. Red wolves have been extinct along the American Gulf Coast since 1980, with their last populations found in coastal Louisiana and Texas. We report the rediscovery of red wolf ghost alleles in a canid population on Galveston Island, Texas. We analyzed over 7000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 60 canid representatives from all legally recognized North American Canis species and two phenotypically ambiguous canids from Galveston Island. We found notably high Bayesian cluster assignments of the Galveston canids to captive red wolves with extensive sharing ...
Population Genomic Analysis Of North American Eastern Wolves (Canic Lycaon) Support Their Conservation Priority Status, Elizabeth Heppenheimer, Ryan Harrigan, Linda Rutledge, Klaus-Peter Koepfli, Alexandra L. Decandia, Kristin Brzeski, Et. Al.
Population Genomic Analysis Of North American Eastern Wolves (Canic Lycaon) Support Their Conservation Priority Status, Elizabeth Heppenheimer, Ryan Harrigan, Linda Rutledge, Klaus-Peter Koepfli, Alexandra L. Decandia, Kristin Brzeski, Et. Al.
School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science Publications
The threatened eastern wolf is found predominantly in protected areas of central Ontario and has an evolutionary history obscured by interbreeding with coyotes and gray wolves, which challenges its conservation status and subsequent management. Here, we used a population genomics approach to uncover spatial patterns of variation in 281 canids in central Ontario and the Great Lakes region. This represents the first genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) dataset with substantial sample sizes of representative populations. Although they comprise their own genetic cluster, we found evidence of eastern wolf dispersal outside of the boundaries of protected areas, in that the frequency ...
Painted Ferocity: The Social Behaviors Of African Wild Dogs, Threats To Survival, And Resulting Conservation Initiatives, Alexis Valdes
Painted Ferocity: The Social Behaviors Of African Wild Dogs, Threats To Survival, And Resulting Conservation Initiatives, Alexis Valdes
Senior Honors Theses
African Wild Dogs (Lycaon pictus) are an endangered species of canid from Sub-Saharan Africa. They are very social communal hunters, and are capable of chasing down prey for long stretches of time. Wild dogs benefit a savannah ecosystem by regulating the populations of their prey so that it does not become unhealthy and overgrown. Like many organisms, wild dogs are also in competition with other predators for resources, namely lions and hyenas, who are capable of stealing their kills and occasionally injuring and killing them. Due to the depletion of their wild prey, wild dogs may also prey upon farmers ...
Bats Of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Scott C. Pedersen, Gary G. Kwiecinski, Hugh H. Genoways, Roxanne J. Larsen, Peter A. Larsen, Carleton J. Phillips, Robert J. Baker
Bats Of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Scott C. Pedersen, Gary G. Kwiecinski, Hugh H. Genoways, Roxanne J. Larsen, Peter A. Larsen, Carleton J. Phillips, Robert J. Baker
Mammalogy Papers: University of Nebraska State Museum
Eight species of bat have been previously recorded from the island of Saint Lucia: Noctilio leporinus, Monophyllus plethodon, Artibeus jamaicensis, Brachyphylla cavernarum, Ardops nichollsi, Sturnira paulsoni, Molossus molossus, and Tadarida brasiliensis. Herein, we add a ninth species to the fauna—Pteronotus davyi. These nine species represent nine genera from four families: Noctilionidae, Mormoopidae, Phyllostomidae, and Molossidae. This fauna includes four trophic guilds: N. leporinus (piscivore/insectivore), M. plethodon (nectarivore/pollenivore), A. jamaicensis × schwartzi, B. cavernarum, A. nichollsi, and S. paulsoni (frugivores), and P. davyi, M. molossus, and T. brasiliensis (insectivores). Based on its geographic location, the bat fauna of St ...
Courtship Behavior, Communication, And Copulation In Tigrosa Annexa, Samuel White
Courtship Behavior, Communication, And Copulation In Tigrosa Annexa, Samuel White
Scholars Week
The evolution of multimodal communication, where signalers use multiple signal components in multiple sensory modalities, has become the subject of investigation by many researchers. Signaling puts males at risk of predation, so why do males of some species evolve extra signals that may increase this risk? In some wolf spider species, males incorporate many visual and vibrational signals into a display that they use to attract a female for mating. Female spiders are often aggressive toward courting males and so the male display also functions to decrease the odds of cannibalism. Female wandering spiders deposit silk containing pheromones that communicate ...
Alternative Genes For Exploring Ranavirus Phylogenetics: Four Core Genes Compared To The Major Capsid Protein And The Whole Genome., Abigale Garner
Alternative Genes For Exploring Ranavirus Phylogenetics: Four Core Genes Compared To The Major Capsid Protein And The Whole Genome., Abigale Garner
Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference (GURC)
The Iridoviridae is a family of virus that infects invertebrates and poikilothermic vertebrates such as amphibians, reptiles, and fish. Ranavirus is one of the five genera within the Iridoviridae. Ranavirus infections have been seen on every continent. The ranaviruses have 26 core genes, but our study focuses on the utility of: an immediate early protein ICP-46 [open reading frame (ORF) 91R in Frog virus 3 (FV3)]; a transcription elongation factor TIIS (ORF 81R in FV3); Evrl/Air family protein (ORF 88R in FV3); and a hypothetical/putative protein of unknown function (ORF 94R in FV3) as alternative genes for phylogenetic ...
Museum Metabarcoding: A Novel Method Revealing Gut Helminth Communities Of Small Mammals Across Space And Time, Stephen E. Greiman, Joseph A. Cook, Vasyl V. Tkach, Eric P. Hoberg, Damian M. Menning, Andrew G. Hope, Sarah A. Sonsthagen, Sandra L. Talbot
Museum Metabarcoding: A Novel Method Revealing Gut Helminth Communities Of Small Mammals Across Space And Time, Stephen E. Greiman, Joseph A. Cook, Vasyl V. Tkach, Eric P. Hoberg, Damian M. Menning, Andrew G. Hope, Sarah A. Sonsthagen, Sandra L. Talbot
Faculty Publications from the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology
Natural history collections spanning multiple decades provide fundamental historical baselines to measure and understand changing biodiversity. New technologies such as next generation DNA sequencing have considerably increased the potential of museum specimens to address significant questions regarding the impact of environmental changes on host and parasite/pathogen dynamics. We developed a new technique to identify intestinal helminth parasites and applied it to shrews (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) because they are ubiquitous, occupy diverse habitats, and host a diverse and abundant parasite fauna. Notably, we included museum specimens preserved in various ways to explore the efficacy of using metabarcoding analyses that may enable ...
Callorhinus Ursinus - Northern, Pribilof, Or Alaska Fur Seal, Roger W. Barbour
Callorhinus Ursinus - Northern, Pribilof, Or Alaska Fur Seal, Roger W. Barbour
Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection
Callorhinus ursinus - Northern, Pribilof, or Alaska fur seal
Callorhinus Ursinus - Northern, Pribilof, Or Alaska Fur Seal, Roger W. Barbour
Callorhinus Ursinus - Northern, Pribilof, Or Alaska Fur Seal, Roger W. Barbour
Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection
Callorhinus ursinus - Northern, Pribilof, or Alaska fur seal
Felis Yagouaroundi, Roger W. Barbour
Felis Yagouaroundi, Roger W. Barbour
Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection
Felis yagouaroundi
Ovibos Moschatus - Muskox, Roger W. Barbour
Ovibos Moschatus - Muskox, Roger W. Barbour
Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection
Ovibos moschatus - Muskox
Bison - American Bison, Buffalo, Roger W. Barbour
Bison - American Bison, Buffalo, Roger W. Barbour
Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection
Bison - American Bison, Buffalo
Antilocapra Americana - Pronghorn, Roger W. Barbour
Antilocapra Americana - Pronghorn, Roger W. Barbour
Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection
Antilocapra americana - Pronghorn
Antilocapra Americana - Pronghorn, Roger W. Barbour
Antilocapra Americana - Pronghorn, Roger W. Barbour
Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection
Antilocapra americana - Pronghorn
Antilocapra Americana - Pronghorn, Roger W. Barbour
Antilocapra Americana - Pronghorn, Roger W. Barbour
Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection
Antilocapra americana - Pronghorn
Odocoileus Hemionus - Mule Or Black-Tailed Deer, Roger W. Barbour
Odocoileus Hemionus - Mule Or Black-Tailed Deer, Roger W. Barbour
Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection
Odocoileus hemionus - Mule or Black-tailed Deer
Cervus Elaphus Roosevelti, Roger W. Barbour
Cervus Elaphus Roosevelti, Roger W. Barbour
Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection
Cervus elaphus roosevelti
Cervus Elaphus Nannodes - Red Deer, Elk, Roger W. Barbour
Cervus Elaphus Nannodes - Red Deer, Elk, Roger W. Barbour
Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection
Cervus elaphus nannodes - Red Deer, Elk
Cervus Dama, Roger W. Barbour
Alces Alces - Elk, Moose, Roger W. Barbour
Alces Alces - Elk, Moose, Roger W. Barbour
Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection
Alces alces - Elk, Moose
Microtus Montanus, Roger W. Barbour
Microtus Montanus, Roger W. Barbour
Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection
Microtus montanus
Mirounga Angustirostris - Northern Elephant Seal, Roger W. Barbour
Mirounga Angustirostris - Northern Elephant Seal, Roger W. Barbour
Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection
Mirounga angustirostris - Northern elephant seal
Mirounga Angustirostris - Northern Elephant Seal, Roger W. Barbour
Mirounga Angustirostris - Northern Elephant Seal, Roger W. Barbour
Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection
Mirounga angustirostris - Northern elephant seal
Zalophus Californianus, Roger W. Barbour
Zalophus Californianus, Roger W. Barbour
Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection
Zalophus californianus
Callorhinus Ursinus - Northern, Pribilof, Or Alaska Fur Seal, Roger W. Barbour
Callorhinus Ursinus - Northern, Pribilof, Or Alaska Fur Seal, Roger W. Barbour
Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection
Callorhinus ursinus - Northern, Pribilof, or Alaska fur seal
Callorhinus Ursinus - Northern, Pribilof, Or Alaska Fur Seal, Roger W. Barbour
Callorhinus Ursinus - Northern, Pribilof, Or Alaska Fur Seal, Roger W. Barbour
Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection
Callorhinus ursinus - Northern, Pribilof, or Alaska fur seal
Panthera Onca - Jaguar, Roger W. Barbour
Panthera Onca - Jaguar, Roger W. Barbour
Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection
Panthera onca - Jaguar
Microtus Chrotorrhinus, Roger W. Barbour
Microtus Chrotorrhinus, Roger W. Barbour
Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection
Microtus chrotorrhinus