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2023
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Tomáš Peterka Petra Hájková Martin Jiroušek Dirk Hinterlang Milan Chytrý Liene Aunina Judit Deme Melinda Lyons Hallie Seiler Harald Zechmeister Iva Apostolova Carl Beierkuhnlein Melanie Bischof Claudia Biţă-Nicolae Lisa Brancaleoni Renata Ćušterevska Jürgen Dengler Yakiv Didukh Daniel Dítě Lyubov Felbaba-Klushyna Emmanuel Garbolino Renato Gerdol Svitlana Iemelianova Florian Jansen Riikka Juutinen Jasmina Kamberović Jutta Kapfer Barbora Klímová Ilona Knollová Tiina H.M. Kolari Predrag Lazarević Ringa Luostarinen Eva Mikulášková Đorđije Milanović Luca Miserere Jesper Erenskjold Moeslund José A. Molina Aaron Pérez-Haase Alessandro Petraglia Marta Puglisi Eszter Ruprecht Eva Šmerdová Daniel Spitale Marcello Tomaselli Kiril Vassilev Michal HájekAbstract
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Arianna Manunza Johanna Ramirez-Diaz Paolo Cozzi Barbara Lazzari Gwenola Tosser-Klopp Bertrand Servin Anna M. Johansson Lise Grøva Peer Berg Dag Inge Våge Alessandra StellaAbstract
In the last decade, several studies aimed at dissecting the genetic architecture of local small ruminant breeds to discover which variations are involved in the process of adaptation to environmental conditions, a topic that has acquired priority due to climate change. Considering that traditional breeds are a reservoir of such important genetic variation, improving the current knowledge about their genetic diversity and origin is the first step forward in designing sound conservation guidelines. The genetic composition of North-Western European archetypical goat breeds is still poorly exploited. In this study we aimed to fill this gap investigating goat breeds across Ireland and Scandinavia, including also some other potential continental sources of introgression. The PCA and Admixture analyses suggest a well-defined cluster that includes Norwegian and Swedish breeds, while the crossbred Danish landrace is far apart, and there appears to be a close relationship between the Irish and Saanen goats. In addition, both graph representation of historical relationships among populations and f4-ratio statistics suggest a certain degree of gene flow between the Norse and Atlantic landraces. Furthermore, we identify signs of ancient admixture events of Scandinavian origin in the Irish and in the Icelandic goats. The time when these migrations, and consequently the introgression, of Scandinavian-like alleles occurred, can be traced back to the Viking colonisation of these two isles during the Viking Age (793-1066 CE). The demographic analysis indicates a complicated history of these traditional breeds with signatures of bottleneck, inbreeding and crossbreeding with the improved breeds. Despite these recent demographic changes and the historical genetic background shaped by centuries of human-mediated gene flow, most of them maintained their genetic identity, becoming an irreplaceable genetic resource as well as a cultural heritage.
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Marlee A. Tucker Aafke M. Schipper Tempe S.F. Adams Nina Attias Tal Avgar Natarscha L. Babic Kristin J. Barker Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau Dominik M. Behr Jerrold L. Belant Dean E. Beyer Jr. Niels Blaum J. David Blount Dirk Bockmuhl Ricardo Luiz Pires Boulhosa Michael B. Brown Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar Francesca Cagnazzi Justin M. Calabrese Rok Cerne Simon Chamaillé-Jammes Aung Nyein Chan Michael J. Chase Yannick Chaval Yvette Chenaux-Ibrahim Seth G. Cherry Dusko Cirovic Emrah Coban Eric K. Cole Laura Conlee Alyson Courtemanch Gabriele Cozzi Sarah C. Davidson Darren DeBloois Nandintsetseg Dejid Vickie DeNicola Arnaud L.J. Desbiez Iain Douglas-Hamilton David Drake Michael Egan Jasper A.J. Eikelboom William F. Fagan Morgan J. Farmer Julian Fennessy Shannon P. Finnegan Christen H. Fleming Bonnie Fournier Nicholas L. Fowler Mariela G. Gantchoff Alexandre Garnier Morten Heim Marco Dietmar Heurich Petra Kaczensky Jonas Kindberg John Durrus Linnell Erling Meisingset Bram Van Moorter Atle Mysterud Manuela Panzacchi Christer Moe Rolandsen Erling Johan Solberg Olav Strand Peter Sunde Nathan J. Svoboda Jonathan Swart Jeffrey J. Thompson Katrina L. Toal Kenneth Uiseb Meredith C. VanAcker Marianela Velilla Tana L. Verzuh Bettina Wachter Brittany L. Wagler Jesse Whittington Martin Wikelski Christopher C. Wilmers George Wittemyer Julie K. Young Filip Zięba Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica Mark A. J. Huijbregts Thomas MuellerAbstract
COVID-19 lockdowns in early 2020 reduced human mobility, providing an opportunity to disentangle its effectson animals from those of landscape modifications. Using GPS data, we compared movements and roadavoidance of 2300 terrestrial mammals (43 species) during the lockdowns to the same period in 2019.Individual responses were variable with no change in average movements or road avoidance behavior, likely dueto variable lockdown conditions. However, under strict lockdowns 10-day 95th percentile displacementsincreased by 73%, suggesting increased landscape permeability. Animals’1-hour 95th percentiledisplacements declined by 12% and animals were 36% closer to roads in areas of high human footprint,indicating reduced avoidance during lockdowns. Overall, lockdowns rapidly altered some spatial behaviors,highlighting variable but substantial impacts of human mobility on wildlife worldwide.
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Robert Spitzer Cecilia Åström Annika Felton Monica Eriksson Erling Meisingset Erling Johan Solberg Christer Moe RolandsenAbstract
Coprophagy, the eating of feces, has been documented in a wide range of species but appears to be rare or difficult to detect in deer (Cervidae). Here, we report the first observation of coprophagy in moose Alces alces, which was recorded using camera collars on free-ranging moose in Norway. The footage shows an instance of allocoprophagy by an adult female moose in spring (May). We summarize the current knowledge about coprophagy in deer and briefly discuss potential drivers and possible implications for disease transmission. Further research is needed to determine whether coprophagy occurs frequently in moose and whether this behavior is positive (e.g., increased intake of nutrients) or negative (increased infection by parasites or pathogens). Alces alces, camera collar, chronic wasting disease, coprophagy, foraging, moose
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Atle Mysterud Erling Johan Solberg Erling Meisingset Manuela Panzacchi Geir Rune Rauset Olav Strand Bram Van Moorter Christer Moe Rolandsen Inger Maren RivrudAbstract
The management of infectious wildlife diseases often involves tackling pathogens that infect multiple host species. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is aprion disease that can infect most cervid species. CWD was detected in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in Norway in 2016. Sympatric populations of red deer(Cervus elaphus) and moose (Alces alces) are at immediate risk. However, the estimation of spillover risk across species and implementation of multispecies management policies are rarely addressed for wildlife. Here, we estimated the broad risk of CWD spillover from reindeer to red deer and moose by quantifying the probability of co-occurrence based on both (1) population density and(2) habitat niche overlap from GPS data of all three species in Nordfjella,Norway. We describe the practical challenges faced when aiming to reduce the risk of spillover through a marked reduction in the population densities of moose and red deer using recreational hunters. This involves setting the popu-lation and harvest aims with uncertain information and how to achieve them.The niche overlap between reindeer and both moose and red deer was low overall but occurred seasonally. Migratory red deer had a moderate niche over-lap with the CWD-infected reindeer population during the calving period, whereas moose had a moderate niche overlap during both calving and winter. Incorporating both habitat overlap and the population densities of the respective species into the quantification of co-occurrence allowed for more spatially targeted risk maps. An initial aim of a 50% reduction in abundance for the Nordfjella region was set, but only a moderate population decrease of less than 20% from 2016 to 2021 was achieved. Proactive management in the form of marked population reduction is invasive and unpopular when involving species of high societal value, and targeting efforts to zones with a high risk ofspillover to limit adverse impacts and achieve wider societal acceptance is important. disease management, host range, moose, multihost pathogens, niche overlap, Norway,population estimation, red deer, reindeer
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Claire Morgan-Davies Germain Tesniere Cathy Dwyer Grete H. M. Jørgensen Eliel Gonzalez-Garcia Sotiris Patsios Evangeline Sossidou Tim Keady Brid McClearn Fiona Kenyon Gerrardo Caja Lise Grøva Mauro Decandia Ludovic Cziszter Ilan Halachmi Jean Marc GautierAbstract
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2022
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Learn about the challenges and the beauty of farming on islands far off into the Norwegian sea. The material was prepared for the project EDU-ARCTIC 2: from polar research to scientific passion – innovative nature education in Poland and Norway, which receives a grant of ca. 240 000 EUR received from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway under EEA funds. View with VR goggles or look around by moving your smartphone or by dragging the image left and right with the mouse.
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Join us on the dog sled! Immerse yourself in the beauty of Norwegian snow plains while you learn how to choose the right dog for the right task in the sled team and much more. The material was prepared for the project EDU-ARCTIC 2: from polar research to scientific passion – innovative nature education in Poland and Norway, which receives a grant of ca. 240 000 EUR received from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway under EEA funds. View with VR goggles or look around by moving your smartphone or by dragging the image left and right with the mouse.