funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology(FCT)by the fellowship of A.Alves da Silva(SFRH/BD/75018/2010)and F.Garcia(SFRH/BD/131627/2017);supported by the strategic plan of the Centre for Functional Ecology—Science for People and the Planet(CFE)(UIDP/04004/2020,DOI:10.54499/UIDP/04004/2020)financed by FCT/MCTES through national funds(PIDDAC),and by FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia,I.P. under Scientific Employment Stimulus—Individual support—2022.05848.CEEIND(DOI:10.54499/2022.05848.CEECIND/CP1714/CT0008);The study was carried out under the project“F4F—Forest for Future—Pilot project for the constitution of a regional network for the valorization of the forest sector in the Central Region.PP6—MyFORESt(CENTRO-08-5864-FSE-000031),”co-financed by the Regional Operational Program Centro 2020,Portugal 2020,and the European Union,through the European Social Fund(ESF);funded by the Instituto do Ambiente,Tecnologia e Vida from Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra(IATV-UC),the strategic plan of the Centre for Functional Ecology—Science for People and the Planet(CFE)(UIDB/04004/2020,DOI:10.54499/UIDB/04004/2020);Associate Laboratory TERRA(LA/P/0092/2020;DOI:10.54499/LA/P/0092/2020).
In this study we aimed to assess the role of wild red deer,along with other ungulates such as roe deer and wild boar,in the soil’s physical properties,namely soil penetration resistance and depth(used as a proxy for ...
supported by the Ministry of Education,Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia(451-03-68/2022-14/200007).
The importance of issues associated with urban/commensal rats and mice(property damage,management costs,and health risks)press upon research on these animals.While the demography of commensal rodents is mostly studied...
We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the keepers of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Wildlife Park for their help in collecting fecal samples from the Tibetan wild ass in zoo.This study was financially supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA23060602 and XDA2002030302);the Qinghai Province Science and Technology Plan(2021-ZJ-951Q);the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(STEP)(2019QZKK0501);Qinghai Key R&D and Transformation Program(2019-SF-150);the Joint Grant from Chinese Academy of Sciences-People’s Government of Qinghai Province on Sanjiangyuan National Park(LHZX-2020-01);the Science and Technology Department of Qinghai Province Major Project“Sanjiangyaun National Park Animal Genome Program.”。
Ex situ conservation is the main method for the protection of endangered wildlife.To explore the effect of ex situ conservation on the gut microbiota of the kiang(Equus kiang),metagenomic sequencing combined with bioi...
This study was financially supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA19050204);National Key R&D Program of China;National Forestry and Grassland Administration,China;the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2022YFC2601602);Beijing Innovation Consortium of Agriculture Research System(BAIC04-2021).
Under the background of global species extinction,the impact of epidemic diseases on wild animal protection is increasingly prominent.Here,we review and synthesize the literature on this topic,and discuss the relation...
The authors thank Dr.Luc Dendooven for his valuable comments on the manuscript,and Estación Científica La Malinche and Centro Tlaxcala de Biología de la Conducta for access and logistic support.This research was funded by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología(CONACyT),Ciencia de Frontera(project number:137748);Infraestructura(project number:205945);the Cátedras CONACyT program(project number:883).M.H.received a Ph.D.scholarship number:967648 and S.H-.P.a postdoctoral grant number:929602 by CONACyT.This article is a requirement for obtaining a Ph.D.degree of the first author.
Fecal samples or cloacal swabs are preferred over lethal dissections to study vertebrate gut microbiota for ethical reasons,but it remains unclear which nonlethal methods provide more accurate information about gut mi...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31872320,21806010);the Young Scientist Start-up funding of Beijing Forestry University(BLX201714).
The purpose of this study was to explore the variations in the circulating leptin concentrations of the wild ground squirrels in relation to seasonal changes in testicular activities.Hematoxylin-eosin staining showed ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30970378,31170503);China Postdoctoral Sciences Foundation(No.2019M662520);the State Scholarship Fund from China Scholarship Council(No.201707040024).
Food supply is one of the major drivers of animal behavior,and the gut microbiome is an important mediator be-tween food supply and its effects on physiology.However,predicting the outcome of diet change on microbiome...
This study was funded by the Beijing Forestry University Outstanding Young Talent Cultivation Project(No.2019JQ03018);Postdoctoral Innovative Talents Support Program(No.BX20190042);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2020M670177).
Captive conditions can affect the symbiotic microbiome of animals.In this study,we compared the structural and functional differences of the gastrointestinal microbiomes of wild Bactrian camels(Camelus ferus)between w...
The funding of this work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42007026 and 32070460).
Studies on large-sample gut microbial sequencing data indicate that gut microbiota can be divided into multiple community types;different community types may influence the community function and ecosystem service.Howe...
There is a growing interest on the potential interplay between weather,habitat,and interspecific competition on population dynamics of wild herbivores.Favorable environmental conditions may buffer the negative effects...