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Anthropology
Sabrina Shirazi, Nasreen Broomandkhoshbacht, Jonas Oppenheimer, Jessica Z. Metcalfe, Rob Found, John W. Ives, Beth Shapiro
Summary: Thirteenth-century inhabitants of Promontory caves in Utah were successful bison hunters, specializing in targeting female bison for moccasin manufacture. Ancient DNA analysis revealed a strong female bias, indicating a purposeful hunting strategy that differed significantly from present-day bison herds.
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Diyendo Massilani, Mike W. Morley, Susan M. Mentzer, Vera Aldeias, Benjamin Vernot, Christopher Miller, Mareike Stahlschmidt, Maxim B. Kozlikin, Michael Shunkov, Anatoly P. Derevianko, Nicholas J. Conard, Sarah Wurz, Christopher S. Henshilwood, Javi Vasquez, Elena Essel, Sarah Nagel, Julia Richter, Birgit Nickel, Richard G. Roberts, Svante Paeaebo, Viviane Slon, Paul Goldberg, Matthias Meyer
Summary: DNA preserved in ancient sediments can provide valuable genetic information about past hominin and environmental diversity. This study demonstrates that resin-impregnated archaeological sediment blocks can effectively preserve DNA from hominins and other mammals. Microsampling analysis of sediment blocks from Denisova Cave reveals significant variation in the taxonomic composition of mammalian DNA at a millimeter-scale, with DNA concentrated in small particles such as bone and feces fragments. The study also successfully extracts Neanderthal DNA from a sediment block, closely related to a previously recovered Neanderthal toe bone.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Francois Lemot, Pierre G. Valla, Peter van der Beek, Marianna Jagercikova, Samuel Niedermann, Julien Carcaillet, Edward R. Sobel, Sergio Ando, Eduardo Garzanti, Xavier Robert, Matthias Bernet, Johannes Glodny, Ludovic Mocochain
Summary: This study demonstrates how karstic archives from the Obiou peak in the Western European Alps record the tectonic and drainage-network evolution of this region during the Neogene. The findings provide evidence for two successive drainage reorganizations through the analysis of cosmogenic-nuclide burial dating, provenance analysis, and detrital thermochronology.
EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Linying Wang, Guilian Sheng, Michaela Preick, Songmei Hu, Tao Deng, Ulrike H. Taron, Axel Barlow, Jiaming Hu, Bo Xiao, Guojiang Sun, Shiwen Song, Xindong Hou, Xulong Lai, Michael Hofreiter, Junxia Yuan
Summary: Both molecular data and archaeological evidence support an African origin for domestic donkeys, with recent genetic studies suggesting two distinct maternal lineages involved in their initial domestication. The introduction of these lineages into ancient China is dated to at least the opening of the Silk Road in the first century BC. Analysis of mitochondrial genomes indicates population size changes in domestic donkeys over the past 5,000 years.
FRONTIERS IN GENETICS
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Boyko Neov, Nikolai Spassov, Latinka Hristova, Peter Hristov, Georgi Radoslavov
Summary: The origin and evolutionary history of the European bison Bison bonasus (wisent) have been clarified through morphological, genomic, and paleogenomic studies. Additional insights into population diversity were gained through analysis of new subfossil remains from the Balkan Peninsula, indicating that the Balkan wisent represented a relict and likely isolated population of the Late Pleistocene-Holocene South-Western mountainous population of the wisent. The genetic relationship among the investigated samples and other Bison DNA sequences revealed clustering with extinct Holocene South-Eastern (Balkan) and fossil Alpine populations, rather than with recent Central European (North Sea) and now extinct Caucasian populations.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Microbiology
Svetlana Kisidayova, Dominik Durkaj, Katarina Mihalikova, Zora Varadyova, Julia Puchalska, Malgorzata Szumacher-Strabel, Adam Cieslak, Zygmunt Gizejewski
Summary: This study conducted population analysis of rumen ciliated protozoa in European bison, identifying 12 genera and 32 morphospecies. The research found medium ciliate density and high diversity in the European bison ciliate population, resembling that of American bison and other ruminants.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biology
Jiaming Hu, Michael V. Westbury, Junxia Yuan, Zhen Zhang, Shungang Chen, Bo Xiao, Xindong Hou, Hailong Ji, Xulong Lai, Michael Hofreiter, Guilian Sheng
Summary: Cave hyenas, extinct bone-cracking carnivores from the family Hyaenidae, were widespread across Eurasia during the Pleistocene and became extinct at the end of the Late Pleistocene. A study of two cave hyena fossils from northeastern China suggests a split of the Asian cave hyena mitochondrial lineage from their European and African relatives around 1.85 million years ago, in line with the earliest Crocuta fossil dating to approximately 2 million years ago. Comparisons of genetic diversity indicate cave hyenas had higher diversity than extant species, likely due to non-monophyletic lineages. The joint female effective population size of Crocuta experienced declines during the Late Pleistocene.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Geography, Physical
Leonardo Sorbelli, Marco Cherin, Dimitris S. Kostopoulos, Raffaele Sardella, Beniamino Mecozzi, Valerii Plotnikov, Maria Prat-Vericat, Beatrice Azzara, Saverio Bartolini-Lucenti, Joan Madurell-Malapeira
Summary: The late Villafranchian period played a crucial role in the faunal succession of Pleistocene European continent, leading to the major faunal renewal during the Epivillafranchian. The remains of a large bovid discovered at the late Villafranchian site of Pietrafitta (around 1.5 million years old) were previously attributed to Leptobos, but our analysis suggests that they belong to the genus Bison. These ancient Bison samples in Pietrafitta provide one of the largest and most comprehensive records of primitive Bison.
QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2023)
Review
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Shizhu Gao, Yinqiu Cui
Summary: Mitochondrial DNA was first successfully extracted from ancient remains 40 years ago, and recent advancements in next-generation sequencing technology and ancient DNA extraction have revolutionized the field of ancient DNA research. Paleogenomic data has provided valuable insights into the origin and evolution of humans, migration and admixture events of populations, and the spread of languages and technologies. China's location in Eurasia has played a crucial role in understanding the genetic history of Eurasians throughout human habitation history. This review focuses on recent progress in paleogenomic analysis to reconstruct the prehistory of China.
FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Anna Didkowska, Marcin Ptak, Katarzyna Opalczynska, Marlena Wojciechowska, Wanda Olech, Krzysztof Anusz
Summary: The European bison is an endangered species facing various health threats. A serological survey in Polish bison herds showed that paratuberculosis is not currently a major problem in this population, with only three out of 165 tested individuals being positive. However, further random checks are still needed to prevent potential fatal impacts on the species as a whole.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Katarzyna Filip-Hutsch, Zdzislaw Laskowski, Anna W. Myczka, Michal Czopowicz, Bozena Moskwa, Aleksander W. Demiaszkiewicz
Summary: This study investigated the occurrence of Thelazia nematodes in European bison in Poland and found a 61% prevalence of infection. T. skrjabini was more common, with a prevalence of 56%, compared to T. gulosa with a prevalence of 22%. The infection intensity varied by gender and season.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Seyyedeh-Sanam Kazemi-Shahandashti, Ludwig Mann, Abdullah El-nagish, Doerte Harpke, Zahra Nemati, Bjoern Usadel, Tony Heitkam
Summary: This article traces the evolutionary origin of saffron crocus through ancient arts and recent genetics, focusing on the domestication and cultivation of saffron, and discussing its presumed autopolyploid origin involving cytotypes of wild Crocus cartwrightianus. Both ancient arts and modern genetic research converge in tracing the origin of saffron crocus to ancient Greece.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Romualdas Lapickis, Loreta Griciuviene, Arturas Kibisa, Indre Lipatova, Asta Aleksandraviciene, Irma Razanske, Marlena Wojciechowska, Marta Kloch, Wanda Olech, Algimantas Paulauskas
Summary: The genetic diversity and structure of European bison in Lithuania were examined using microsatellite markers and mtDNA sequences. The study found that the Lithuanian population has a different genetic structure compared to populations in Poland, Germany, and Sweden. It also revealed low genetic variation in the Lithuanian bison population, with two haplotypes observed in the mtDNA sequences.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Michal Motyka, Dominik Kusy, Elizabeth T. Arias-Bohart, Seth M. Bybee, Ladislav Bocak
Summary: Gondwanan elaterids, previously thought to be unrelated, were found to have close relationships based on genomic data. The study also revealed the origin of bioluminescent species within this group, as well as the origin of bioluminescence in Elateroidea. Further field observations and genomic analyses are needed to fully understand the biochemical pathways used by bioluminescent elateroids.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Chris Baumann, Saskia Pfrengle, Susanne C. Muenzel, Martyna Molak, Tatiana R. Feuerborn, Abagail Breidenstein, Ella Reiter, Gerd Albrecht, Claus-Joachim Kind, Christian Verjux, Charlotte Leduc, Nicholas J. Conard, Dorothee G. Drucker, Liane Giemsch, Olaf Thalmann, Herve Bocherens, Verena J. Schuenemann
Summary: The study sheds new light on the early stages of wolf domestication during the Magdalenian period in Southwestern Germany and Switzerland, suggesting that both domestication and the existence of a specialized wolf ecomorph are highly probable. The high mitochondrial diversity of the newly generated canid genomes implies that Magdalenian people tamed and reared animals originating from different wolf lineages, with domestication proposed as the most likely scenario explaining the observed patterns.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Eduardo Q. Alves, Kita D. Macario, Rita Scheel-Ybert, Fabiana M. Oliveira, Andre Carlo Colonese, Paulo Cesar Fonseca Giannini, Renato Guimaraes, Stewart Fallon, Marcelo Muniz, David Chivall, Christopher Bronk Ramsey
Summary: This study investigates a Late Holocene shell mound in Southern Brazil using a multidisciplinary approach. The results reveal a negative local correction for the marine reservoir effect (MRE) in the area and a diet high in marine proteins for the inhabitants. The study also discusses various complications encountered when conducting MRE studies using shell mound sites.
Article
Ecology
Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Eric Coissac, Pierre Taberlet, Magdalena Czajkowska, Magdalena Swislocka, Rafal Kowalczyk, Miroslaw Ratkiewicz
Summary: Many plants develop fruits to attract animals for seed dispersion, but some plants with endozoochoric seed dispersion do not have attractive fruits. The Foliage is the Fruit (FF) hypothesis proposes that the entire biomass of plants exists to encourage herbivores to consume them, enhancing seed intake and dispersion. A study tested the FF hypothesis by combining greenhouse seedling emergence and DNA metabarcoding analysis of moose feces, and found that the species composition revealed by the methods did not largely overlap, suggesting a disagreement with the FF hypothesis.
ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Tristan James Alexander Begg, Axel Schmidt, Arthur Kocher, Maarten H. D. Larmuseau, Goran Runfeldt, Paul Andrew Maier, John D. Wilson, Rodrigo Barquera, Carlo Maj, Andras Szolek, Michael Sager, Stephen Clayton, Alexander Peltzer, Ruoyun Hui, Julia Ronge, Ella Reiter, Caecilia Freund, Marta Burri, Franziska Aron, Anthi Tiliakou, Joanna Osborn, Doron M. Behar, Malte Boecker, Guido Brandt, Isabelle Cleynen, Christian Strassburg, Kay Pruefer, Denise Kuehnert, William Rhea Meredith, Markus M. Noethen, Robert David Attenborough, Toomas Kivisild, Johannes Krause
Summary: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), a renowned classical music composer, suffered from health problems including hearing loss, gastrointestinal complaints, and liver disease. Through genomic analysis, it was discovered that Beethoven had a genetic predisposition for liver disease and a hepatitis B infection prior to his death. These findings provide plausible explanations for his severe liver disease.
Article
Ecology
Beata Bramorska, Rafal Kowalczyk, Tomasz Kaminski, Tomasz Borowik
Summary: Supplementary feeding is a common wildlife management practice, but it can have unintended negative consequences. In the temperate zone, winter feeding can reduce movement of certain ungulate species, leading to increased utilization of feeding sites and animal aggregation. The intensity of feeding site utilization varies depending on factors such as habitat type, population density, and weather conditions.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Julian Oeser, Marco Heurich, Stephanie Kramer-Schadt, Henrik Andren, Guna Bagrade, Elisa Belotti, Ludek Bufka, Christine Breitenmoser-Wursten, Rok Cerne, Martin Dul'a, Christian Fuxjager, Tomislav Gomercic, Wlodzimierz Jedrzejewski, Raido Kont, Petr Koubek, Rafal Kowalczyk, Miha Krofel, Jarmila Krojerova-Prokesova, Jakub Kubala, Josip Kusak, Miroslav Kutal, John D. C. Linnell, Jenny Mattisson, Anja Molinari-Jobin, Peep Mannil, John Odden, Henryk Okarma, Teresa Oliveira, Nives Pagon, Jens Persson, Jaanus Remm, Krzysztof Schmidt, Sven Signer, Branislav Tam, Kristina Vogt, Fridolin Zimmermann, Tobias Kuemmerle
Summary: Adjustments in habitat use by large carnivores in response to human pressure and landscape composition are crucial for their coexistence with humans. This study focuses on Eurasian lynx and reveals their adaptive capacity towards human pressure and the importance of refuge habitats in enabling coexistence. The findings highlight the role of landscape composition in shaping large carnivore habitat use and distributions.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Cosimo Posth, He Yu, Ayshin Ghalichi, Helene Rougier, Isabelle Crevecoeur, Yilei Huang, Harald Ringbauer, Adam B. Rohrlach, Kathrin Nagele, Vanessa Villalba-Mouco, Rita Radzeviciute, Tiago Ferraz, Alexander Stoessel, Rezeda Tukhbatova, Dorothee G. Drucker, Martina Lari, Alessandra Modi, Stefania Vai, Tina Saupe, Christiana L. Scheib, Giulio Catalano, Luca Pagani, Sahra Talamo, Helen Fewlass, Laurent Klaric, Andre Morala, Mathieu Rue, Stephane Madelaine, Laurent Crepin, Jean-Baptiste Caverne, Emmy Bocaege, Stefano Ricci, Francesco Boschin, Priscilla Bayle, Bruno Maureille, Foni Le Brun-Ricalens, Jean-Guillaume Bordes, Gregorio Oxilia, Eugenio Bortolini, Olivier Bignon-Lau, Gregory Debout, Michel Orliac, Antoine Zazzo, Vitale Sparacello, Elisabetta Starnini, Luca Sineo, Johannes van der Plicht, Laure Pecqueur, Gildas Merceron, Geraldine Garcia, Jean-Michel Leuvrey, Coralie Bay Garcia, Asier Gomez-Olivencia, Marta Poltowicz-Bobak, Dariusz Bobak, Mona Le Luyer, Paul Storm, Claudia Hoffmann, Jacek Kabacinski, Tatiana Filimonova, Svetlana Shnaider, Natalia Berezina, Borja Gonzalez-Rabanal, Manuel Gonzalez R. Morales, Ana B. Marin-Arroyo, Belen Lopez, Carmen Alonso-Llamazares, Annamaria Ronchitelli, Caroline Polet, Ivan Jadin, Nicolas Cauwe, Joaquim Soler, Neus Coromina, Isaac Rufi, Richard Cottiaux, Geoffrey Clark, Lawrence G. Straus, Marie-Anne Julien, Silvia Renhart, Dorothea Talaa, Stefano Benazzi, Matteo Romandini, Luc Amkreutz, Herve Bocherens, Christoph Wissing, Sebastien Villotte, Javier Fernandez-Lopez de Pablo, Magdalena Gomez-Puche, Marco Aurelio Esquembre-Bebia, Pierre Bodu, Liesbeth Smits, Benedicte Souffi, Rimantas Jankauskas, Justina Kozakaite, Christophe Cupillard, Hartmut Benthien, Kurt Wehrberger, Ralf W. Schmitz, Susanne C. Feine, Tim Schueler, Corinne Thevenet, Dan Grigorescu, Friedrich Lueth, Andreas Kotula, Henny Piezonka, Franz Schopper, Jiri Svoboda, Sandra Sazelova, Andrey Chizhevsky, Aleksandr Khokhlov, Nicholas J. Conard, Frederique Valentin, Katerina Harvati, Patrick Semal, Bettina Jungklaus, Alexander Suvorov, Rick Schulting, Vyacheslav Moiseyev, Kristiina Mannermaa, Alexandra Buzhilova, Thomas Terberger, David Caramelli, Eveline Altena, Wolfgang Haak, Johannes Krause
Summary: By analyzing ancient hunter-gatherer genomes from western and central Eurasia, this study uncovers genetic changes and migrations during the human colonization of Europe. The Last Glacial Maximum led to population replacements in southern Europe and gene flow between western and eastern European hunter-gatherers.
Correction
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Cosimo Posth, He Yu, Ayshin Ghalichi, Helene Rougier, Isabelle Crevecoeur, Yilei Huang, Harald Ringbauer, Adam B. Rohrlach, Kathrin Naegele, Vanessa Villalba-Mouco, Rita Radzeviciute, Tiago Ferraz, Alexander Stoessel, Rezeda Tukhbatova, Dorothee G. Drucker, Martina Lari, Alessandra Modi, Stefania Vai, Tina Saupe, Christiana L. Scheib, Giulio Catalano, Luca Pagani, Sahra Talamo, Helen Fewlass, Laurent Klaric, Andre Morala, Mathieu Rue, Stephane Madelaine, Laurent Crepin, Jean-Baptiste Caverne, Emmy Bocaege, Stefano Ricci, Francesco Boschin, Priscilla Bayle, Bruno Maureille, Foni Le Brun-Ricalens, Jean-Guillaume Bordes, Gregorio Oxilia, Eugenio Bortolini, Olivier Bignon-Lau, Gregory Debout, Michel Orliac, Antoine Zazzo, Vitale Sparacello, Elisabetta Starnini, Luca Sineo, Johannes van der Plicht, Laure Pecqueur, Gildas Merceron, Geraldine Garcia, Jean-Michel Leuvrey, Coralie Bay Garcia, Asier Gomez-Olivencia, Marta Poltowicz-Bobak, Dariusz Bobak, Mona Le Luyer, Paul Storm, Claudia Hoffmann, Jacek Kabacinski, Tatiana Filimonova, Svetlana Shnaider, Natalia Berezina, Borja Gonzalez-Rabanal, Manuel R. Gonzalez Morales, Ana B. Marin-Arroyo, Belen Lopez, Carmen Alonso-Llamazares, Annamaria Ronchitelli, Caroline Polet, Ivan Jadin, Nicolas Cauwe, Joaquim Soler, Neus Coromina, Isaac Rufi, Richard Cottiaux, Geoffrey Clark, Lawrence G. Straus, Marie-Anne Julien, Silvia Renhart, Dorothea Talaa, Stefano Benazzi, Matteo Romandini, Luc Amkreutz, Herve Bocherens, Christoph Wissing, Sebastien Villotte, Javier Fernandez-Lopez de Pablo, Magdalena Gomez-Puche, Marco Aurelio Esquembre-Bebia, Pierre Bodu, Liesbeth Smits, Benedicte Souffi, Rimantas Jankauskas, Justina Kozakaite, Christophe Cupillard, Hartmut Benthien, Kurt Wehrberger, Ralf W. Schmitz, Susanne C. Feine, Tim Schueler, Corinne Thevenet, Dan Grigorescu, Friedrich Lueth, Andreas Kotula, Henny Piezonka, Franz Schopper, Jiri Svoboda, Sandra Sazelova, Andrey Chizhevsky, Aleksandr Khokhlov, Nicholas J. Conard, Frederique Valentin, Katerina Harvati, Patrick Semal, Bettina Jungklaus, Alexander Suvorov, Rick Schulting, Vyacheslav Moiseyev, Kristiina Mannermaa, Alexandra Buzhilova, Thomas Terberger, David Caramelli, Eveline Altena, Wolfgang Haak, Johannes Krause
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Elena Essel, Elena I. Zavala, Ellen Schulz-Kornas, Maxim B. Kozlikin, Helen Fewlass, Benjamin Vernot, Michael V. Shunkov, Anatoly P. Derevianko, Katerina Douka, Ian Barnes, Marie-Cecile Soulier, Anna Schmidt, Merlin Szymanski, Tsenka Tsanova, Nikolay Sirakov, Elena Endarova, Shannon P. McPherron, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Janet Kelso, Svante Paeaebo, Mateja Hajdinjak, Marie Soressi, Matthias Meyer
Summary: Artefacts made from stones, bones and teeth are important for understanding human subsistence strategies and culture in the Pleistocene. However, it is difficult to associate these artefacts with specific individuals, unless they are found within burials. A non-destructive method has been developed to extract DNA from ancient bone and tooth artefacts, and analysis revealed that a female individual made the pendant.
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ludovic Orlando
Summary: An extensive genomic time series has been conducted on 356 humans from ice-age Europe, showing the impact of climate change on the migration patterns and cultural development of hunter-gatherer populations.
Article
Ecology
Vanessa Villalba-Mouco, Marieke S. van de Loosdrecht, Adam B. Rohrlach, Helen Fewlass, Sahra Talamo, He Yu, Franziska Aron, Carles Lalueza-Fox, Lidia Cabello, Pedro Cantalejo Duarte, Jose Ramos-Munoz, Cosimo Posth, Johannes Krause, Gerd-Christian Weniger, Wolfgang Haak
Summary: During the Last Glacial Maximum, human populations experienced range contractions that had significant effects on their genetic variation. The genetic ancestry of individuals associated with the post-LGM Magdalenian technocomplex has been linked to pre-LGM Aurignacian groups, but differs from that of the Gravettian in central Europe. Genomic data from southern Spain indicates a direct connection between earlier Aurignacian-associated individuals and post-LGM Magdalenian-associated ancestry, suggesting Iberia as a potential refugium for western European pre-LGM ancestry.
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Julian Oeser, Marco Heurich, Stephanie Kramer-Schadt, Jenny Mattisson, Miha Krofel, Jarmila Krojerova-Prokesova, Fridolin Zimmermann, Ole Anders, Henrik Andren, Guna Bagrade, Elisa Belotti, Christine Breitenmoser-Wuersten, Ludek Bufka, Rok Cerne, Nolwenn Drouet-Hoguet, Martin Dula, Christian Fuxjaeger, Tomislav Gomercic, Wlodzimierz Jedrzejewski, Raido Kont, Petr Koubek, Rafal Kowalczyk, Josip Kusak, Jakub Kubala, Miroslav Kutal, John D. C. Linnell, Anja Molinari-Jobin, Peep Maennil, Tomma Lilli Middelhoff, John Odden, Henryk Okarma, Teresa Oliveira, Nives Pagon, Jens Persson, Jaanus Remm, Krzysztof Schmidt, Sven Signer, Branislav Tam, Kristina Vogt, Tobias Kuemmerle
Summary: The study compares different approaches for large-area habitat mapping and assesses available habitat for the Eurasian lynx. The results show that global and local modelling strategies can achieve robust habitat models at the continental scale. The study also emphasizes the importance of considering regional variation in habitat selection for broad-scale habitat mapping.
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
(2023)
Editorial Material
Geology
James S. Crampton, Richard Jongens, Alan Cooper
NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Cody E. E. Parker, Alina N. N. Hiss, Maria A. A. Spyrou, Gunnar U. U. Neumann, Philip Slavin, Elizabeth A. A. Nelson, Sarah Nagel, Xandra Dalidowski, Susanne Friederich, Johannes Krause, Alexander Herbig, Wolfgang Haak, Kirsten I. I. Bos
Summary: The study finds strong evidence supporting the post-Black Death evolution of the pathogen within Europe, suggesting that the plague outbreaks after the Black Death originated locally rather than being reintroduced from outside.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Marta Kolodziej-Sobocinska, Aleksander W. Demiaszkiewicz, Katarzyna Filip-Hutsch, Tomasz Borowik, Rafa l Kowalczyk
Summary: Parasitic infections in wildlife are influenced by factors related to wildlife management, such as supplementary feeding and winter ranging behavior. This study analyzed the impact of supplementary feeding and winter ranging of European bison herds on the infection dynamics and severity of Ashworthius sidemi, a blood-sucking nematode. The results showed that European bison fed with supplementary feeding had higher parasitic load compared to non-fed individuals, and different management strategies influenced the spread and dynamics of the parasite.
JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION
(2023)
