INTERSPECIFIC COMPARISON OF HANTAVIRUS PREVALENCE IN PEROMYSCUS POPULATIONS FROM A FRAGMENTED AGRO-ECOSYSTEM IN INDIANA, USA

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob L. Berl ◽  
Amy J. Kuenzi ◽  
Elizabeth A. Flaherty ◽  
Robert K. Swihart
Keyword(s):  
Interspecific Comparison

scholarly journals Water Use Patterns of Sympatric Przewalski’s Horse and Khulan: Interspecific Comparison Reveals Niche Differences

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. e0132094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongjun Zhang ◽  
Qing S. Cao ◽  
Daniel I. Rubenstein ◽  
Sen Zang ◽  
Melissa Songer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Use ◽  
Interspecific Comparison ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Niche Differences ◽  
Water Use Patterns ◽  
Przewalski's Horse ◽  
Przewalski’S Horse

Pair-wise competition-trials amongst seedlings of ten dipterocarp species; the role of initial height, growth rate and leaf attributes

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. V. J. Tanner ◽  
V. K. Teo ◽  
D. A. Coomes ◽  
J. J. Midgley
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Nitrogen ◽  
Interspecific Comparison ◽  
Seedling Density ◽  
Height Difference ◽  
Initial Height ◽  
Sand Mixture ◽  
Hardwood Species ◽  
Nitrogen Concentrations ◽  
Equal Height

To investigate whether seedlings of ten dipterocarp species differed significantly in terms of growth and mortality or whether species were not significantly different and could be considered ecologically similar, seedlings were grown, two per pot, in two experiments: (1) where the two seedlings were of equal height (30 cm); and (2) where one seedling was 10 cm shorter than the other. Seedlings were grown in a shade house with 15% above-canopy light in a 50:50 forest soil–sand mixture and were watered frequently; pots were placed so that seedling density was 130 seedlings m−2 of ground. In the first experiment there were 45 pairwise combinations of species when seedlings were 30 cm tall (AB, AC, AD,…. BC, BD…IJ; where A, B, C…J signify different species); each combination was replicated 10 times so there were 450 pots with 900 seedlings. In the second experiment there were 100 pairwise combinations of species and size e.g. Aa (30 cm A with 20 cm a), Ab (30 cm A with 20 cm b), each combination was replicated 10 times hence there were 1000 pots with 2000 seedlings. After 22 mo 79% of the initial 2900 seedlings survived; on average they had grown 42 cm (i.e. to 72 cm tall from their initial 30 cm). The most frequent outcome of competition-trials between different sized individuals (784 of 1000 trials) was that the initially taller seedling of each pair ‘won’ (it was the taller or surviving seedling). When 900 of these trials (setting aside, Aa, Bb, Cc etc.) were analysed as 45 comparisons between species with different sized individuals (Ab and aB are one interspecific comparison for these purposes), initial height determined the outcome in 23 cases (even in some competitions between light hardwood species and heavy hardwood species); in 6 cases a species (mostly light hardwoods) behaved as a ‘dominant’ – they usually won even if they were smaller initially. We found few significant differences between species in: initial seedling heights; leaf nitrogen concentrations; and specific leaf areas when they were grown in similar conditions, and these attributes were not correlated with growth rates. The similarity of seedlings of different species meant that often a height difference of just 10 cm was enough to determine the outcome of a pairwise competition-trial in high seedling densities and light equivalent to that in forest gaps.

scholarly journals Assay validation and interspecific comparison of salivary glucocorticoids in three amphibian species

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Talisin T Hammond ◽  
Zoe A Au ◽  
Allison C Hartman ◽  
Corinne L Richards-Zawacki
Keyword(s):  
Interspecific Comparison ◽  
Amphibian Species ◽  
Assay Validation

Reproductive investment drives capture probability in fish: an interspecific comparison

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 338-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. H. Sutter ◽  
S. L. Shaw ◽  
M. S. Allen ◽  
D. P. Philipp ◽  
C. D. Suski
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Investment ◽  
Capture Probability ◽  
Interspecific Comparison

Prey Specificity in Chrysopa: An Interspecific Comparison of Larval Feeding and Defensive Behavior

Ecology ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
pp. 1384-1393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsey R. Milbrath ◽  
Maurice J. Tauber ◽  
Catherine A. Tauber
Keyword(s):  
Defensive Behavior ◽  
Larval Feeding ◽  
Interspecific Comparison ◽  
Prey Specificity

scholarly journals Interspecific comparison of Cd bioaccumulation in European Pectinidae (Chlamys varia and Pecten maximus)

2007 ◽  
Vol 353 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Metian ◽  
Michel Warnau ◽  
François Oberhänsli ◽  
Jean-Louis Teyssié ◽  
Paco Bustamante
Keyword(s):  
Pecten Maximus ◽  
Interspecific Comparison

scholarly journals Chemical signalling in lizards: an interspecific comparison of femoral pore numbers in Lacertidae

2014 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Baeckens ◽  
Shelley Edwards ◽  
Katleen Huyghe ◽  
Raoul Van Damme
Keyword(s):  
Interspecific Comparison ◽  
Chemical Signalling

scholarly journals Ecological and life history traits are associated with Ross River virus infection among sylvatic mammals in Australia

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael G. Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Mammalian Species ◽  
Ross River Virus ◽  
Gestation Length ◽  
Interspecific Comparison ◽  
Dietary Specialization ◽  
Wild Mammals ◽  
Causal Pathways ◽  
History Of

AbstractBackgroundRoss River virus (RRV) is Australia’s most important arbovirus given its annual burden of disease and the relatively large number of Australians at risk for infection. This mosquito-borne arbovirus is also a zoonosis, making its epidemiology and infection ecology complex and cryptic. Our grasp of enzootic, epizootic, and zoonotic RRV transmission dynamics is imprecise largely due to a poor understanding of the role of wild mammalian hosts in the RRV system.MethodsThe current study applied a piecewise structural equation model (PSEM) toward an interspecific comparison of sylvatic Australian mammals to characterize the ecological and life history profile of species with a history of RRV infection relative to those species with no such history among all wild mammalian species surveyed for RRV infection. The effects of species traits were assessed through multiple causal pathways within the PSEM framework.ResultsSylvatic mammalian species with a history of RRV infection tended to express dietary specialization and smaller population density. These species were also characterized by a longer gestation length.ConclusionsThis study provides the first interspecific comparison of wild mammals for RRV infection and identifies some potential targets for future wildlife surveys into the infection ecology of this important arbovirus. An applied RRV macroecology may prove invaluable to the epidemiological modeling of RRV epidemics across diverse sylvatic landscapes, as well as to the development of human and animal health surveillance systems.

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