BASELINE HEALTH PARAMETERS FOR A NEWLY ESTABLISHED POPULATION OF LONG-NOSED POTOROO (POTOROUS TRIDACTYLUS) AT BOODEREE NATIONAL PARK, AUSTRALIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Hall ◽  
Karrie Rose ◽  
Jill Austen ◽  
Siobhon Egan ◽  
Rohan Bilney ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Baseline Health ◽  
Established Population ◽  
Potorous Tridactylus ◽  
Health Parameters

Parergodrilus heideri Reisinger, 1925 (Annelida: Polychaeta) from a holm oak wood in an extinct volcano of southern Italy

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2687 (1) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
EMILIA ROTA ◽  
FLAVIA DE NICOLA ◽  
ROBERTO BARGAGLI
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Soil Fauna ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Lower Latitude ◽  
Southern Sweden ◽  
Mountain Habitats ◽  
State Nature Reserve ◽  
Established Population ◽  
State Nature

A well established population of the soil-dwelling polychaete Parergodrilus heideri Reisinger, 1925 was discovered during a survey of the woodland soil fauna in the Astroni Crater (a State Nature Reserve near Naples, Italy, 50 m a.s.l., 40°50′52″N, 14°08′59″E) (Fig. 1A, B). This is the southernmost capture of this worm in Europe (Fig. 2A), although a lower latitude record (35°22′0.4″N, 127°34′52″E), the sole (so far) outside the continent, has been reported recently from Korea in this same journal (Dózsa-Farkas & Hong 2010). In Italy the species was known only from the Casentino National Park (1,120 m a.s.l.) in Tuscany and the Regional Park of Suviana and Brasimone Lakes (975 m a.s.l.) in Emilia Romagna (Rota 1997; Rota et al. 2001). Also in central Europe the species appears confined to mountain habitats (650-1,200 m a.s.l.), the lowland records being located along the northern coasts of Spain and Germany and in southern Sweden (Fig. 2A, B).

scholarly journals First report of naturalization of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. 1783 (Piperales: Saururaceae) in South America

Check List ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruy José Válka Alves ◽  
Débora Medeiros ◽  
Ricardo Loyola de Moura ◽  
Luiza Carla Trindade de Gusmão ◽  
Nílber Gonçalves da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
South America ◽  
Central America ◽  
National Park ◽  
First Record ◽  
Houttuynia Cordata ◽  
First Report ◽  
Houttuynia Cordata Thunb ◽  
Established Population

A relatively large and established population of Houttuynia cordata from Itatiaia National Park in Brazil represents the first record of naturalized Saururaceae in South America. Although the species is potentially invasive, unknown mechanisms have prevented its spread to other localities between 1940, when it was recorded in cultivation in Brazil, and the present. The nearest known naturalized population is situated 5,600 km away, in Costa Rica, Central America.

scholarly journals The ibex Capra pyrenaica returns to its former Portuguese range

Oryx ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gisela Moço ◽  
Margarida Guerreiro ◽  
Ana Filipa Ferreira ◽  
António Rebelo ◽  
Armando Loureiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Reproductive Potential ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Capra Pyrenaica ◽  
Conservation Actions ◽  
Conservation Plan ◽  
Reintroduced Population ◽  
International Border ◽  
Effective Conservation ◽  
Established Population

The ibex Capra pyrenaica has recently recolonized its former Portuguese range from a contiguous Spanish protected area. The first observations of ibex in Portugal were in Peneda-Gerês National Park in 1998. In 2001 we began a survey to confirm ibex presence in Portuguese territory, and to determine the current status of the species there. There are three ibex nuclei in the general area of the international border, and they are expanding their geographical range with two of the nuclei almost restricted to Portuguese territory. In 2003 the ibex population consisted of a minimum of 75 individuals. Different founder histories have led to distinct age structures in each nucleus, but in general they exhibit the population dynamics typical of a recently reintroduced population with high reproductive potential. Priority conservation actions for this newly established population need to include increased monitoring, and reinforcement of the population with individuals from elsewhere. Effective conservation will require collaboration between staff of both Portuguese and Spanish protected areas and an integrated Spanish-Portuguese conservation plan.

Baseline Health Parameters of East Pacific Green Turtles at Southern California Foraging Grounds

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shreya M. Banerjee ◽  
Camryn D. Allen ◽  
Todd Schmitt ◽  
Brian S. Cheng ◽  
Jeffrey A. Seminoff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern California ◽  
Green Turtles ◽  
East Pacific ◽  
Baseline Health ◽  
Health Parameters

scholarly journals Time is running out! Rapid range expansion of the invasive northern raccoon in central Italy

Mammalia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Boscherini ◽  
Giuseppe Mazza ◽  
Mattia Menchetti ◽  
Alessandro Laurenzi ◽  
Emiliano Mori
Keyword(s):  
Range Expansion ◽  
National Park ◽  
Invasive Alien Species ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
Kernel Estimates ◽  
Minimum Convex Polygon ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Northern Regions ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Established Population

Abstract The northern raccoon, Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758), is listed among the invasive alien species of European Union concern. Therefore, an updated monitoring of its distribution is required to design and address management actions. As to Italy, the raccoon has been reported with an established population only in northern regions. In this note, we report a new established raccoon population along the Apennine ridge in central Italy and we estimate the range expansion from 2015 to 2018 both through the minimum convex polygon (MCP) and the kernel estimates. Furthermore, we propose the management actions to limit negative impacts in the Foreste Casentinesi National Park and its surroundings.

scholarly journals Beyond morbidity and mortality in reintroduction programmes: changing health parameters in reintroduced eastern bettongs Bettongia gaimardi

Oryx ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 674-683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy J. Portas ◽  
Ross B. Cunningham ◽  
David Spratt ◽  
Joanne Devlin ◽  
Peter Holz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Herpesvirus 1 ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Disease Exposure ◽  
Baseline Health ◽  
Health Parameters

AbstractThe eastern bettong Bettongia gaimardi, a potoroid marsupial, has been extinct on the Australian mainland since the 1920s. Sixty adult bettongs were reintroduced from the island of Tasmania to two predator-free fenced reserves on mainland Australia. We examined baseline health parameters (body weight, haematology and biochemistry, parasites and infectious disease exposure) in a subset of 30 (13 male, 17 female) individuals at translocation and again at 12–24 months post-reintroduction. The mean body weight increased significantly post-reintroduction but there were no significant differences in body weight between the two reintroduction sites or between the sexes in response to reintroduction. Differences were evident in multiple haematological and biochemical variables post-reintroduction but there were few differences between the two reintroduced populations or between the sexes in response to reintroduction. Ectoparasite assemblages differed, with five of 13 species failing to persist, and an additional four species were identified post-reintroduction. None of the bettongs had detectable antibodies to the alphaherpesviruses Macropodid herpesvirus 1 and 2 post-reintroduction, including one individual that was seropositive at translocation. Similarly, the novel gammaherpesvirus potoroid herpesvirus 1 was not detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in any of the bettongs post-reintroduction, including one individual that was PCR-positive at translocation. None of the bettongs had detectable antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii either at translocation or post-reintroduction. Our data demonstrate changing baseline health parameters in eastern bettongs following reintroduction to the Australian mainland are suggestive of improved health in the reintroduced populations, and provide additional metrics for assessing the response of macropodoids to reintroduction.

Ultrastructural Localization of Phycocyanin in the Acidophilic, Thermophilic Alga, Cyanidium Caldarium

1973 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 462-463
Author(s):  
M. R. Edwards ◽  
J. D. Mainwaring
Keyword(s):  
Yellowstone National Park ◽  
National Park ◽  
Ultrastructural Localization ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Cyanidium Caldarium ◽  
Taxonomic Rank ◽  
Thin Sections ◽  
Standard Methods ◽  
Laboratory Cultures

Although the general ultrastructure of Cyanidium caldarium, an acidophilic, thermophilic alga of questionable taxonomic rank, has been extensively studied (see review of literature in reference 1), some peculiar ultrastructural features of the chloroplast of this alga have not been noted by other investigators.Cells were collected and prepared for thin sections at the Yellowstone National Park and were also grown in laboratory cultures (45-52°C; pH 2-5). Fixation (glutaraldehyde-osmium), dehydration (ethanol), and embedding (Epon 812) were accomplished by standard methods. Replicas of frozenfracture d- etched cells were obtained in a Balzers apparatus. In addition, cells were examined after disruption in a French Press.

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