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Göran Spong
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Open AccessExpanding the spatial scale in DNA-based monitoring schemes: ascertainment bias in transnational assessments
Harmonising methodology between countries is crucial in transborder population monitoring. However, immediate application of alleged, established DNA-based methods across the extended area can entail drawbacks...
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Open AccessRange-wide and temporal genomic analyses reveal the consequences of near-extinction in Swedish moose
Ungulate species have experienced severe declines over the past centuries through overharvesting and habitat loss. Even if many game species have recovered thanks to strict hunting regulation, the genome-wide ...
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Open AccessTradeoffs between resources and risks shape the responses of a large carnivore to human disturbance
Wide-ranging carnivores experience tradeoffs between dynamic resource availabilities and heterogeneous risks from humans, with consequences for their ecological function and conservation outcomes. Yet, researc...
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Open AccessMountain- and brown hare genetic polymorphisms to survey local adaptations and conservation status of the heath hare (Lepus timidus sylvaticus, Nilsson 1831)
We provide the first whole genome sequences from three specimens of the mountain hare subspecies the heath hare (Lepus timidus sylvaticus), along with samples from two mountain hares (Lepus timidus timidus) and t...
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Open AccessLarge mammal telomere length variation across ecoregions
Telomere length provides a physiological proxy for accumulated stress in animals. While there is a growing consensus over how telomere dynamics and their patterns are linked to life history variation and indiv...
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Open AccessMoving far, staying close: red fox dispersal patterns revealed by SNP genoty**
The genetic structure of a population can provide important insights into animal movements at varying geographical scales. Individual and social behaviors, such as philopatry and dispersal, affect patterns of ...
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Open AccessDe novo discovery of SNPs for genoty** endangered sun parakeets (Aratinga solstitialis) in Guyana
Parrots (Psittaciformes) are among the most endangered groups of birds today and remain threatened by habitat loss and exploitation for the live bird trade. Under such conditions, reliable and non-invasive mon...
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Open AccessNoninvasive population assessment of moose (Alces alces) by SNP genoty** of fecal pellets
Noninvasive genetic studies of wild animals enable the recovery of information infeasible to obtain using other means. However, the low quantity and quality of noninvasively collected DNA often challenge the r...
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Open AccessCarnivores, competition and genetic connectivity in the Anthropocene
Current extinction rates are comparable to five prior mass extinctions in the earth’s history, and are strongly affected by human activities that have modified more than half of the earth’s terrestrial surface...
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Testing a new SNP-chip on the Alpine and Apennine brown bear (Ursus arctos) populations using non-invasive samples
Brown bears in Italy persist in two isolated populations, one in the Alpine and the other in the Apennine mountain range. Both are threatened and elusive. Non-invasive genetics provides a good way to monitor t...
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Open AccessLandscape relatedness: detecting contemporary fine-scale spatial structure in wild populations
Methods for detecting contemporary, fine-scale population genetic structure in continuous populations are scarce. Yet such methods are vital for ecological and conservation studies, particularly under a changi...
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Open AccessUsing eDNA to experimentally test ungulate browsing preferences
Large herbivores may affect ecosystem processes and states, but such effects can be difficult to quantify, especially within multispecies assemblages. To better understand such processes and improve our predic...
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DNA left on browsed twigs uncovers bite-scale resource use patterns in European ungulates
Fine-scale resource use by large herbivores is often difficult to quantify directly. This is particularly true for browsing ungulates due to the challenges in observing shy subjects in forested environments of...
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Effects of weather, season, and daylight on female wild boar movement
Animals often modify their behavior to reduce the effects of adverse weather conditions. By studying wild boar equipped with the Global Positioning System (GPS) collars, we explored the effects of weather cond...
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The impact of founder events and introductions on genetic variation in the muskox Ovibos moschatus in Sweden
The muskox Ovibos moschatus (Zimmerman 1780) is a specialised arctic mammal with a highly fragmented circumpolar distribution, with native populations in Canada and east Greenland and introduced populations in we...
