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Cardoso P, Fukushima CS, Maxhelaku A, Poczai P, Porto M, Puksas A, Reino L, Saar I, Stringham O, Toomes A, Vargas T, Veríssimo D. Reform wildlife trade in the European Union. Science 2024; 383:1066. [PMID: 38452068 DOI: 10.1126/science.ado1142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Pedro Cardoso
- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & CHANGE-Institute for Global Changes and Sustainability, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Biodiversity and Sustainability Solutions Lab, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Botany and Mycology Unit, Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Museomics Research Group, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, Helsinki, Finland
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- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO), Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (InBIO) Laboratório Associado, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
- Program in Genomics, Biodiversity, and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, Vairão, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO), Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (InBIO) Laboratório Associado, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
- Program in Genomics, Biodiversity, and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, Vairão, Portugal
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- Financial College, Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, Tallinn, Estonia
- School of Governance, Law and Society, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Invasion Science and Wildlife Ecology Group, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Brazilian Network to Fight Wildlife Trafficking (RENCTAS), Brasilia, Brazil
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Székely D, Stănescu F, Székely P, Telea AE, Cogălniceanu D. A review of age estimation methods in non-avian reptiles by growth marks in hard tissues. Integr Zool 2024. [PMID: 38258336 DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
Abstract
Age and growth-related data are basic biological parameters, essential in population ecology, evolution, and conservation biology. There is a growing body of published information on reptile demography derived from sclerochronology, a technique based on counting the growth layers deposited in bones (skeletochronology) and other hard body structures. Since the data are not always easily available, we compiled the existing published data, described the current status of knowledge, synthetized the conclusions of disparate studies, and identified patterns of research and information gaps, prioritizing the needs for future research. Our database includes the results of 468 published studies covering 236 reptile species from 41 families. These represent less than 2% of the total number of known extant species. Turtles and crocodiles are proportionally better studied, while snakes are the least examined group. The distribution of the research does not reflect conservation needs; we found an important geographic bias, with an overrepresentation of Northern temperate species. Only 23% of the studies checked the assumption of periodicity of growth marks deposition, and the method was found to be reliable or adequate in 79% of the cases. Overall, the data obtained through sclerochronology can be considered robust, especially if validation methods are employed, since the general goal is to characterize population parameters, trends, and dynamics, rather than determining the exact age of any specimen in particular.
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- Diana Székely
- Museo de Zoología, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja, Ecuador
- Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Laboratorio de Ecología Tropical y Servicios Ecosistémicos (EcoSs-Lab), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja, Ecuador
- Research Center of the Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Ovidius University Constanţa, Constanţa, Romania
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- Research Center of the Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Ovidius University Constanţa, Constanţa, Romania
- Center for Research and Development of the Morphological and Genetic Studies of Malignant Pathology, Ovidius University Constanța, Constanța, Romania
- Black Sea Institute for Development and Security Studies, Ovidius University Constanța, Constanța, Romania
- Academy of Romanian Scientists, Bucharest, Romania
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- Museo de Zoología, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja, Ecuador
- Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Laboratorio de Ecología Tropical y Servicios Ecosistémicos (EcoSs-Lab), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja, Ecuador
- Research Center of the Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Ovidius University Constanţa, Constanţa, Romania
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- Research Center of the Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Ovidius University Constanţa, Constanţa, Romania
- Center for Research and Development of the Morphological and Genetic Studies of Malignant Pathology, Ovidius University Constanța, Constanța, Romania
- Association Chelonia Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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- Research Center of the Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Ovidius University Constanţa, Constanţa, Romania
- Association Chelonia Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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Scheffers BR. Species risk assessment informs trade regulation. Nat Ecol Evol 2023; 7:1175-1176. [PMID: 37414948 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02097-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Brett R Scheffers
- Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
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