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Challender DWS, Cremona PJ, Malsch K, Robinson JE, Pavitt AT, Scott J, Hoffmann R, Joolia A, Oldfield TEE, Jenkins RKB, Conde DA, Hilton-Taylor C, Hoffmann M. Author Correction: Identifying species likely threatened by international trade on the IUCN Red List can inform CITES trade measures. Nat Ecol Evol 2023; 7:1944. [PMID: 37783833 PMCID: PMC10627800 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02228-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Daniel W S Challender
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science (ICCS), Department of Biology and Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- IUCN Science & Data Centre: Biodiversity Assessment & Knowledge Team, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), Peterborough, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- IUCN Science & Data Centre: Biodiversity Assessment & Knowledge Team, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
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- Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission/Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Gland, Switzerland
- International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London, UK
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- IUCN Science & Data Centre: Biodiversity Assessment & Knowledge Team, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
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- TRAFFIC, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
- Independent Consultant, Cambridge, UK
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- IUCN Science & Data Centre: Biodiversity Assessment & Knowledge Team, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
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- Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, Bloomington, MN, USA
- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- IUCN Science & Data Centre: Biodiversity Assessment & Knowledge Team, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
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- Conservation and Policy, Zoological Society of London, London, UK
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Mooney A, Ryder OA, Houck ML, Staerk J, Conde DA, Buckley YM. Maximizing the potential for living cell banks to contribute to global conservation priorities. Zoo Biol 2023; 42:697-708. [PMID: 37283210 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2023] [Revised: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Although cryobanking represents a powerful conservation tool, a lack of standardized information on the species represented in global cryobanks, and inconsistent prioritization of species for future sampling, hinder the conservation potential of cryobanking, resulting in missed conservation opportunities. We analyze the representation of amphibian, bird, mammal, and reptile species within the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Frozen Zoo® living cell collection (as of April 2019) and implement a qualitative framework for the prioritization of species for future sampling. We use global conservation assessment schemes (including the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species™, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Alliance for Zero Extinction, the EDGE of Existence, and Climate Change Vulnerability), and opportunities for sample acquisition from the global zoo and aquarium community, to identify priority species for cryobanking. We show that 965 species, including 5% of all IUCN Red List "Threatened" amphibians, birds, mammals, and reptiles, were represented in the collection and that sampling from within existing zoo and aquarium collections could increase representation to 16.6% (by sampling an additional 707 "Threatened" species). High-priority species for future cryobanking efforts include the whooping crane (Grus americana), crested ibis (Nipponia nippon), and Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus). Each of these species are listed under every conservation assessment scheme and have ex situ populations available for sampling. We also provide species prioritizations based on subsets of these assessment schemes together with sampling opportunities from the global zoo and aquarium community. We highlight the difficulties in obtaining in situ samples, and encourage the formation of a global cryobanking database together with the establishment of new cryobanks in biodiversity-rich regions.
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- Andrew Mooney
- Dublin Zoo, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland
- School of Natural Sciences, Zoology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, Bloomington, Minnesota, USA
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- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Beckman Center for Conservation Research, Escondido, California, USA
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- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Beckman Center for Conservation Research, Escondido, California, USA
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- Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, Bloomington, Minnesota, USA
- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark
- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark
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- Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, Bloomington, Minnesota, USA
- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark
- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark
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- School of Natural Sciences, Zoology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
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Tidière M, Colchero F, Staerk J, Adkesson MJ, Andersen DH, Bland L, Böye M, Brando S, Clegg I, Cubaynes S, Cutting A, De Man D, Derocher AE, Dorsey C, Elgar W, Gaglione E, Anderson Hansen K, Jungheim A, Kok J, Laule G, Goya AL, Miller L, Monreal-Pawlowsky T, Mucha K, Owen MA, Petersen SD, Pilfold N, Richardson D, Richardson ES, Sabo D, Sato N, Shellabarger W, Skovlund CR, Tomisawa K, Trautwein SE, Van Bonn W, Van Elk C, Von Fersen L, Wahlberg M, Zhang P, Zhang X, Conde DA. Survival improvements of marine mammals in zoological institutions mirror historical advances in human longevity. Proc Biol Sci 2023; 290:20231895. [PMID: 37848064 PMCID: PMC10581765 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023] Open
Abstract
An intense public debate has fuelled governmental bans on marine mammals held in zoological institutions. The debate rests on the assumption that survival in zoological institutions has been and remains lower than in the wild, albeit the scientific evidence in support of this notion is equivocal. Here, we used statistical methods previously applied to assess historical improvements in human lifespan and data on 8864 individuals of four marine mammal species (harbour seal, Phoca vitulina; California sea lion, Zalophus californianus; polar bear, Ursus maritimus; common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus) held in zoos from 1829 to 2020. We found that life expectancy increased up to 3.40 times, and first-year mortality declined up to 31%, during the last century in zoos. Moreover, the life expectancy of animals in zoos is currently 1.65-3.55 times longer than their wild counterparts. Like humans, these improvements have occurred concurrently with advances in management practices, crucial for population welfare. Science-based decisions will help effective legislative changes and ensure better implementation of animal care.
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- Morgane Tidière
- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics (CPop), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark
- Conservation and Science Department, Species360, 7900 International Drive, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55425, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics (CPop), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Primate Behavior and Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Pl. 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics (CPop), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark
- Conservation and Science Department, Species360, 7900 International Drive, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55425, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark
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- Conservation and Science Department, Species360, 7900 International Drive, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55425, USA
- Eureka Publishing, Thornbury, Australia
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- Centre de Recherche et d'Etude pour l'Animal Sauvage, Planète Sauvage, 44710 Port Saint Pere, France
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- AnimalConcepts, PO Box 378, 03725 Teulada, Alicante, Spain
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- Animal Welfare Expertise, The Knoll, Woodlands, Combe Martin, EX34 0ATLittleton Manor, Winchester SO22 6QU, UK
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- CEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE-PSL University, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Polar Bear International, PO Box 3008, Bozeman, MT, USA
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- European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA), Plantage Middelaan 45, 1018-DC Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9
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- Association of Zoos and Aquariums, 8403 Colesville Road Ste 710, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA
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- Zoo Miami, 12400 SW 152 Street, Miami, FL 33177, USA
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- Georgia Aquarium, 225 Baker Street, Atlanta, GA 30313, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark
- Marine Biological Research Center, University of Southern Denmark, Hindsholmvej 11, 5300 Kerteminde, Denmark
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- Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, 1225 Estabrook Dr., Saint Paul, MN 55103, USA
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- Ouwehands Zoo, Grebbeweg 111, 3911 AV Rhenen, The Netherlands
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- Mandai Wildlife Group, 80 Mandai Lake Road, Singapore 729826
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- Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, IL, USA
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- Conservation and Science Department, Species360, 7900 International Drive, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55425, USA
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- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, 15600 San Pasqual Valley Rd., Escondido, CA, USA
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- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, 15600 San Pasqual Valley Rd., Escondido, CA, USA
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- Zoological Consultancy Ltd, Columba Cottage, Mill Rd, Kingussie PH21 1LF, UK
- EAZA Polar Bear EEP, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, Unit 150–234 Donald Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 1M8, Canada
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- Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, 4850 W. Powell Road, PO Box 400, Powell, OH 43065-0400, USA
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- Asahiyama Zoological Park, Kuranuma, Higasiasahikawacho, Asahikawa city, Japan
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- Conservation, Copenhagen Zoo, Roskildevej 38, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
- Section of Animal Welfare and Disease Control, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegårdsvej 8, 1870 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Omuta City Zoo, 163 Showa-machi, Omuta, Fukuoka 836-0871, Japan
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- Conservation and Science Department, Species360, 7900 International Drive, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55425, USA
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- A. Watson Armour III, Center for Animal Health and Welfare, Animal Care and Science Division, John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
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- Independent practitioner, Arendsweg 98, Enschede 7544RM, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark
- Marine Biological Research Center, University of Southern Denmark, Hindsholmvej 11, 5300 Kerteminde, Denmark
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- Mammal and Marine Bioacoustics Laboratory Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya 572000, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China
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- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics (CPop), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark
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Challender DWS, Cremona PJ, Malsch K, Robinson JE, Pavitt AT, Scott J, Hoffmann R, Joolia A, Oldfield TEE, Jenkins RKB, Conde DA, Hilton-Taylor C, Hoffmann M. Identifying species likely threatened by international trade on the IUCN Red List can inform CITES trade measures. Nat Ecol Evol 2023; 7:1211-1220. [PMID: 37414949 PMCID: PMC10545538 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02115-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023]
Abstract
Overexploitation is a major threat to biodiversity and international trade in many species is regulated through the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). However, there is no established method to systematically determine which species are most at risk from international trade to inform potential trade measures under CITES. Here, we develop a mechanism using the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species to identify species that are likely to be threatened by international trade. Of 2,211 such species, CITES includes 59% (1,307 species), leaving two-fifths overlooked and in potential need of international trade regulation. Our results can inform deliberations on potential proposals to revise trade measures for species at CITES Conference of the Parties meetings. We also show that, for taxa with biological resource use documented as a threat, the number of species threatened by local and national use is four times greater than species likely threatened by international trade. To effectively address the overexploitation of species, interventions focused on achieving sustainability in international trade need to be complemented by commensurate measures to ensure that local and national use and trade of wildlife is well-regulated and sustainable.
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- Daniel W S Challender
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science (ICCS), Department of Biology and Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- IUCN Science & Data Centre: Biodiversity Assessment & Knowledge Team, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), Peterborough, UK
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK
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- IUCN Science & Data Centre: Biodiversity Assessment & Knowledge Team, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
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- Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission/Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Gland, Switzerland
- International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London, UK
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- IUCN Science & Data Centre: Biodiversity Assessment & Knowledge Team, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
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- TRAFFIC, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
- Independent Consultant, Cambridge, UK
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- IUCN Science & Data Centre: Biodiversity Assessment & Knowledge Team, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
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- Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, Bloomington, MN, USA
- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- IUCN Science & Data Centre: Biodiversity Assessment & Knowledge Team, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UK
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- Conservation and Policy, Zoological Society of London, London, UK
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da Silva R, Conde DA, Baudisch A, Colchero F. Slow and negligible senescence among testudines challenges evolutionary theories of senescence. Science 2022; 376:1466-1470. [PMID: 35737795 DOI: 10.1126/science.abl7811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Is senescence inevitable and universal for all living organisms, as evolutionary theories predict? Although evidence generally supports this hypothesis, it has been proposed that certain species, such as turtles and tortoises, may exhibit slow or even negligible senescence-i.e., avoiding the increasing risk of death from gradual deterioration with age. In an extensive comparative study of turtles and tortoises living in zoos and aquariums, we show that ~75% of 52 species exhibit slow or negligible senescence. For ~80% of species, aging rates are lower than those in modern humans. We find that body weight positively relates to adult life expectancy in both sexes, and sexual size dimorphism explains sex differences in longevity. Unlike humans and other species, we show that turtles and tortoises may reduce senescence in response to improvements in environmental conditions.
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- Rita da Silva
- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA.,Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA.,Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Danish Centre for Population Research, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA.,Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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Smeele SQ, Conde DA, Baudisch A, Bruslund S, Iwaniuk A, Staerk J, Wright TF, Young AM, McElreath MB, Aplin L. Coevolution of relative brain size and life expectancy in parrots. Proc Biol Sci 2022; 289:20212397. [PMID: 35317667 PMCID: PMC8941425 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Previous studies have demonstrated a correlation between longevity and brain size in a variety of taxa. Little research has been devoted to understanding this link in parrots; yet parrots are well-known for both their exceptionally long lives and cognitive complexity. We employed a large-scale comparative analysis that investigated the influence of brain size and life-history variables on longevity in parrots. Specifically, we addressed two hypotheses for evolutionary drivers of longevity: the cognitivebuffer hypothesis, which proposes that increased cognitive abilities enable longer lifespans, and the expensive brain hypothesis, which holds that increases in lifespan are caused by prolonged developmental time of, and increased parental investment in, large-brained offspring. We estimated life expectancy from detailed zoo records for 133 818 individuals across 244 parrot species. Using a principled Bayesian approach that addresses data uncertainty and imputation of missing values, we found a consistent correlation between relative brain size and life expectancy in parrots. This correlation was best explained by a direct effect of relative brain size. Notably, we found no effects of developmental time, clutch size or age at first reproduction. Our results suggest that selection for enhanced cognitive abilities in parrots has in turn promoted longer lifespans.
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- Simeon Q Smeele
- Cognitive and Cultural Ecology Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.,Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.,Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.,Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.,Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.,Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Vogelpark Marlow gGmbH, Marlow, Germany.,Parrot Taxon Advisory Group, European Association of Zoos and Aquaria, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Canada
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- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.,Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.,Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Biology Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA
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- The Living Desert Zoo and GardensPalm Desert, Palm Desert, CA, USA
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- Cognitive and Cultural Ecology Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.,Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Cognitive and Cultural Ecology Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.,Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.,Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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Lewin HA, Richards S, Lieberman Aiden E, Allende ML, Archibald JM, Bálint M, Barker KB, Baumgartner B, Belov K, Bertorelle G, Blaxter ML, Cai J, Caperello ND, Carlson K, Castilla-Rubio JC, Chaw SM, Chen L, Childers AK, Coddington JA, Conde DA, Corominas M, Crandall KA, Crawford AJ, DiPalma F, Durbin R, Ebenezer TE, Edwards SV, Fedrigo O, Flicek P, Formenti G, Gibbs RA, Gilbert MTP, Goldstein MM, Graves JM, Greely HT, Grigoriev IV, Hackett KJ, Hall N, Haussler D, Helgen KM, Hogg CJ, Isobe S, Jakobsen KS, Janke A, Jarvis ED, Johnson WE, Jones SJM, Karlsson EK, Kersey PJ, Kim JH, Kress WJ, Kuraku S, Lawniczak MKN, Leebens-Mack JH, Li X, Lindblad-Toh K, Liu X, Lopez JV, Marques-Bonet T, Mazard S, Mazet JAK, Mazzoni CJ, Myers EW, O'Neill RJ, Paez S, Park H, Robinson GE, Roquet C, Ryder OA, Sabir JSM, Shaffer HB, Shank TM, Sherkow JS, Soltis PS, Tang B, Tedersoo L, Uliano-Silva M, Wang K, Wei X, Wetzer R, Wilson JL, Xu X, Yang H, Yoder AD, Zhang G. The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the clock. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2115635118. [PMID: 35042800 PMCID: PMC8795548 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2115635118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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- Harris A Lewin
- Department of Evolution and Ecology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616;
- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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- University of California Davis Genome Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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- DNA Zoo and The Center for Genome Architecture, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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- Center for Genome Regulation, Universidad de Chile 3425 Santiago, Chile
- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile 3425 Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4H7, Canada
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- LOEWE Centre of Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Senckenberg Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Institute for Insect Biotechnology, Justus-Liebig University 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Global Genome Biodiversity Network Secretariat, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University 710072 Xi'an, China
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- University of California Davis Genome Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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- The Novim Group, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
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- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica 11529 Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University 710072 Xi'an, China
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- Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, US Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705
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- Global Genome Initiative, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560
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- Conservation Science, Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, Bloomington, MN 55425
- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Genetics, Microbiology, and Statistics, Universitat de Barcelona 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Catalan Society for Biology, Institute for Catalan Studies 08001 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Computational Biology Institute, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052
- Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad de los Andes 111711 Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EH, United Kingdom
- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
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- UniProt, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge CB10 1SD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
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- Laboratory of the Neurogenetics of Language, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SD, United Kingdom
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- Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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- GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark
- University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052
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- School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia
- Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT 2617, Australia
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- Stanford Law School, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Office of National Programs, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705
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- Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UZ, United Kingdom
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- Genome Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
- HHMI, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
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- Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Department of Frontier Research and Development, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Chiba 292-0818, Japan
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- LOEWE Centre of Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Senckenberg Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Laboratory of the Neurogenetics of Language, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065
- HHMI, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
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- Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Smithsonian Institution, Suitland, MD 20746
- Center for Species Survival, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, VA 22630
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4S6, Canada
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- Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond TW9 3AE, United Kingdom
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- Division of Life Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute 21990 Incheon, South Korea
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- Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012
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- Department of Genomics and Evolutionary Biology, National Institute of Genetics 411-8540 Shizuoka, Japan
- Laboratory for Phyloinformatics, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research 650-0047 Hyogo, Japan
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 650223 Yunnan, China
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142
- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
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- BGI-Research, Beijing Genomics Institute-Shenzhen 518083 Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, FL 33004
- Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Dania Beach, FL 33004
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Pompeu Fabra University, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Parc de Recerca Biomedica de Barcelona 08003 Barcelona, Spain
- Catalan Institute of Research and Advanced Studies 08010 Barcelona, Spain
- Centre Nacional d'Anàlisi Genòmica, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Bioplatforms Australia, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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- One Health Institute, University of California Davis, CA 95616
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- Berlin Center for Genomics in Biodiversity Research 14195 Berlin, Germany
- Evolutionary Genetics Department, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research 10315 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Systems Genomics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269
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- Laboratory of the Neurogenetics of Language, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065
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- Division of Biotechnology, Korea University 02841 Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Entomology, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Systematics and Evolution of Vascular Plants Associated Unit to Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Departament de Biologia Animal, Biologia Vegetal i Ecologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, University Grenoble Alpes, University Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Conservation Genetics, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Escondido, CA 92027
- Division of Biology, Department of Evolution, Behavior, and Ecology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92039
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University 21589 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Centre of Excellence in Bionanoscience Research, King Abdulaziz University 21589 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science, Institute of Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543
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- Department of Entomology, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
- College of Law, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820
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- Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
- Biodiversity Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Bioresources of Saline Soils, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Wetland Bioresources and Environmental Protection, Jiangsu Synthetic Innovation Center for Coastal Bio-agriculture, School of Wetlands, Yancheng Teachers University 224002 Yancheng, China
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- Center of Mycology and Microbiology, University of Tartu 50411 Tartu, Estonia
- College of Science, King Saud University 11451 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University 710072 Xi'an, China
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- BGI-Research, Beijing Genomics Institute-Shenzhen 518083 Shenzhen, China
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- Research and Collections, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA 90007
- Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
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- BGI-Research, Beijing Genomics Institute-Shenzhen 518083 Shenzhen, China
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- BGI-Research, Beijing Genomics Institute-Shenzhen 518083 Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
- Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 650223 Yunnan, China
- BGI-Research, Beijing Genomics Institute-Shenzhen 518083 Shenzhen, China
- Villum Center for Biodiversity Genomics, Section for Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- China National Genebank, Beijing Genomics Institute 51803 Shenzhen, China
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Colin L, Abed-Navandi D, Conde DA, Craggs J, da Silva R, Janse M, Källström B, Pearce-Kelly A, Yesson C. What's left in the tank? Identification of non-ascribed aquarium's coral collections with DNA barcodes as part of an integrated diagnostic approach. CONSERV GENET RESOUR 2022; 14:167-182. [PMID: 35035629 PMCID: PMC8750641 DOI: 10.1007/s12686-021-01250-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
The unprecedented threats to coral reef ecosystems from global climate change require an urgent response from the aquarium community, which is becoming an increasingly vital coral conservation resource. Unfortunately, many hermatypic corals in aquaria are not identified to species level, which hinders assessment of their conservation significance. Traditional methods of species identification using morphology can be challenging, especially to non-taxonomists. DNA barcoding is an option for species identification of Scleractinian corals, especially when used in concert with morphology-based assessment. This study uses DNA barcodes to try to identify aquarium specimens of the diverse reef-forming genus Acropora from 127 samples. We identified to our best current knowledge, to species name 44% of the analysed samples and provided provisional identification for 80% of them (101/127, in the form of a list of species names with associate confidence values). We highlighted a sampling bias in public nucleotide sequences repertories (e.g. GenBank) towards more charismatic and more studied species, even inside a well-studied genus like Acropora. In addition, we showed a potential “single observer” effect with over a quarter of the reference sequences used for these identifications coming from the same study. We propose the use of barcoding and query matching as an additional tool for taxonomic experts and general aquarists, as an additional tool to increase their chances of making high confidence species-level identifications. We produce a standardised and easily repeatable methodology to increase the capacity of aquariums and other facilities to assess non-ascribed species, emphasising the value of integrating this approach with morphological identification optimising usage of authoritative identification guides and expert opinion.
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- Luigi Colin
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY UK
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- Haus des Meeres-Aqua Terra Zoo, Fritz Gruenbaum Platz 1, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics (CPop), Biology Department, University of Southern Denmark, Syddansk Universitet, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark.,Conservation Science Alliance, Species360, 7900 International Drive, Suite 1040, Bloomington, MN 55425 USA
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- Horniman Museum and Gardens, 100 London Road, Forest Hill, London, SE23 3PQ UK
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- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics (CPop), Biology Department, University of Southern Denmark, Syddansk Universitet, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense, Denmark
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- Royal Burgers' Zoo, Antoon van Hooffplein 1, 6816 SH Arnhem, the Netherlands
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- Maritime Museum and Aquarium, Karl Johansgatan 1-3, 41459 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY UK
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Poo S, Whitfield SM, Shepack A, Watkins-Colwell GJ, Nelson G, Goodwin J, Bogisich A, Brennan PLR, D'Agostino J, Koo MS, Mendelson JR, Snyder R, Wilson S, Aronsen GP, Bentley AC, Blackburn DC, Borths MR, Campbell ML, Conde DA, Cook JA, Daza JD, Dembiec DP, Dunnum JL, Early CM, Ferguson AW, Greene A, Guralnick R, Janney C, Johnson D, Knightly F, Poulin S, Rocha L, Soltis PS, Thiers B, Chakrabarty P. OUP accepted manuscript. Bioscience 2022; 72:449-460. [PMID: 35592056 PMCID: PMC9113241 DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biac022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Zoos and natural history museums are both collections-based institutions with important missions in biodiversity research and education. Animals in zoos are a repository and living record of the world's biodiversity, whereas natural history museums are a permanent historical record of snapshots of biodiversity in time. Surprisingly, despite significant overlap in institutional missions, formal partnerships between these institution types are infrequent. Life history information, pedigrees, and medical records maintained at zoos should be seen as complementary to historical records of morphology, genetics, and distribution kept at museums. Through examining both institution types, we synthesize the benefits and challenges of cross-institutional exchanges and propose actions to increase the dialog between zoos and museums. With a growing recognition of the importance of collections to the advancement of scientific research and discovery, a transformational impact could be made with long-term investments in connecting the institutions that are caretakers of living and preserved animals.
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- Florida Museum of Natural History and with iDigBio, Gainesville, Florida, United States
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- Florida Museum of Natural History and with iDigBio, Gainesville, Florida, United States
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- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States
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- Oklahoma City Zoo, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
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- Florida Museum of Natural History and with iDigBio, Gainesville, Florida, United States
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- Museum of Southwestern Biology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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- Museum of Southwestern Biology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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- Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, United States
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- Museum of Southwestern Biology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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- Duke Lemur Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States
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- Florida Museum of Natural History and with iDigBio, Gainesville, Florida, United States
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- Memphis Zoological Society, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona, United States
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- California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, United States
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- Florida Museum of Natural History and with iDigBio, Gainesville, Florida, United States
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Vincze O, Colchero F, Lemaître JF, Conde DA, Pavard S, Bieuville M, Urrutia AO, Ujvari B, Boddy AM, Maley CC, Thomas F, Giraudeau M. Cancer risk across mammals. Nature 2022; 601:263-267. [PMID: 34937938 PMCID: PMC8755536 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04224-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Cancer is a ubiquitous disease of metazoans, predicted to disproportionately affect larger, long-lived organisms owing to their greater number of cell divisions, and thus increased probability of somatic mutations1,2. While elevated cancer risk with larger body size and/or longevity has been documented within species3-5, Peto's paradox indicates the apparent lack of such an association among taxa6. Yet, unequivocal empirical evidence for Peto's paradox is lacking, stemming from the difficulty of estimating cancer risk in non-model species. Here we build and analyse a database on cancer-related mortality using data on adult zoo mammals (110,148 individuals, 191 species) and map age-controlled cancer mortality to the mammalian tree of life. We demonstrate the universality and high frequency of oncogenic phenomena in mammals and reveal substantial differences in cancer mortality across major mammalian orders. We show that the phylogenetic distribution of cancer mortality is associated with diet, with carnivorous mammals (especially mammal-consuming ones) facing the highest cancer-related mortality. Moreover, we provide unequivocal evidence for the body size and longevity components of Peto's paradox by showing that cancer mortality risk is largely independent of both body mass and adult life expectancy across species. These results highlight the key role of life-history evolution in shaping cancer resistance and provide major advancements in the quest for natural anticancer defences.
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- Orsolya Vincze
- CREEC/CANECEV, MIVEGEC (CREES), University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France.
- Littoral, Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266 CNRS-La Rochelle Université, La Rochelle, France.
- Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Centre for Ecological Research, Debrecen, Hungary.
- Evolutionary Ecology Group, Hungarian Department of Biology and Ecology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, Bloomington, MN, USA
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1; CNRS,UMR5558, Villeurbanne, France
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- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, Bloomington, MN, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Eco-Anthropologie (EA), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Université de Paris, Musée de l'Homme, Paris, France
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- Eco-Anthropologie (EA), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Université de Paris, Musée de l'Homme, Paris, France
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- Instituto de Ecologia, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
- Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, UK
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Anthropology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Arizona Cancer Evolution Center, Biodesign Institute and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- CREEC/CANECEV, MIVEGEC (CREES), University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- CREEC/CANECEV, MIVEGEC (CREES), University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France
- Littoral, Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266 CNRS-La Rochelle Université, La Rochelle, France
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Colchero F, Aburto JM, Archie EA, Boesch C, Breuer T, Campos FA, Collins A, Conde DA, Cords M, Crockford C, Thompson ME, Fedigan LM, Fichtel C, Groenenberg M, Hobaiter C, Kappeler PM, Lawler RR, Lewis RJ, Machanda ZP, Manguette ML, Muller MN, Packer C, Parnell RJ, Perry S, Pusey AE, Robbins MM, Seyfarth RM, Silk JB, Staerk J, Stoinski TS, Stokes EJ, Strier KB, Strum SC, Tung J, Villavicencio F, Wittig RM, Wrangham RW, Zuberbühler K, Vaupel JW, Alberts SC. The long lives of primates and the 'invariant rate of ageing' hypothesis. Nat Commun 2021; 12:3666. [PMID: 34135334 PMCID: PMC8209124 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23894-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Is it possible to slow the rate of ageing, or do biological constraints limit its plasticity? We test the 'invariant rate of ageing' hypothesis, which posits that the rate of ageing is relatively fixed within species, with a collection of 39 human and nonhuman primate datasets across seven genera. We first recapitulate, in nonhuman primates, the highly regular relationship between life expectancy and lifespan equality seen in humans. We next demonstrate that variation in the rate of ageing within genera is orders of magnitude smaller than variation in pre-adult and age-independent mortality. Finally, we demonstrate that changes in the rate of ageing, but not other mortality parameters, produce striking, species-atypical changes in mortality patterns. Our results support the invariant rate of ageing hypothesis, implying biological constraints on how much the human rate of ageing can be slowed.
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- Fernando Colchero
- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
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- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Sociology, Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Nuffield College at University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Lifespan Inequalities Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
- Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Taï Chimpanzee Project, CSRS, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
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- Mbeli Bai Study, Wildlife Conservation Society Congo Program, Brazzaville, Congo
- World Wide Fund for Nature - Germany, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Gombe Stream Research Centre, Jane Goodall Institute, Kigoma, Tanzania
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- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, Bloomington, MN, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- New York Consortium in Evolutionary Anthropology, New York, NY, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Taï Chimpanzee Project, CSRS, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
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- Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
- Kibale Chimpanzee Project, Fort Portal, Uganda
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- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology Unit, German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Göttingen, Germany
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- Mbeli Bai Study, Wildlife Conservation Society Congo Program, Brazzaville, Congo
- World Wide Fund for Nature- Cambodia Program, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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- School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland, UK
- Budongo Conservation Field Station, Masindi, Uganda
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- Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology Unit, German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Göttingen, Germany
- Department for Sociobiology/Anthropology, Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
- Ankoatsifaka Research Station, Morondava, Madagascar
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- Kibale Chimpanzee Project, Fort Portal, Uganda
- Departments of Anthropology and Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Mbeli Bai Study, Wildlife Conservation Society Congo Program, Brazzaville, Congo
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- Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
- Kibale Chimpanzee Project, Fort Portal, Uganda
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- College of Biological Sciences, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA
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- Mbeli Bai Study, Wildlife Conservation Society Congo Program, Brazzaville, Congo
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- Department of Anthropology, and Behavior, Evolution & Culture Program, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, Bloomington, MN, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Wildlife Conservation Society, Global Conservation Program, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Uaso Ngiro Baboon Project, Laikipia, Kenya
- Kenya Wildlife Service, Nairobi, Kenya
- African Conservation Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
- Duke Population Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- Taï Chimpanzee Project, CSRS, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
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- Kibale Chimpanzee Project, Fort Portal, Uganda
- Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland, UK
- Budongo Conservation Field Station, Masindi, Uganda
- Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Duke Population Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
- Duke Population Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
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Juergens J, Bruslund S, Staerk J, Oegelund Nielsen R, Shepherd CR, Leupen B, Krishnasamy K, Chng SCL, Jackson J, da Silva R, Bagott A, Alves RRN, Conde DA. A standardized dataset for conservation prioritization of songbirds to support CITES. Data Brief 2021; 36:107093. [PMID: 34041313 PMCID: PMC8144656 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
In this article we present a standardized dataset on 6659 songbirds (Passeriformes) highlighting information relevant to species conservation prioritization with a main focus to support the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Data were collected from both scientific and grey literature as well as several online databases. The data are structured into six knowledge categories: Conventions and Treaties, Human Use, Extinction Risk, Management Opportunities, Biological Information, and Intrinsic Values. The Conventions and Treaties category includes the listings for two international conventions, CITES and the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), as well as EU listings for the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations and the EU Birds Directive. The Human Use category contains information on both regulated trade collected from the CITES Trade Database and the United States' Law Enforcement Management Information System (LEMIS), and highly aggregated data on seizures which we obtained from TRAFFIC, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and two data sources on traditional medicine. We also present, for the first time, the complete Songbirds in Trade Database (SiTDB), a trade database curated by taxon expert S. Bruslund based on expert knowledge, literature review, market surveys and sale announcements. Data on the types of human use, including traditional medicine are also provided. The knowledge area on Extinction Risk contains data on the species' IUCN Red List status, the Alliance for Zero Extinction Trigger Species status, site and population at the site, the species' IUCN Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment, and the listing of priority species at the Asian Songbird Crisis Summit. In the Management Opportunities category, we gathered data on ex-situ management from Species360 zoo holdings as well as species management plans from the European and North American Zoo Associations (EAZA and AZA, respectively). Biological Information includes data on body mass, clutch size, diet, availability of data from the IUCN Red List on habitat systems, extent of occurrence, generation length, migration pattern, distribution, and biological data from the Demographic Species Knowledge Index, number of occurrences recorded by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) as well as genomic data from the Bird 10 000K Genomes (B10K) project, Vertebrate Genome Project (VGP) and GenBank. Information on invasive species is also part of this knowledge area. The Intrinsic Value category refers to two measures of the species' intrinsic value, namely Ecological and Evolutionary Distinctiveness. In order to make these knowledge areas comparable, we standardized data following the taxonomy of the Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Version 4, 2019). The data enable a broad spectrum of analyses and will be useful to scientists for further research and to policymakers, zoos and other conservation stakeholders for future prioritization decisions.
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- Jacqueline Juergens
- Biological Faculty, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.,Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, 7900 International Drive, Suite 1040, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, 7900 International Drive, Suite 1040, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA.,Bird Park Marlow, Kölzower Chaussee 1, 18337 Marlow, Germany.,European Association of Zoos and Aquaria - Songbird Taxon Advisory Group and Silent Forest Group, c/o Artis Zoo - PO Box 20164, 1000 HD Amsterdam, The Netherland
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, 7900 International Drive, Suite 1040, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA.,Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, 7900 International Drive, Suite 1040, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA.,Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Monitor Conservation Research Society (Monitor), Box 200, Big Lake Ranch, B.C., V0L 1G0, Canada
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- Monitor Conservation Research Society (Monitor), Box 200, Big Lake Ranch, B.C., V0L 1G0, Canada
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- TRAFFIC International - Southeast Asia, Suite 12A-01, Level 12A, Tower 1, Wisma AmFirst, Jalan Stadium SS 7/15, 47301 Kelana Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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- TRAFFIC International - Southeast Asia, Suite 12A-01, Level 12A, Tower 1, Wisma AmFirst, Jalan Stadium SS 7/15, 47301 Kelana Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- TRAFFIC, David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, UK
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Etnobiologia e Conservação da Natureza, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Av. das Baraúnas, 351 / Campus Universitário, Campina Grande, PB, 58109-753, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, 7900 International Drive, Suite 1040, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA.,Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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Andersen SK, Staerk J, Kalhor E, Natusch DJD, da Silva R, Pfau B, Conde DA. Economics, life history and international trade data for seven turtle species in Indonesian and Malaysian farms. Data Brief 2021; 34:106708. [PMID: 33506080 PMCID: PMC7815466 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Revised: 12/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
We collected data on the trade of seven turtle and tortoise species endemic to Indonesia and Malaysia (Amyda cartilaginea, Batagur borneoensis, Cuora amboinensis, Carettochelys insculpta, Heosemys annandalii, Heosemys grandis, and Heosemys spinosa). The data on those species included: operations costs of three breeding farms and one export facility; species life-history traits; and species international legal trade and confiscation data. We collected data for the facilities (one in Malaysia and three in Indonesia) using site visits and a semi-structured questionnaire. We conducted a literature review to compile relevant information on species’ life-history traits to estimate breeding viability. We downloaded species-specific data on international trade from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Trade Database for the exporting countries (Malaysia and Indonesia) for 2000–2015. We compared legal trade with confiscation data obtained from CITES. The data in this article can provide insights into the operations of turtle breeding farms in Southeast Asia. These data can be used as a reference for the inspection of breeding farms and for legislative bodies to determine whether captive breeding for select turtle species is feasible.
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- Simon Kaae Andersen
- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Species360, 7900 International Drive, Suite 1040 Bloomington, MN 55425 USA
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- International Business and Entrepreneurship Research Group, Department of Marketing and Management, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109 Australia.,EPIC Biodiversity, Frogs Hollow, NSW 2550, Australia
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Species360, 7900 International Drive, Suite 1040 Bloomington, MN 55425 USA
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- German Society for Herpetology and Herpetoculture (DGHT), Vogelsang 27, 31020 Salzhemmendorf, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Species360, 7900 International Drive, Suite 1040 Bloomington, MN 55425 USA
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Oegelund Nielsen R, da Silva R, Juergens J, Staerk J, Lindholm Sørensen L, Jackson J, Smeele SQ, Conde DA. Standardized data to support conservation prioritization for sharks and batoids (Elasmobranchii). Data Brief 2020; 33:106337. [PMID: 33083504 PMCID: PMC7554021 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Revised: 09/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
We collated and synthesized information on 1,226 Elasmobranch species (i.e., sharks, rays, and skates) globally from a wide range of sources. We obtained curated and standardized data from online databases, legal documents, press releases, and websites. All data were standardized according to the taxonomic nomenclature described in the Catalogue of Life. We grouped data into five categories: 1) biological information, 2) conservation status, 3) management opportunities, 4) use, and 5) inclusion in international conventions and treaties. For species biological information, we included migration, habitat, species characteristics such as length & body weight, their threat to humans, life-history trait data availability from FishBase, whether the species was listed on the Global Register of Migratory Species, the presence of occurrence data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), information on genomics from GenBank, and species evolutionary distinctiveness scores. For conservation status, we recorded threat status from the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species™ and inclusion in the Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE). For management opportunities, we identified species under human care in zoos and aquariums in the Species360 network, species under management in studbooks from the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA), the American Association for Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), and the Zoo and Aquarium Association Australasia (ZAA), as well as data on recovery, management, and action plans at the class, family, and species levels. For use, we collated species-level data on international trade levels from the CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) Trade Database, as used in aquaculture, as bait, and as gamefish, recording the purpose of the trade according to the IUCN Red List and the global catches reported to the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). Finally, we collated information from seven international conventions and treaties: CITES, UNCLOS (the United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea), CMS (the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals), Shark MoU (the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks), BERN (the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats), OSPAR (Protecting and conserving the North-East Atlantic and its resources), and the Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean. Our data are comparable across databases and will assist further research on in-situ and ex-situ population management for sharks and batoids. Our data can be of use to international policy makers, aquarium curators, management authorities, conservation practitioners, and scientists interested in prioritizing Elasmobranchs for conservation.
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- Rikke Oegelund Nielsen
- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, 7900 International Drive, Suite 1040, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, 7900 International Drive, Suite 1040, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA.,Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Biological Faculty, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, 7900 International Drive, Suite 1040, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA.,Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, 7900 International Drive, Suite 1040, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA.,Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.,Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, 7900 International Drive, Suite 1040, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA.,Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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Gallagher RV, Falster DS, Maitner BS, Salguero-Gómez R, Vandvik V, Pearse WD, Schneider FD, Kattge J, Poelen JH, Madin JS, Ankenbrand MJ, Penone C, Feng X, Adams VM, Alroy J, Andrew SC, Balk MA, Bland LM, Boyle BL, Bravo-Avila CH, Brennan I, Carthey AJR, Catullo R, Cavazos BR, Conde DA, Chown SL, Fadrique B, Gibb H, Halbritter AH, Hammock J, Hogan JA, Holewa H, Hope M, Iversen CM, Jochum M, Kearney M, Keller A, Mabee P, Manning P, McCormack L, Michaletz ST, Park DS, Perez TM, Pineda-Munoz S, Ray CA, Rossetto M, Sauquet H, Sparrow B, Spasojevic MJ, Telford RJ, Tobias JA, Violle C, Walls R, Weiss KCB, Westoby M, Wright IJ, Enquist BJ. Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life. Nat Ecol Evol 2020; 4:294-303. [PMID: 32066887 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-1109-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
Synthesizing trait observations and knowledge across the Tree of Life remains a grand challenge for biodiversity science. Species traits are widely used in ecological and evolutionary science, and new data and methods have proliferated rapidly. Yet accessing and integrating disparate data sources remains a considerable challenge, slowing progress toward a global synthesis to integrate trait data across organisms. Trait science needs a vision for achieving global integration across all organisms. Here, we outline how the adoption of key Open Science principles-open data, open source and open methods-is transforming trait science, increasing transparency, democratizing access and accelerating global synthesis. To enhance widespread adoption of these principles, we introduce the Open Traits Network (OTN), a global, decentralized community welcoming all researchers and institutions pursuing the collaborative goal of standardizing and integrating trait data across organisms. We demonstrate how adherence to Open Science principles is key to the OTN community and outline five activities that can accelerate the synthesis of trait data across the Tree of Life, thereby facilitating rapid advances to address scientific inquiries and environmental issues. Lessons learned along the path to a global synthesis of trait data will provide a framework for addressing similarly complex data science and informatics challenges.
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- Rachael V Gallagher
- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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- Evolution and Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.,Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Evolutionary Demography Laboratory, Max Plank Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Ecology Center and Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany.,German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Manoa, HI, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.,Center for Computational and Theoretical Biology, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.,Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Discipline of Geography and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Bio5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.,Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, FL, USA
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- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, Bloomington, MN, USA.,Interdisciplinary Center on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.,Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Biology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution and Centre for Future Landscapes, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA
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- International Center for Tropical Botany, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.,Center for Computational and Theoretical Biology, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, USA
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Frankfurt, Germany
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- Center for Tree Science, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL, USA
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- Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Harvard University Herbaria, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.,Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, FL, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences and School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Queensland Alliance of Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Evolution and Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Ecologie Systématique Evolution, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Universite Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- TERN / School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- CEFE, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.,Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA
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Mooney A, Conde DA, Healy K, Buckley YM. A system wide approach to managing zoo collections for visitor attendance and in situ conservation. Nat Commun 2020; 11:584. [PMID: 32019915 PMCID: PMC7000708 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14303-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Zoos contribute substantial resources to in situ conservation projects in natural habitats using revenue from visitor attendance, as well as other sources. We use a global dataset of over 450 zoos to develop a model of how zoo composition and socio-economic factors directly and indirectly influence visitor attendance and in situ project activity. We find that zoos with many animals, large animals, high species richness (particularly of mammals), and which are dissimilar to other zoos achieve higher numbers of visitors and contribute to more in situ conservation projects. However, the model strongly supports a trade-off between number of animals and body mass indicating that alternative composition strategies, such as having many small animals, may also be effective. The evidence-base presented here can be used to help guide collection planning processes and increase the in situ contributions from zoos, helping to reduce global biodiversity loss. Zoos contribute to conservation actions in the wild. Here, Mooney et al. use a global dataset to show that, while zoos with more and larger animals attract the most visitors and contribute the most to conservation projects, there are viable alternative strategies to maximise attendance and conservation activity.
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- Andrew Mooney
- School of Natural Sciences, Zoology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.,Conservation Science Alliance, Species360, 7900 International Drive, Suite 1040, Bloomington, MN, 55425, USA
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- Conservation Science Alliance, Species360, 7900 International Drive, Suite 1040, Bloomington, MN, 55425, USA.,Center on Population Dynamics (CPop), Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark
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- School of Biology, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK.,Ryan Institute, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- School of Natural Sciences, Zoology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
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da Silva R, Pearce-Kelly P, Zimmerman B, Knott M, Foden W, Conde DA. Assessing the conservation potential of fish and corals in aquariums globally. J Nat Conserv 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2018.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Staerk J, Conde DA, Ronget V, Lemaitre J, Gaillard J, Colchero F. Performance of generation time approximations for extinction risk assessments. J Appl Ecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Johanna Staerk
- Species360 Conservation Science Alliance Bloomington Minnesota
- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population DynamicsUniversity of Southern Denmark Odense M Denmark
- Department of BiologyUniversity of Southern Denmark Odense M Denmark
- Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research Rostock Germany
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- Species360 Conservation Science Alliance Bloomington Minnesota
- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population DynamicsUniversity of Southern Denmark Odense M Denmark
- Department of BiologyUniversity of Southern Denmark Odense M Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population DynamicsUniversity of Southern Denmark Odense M Denmark
- Department of Mathematics and Computer ScienceUniversity of Southern Denmark Odense M Denmark
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da Silva R, Conde DA. Data on the conservation potential of fish and coral populations in aquariums. Data Brief 2018; 22:987-991. [PMID: 30740482 PMCID: PMC6355966 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.12.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2018] [Revised: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 12/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled “Assessing the Conservation Potential of Fish and Corals in Aquariums Globally”. This article unveils the number of fish and coral species held by members of the Species360 network, from records in the Zoological Information Management Systems (ZIMS). Furthermore, we provide data for species in ZIMS that are under the following global prioritization and conservation assessments: i) the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), ii) the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, iii) Vulnerability to Climate Change, iv) Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) and v) the Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE). The material in this Data in Brief comprises the curated data and species overlaps in the mentioned prioritization schemes. It aims to facilitate further critical and extended analysis and to highlight the importance of record keeping and management of aquatic species in zoological institutions across the globe for the conservation of these species.
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- Rita da Silva
- Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, 7900 International Drive, Suite 1040, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA.,Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.,Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, 7900 International Drive, Suite 1040, Bloomington, MN 55425, USA.,Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.,Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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Colchero F, Jones OR, Conde DA, Hodgson D, Zajitschek F, Schmidt BR, Malo AF, Alberts SC, Becker PH, Bouwhuis S, Bronikowski AM, De Vleeschouwer KM, Delahay RJ, Dummermuth S, Fernández-Duque E, Frisenvaenge J, Hesselsøe M, Larson S, Lemaître JF, McDonald J, Miller DAW, O'Donnell C, Packer C, Raboy BE, Reading CJ, Wapstra E, Weimerskirch H, While GM, Baudisch A, Flatt T, Coulson T, Gaillard JM. The diversity of population responses to environmental change. Ecol Lett 2018; 22:342-353. [PMID: 30536594 PMCID: PMC6378614 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2018] [Revised: 09/02/2018] [Accepted: 11/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The current extinction and climate change crises pressure us to predict population dynamics with ever‐greater accuracy. Although predictions rest on the well‐advanced theory of age‐structured populations, two key issues remain poorly explored. Specifically, how the age‐dependency in demographic rates and the year‐to‐year interactions between survival and fecundity affect stochastic population growth rates. We use inference, simulations and mathematical derivations to explore how environmental perturbations determine population growth rates for populations with different age‐specific demographic rates and when ages are reduced to stages. We find that stage‐ vs. age‐based models can produce markedly divergent stochastic population growth rates. The differences are most pronounced when there are survival‐fecundity‐trade‐offs, which reduce the variance in the population growth rate. Finally, the expected value and variance of the stochastic growth rates of populations with different age‐specific demographic rates can diverge to the extent that, while some populations may thrive, others will inevitably go extinct.
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- Fernando Colchero
- Interdisciplinary Center on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark.,Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Center on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark.,Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Center on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark.,Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark.,Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, 7900 International Drive, Suite 1040, Bloomington, MN, 55425, USA
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9EZ, UK
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- Evolution and Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland.,Info Fauna Karch, UniMail, Bâtiment G, Bellevaux 51, 2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK.,Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad de Alcalá, 28805, Madrid, Spain
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- Departments of Biology and Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.,Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Institut of Avian Research An der Vogelwarte, 21 D-26386, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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- Institut of Avian Research An der Vogelwarte, 21 D-26386, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, 251 Bessey Hall, Ames, IA, USA
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- Centre for Research and Conservation, Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Koningin Astridplein, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- National Wildlife Management Centre, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Woodchester Park Nympsfield, Gloucestershire, GL10 3UJ, UK
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- Info Fauna Karch, UniMail, Bâtiment G, Bellevaux 51, 2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Amphi Consult, Sciencepark NOVI, Niels Jernes Vej 10, DK, 9220, Aalborg Ø, Denmark
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- Amphi Consult, Sciencepark NOVI, Niels Jernes Vej 10, DK, 9220, Aalborg Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9EZ, UK
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- Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Pennsylvania State University, 411 Forest Resources Building, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Conservation, Te Papa Atawhai, PO Box 4715, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand
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- College of Biological Sciences, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, 123 Snyder Hall, 1475 Gortner Ave, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S 3B2
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- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, CEH Wallingford, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh, Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 5, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS, 79360, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS, 79360, Villiers en Bois, France.,Edward Grey Institute, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK
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- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark.,Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark.,Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, 5000, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Ch. du Musée 10, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK
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- Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
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Colchero F, Aliaga AE, Jones OR, Conde DA. Individual heterogeneity determines sex differences in mortality in a monogamous bird with reversed sexual dimorphism. J Anim Ecol 2017; 86:899-907. [PMID: 28393353 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 02/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Sex differences in mortality are pervasive in vertebrates, and usually result in shorter life spans in the larger sex, although the underlying mechanisms are still unclear. On the other hand, differences in frailty among individuals (i.e. individual heterogeneity), can play a major role in shaping demographic trajectories in wild populations. The link between these two processes has seldom been explored. We used Bayesian survival trajectory analysis to study age-specific mortality trajectories in the Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), a monogamous raptor with reversed sexual size dimorphism. We tested the effect of individual heterogeneity on age-specific mortality, and the extent by which this heterogeneity was determined by average reproductive output and wing length as measures of an individual's frailty. We found that sex differences in age-specific mortality were primarily driven by the differences in individual heterogeneity between the two sexes. Females were more heterogeneous than males in their level of frailty. Thus, a larger number of females with low frailty are able to survive to older ages than males, with life expectancy for the least frail adult females reaching up to 4·23 years, while for the least frail adult males it was of 2·68 years. We found that 50% of this heterogeneity was determined by average reproductive output and wing length in both sexes. For both, individuals with high average reproductive output had also higher chances to survive. However, the effect of wing length was different between the two sexes. While larger females had higher survival, larger males had lower chances to survive. Our results contribute a novel perspective to the ongoing debate about the mechanisms that drive sex differences in vital rates in vertebrates. Although we found that variables that relate to the cost of reproduction and sexual dimorphism are at least partially involved in determining these sex differences, it is through their effect on the level of frailty that they affect age patterns of mortality. Therefore, our results raise the possibility that observed differences in age-specific demographic rates may in fact be driven by differences in individual heterogeneity.
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- Fernando Colchero
- Max-Planck Odense Center on the Biodemography of Aging, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark.,Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (IMADA), University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark.,Amphi Consult, Forskerparken, 10, 5230, Odense M, Denmark
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- Max-Planck Odense Center on the Biodemography of Aging, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark.,Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark
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- Max-Planck Odense Center on the Biodemography of Aging, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark.,Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark.,Species 360, 7900 International Drive, Suite 1040, Bloomington, MN, 55425, USA
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Conde DA, Colchero F, Güneralp B, Gusset M, Skolnik B, Parr M, Byers O, Johnson K, Young G, Flesness N, Possingham H, Fa JE. Opportunities and costs for preventing vertebrate extinctions. Curr Biol 2015; 25:R219-R221. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.01.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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van de Kerk M, de Kroon H, Conde DA, Jongejans E. Carnivora population dynamics are as slow and as fast as those of other mammals: implications for their conservation. PLoS One 2013; 8:e70354. [PMID: 23950922 PMCID: PMC3741307 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2013] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Of the 285 species of Carnivora 71 are threatened, while many of these species fulfill important ecological roles in their ecosystems as top or meso-predators. Population transition matrices make it possible to study how age-specific survival and fecundity affect population growth, extinction risks, and responses to management strategies. Here we review 38 matrix models from 35 studies on 27 Carnivora taxa, covering 11% of the threatened Carnivora species. We show that the elasticity patterns (i.e. distribution over fecundity, juvenile survival and adult survival) in Carnivora cover the same range in triangular elasticity plots as those of other mammal species, despite the specific place of Carnivora in the food chain. Furthermore, reproductive loop elasticity analysis shows that the studied species spread out evenly over a slow-fast continuum, but also quantifies the large variation in the duration of important life cycles and their contributions to population growth rate. These general elasticity patterns among species, and their correlation with simple life history characteristics like body mass, age of first reproduction and life span, enables the extrapolation of population dynamical properties to unstudied species. With several examples we discuss how this slow-fast continuum, and related patterns of variation in reproductive loop elasticity, can be used in the formulation of tentative management plans for threatened species that cannot wait for the results of thorough demographic studies. We argue, however, that such management programs should explicitly include a plan for learning about the key demographic rates and how these are affected by environmental drivers and threats.
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- Madelon van de Kerk
- Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Water and Wetlands Research, Department of Experimental Plant Ecology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Water and Wetlands Research, Department of Experimental Plant Ecology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Max Planck Odense Center of Evolutionary Demography, Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Centre for Research and Conservation, Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Water and Wetlands Research, Department of Animal Ecology and Ecophysiology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- D A Conde
- Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
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Schick RS, Loarie SR, Colchero F, Best BD, Boustany A, Conde DA, Halpin PN, Joppa LN, McClellan CM, Clark JS. Understanding movement data and movement processes: current and emerging directions. Ecol Lett 2008; 11:1338-50. [PMID: 19046362 DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01249.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 273] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Robert S Schick
- Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0328, USA.
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