Disgust in animals and the application of disease avoidance to wildlife management and conservation

C Sarabian, A Wilkinson, M Sigaud… - Journal of Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Disgust is an adaptive system hypothesized to have evolved to reduce the risk of becoming
sick. It is associated with behavioural, cognitive and physiological responses tuned to allow …

Greater physiological resistance to heat may favour an invasive freshwater turtle, enabling it to outcompete native species in a changing climate

C Zhang, Y Xu, Y Hua, P Li, KB Storey… - Freshwater …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate warming and biological invasion can interact to affect ecosystems, and the results of
such interactions depend on whether invaders show physiological advantages in their …

Online and pet stores as sources of trade for reptiles in South Africa

A Mantintsilili, N Shivambu, TC Shivambu… - Journal for Nature …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ever-increasing human population, globalisation, and desire to keep pets have resulted
in the translocation of many species into non-native environments. As a result, some of the …

Detecting nestedness in city parks for urban biodiversity conservation

RQ Chen, ST Cheng - Urban Ecosystems, 2022 - Springer
Urbanization has been a global phenomenon producing great environmental and ecological
challenges including species composition shifts in urban areas. To evaluate the interaction …

[PDF][PDF] New record of the invasive red-eared slider Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied, 1838) on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China.

T Deng, Y Li, J Zhang, W Li, C Xu, Y Li - BioInvasions Record, 2021 - reabic.net
Freshwater organisms are facing rapid population declines and substantial extinction risks,
and invasive species represent one of the significant drivers of freshwater biodiversity …

[BOOK][B] Human-Wildlife Conflict Management: Prevention and Problem Solving

RF Reidinger Jr - 2022 - books.google.com
The latest edition of this classic guide details how to understand and resolve a broad array
of human-wildlife conflicts. This new edition of Human-Wildlife Conflict Management …

Global trade in alien species: a challenge for insect conservation

J Rodríguez, B Rodriguez-Salvador, A Novoa… - Biological Invasions and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Globalization and increased trade have created opportunities for accidental and deliberate
introductions of invasive species. Human activities, such as air and sea transport or tourism …

Video Evidence of a Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Preying Upon a Live Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Duckling in Louisiana

BM Glorioso, A Landry, G Mandill - Southeastern Naturalist, 2025 - BioOne
Most animal matter in the diet of the omnivorous Trachemys scripta (Pond Slider) consists of
invertebrate prey items such as insects, crustaceans, and mollusks, but often also includes …

Reaching new environments through illegal trade: evidence of a widely traded turtle in Colombia

AL Julián, PS Dahian, TC Felipe - Aquatic Ecology, 2023 - Springer
A major threat to biodiversity is illegal trade, with many unwanted wildlife pets released into
exotic environments outside their native distribution. Therefore, many potential invasive …