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Understanding human-predator interactions has been a central goal of conservation for decades, yet many previous efforts have approached this challenge from disciplinary perspectives focused on single case studies. There is a need for more transdisciplinary and multi-sited research to enrich our understandings of the complexity of human-nonhuman interactions and to design ways to make them more convivial. The multi-year CONVIVA “convivial conservation” research project addressed this gap, involving scholars from natural sciences, social sciences and humanities to promote coexistence, biodiversity and justice in conservation across four diverse case studies of apex predators: jaguars in Brazil, wolves in Finland, lions in Tanzania, and brown bears in California, United States. In this article, we set out two key contributions. First, we highlight how our project created iterative, dialogue-based reflections amongst different disciplines and perspectives to inform research questions, methods and units of analysis, fulfilling what we see as a key need in the literature. Second, we operationalise our collaboration beyond disciplinary silos into a novel framework of five interconnected dimensions of analysis, that characterise human-predator interactions, drawing on a range of lenses and including a series of guiding questions. We also showcase empirical material from our cases across wildlife, environment, interactions, institutions and justice dimensions. We present our approach, framework and findings with collective reflections and an invitation for adaptation and further research on their suitability to other contexts and species.

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Reservoirs alter flows and aquatic habitats, reordering rarity patterns of reservoir ichthyofauna by allowing certain fish traits to flourish while filtering others. We reviewed the composition of fish species in an impounded river basin (Tennessee River, USA) to identify traits that influence rarity. We delineate levels of rarity based on the number of occupied reservoirs and species distribution, compare traits across rarity levels, and pinpoint traits that influence species rarity inside reservoirs. Four rarity levels were designated to 212 fish species: absent from the reservoir, rare and restricted within the basin, rare and spread throughout the basin, and common throughout the basin. Common species had the most distinctive traits, suggesting highly filtered species. They exhibited higher fecundity, longevity, piscivory, potamodromy, and association with large woody debris, vegetation, slow current, and lacustrine habitats. Rare and spread and rare and restricted species were separated by a few macrohabitat traits, with the former tending to be more lowland, slow current, large river, and lacustrine-oriented whereas the latter more creek and lotic oriented. Only age at maturity, longevity, fecundity, and potamodromy—all of which were lower in absent species—separated the absent from the rare and restricted. About half of rare and restricted species were already rare and restricted pre-impoundment; the rest had wider distributions pre-impoundment denoting species vulnerable in reservoirs and needing conservation to prevent local extinctions. Signals gleaned from species traits and rarity analysis indicate that conservation of rare species may need to focus on enhancements to selected reservoir habitats and to basin-wide connectivity.

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For endangered shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum), the ability to estimate and monitor population size is critical for tracking species’ recovery. Yet, contemporary abundance estimates have not been completed for many shortnose sturgeon populations, largely owing to the difficulty in using traditional abundance estimators for sturgeons. Here, we estimate the adult shortnose sturgeon population size of the Hudson River, NY by integrating data from two largely passive sampling methods – acoustic telemetry and side-scan sonar – into a Bayesian hierarchical model of abundance. We estimated the adult abundance to be 69,798 individuals (95% CI = 9,207-185,666), making the Hudson River the largest extant shortnose sturgeon population. Despite this, the population remains vulnerable to localized disturbances, as over 40% of the population congregated in a small overwintering habitat that coincides with an area of high anthropogenic activity. Accordingly, recurrent demographic surveys may be beneficial for gaining insight into the relative effects of anthropogenic and naturally stochastic processes shaping shortnose sturgeon demography. Our modeling framework provides a relatively low-cost alternative for future demographic monitoring of species of conservation concern.

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Small leisure boat harbours have important aesthetic and recreational values in any country with a coastline. In Sweden, there are about 860 000 leisure boats, which is one of the world's highest numbers in relation to the country's population. However, small boat harbours also present a wide range of environmental problems, including the introduction of alien species and high pollution. In this study, we investigated the ecological quality status (EcoQS) of the Hinsholmskilen small boat harbour, located southwest of the city of Gothenburg (Sweden). We performed a reconnaissance survey of the harbour's previously unstudied benthic foraminiferal communities and analysed surface sediment (0–2 cm) samples for potentially toxic elements: copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), mercury (Hg), and arsenic (As). The results show that, based on the total benthic foraminiferal distribution (dead and live specimens), the assemblages in Hinsholmskilen harbour represent a typical European estuarine community with highly abundant Ammonia and Elphidium species. Based on molecular and morphological data, we report the presence of two alien and putatively invasive species likely originating from Asia: Trochammina hadai and Ammonia confertitesta (phylotype T6). Both species have recently been identified elsewhere on the Swedish west coast based on molecular and morphological data but do not have a well-known distribution. The sediment analysis for potentially toxic elements showed that the harbour has good to high EcoQS corresponding to no or little deviation from reference conditions for Cd, Co, Ni, and Pb distribution. Some of the contaminants (Pb, As, Zn, and Cr) showed poor to bad EcoQS in the innermost harbour in proximity to high-pressure cleaning plants, where boats are usually lifted, cleaned, and prepared for winter storage on land. Finally, Cu and Hg showed consistently bad and poor EcoQS all over the harbour, reflecting the use of both metals as biocides in antifouling boat paints.

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Background

Wildfires often occur in mountainous terrain, regions that pose substantial challenges to operational meteorological and hydrologic observing networks.

Aims

A mobile, post-fire hydrometeorological observatory comprising remote-sensing and in situ instrumentation was developed and deployed in a burnt area to provide unique insights into rainfall-induced post-fire hazards.

Methods

Mobile radar-based rainfall estimates were produced throughout the burn area at 75-m resolution and compared with rain gauge accumulations and basin response variables.

Key results

The mobile radar was capable of resolving details in intra-basin rain fields as well as detecting storms approaching the burn area with accuracy equivalent to rain gauges. Runoff responses were complex and dependent on spatiotemporal patterns and magnitude of rainfall intensity over the burn area.

Conclusions

The complement of the mobile radar with the near-field, non-contact instruments measuring the hydrologic response provided valuable information in regions that are difficult to access and are not routinely monitored by conventional observing networks.

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Post-fire observatories equipped with mobile radars deployed on burn areas provide real-time data, early alerting capabilities and visualizations to potentially guide impact-based decision support for local authorities.

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This paper examines the pathways to desirable nature futures as envisioned by 22 young people from all United Nations regions and diverse cultural backgrounds who participated in the second edition of the IPBES Youth workshop (2022). The workshop employed the Three Horizons framework and the Nature Futures Framework (NFF) to describe the plurality of youth visions for desirable nature futures and transformative pathways to achieve these visions. Based on the outcomes of the workshop, we conducted a qualitative content analysis categorizing the ideas and quantitatively assessed commonalities and differences among workshop groups, which were based on the NFF perspectives (nature for nature, nature for society, nature as culture, and a group in between perspectives). There were important differences in the visions and pathways articulated by the groups, but also commonalities, such as the importance of governance, community-based approaches, and education for achieving desirable nature futures. We also discuss the importance of flexibility in the NFF to accommodate diverse perspectives and involvement of youth in shaping global sustainability agendas. While many ideas raised by young people during this workshop align with existing conservation narratives, the study reveals the need to foster new and innovative ideas to drive transformative change that is sensitive to diverse contexts, histories, and experiences.

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Robust science is needed to inform national resource management and policy decisions. Predictive species habitat maps are frequently employed in conservation decision-making but are often based on a single metric representing habitat quality. We outlined a framework that combines multiple spatially explicit indices of potential habitat quality that could be used to identify and prioritize habitat management areas, using the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; hereafter sage-grouse) as an example species. Due to large-scale changes in sagebrush ecosystems, sage-grouse have suffered significant population declines in recent decades and have become key to land management plans throughout the western United States, where comprehensive habitat maps are crucial to effective conservation efforts. We evaluated habitat selection and survival patterns of sage-grouse across six distinct annual life stages and seasons to generate predictive habitat map surfaces, mapped the distribution of current occupancy, and combined maps of potential selection and survival patterns with space use and occupancy indices to delineate example habitat management categories. Our approach facilitates identification of priority areas to target for habitat preservation and areas where anthropogenic impacts could occur with likely minimal impact to the species. Overall, by combining indices representing selection, survival, and current occupancy, we provide a framework to allow for a flexible and targeted management approach that could be adapted to a wide variety of species.

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The mottled duck (Anas fulvigula) is nonmigratory and a priority species for regional conservation and management because of its limited range and declining population trajectory in the western Gulf Coast (WGC) of Louisiana and Texas, USA. We developed multistate dead-recovery models for banding and recovery data (1997–2020) to evaluate potential drivers of survival, recovery, and post-summer movements for the WGC population of mottled ducks in Louisiana and Texas. Annual survival was most strongly associated with sex and year, with females having lower survival ( ±  = 0.544 ± 0.114) than males (0.619 ± 0.062). Of the 32 environmental covariates tested, fall precipitation was the factor most strongly associated with survival. Conditional recovery probability (i.e., given mortality, the probability a bird had been shot by a hunter, retrieved, and had their band number reported) varied by sex, age, geographic state, and year, with juvenile males generally having highest conditional recovery (0.303 ± 0.072), followed by juvenile females (0.201 ± 0.100), adult males (0.156 ± 0.038), and adult females (0.095 ± 0.057). Estimates of harvest probabilities followed similar patterns as conditional recovery. Models containing effects of harvest regulations on conditional recovery were not competitive compared to models with general year effects; however, post hoc analyses suggested conditional recovery and harvest probabilities for adult and juvenile females decreased with the daily bag limit reduction in Louisiana and, for juvenile females, implementation of the 5-day closure regulation in Texas. Post-summer movement was substantially higher in the direction of Texas to Louisiana, decreased with distance to the Louisiana–Texas border, was higher for males than females, and varied with winter precipitation. These results contribute to a better understanding of the factors influencing demographic performance, harvest, and movement between states with differing harvest regulations and environmental pressures, which is important for mottled duck conservation planning. Wildlife managers can consider expanding banding effort throughout the full range of the WGC population and collecting and reporting live-recapture data to allow for stronger population-level inferences and increased power to detect differences in important demographic parameters at more refined spatial scales.

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Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning enable more accurate, scalable, and automated mapping. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the applications of AI, particularly deep learning, in landslide inventory mapping. In addition to examining commonly used data sources and model architectures, we explore innovative strategies such as feature enhancement and fusion, attention-boosted techniques, and advanced learning approaches, including active learning and transfer learning, to enhance model adaptability and predictability. We also highlight the remaining challenges and potential research directions, including the estimation of more diverse variables in landslide mapping, multimodal data alignment, modeling regional variability and replicability, as well as issues related to data misinterpretation and model explainability. This review aims to serve as a useful resource for researchers and practitioners, promoting the integration of deep learning into landslide research and disaster management.

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The spatial extent of mixing between separately emplaced batches of magma is a key component in understanding the incremental assembly of plutons. Potassium feldspar megacrysts (>3 cm length) in granodioritic rocks are hypothesized to record magma mixing and transport over hundred kyr timescales. CA-ID-TIMS U-Pb dates from zircon inclusions within 11 new megacryst samples and their surrounding matrix from the Tuolumne Intrusive Suite are presented as a means of evaluating the extent of mixing across a less than two km wide gradational contact. Megacrysts from within the gradational contact yielded zircon dates consistent with mixing or transport from the older porphyritic Half Dome Granodiorite, but the zircon included in megacrysts from the younger Cathedral Peak Granodiorite show no evidence of interaction with the porphyritic Half Dome. These results, along with the trace element geochemistry of the zircon, suggest that the porphyritic Half Dome and Cathedral Peak magmas where we sampled were not comagmatic, which constrains the width of a mixing front to the kilometer scale gradational contact between these units. From within this gradational contact, we do find evidence of mixing consistent with prior studies. Differences between the core- and rim-included zircon date spectra also suggest that protracted growth is recorded in some K-feldspar megacrysts but may not be a requirement for forming them.

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Scenarios, or plausible characterizations of the future, can help natural resource stewards plan and act under uncertainty. Current methods for developing scenarios for climate change adaptation planning are often focused on exploring uncertainties in future climate, but new approaches are needed to better represent uncertainties in ecological responses. Scenarios that characterize how ecological changes may unfold in response to climate and describe divergent and surprising ecological outcomes can help natural resource stewards recognize signs of nascent ecological transformation and identify opportunities to intervene. Here, we offer principles and approaches for more fully integrating ecological uncertainties into the development of future scenarios. We provide examples of how specific qualitative and quantitative methods can be used to explore variation in ecological responses to a given climate future. We further highlight opportunities for ecological researchers to generate actionable projections that capture uncertainty in both climatic and ecological change in meaningful and manageable ways to support climate change adaptation decision making.

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As a result, there were substantial discrepancies in the spatial patterning of wildfire behavior estimated from the fire-spread model FLAMMAP when parameterized with LANDFIRE compared to field-based fuel-bed maps created from Random Forests models. Reliable maps of vegetation cover and fuel conditions are needed to help guide fuels and invasive species management, especially given recent increases in pre- and post-fire treatments in arid and semiarid landscapes. 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At Redwood National and State parks restoration efforts are underway to promote the recovery of forests following a history of intense logging. Unmanaged secondary forests at the parks have high stem density with slow stand development. Restoration thinning treatments of these stands are designed to promote the representation of redwood and improve the growth of residual trees. Restoration treatments, by definition, remove live tree carbon, so there is a potential conflict with restoration and carbon sequestration goals. We used data from 151 monitoring plots to determine early treatment effects (mostly ≤ 10 years following treatments) on live tree forest carbon in thinned and unthinned stands. Aboveground live tree carbon in untreated secondary forests was primarily related to stand age. Both treated and untreated stands accumulated carbon over time, with evidence that treated stands had a slightly faster rate of carbon accumulation. For a subset of plots where we had sufficient replicates of thinning prescriptions, we found thinning resulted in reductions in live tree aboveground carbon, particularly for heavy thinning, but with plots accumulating live tree carbon stocks similar to pre-treatment levels within 6–10 years. Stand projections suggested that both thinned and unthinned stands have the capacity to greatly increase aboveground live tree carbon in coming decades, with thinned stands accumulating aboveground live tree carbon at a slightly faster pace.

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Subduction zones are home to multiple geohazards driven by the evolution of the regional tectonics, including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and landslides. Past evolution builds the present-day structure of the margin, while the present-day configuration of the system determines the state-of-stress in which individual hazardous events manifest. Regional simulations of subduction zones provide a tool to synthesize the tectonic history of a region and investigate how geologic features lead to variations in the state of stress across the subduction system. However, it is challenging to design regional models that provide a force-balance that is consistent with the large-scale motion of surrounding tectonic plates while also not over-constraining the solution. Here, we present new models for the Cascadia subduction zone that meet these criteria and demonstrate how the motion of the subducting Juan de Fuca plate can be used to determine the along-strike variations in the viscous (long-term) coupling across the plate boundary. All successful models require lower viscous coupling in the northern section of the trench compared to the central and southern sections. However, due to uncertainties in the geometry of the Cascadia slab, we find that there is a trade-off between along-strike variation in viscous coupling and slab shape. Better constraints on the slab shape, and/or use of other observations are needed to resolve this trade-off. The approach presented here provides a framework for further exploring how geologic features in the overriding plate and the properties of the plate boundary region affect the state-of-stress across this and other subduction zones.

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The California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) is a critically endangered species with populations that are not currently self-sustaining. Although understanding nest success is key to understanding trends in their populations, field monitoring of condor nests has become increasingly challenging as the number of nesting condors has increased and their range has expanded. We investigated whether California Condor nest fate could be accurately estimated from telemetry data with limited field observations. Our study focused on the southern California population of California Condors (2015–2022), and we used a recently published Bayesian hierarchical modeling framework that combines movement data and occasional field observations to estimate individual-level and population-level nest success. The model detected shifts in space use to categorize if each nest failed or if a young fledged. Estimated model parameters suggested that after nest failure, condors shifted toward more expansive space use. Additional field observations, not included as data in the model, provided evidence that we accurately categorized nest fate for 63 out of 65 California Condor nesting attempts. Finally, we scaled individual-level reproductive success to estimate annual population-level nesting success. These methods offer managers a way to reduce field monitoring efforts while still allowing for estimation of nest success, which will be key as the breeding populations of California Condors continue to grow and become more widely spread across the landscape.

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sutures","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2025-08-25T15:26:42.595287","indexId":"70270740","displayToPublicDate":"2025-05-23T08:22:11","publicationYear":"2025","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":2,"text":"Article"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":10,"text":"Journal Article"},"seriesTitle":{"id":2886,"text":"North American Journal of Fisheries Management","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":10}},"title":"Comparing surgery time and short-term incision healing for Largemouth Bass using smooth- and barbed-absorbable sutures","docAbstract":"

Objective

Barbed sutures have become increasingly favored over traditional smooth sutures in human medicine but remain understudied in fisheries biotelemetry applications. Our objectives were to (1) compare surgery time and recovery time for Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans when using smooth- versus barbed-absorbable sutures to close the incisions and (2) compare the short-term healing rates of incisions that were closed with the two sutures.

Methods

We conducted a surgical trial using two incision closure methods: a smooth suture method, which used three interrupted sutures, and a barbed suture method, which used a running style suture. Surgery and surgical recovery times were recorded for each surgery. At 14 d postsurgery, each incision was scored for openness and inflammation.

Results

Barbed sutures (median surgery time = 133.5 s) resulted in higher surgical efficiency than smooth sutures (median surgery time = 255.0 s). Surgical recovery time did not differ between the two suture types. Mortality did not differ between suture types (overall mortality = 21%) and was similar to previously reported mortality rates. Incision site inflammation and openness were variable but did not differ between suture types.

Conclusions

Our results indicate that barbed sutures may increase surgical efficiency while maintaining currently observed survival and healing rates for Largemouth Bass.

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The calcified structures of fishes provide insight into their periodic growth rates and can be combined with other biological variables to identify metrics such as size or age at maturity and mortality rates. Collecting this information on growth and life history can help evaluate the success of conservation efforts and inform future management decisions for a species in need. However, before these life history data can be applied to larger stock assessments that direct management decisions, confidence in the validity of the data needs to be reported through metrics of accuracy and precision. For this report, we assessed the bias and precision of paired reader estimations of spawning marks on scales of Blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis) collected in the U.S. Fish & Wildlife (USFWS) Annual Adult River Herring Stock Assessment for the lower Connecticut River basin. The paired reads on scales from a total of 8,698 fish over the ten years of the long term monitoring program were evaluated for the annual presence of systematic bias and precision using a combination of qualitative (i.e., frequency tables) and quantitative (i.e., Evan’s and Hoenig’s Test of Symmetry, and Coefficient of Variation (CV) calculations) analyses. While seven out of the ten survey years had systematic bias detected by the tests of symmetry, only three years (2013, 2016, 2018) had imprecision values >10% CV threshold. Data were further categorized into specific age classes within survey years to increase our resolution on where bias and imprecision was most prevalent. While the ability for accurate bias detection was limited by sufficient sample sizes (>25 fish), average imprecision values increased with age, and median age classes (4 through 6) commonly had bias detected. However, the removal of insufficient age classes prior to calculating average annual CV did not significantly change the initial average. Lastly, 2023, which was the first year to implement a standardized training procedure prior to production estimating, had the highest precision for both the annual average and specific age classes compared to all prior survey years. This standardized training procedure will continue to be used by USFWS for the lower Connecticut River tributaries, and can be modified for other river systems. Overall, this report’s results highlight the importance of assessing precision and encourage the standardization of spawning mark identification quality control and assurance for future studies. With more quality assessments and baseline information on precision and bias, there can be more beneficial discussion on defining thresholds and how to implement spawning history variability into catch curve analyses.

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Montane meadows provide vital habitat that supports ecosystems, regulate hydrological processes, and offer valuable recreational opportunities. Meadows account for 3 % of Yosemite National Park's area, including Yosemite Valley, and are particularly susceptible to human impacts such as formation of informal trails. We collected observational data on visitor activity and quantified social trail disturbance to compare with resource monitoring datasets and through similar parameters to Walden-Schreiner and Leung (2013) who studied visitor use and behavior in three Yosemite Valley meadows in 2011. We documented change in number of visitors per hour and primary activity pursued. We also compared trends of meadow disturbance (informal trail length and disturbed area) from the early 2000s - 2023. Informal trail length at El Capitan Meadow decreased from 2004 to 2018, followed by recent increases. Disturbed area for Cooks A, Sentinel A, Slaughterhouse B, Stoneman A, and Stoneman B sub-meadows increased from 2006 to 2023. Between 2011 and 2023, the proportion of those engaged in active versus stationary pursuits showed that visitors engaged in more active pursuits in two of three meadows. Moreover, there were >3.5 times more visitors per hour in Cooks, El Capitan, and Leidig meadows in 2023 compared to 2011, yet, most visitors utilized designated trails. Meadow locational context was linked to activity preference and types of impacts. Management strategies, such as fencing and signage have been effective at minimizing impacts in several meadows. Parsing nuances of informal trail use and drivers of disturbance for various meadows is crucial for informed park management decisions and actions.

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