Abstract Survival and recruitment of offspring are important drivers population dynamics. Yet, studying wildlife shortly after parturition is logistically challenging oftentimes cost‐prohibitive. As a result, our ecological understanding neonate survival limited for many species management decisions often made without an adequate their implications. We developed model to estimate the overall ra...

The characterization of demographic features in natural populations is important to understand recruitment dynamics, mating systems, and propensities for loss genetic diversity. accurate identification sex can be difficult sexually monomorphic species. We present a melt curve analysis based on qPCR assays lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) validation using the AllWSex2 marker adult males fema...

Future progress in neuromuscular prostheses will depend on developing techniques for stimulating paralyzed muscle, especially utilizing neuromuscular stimulation . We have found nonlinear force versus stimulus amplitude characteristic (recruitment) curves in the gastrocnemius-soleus-plantaris muscle group of the cat in response to stimulation of the tibial nerve near the muscle entry point . Su...