Eastern wolves have hybridized extensively with coyotes and gray wolves and are listed as a 'species of special concern' in Canada. However, a distinct population of eastern wolves has been identified in Algonquin Provincial Park (APP) in Ontario. Previous studies of the diverse Canis hybrid zone adjacent to APP have not linked genetic analysis with field data to investigate genotype-specific m...

The behavioral patterns and large territories of large carnivores make them challenging to monitor. Occupancy modeling provides a framework for monitoring population dynamics and distribution of territorial carnivores. We combined data from hunter surveys, howling and sign surveys conducted at predicted wolf rendezvous sites, and locations of radiocollared wolves to model occupancy and estimate...

The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) network has gained vigorous evolution in recent decades by virtue of its advanced nature, and UAV-based localization techniques have been extensively applied a variety fields. In most applications, the data captured UAV are only useful when associated with geographic position. Efficient low-cost positioning is great significance for development UAV-aided techno...

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) which represent the most widespread source of sequence variation in genomes, are becoming a routine application in several fields such as forensics, ecology and conservation genetics. Their use, requiring short amplifications, may allow a more efficient genotyping of degraded DNA. We provide the first application of SNP genotyping in an Italian non-invasiv...

Abstract With the development of energy Internet, integrated network electricity-gas interconnection has become an important research object optimization. To improve absorption capacity and utilization efficiency renewable in a regional network, comprehensive multi-objective optimization model containing power to gas (P2G) is proposed this paper. The considers two objectives pollutant emission ...

Photovoltaic (PV) intelligent edge terminals (IETs) integrate data acquisition, processing, storage and upload functions for operations of PV power stations. However, the cost installing a IET at one station is relatively high. In order to achieve goal multiple distributed stations sharing on premise ensuring reliability, paper proposes method optimal configuration IETs. First all, considering ...