Supplementary feeding stations, or "vulture restaurants", are common conservation management tools. While a number of studies have investigated the consequences of surplus food on the population dynamics of scavengers, relatively little is known about the effects of such practices at the individual level. Within the long-term monitored breeding population of Canarian Egyptian vultures (Neophron...

The cycle of gonad development and related changes in the length structure and spatial-temporal distribution of ninespine sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius L.) in Puck Bay were studied. Observations were carried out in the shallow shore zones, as well as in the deeper epipelagic zone of the Bay. Ninespine sticklebacks reproduce in the brackish environment of Puck Bay, breeding in its warmer, in...

Surveys to detect the presence or absence of endangered species may not consistently cover an area, account for imperfect detection or consider that detection and species presence at sample units may change within a survey season. We evaluated a detection–nondetection survey method for the federally endangered golden-cheeked warbler (GCWA) Dendroica chrysoparia. Three study areas were selected ...

Pregnancy rate evaluation of the profitability of any beef cattle operations, the profit or loss is one of the most important factors determining. Emphasis and focus on adequate nutrition and reproductive management beef cattle herd, but, unfortunately, most placed little emphasis on beef cattle operations kept. However, each beef cattle breeding season during a typical cow-calf operation in 15...

Humpback whales (Megaptera Novaengliae) present one of the most complex displays of cultural transmission amongst non-humans. During breeding seasons, male humpback whales create long, hierarchical songs, which are shared amongst a population. Every male in the population conforms to the same song in a population. During the breeding season these songs slowly change and the song at the end of t...

two experiments were performed to determine the effectiveness of different progestogens contained in intravaginal devices, different doses of ecg and subsequent hcg treatment on the reproductive performance of estrus-induced mature lori ewes. in the first experiment, 88 ewes were allocated into two groups, and were treated with either fluorogestone acetate (fga) sponges or controlled internal d...

There is growing evidence of changes in the timing of important ecological events, such as flowering in plants and reproduction in animals, in response to climate change, with implications for population decline and biodiversity loss. Recent work has shown that the timing of breeding in wild birds is changing in response to climate change partly because individuals are remarkably flexible in th...

Year-class differences in reproductive function were investigated in a free-living population of adult male Dark-eyed Juncos, Junco hyemalis, breeding in interior Alaska. Second-year males (SY, entering their first breeding season) were compared with after-second-year males (ASY, entering at least their second breeding season). We measured body mass, size of the cloacal protuberance (CP), testi...

Photoperiod is the proximate cue which times the reproductive period of the sheep and the role of daylength as a "zeitgeber" is evaluated in this report. Although sheep are regarded as a short-day breeding species, the reproductive period of the Suffolk ewe begins on daylengths which are on average 2.5 hours longer than those on which it ends. The reasons for this apparent anomaly are considere...

There is growing interest in sperm senescence, both in its underlying mechanisms and evolutionary consequences, because it can impact the evolution of numerous life history traits. Previous studies have documented various types of sperm senescence, but evidence of post-meiotic intra-testicular sperm senescence in wild animals is lacking. To assess such senescence, we studied within-season chang...