Rabies transmission in the Arctic: An agent-based model reveals the effects of broad-scale movement strategies on contact risk between Arctic foxes

Tardy, Olivia; Lenglos, Christophe; Lai, Sandra; Berteaux, Dominique; Leighton, Patrick A.

doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110207

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“…Habitat-specific patterns of raccoon space use can be employed to tailor ORV baiting strategies to certain habitats when desirable [16,20]. These factors make a more comprehensive understanding of the drivers of wildlife movement behavior a priority for RABV management [16,17,21,22].…”

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Raccoon spatial ecology in the rural southeastern United States

Hill,

Miller,

Helton

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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The movement ecology of raccoons varies widely across habitats with important implications for the management of zoonotic diseases such as rabies. However, the spatial ecology of raccoons remains poorly understood in many regions of the United States, particularly in the southeast. To better understand the spatial ecology of raccoons in the southeastern US, we investigated the role of sex, season, and habitat on monthly raccoon home range and core area sizes in three common rural habitats (bottomland hardwood, upland pine, and riparian forest) in South Carolina, USA. From 2018–2022, we obtained 264 monthly home ranges from 46 raccoons. Mean monthly 95% utilization distribution (UD) sizes ranged from 1.05 ± 0.48 km2 (breeding bottomland females) to 5.69 ± 3.37 km2 (fall riparian males) and mean monthly 60% UD sizes ranged from 0.25 ± 0.15 km2 (breeding bottomland females) to 1.59 ± 1.02 km2 (summer riparian males). Males maintained home range and core areas ~2–5 times larger than females in upland pine and riparian habitat throughout the year, whereas those of bottomland males were only larger than females during the breeding season. Home ranges and core areas of females did not vary across habitats, whereas male raccoons had home ranges and core areas ~2–3 times larger in upland pine and riparian compared to bottomland hardwood throughout much of the year. The home ranges of males in upland pine and riparian are among the largest recorded for raccoons in the United States. Such large and variable home ranges likely contribute to elevated risk of zoonotic disease spread by males in these habitats. These results can be used to inform disease mitigation strategies in the southeastern United States.

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Raccoon spatial ecology in the rural southeastern United States

Hill,

Miller,

Helton

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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Effect of Climate Change on Arctic Fox (Vulpes/Alopex Lagopus)

2023

HSET

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Under the context of climate change, global warming, arctic regions are undergoing a rapid pattern transformation. This paper investigates the link between global warming and arctic fox (Vulpes/Alopex lagopus). This paper focuses on changes in environment. This paper deals briefly on the consequences of climate change and its impacts on various ecosystems in arctic regions. By the in-depth study of the arctic fox traits and compare between regular patterns and features after climate change, it’s clearly to see how much extent the arctic fox is influenced by climate change. This research focus on different characteristics of arctic fox, which are habitat and distribution, coat color change, changes in diet and diseases related to arctic fox cause by climate change. Those are the direct factors that allow people to recognize how climate change is affecting the Arctic fox. This research not only study the direct climate change impacts, as well as the interaction between species. Climate changes in arctic ecosystems alter the ordinary interactions between species in a large extent. The changes in habitats competition and predatory relationships are caused by the species interaction straightforward by the influence of global warming. By analyzing the arctic fox in a broader aspect, people can have a better understanding the challenges that arctic species facing and how arctic fox adapt to new environment successfully. After people become more aware of the severe situation among arctic, they can gain more valuable insights of arctic species adaptations and make effective solution in conservation and protection. Knowing the adaptations of arctic fox is essential for conservation strategies, preservation of arctic biodiversity and maintenance of ecosystem stability.

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