One of the UK’s most loved native species, the endangered red squirrel has lost 60 per cent of its range in England and Wales over the last 13 years, and it is estimated that there are fewer than 290,000 left across the country. Monitoring is a critical part of conservation efforts as...
forestry.gov.uk 相似文献Genetic structure of fragmented populations of red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in the UK The relationships among 207 squirrels from 12 locations in the UK and three in mainland Europe were examined using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region... ...
UK). We recorded body mass (spring-balance ± 5 g, KERN & SOHN GmbH, Balingen-Frommern, Germany), body length (nose-anus-length ± 0.5 cm, tape measure), sex, reproductive status and age (juvenile, subadult or adult, classified via body mass and reproductive status, following...
According to our results, the removal control approach could ensure the conservation of the native red squirrel population if r is substantially reduced (𝑟≤0.5r≤0.5). In this respect, it should be noted that the removal of the animals is advantageous, since it allows for a reduction in ...
Levels of heavy metals were determined in the Alaska moose (Alces alces gigas) [49], reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) [50], brown bear (Ursus arctos) [31], wild boar (Sus scrofa) [51], squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) [52], opossum (Didelphis virginiana) in Costa Rica [53] and in wild ...