Abstract Understanding how habitat, landscape context, and human disturbance influence local species-specific deer density provides evidence informing strategic management of increasing populations. Across an extensive (187 km 2 ) heterogeneous forest-mosaic in eastern England, spatially explicit surface models roe Capreolus capreolus introduced muntjac Muntiacus reevesi were calibrated by ther...

Cases of Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis were recognized recently in the Province of Trento, Italian Alps. Assessment of areas of potential risk for these tick-borne diseases is carried out by a model based on classification and regression trees (CART), using both discrete and continuous variables. Data on Ixodes ricinus (L.) occurrence resulted from extensive sampling carried out by s...

Conventional methods to preserve adult nematodes for taxonomic purposes involve the use of fixative or clearing solutions (alcohol, formaldehyde, AFA and lactophenol), which cause morphological alterations and are toxic. The aim of this study is to propose an alternative method based on glycerol-cryopreservation of nematodes for their subsequent identification. Adults of trichostrongylid nemato...

Genetic variability of the ovine parasite Haemonchus contortus from the Alpine area was investigated using mitochondrial DNA (nd4 gene), internal transcribed spacers 1 and 2 and microsatellites, in order to assess whether cross-transmission between domestic and wild ruminants occurs. The dataset was composed of 78 individual adult male H. contortus collected from chamois (Rupicapra r. rupicapra...

Variation in size of home range is among the most important parameters required for effective conservation and management of a species. However, the fact that home ranges can vary widely within a species makes data transfer between study areas difficult. Home ranges of Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx vary by a factor of 10 between different study areas in Europe. This study aims to try and explain this...