Studies in search of a suitable experimental insect model for xenodiagnosis of hosts with Chagas' disease. 1 - Comparative xenodiagnosis with nine triatomine species of animals wit... by Alina Perlowagora-Szumlewicz, Carlos Alberto Muller

“…Vector species utilized in this study were: Triatoma infestans, Rhodnius prolixus and Triatoma dimidiata, all well adapted to human habitats; Triatoma rubrovaria and Rhodnius neglectus both considered totally wild species; Panstrongylus megistus, Triatoma sordida, Triatoma pseudomaculata and Triatoma brasiliensis, all essentially sylvatic but some with domiciliary tendencies and others restricted to peridomestic biotopes with incipient colonization of human houses after successful eradication of T. infestans. …”
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Wild Edible Plants of Andalusia: Traditional Uses and Potential of Eating Wild in a Highly Diverse Region by Guillermo Benítez, Joaquín Molero-Mesa, M. Reyes González-Tejero

“…With 21 original sources plus some previously unpublished data, the dataset shows a high diversity of these traditional resources, reaching 336 species or c. 7% of the total wild flora. Cultural aspects related to the use of some species are discussed and data are compared with similar works. …”
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Combining biological and socio-political criteria to set spatial conservation priorities for the endangered African wild dog by Kuiper, T, Dickman, A, Hinks, A, Sillero-Zubiri, C, Macdonald, E, Macdonald, D

“…Seven of the 19 wild dog countries scored above the median value for both priority and likelihood and supported 70% of the total wild dog population. Investment in these ‘higher priority, higher-likelihood’ countries may offer the greatest returns on conservation investment. …”

Floristic Inventory of Ethnobotanically Important Halophytes of North-Western Mediterranean Coastal Brackish Areas, Tuscany, Italy by Tiziana Lombardi, Irene Ventura, Andrea Bertacchi

“…Botanical, geographic, and ethnobotanical information was filed and included in floristic maps produced using the free Open Source QGIS software. Of the total wild species surveyed, 50% were halophytes with ethnobotanical properties, with a predominance for medicinal ones. …”
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The ecological interaction between habitat composition, habitat quality and abundance of some wild ungulates in India by Mathur, V

“…The three ungulate species together contribute more than 78% to the total wild ungulate biomass. This is presumably because these species are by nature generalist and are able to exploit the unpredictable resources more efficiently than specialist species. …”

Challenges and opportunities using hunters to monitor chronic wasting disease among wild reindeer in the digital era by Atle Mysterud, Hildegunn Viljugrein, Petter Hopp, Roy Andersen, Haakon Bakka, Sylvie L. Benestad, Knut Madslien, Torfinn Moldal, Geir Rune Rauset, Olav Strand, Linh Tran, Turid Vikøren, Jørn Våge, Christer M. Rolandsen

“…Samples originating from harvest constituted ~84% of total wild reindeer samples. CWD was detected in 2 of the 24 wild reindeer management areas. …”
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