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The Conservation of Biodiversity in Iran: Threats, Challenges and Hopes by Jowkar, Houman, Ostrowski, Stéphane, Tahbaz, Morad, Zahler, Peter

“…Because of its diverse geological formations, climates, and soils, Iran is home to outstanding biodiversity. National conservation started in Iran over fifty…”
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Combining landscape suitability and habitat connectivity to conserve the last surviving population of cheetah in Asia by Ahmadi, Mohsen, Balouchi, Bagher Nezami, Jowkar, Houman, Hemami, Mahmoud-Reza, Fadakar, Davoud, Malakouti-Khah, Shima, Ostrowski, Stéphane

“…Aim: The Asiatic cheetah, Acmonyx jubatus venaticus, a critically endangered large felid, has disappeared from vast tracks of its historical range across…”
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Contributions to Satellite-Based Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Quantification and Grassland Monitoring in Central Asian Highlands Using Sentinel-2 and MODIS Data by Zandler, Harald, Faryabi, Sorosh Poya, Ostrowski, Stephane

“…The peripheral setting of cold drylands in Asian mountains makes remote sensing tools essential for respective monitoring. However, low vegetation cover and a…”
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The first record of the Southwest Asian Badger Meles canescens (Mammalia: Mustelidae) from Afghanistan by Jahed, Nasratullah, Ostrowski, Stéphane

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Range-wide phylogeography of the golden jackals (Canis aureus) reveals multiple sources of recent spatial expansion and admixture with dogs at the expansion front by Stefanović, Milomir, Bogdanowicz, Wiesław, Adavoudi, Roya, Martínez-Sosa, Francelly, Doan, Karolina, Flores-Manzanero, Alejandro, Srinivas, Yellapu, Banea, Ovidiu C., Ćirović, Duško, D'Amico, Gianluca, Djan, Mihajla, Giannatos, Giorgos, Hatlauf, Jennifer, Hayrapetyan, Vahram, Heltai, Miklós, Homel, Kanstantsin, Hulva, Pavel, Ionică, Angela Monica, Jhala, Yadvendradev Vikramsinh, Juránková, Jana, Kaboli, Mohammad, Khosravi, Rasoul, Kopaliani, Natia, Kowalczyk, Rafał, Krofel, Miha, Lanszki, József, Lapini, Luca, Lymberakis, Petros, Männil, Peep, Markov, Georgi, Mihalca, Andrei Daniel, Miliou, Anastasia, Modrý, David, Molchan, Vladislav, Ostrowski, Stéphane, Pakeltytė, Giedrė, Ruņģis, Dainis Edgars, Šnjegota, Dragana, Szabó, László, Tryfonopoulos, George A., Tsingarska, Elena, Volokh, Anatoliy M., Wójcik, Jan M., Pilot, Małgorzata

“…The current rapid climate change and human-induced alteration of landscapes and animal communities have led to range expansions in numerous species, raising…”
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High-resolution assessment of the carrying capacity and utilization intensity in mountain rangelands with remote sensing and field data by Zandler, Harald, Vanselow, Kim André, Poya Faryabi, Sorosh, Rajabi, Ali Madad, Ostrowski, Stephane

“…Dry rangelands provide resources for half of the world's livestock, but degradation due to overgrazing is a major threat to system sustainability. Existing…”
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Environmental proxies of antigen exposure explain variation in immune investment better than indices of pace of life by Horrocks, Nicholas P. C, Hegemann, Arne, Ostrowski, Stéphane, Ndithia, Henry, Shobrak, Mohammed, Williams, Joseph B, Matson, Kevin D, Tieleman, B. I

“…Investment in immune defences is predicted to covary with a variety of ecologically and evolutionarily relevant axes, with pace of life and environmental…”
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Factors influencing the diurnal spring distribution of sympatric urial and Siberian ibex in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Wakhan National Park, Afghanistan by Moheb, Zalmai, Nelson, Michael F., Ostrowski, Stephane, Zahler, Peter I., Bowlick, Forrest J., Fuller, Todd K.

“…Patterns of habitat selection for sympatric urial Ovis vignei and Siberian ibex Capra sibirica are poorly known, in part because there are few places where…”
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Human expertise combined with artificial intelligence improves performance of snow leopard camera trap studies by Bohnett, Eve, Poya Faryabi, Sorosh, Lewison, Rebecca, An, Li, Bian, Xiaoxing, Rajabi, Ali Madad, Jahed, Nasratullah, Rooyesh, Hashim, Mills, Erica, Ramos, Saber, Mesnildrey, Nathan, Santoro Perez, Carolina M., Taylor, Janet, Terentyev, Vladimir, Ostrowski, Stephane

“…Camera trapping is the most widely used data collection method for estimating snow leopard (Panthera uncia) abundance; however, the accuracy of this method is…”
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Eradication of Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus and the Wildlife-Livestock Interface by Fine, Amanda E, Pruvot, Mathieu, Benfield, Camilla T O, Caron, Alexandre, Cattoli, Giovanni, Chardonnet, Philippe, Dioli, Maurizio, Dulu, Thomas, Gilbert, Martin, Kock, Richard, Lubroth, Juan, Mariner, Jeffrey C, Ostrowski, Stephane, Parida, Satya, Fereidouni, Sasan, Shiilegdamba, Enkhtuvshin, Sleeman, Jonathan M, Schulz, Claudia, Soula, Jean-Jacques, Van der Stede, Yves, Tekola, Berhe G, Walzer, Chris, Zuther, Steffen, Njeumi, Felix

“…Growing evidence suggests that multiple wildlife species can be infected with peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV), with important consequences for the…”
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Heterothermy of free-living Arabian sand gazelles (Gazella subgutturosa marica) in a desert environment by Ostrowski, Stéphane, Williams, Joseph B

“…To test whether free-living desert ungulates employ heterothermy to reduce water loss, we measured core body temperature (T(b)) of six free-living Arabian sand…”
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Heterothermy and the water economy of free-living Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) by Ostrowski, Stéphane, Williams, Joseph B, Ismael, Khairi

“…To test the idea that large, free-living, desert ungulates use heterothermy to reduce water loss, we measured core body temperature (T(b)) of six free-ranging,…”
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international collaborative study to determine the prevalence of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia by monoclonal antibody-based cELISA by Peyraud, Armelle, Poumarat, François, Tardy, Florence, Manso-Silván, Lucía, Hamroev, Karomatullo, Tilloev, Tillo, Amirbekov, Mullojon, Tounkara, Karim, Bodjo, Charles, Wesonga, Hezron, Nkando, Isabel Gacheri, Jenberie, Shiferaw, Yami, Martha, Cardinale, Eric, Meenowa, Deodass, Jaumally, Mahmad Reshad, Yaqub, Tahir, Shabbir, Muhammad Zubair, Mukhtar, Nadia, Halimi, Mohibullah, Ziay, Ghulam Mohammad, Schauwers, Willy, Noori, Hafizullah, Rajabi, Ali Madad, Ostrowski, Stéphane, Thiaucourt, François

“…BACKGROUND: Few serological tests are available for detecting antibodies against Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae, the causal agent of contagious…”
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Are antimicrobial defences in bird eggs related to climatic conditions associated with risk of trans-shell microbial infection? by Horrocks, Nicholas PC, Hine, Kathryn, Hegemann, Arne, Ndithia, Henry K, Shobrak, Mohammed, Ostrowski, Stéphane, Williams, Joseph B, Matson, Kevin D, Tieleman, B Irene

“…INTRODUCTION: All bird eggs are exposed to microbes in the environment, which if transmitted to the developing embryo, could cause hatching failure. However,…”
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Physiological acclimation of a desert antelope, Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx), to long-term food and water restriction by Ostrowski, Stéphane, Williams, Joseph B, Mésochina, Pascal, Sauerwein, Helga

“…Desert mammals often experience scarcity of drinking water and food for prolonged periods. In this study, the first long-term acclimation experiment in a…”
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Physiological Adjustments of Sand Gazelles (Gazella subgutturosa) to a Boom‐or‐Bust Economy: Standard Fasting Metabolic Rate, Total Evaporative Water Loss, and Changes in the Sizes of Organs during Food and Water Restriction by Ostrowski, Stéphane, Mésochina, Pascal, Williams, Joseph B.

“…To test the hypothesis that desert ungulates adjust their physiology in response to long‐term food and water restriction, we established three groups of sand…”
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Seasonal variation in energy expenditure, water flux and food consumption of Arabian oryx Oryx leucoryx by Williams, J B, Ostrowski, S, Bedin, E, Ismail, K

“…We report on the energy expenditure and water flux, measured in the laboratory and in the field, of the Arabian oryx Oryx leucoryx, the largest desert ruminant…”
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Using double-observer surveys to monitor urial and ibex populations in the Hindu Kush of Wakhan National Park, Afghanistan by Moheb, Zalmai, Rajabi, Ali Madad, Jahed, Nasratullah, Ostrowski, Stéphane, Zahler, Peter I., Fuller, Todd K.

“…We surveyed the urial Ovis vignei and Siberian ibex Capra sibirica in the Hindu Kush mountain range of Wakhan National Park in north-eastern Afghanistan to…”
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Reintroducing antelopes into arid areas: lessons learnt from the oryx in Saudi Arabia by Mésochina, Pascal, Bedin, Eric, Ostrowski, Stéphane

“…We focus on constraints faced by antelopes reintroductions in arid environments, and propose keys to enhance their success, using the oryx project in Saudi…”
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WATER INFLUX AND FOOD CONSUMPTION OF FREE-LIVING ORYXES (ORYX LEUCORYX) IN THE ARABIAN DESERT IN SUMMER by Ostrowski, Stéphane, Williams, Joseph B., Bedin, Eric, Ismail, Khairi

“…We measured water-influx rate during the hot summer in free-ranging adult Arabian oryxes (Oryx leucoryx) in Mahazat as-Sayd, a 2,244-km2 protected area in…”
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