Timothy D. Nevard

TL;DR: It is shown that the metagenomic mining and resequencing of mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomics) can be applied successfully to bulk samples of wild bees, and species lists, biomass frequencies, extrapolated species richness and community structure were recovered with less error than in a metabarcoding pipeline.

TL;DR: It is suggested that genetic analysis of shed feathers could potentially offer a cost-effective means to provide ongoing monitoring of this migration between the Gulf Plains, the principal breeding area for sarus cranes, and major non-breeding locations on the Atherton Tablelands.

TL;DR: It is shown that there is clear genetic disjunction in the Sarus Crane Antigone antigone, where previously the variation had appeared to be clinal, and failure to detect subspecies through initial genetic profiling does not mean discontinuities are absent and has significance for other cases where subspecies are dismissed.

TL;DR: This article found that most farmers tolerated the cranes, particularly when they feed among stubble, and that most, however, are increasing the efficiency of their agronomic practices, harvesting combinable crops such as maize and peanuts in ways that are beginning to reduce post-harvest crop residues.

TL;DR: The authors investigated spatial and temporal patterns of use of this landscape for foraging by the two species to determine how they might be affected by changes in cropping, and concluded that maize and peanut crops are important as foraging sites for both species during the non-breeding season.