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Journal of Animal EcologyVolume 92, Issue 5 p. 945-947 COVER PICTURE AND ISSUE INFORMATIONFree Access Cover Picture and Issue Information First published: 03 May 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13721AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Graphical Abstract Cover image: The freshwater snail Physella acuta, a species where antibiotic treatment uncovers a larger extent of shell plasticity. Related article: On the use of antibiotics in plasticity research: Gastropod shells unveil a tale of caution. Photo by Robert Aguilar, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, used under CC BY 2.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Volume92, Issue5May 2023Pages 945-947 RelatedInformation

Journal of Animal EcologyVolume 91, Issue 11 p. 2151-2153 COVER PICTURE AND ISSUE INFORMATIONFree Access Cover Picture and Issue Information First published: 02 November 2022 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13529AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Graphical Abstract Cover image: Coral reef biodiversity is best supported through an assortment of microhabitat types, including coral species of differing morphologies, as well as dead coral. Interestingly, the greatest density and diversity of animals on coral reefs is found in coral rubble – broken dead coral fragments that scatter the seafloor. Stella et al. highlight this overlooked biodiversity in coral reefs across a range of microhabitats with links to water quality and reef fish biomass. See Pp. 2203–2219. Photo: Kennedy Wolfe. Volume91, Issue11November 2022Pages 2151-2153 RelatedInformation

Methods in Ecology and EvolutionVolume 10, Issue 11 p. 1829-1831 COVER PICTURE AND ISSUE INFORMATIONFree Access Cover Picture and Issue Information First published: 04 November 2019 https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13054AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Graphical Abstract This month’s cover image was taken during the 2015 aerial animal survey in the Laikipia-Samburu Ecosystem (Kenya). Traditional aerial animal counts require a human observer to count all the animals from an airplane between two horizontally aligned bars, while the pilot tries to keep flying in a straight line at the same altitude. To verify that the number of giraffe in this group has been counted correctly, the observer also took pictures of large animal groups to double check the number of counted individuals back on the ground. In the related article, Eikelboom et al. used these images to train a Convolutional Neural Network to automatically detect the elephants, giraffes and zebras in the images. Their algorithm counted between 90% and 95% of the number of these species that were counted by the human observers, of which it correctly detected an extra 2.8 to 4.0% of animals that were missed by all human observers. Their results indicate that the accuracy and precision of animal population estimates can be improved when traditional aerial animal counts are replaced by more cost-efficient semi-automatic aerial counts. Furthermore, when the aerial images are taken at a fixed rate, Eikelboom et al. posit that their animal detection algorithm will outperform human observers in the counting of animals. Photo credit: © L.M. Kenana, Kenya Wildlife Service Volume10, Issue11November 2019Pages 1829-1831 RelatedInformation

Journal of Animal EcologyVolume 92, Issue 3 p. 535-537 COVER PICTURE AND ISSUE INFORMATIONFree Access Cover Picture and Issue Information First published: 01 March 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13717AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Graphical Abstract Cover image: A male Wilson's Warbler stops over during migration. Across the last six decades, more than 100,000 Wilson's Warblers have been banded throughout North America, and in the spring, their migration is getting earlier (photo credit: Kyle Horton) Volume92, Issue3March 2023Pages 535-537 RelatedInformation

Journal of EcologyVolume 110, Issue 2 p. 279-281 COVER PICTURE AND ISSUE INFORMATIONFree Access Cover Picture and Issue Information First published: 09 February 2022 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13697AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Graphical Abstract Cover image: Female Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) foraging in a dipterocarp forest of Peninsular Malaysia. Large and threatened vertebrates like elephants, gibbons, and hornbills, play irreplaceable roles in ecosystem processes, such as seed dispersal, that are rarely evaluated at the community level. Photograph by Lisa Ong. For full details see pages 313–326. Volume110, Issue2February 2022Pages 279-281 RelatedInformation

Journal of Animal EcologyVolume 92, Issue 2 p. 223-225 COVER PICTURE AND ISSUE INFORMATIONFree Access Cover Picture and Issue Information First published: 07 February 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13715AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Graphical Abstract Cover image: Survival in nature requires, among other challenges, not to be predated. Many animal species can lose a body appendage if attacked, including the Gouvea's Sipo snake (Chironius gouveai) whose tail might be left behind to escape predation. In inspecting tail loss in C. gouveai specimens, as well in many other snake and worm-lizard species, a study elucidates major biological and environmental factors underlying predation pressure in limbless reptiles Volume92, Issue2Special Feature: Leveraging Natural History Collections to Understand the Impacts of Global ChangeFebruary 2023Pages 223-225 RelatedInformation

Indigenous people of northern Australia make extensive use of wild resources as a source of food, in their art and craft, and for medicinal purposes. These resources are part of a socially and culturally significant landscape. Using data collected from household surveys across two catchments in northern Australia, the Daly River, Northern Territory (NT) and the Fitzroy River, Western Australia (WA), we describe indigenous aquatic resource use patterns. The former is a perennial system with extensive vegetated wetlands that can remain inundated for 4–5 months, while the latter can cease to flow during the winter dry season (May–October) and its floods usually last for weeks. Subsistence strategies depend on seasonal availability of a wide array of aquatic species and are attuned to the life histories and movement patterns of key species, such as Long-necked Turtle (Chelodina rugosa) and Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata). Indigenous households harvested resources from different habitats. Our results show a clear progression from use of the main river channel shortly after the wet season to use of billabongs late in the dry season in the Daly River, and a constant reliance on the main river channel and tributaries in the Fitzroy River. Difference in the main species utilised appears strongly related to habitat use, with four of the five most commonly harvested in the Daly catchment being non-fish species associated with billabong habitats. Commonly harvested species from the Fitzroy catchment included small bodied species used as bait and two popular food species, Black Bream (Hephaestus jenkinsi) and Catfish (Neoarius spp.). Results suggest that indigenous subsistence strategies are vulnerable to changes in the natural systems that provide the “ecosystem goods,” particularly annual inundation of floodplains that drives productivity and provides habitat for some key species. Water resource developments, such as river regulation and increased abstraction for irrigated agriculture, could adversely affect a highly valued customary component of the indigenous economies of tropical Australia.

We used improved information on fecundity and credible estimates of survival to define the plausible bounds of maximum intrinsic rate of population increase (rm) in magpie geese and explored the management and conservation implications, given current estimates of off-take. We considered previous estimates of rm (0.78, based on time-series analysis of aerial count data) and the corresponding predicted maximum sustainable harvest rates (30–39% per annum) to be excessive, thereby risking poor management decisions. In contrast, our estimate of the maximum plausible range of rm (0.11–0.28) is substantially lower than the previous estimate, and suggests maximum harvest rates of no more than 5–14% of total population size per annum. We consider that it would be unwise to adopt the prior estimate of rm for management policy because it would risk over-exploitation. Our results embody a more precautionary approach to assessing maximum sustainable yield for magpie geese in northern Australia, and are not confounded by migration. The move from a simple empirical model to a partially mechanistic one reflects a significant improvement in understanding, but must nevertheless be viewed as part of an ongoing process of model refinement and testing.

Mergent's Dividend AchieversVolume 3, Issue 3 p. 304-304 U.S. Company Reports Webster Financial Corp (Waterbury, Conn)† First published: 30 June 2006 https://doi.org/10.1002/div.4530 † Contact: : James C. Smith — Chmn., C.E.O. Address: : Webster Plaza, Waterbury, CT 06702 Web Site: : www.websteronline.com AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Abstract Other Depository Banking (MIC: 8.5 SIC: 6035 NAIC: 522120) Webster Financial is a holding company. Co.'s principal assets are all of the outstanding capital stock of Webster Bank, National Association and Webster Insurance, Inc. Co. through its various non-banking financial services subsidiaries, delivers financial services to individuals, families and businesses throughout southern New England and eastern New York State, and equipment financing, asset-based lending, mortgage origination and insurance premium financing throughout the U.S. Webster Bank provides commercial banking, retail banking, consumer financing, mortgage banking, trust and investment services through 157 banking offices. At Dec 31 2005, Co. had total assets of $17.84 billion. Volume3, Issue3Summer 2006Pages 304-304 RelatedInformation

The Chemical RecordVolume 17, Issue 10 p. 902-902 Cover PictureFree Access Cover Picture: Physicochemical Nature of Perfluoroalkyl Compounds Induced by Fluorine (The Chemical Record 10/2017) First published: 12 October 2017 https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.201781001AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Graphical Abstract The cover picture shows that the material properties of a perfluoroalkyl (Rf) compound are generated by spontaneous molecular aggregation in a two-dimensional manner, which is induced by the Rf-specific helical conformation and the dipole-dipole interaction. A single Rf group exhibits totally different material properties. See the Personal Account by T. Hasegawa (DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201700018). Volume17, Issue10October 2017Pages 902-902 RelatedInformation

Austral EcologyVolume 40, Issue 5 p. e8-e9 Book Review Wildlife Conservation: In the Belly of the Beast by Grahame J.W. Webb. Charles Darwin University Press, Darwin, Northern Territory, 2014. xxi + 336 pp. Price $59.00 (within Australia). ISBN 9781921576881 (paperback). Rosalie Schultz, Corresponding Author Rosalie Schultz [email protected] Alice Springs, Northern Territory, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this author Rosalie Schultz, Corresponding Author Rosalie Schultz [email protected] Alice Springs, Northern Territory, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this author First published: 20 July 2015 https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.12247Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume40, Issue5August 2015Pages e8-e9 RelatedInformation

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Internal Medicine JournalVolume 39, Issue 8 p. 557-559 High incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sepsis and death in patients with febrile neutropenia at Royal Darwin Hospital S. Quilty, S. Quilty John Hunter Hospital, Department of Medicine, Newcastle,Search for more papers by this authorG. Kwok, G. Kwok Nepean Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales,Search for more papers by this authorK. Hajkowicz, K. Hajkowicz Department of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital,Search for more papers by this authorB. Currie, B. Currie Northern Territory Clinical School, Royal Darwin Hospital, and Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this author S. Quilty, S. Quilty John Hunter Hospital, Department of Medicine, Newcastle,Search for more papers by this authorG. Kwok, G. Kwok Nepean Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales,Search for more papers by this authorK. Hajkowicz, K. Hajkowicz Department of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital,Search for more papers by this authorB. Currie, B. Currie Northern Territory Clinical School, Royal Darwin Hospital, and Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this author First published: 28 August 2009 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.02003.xCitations: 13 General correspondence Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Citing Literature Volume39, Issue8August 2009Pages 557-559 RelatedInformation

The Australian magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is not really a ‘goose’ but an aberrant species representing the monotypic family Anseranatidae. It is herbivorous but its ability to utilise dietary fibre is uncertain. We examined digestive processes in tame birds fed natural forages in metabolism cages and in wild birds. An examination of the gross anatomy of the gut showed features similar to those in waterfowl of the family Anatidae, the true ducks and geese. In a total-collection feeding trial geese were fed either unhusked rice grain or fresh aquatic grass. The aquatic grass was high in fibre (neutral detergent fibre (NDF) was 74% of dry matter) and magpie geese could not maintain energy or nitrogen balance on this feed. The maintenance energy requirement of the caged magpie geese, as estimated on the rice diet, was 573 kJ kg–1 day–1, which was similar to that found for other species of geese. The maintenance nitrogen requirement was 0.44 g N kg–1 day–1 or 0.52 g N kg–0.75 day–1, which also was similar to the average value for birds. Fibre digestion on both diets was small, 19% and 27% of NDF for rice and grass respectively. Rates of passage of fibrous digesta through the gut of magpie geese varied with diet. The mean retention time for fibre was longer when feeding on the aquatic grass than on unhusked grain, 7.7 3.0 h v. 3.7 0.6 h Data from wild magpie geese clarified the process of digestion. The patterns of pH and short-chain fatty acids along the gut pointed to acid and enzymic digestion occurring in most of the tract, down to the ileocaecal junction. Fermentation appeared restricted to the caeca, rectum and cloaca, though, of note, the caeca contained little fibre, 5% NDF. Higher levels of fibre digestion were indicated in wild geese but fibre still was not a major contributor to the energy intake of these birds. The digestive capabilities of the magpie geese were considered in relation to their impact on the feeding and reproductive biology of these ‘geese’ in monsoonal, northern Australia