THEATRE AS A FACTOR OF HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERSON AND THE SOCIETY IN THE THEATRICAL AESTHETICS OF F. SCHILLER

Analysis and synthesis of F. Schiller views on the theater as a moral institution are made in the article. It has great impact on formation of the personal and the social moral guidelines in line with religion, state and laws

Preparing for a Bsal invasion into North America has improved multi-sector readiness

Western palearctic salamander susceptibility to the skin disease caused by the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) was recognized in 2014, eliciting concerns for a potential novel wave of amphibian declines following the B. dendrobatidis (Bd) chytridiomycosis global pandemic. Although Bsal had not been detected in North America, initial experimental trials supported the heightened susceptibility of caudate amphibians to Bsal chytridiomycosis, recognizing the critical threat this pathogen poses to the North American salamander biodiversity hotspot. Here, we take stock of 10 years of research, collaboration, engagement, and outreach by the North American Bsal Task Force. We summarize main knowledge and conservation actions to both forestall and respond to Bsal invasion into North America. We address the questions: what have we learned; what are current challenges; and are we ready for a more effective reaction to Bsal’s eventual detection? We expect that the many contributions to preemptive planning accrued over the past decade will pay dividends in amphibian conservation effectiveness and can inform future responses to other novel wildlife diseases and extreme threats

Effects of the maternal and current social environment on female body mass and reproductive traits in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

The social environment of breeding females can affect their phenotype, with potential adaptive maternal effects on offspring that experience a similar environment. We housed Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) females in two group sizes (pairs versus groups of four) and studied the effects on their offspring under matched and mismatched conditions. We measured F1 body mass, reproduction, and plasma levels of androgens and corticosterone. F1 group housing led to an increase in body mass. In addition, F1 group housing had a positive effect on mass in daughters of pair-housed P0 females only, which were heaviest under mismatched conditions. At the time of egg collection for the F2 generation, F1 group-housed females were heavier, irrespective of the P0 treatment. F1 females in groups laid heavier eggs, with higher hatching success, and produced heavier offspring, most likely a maternal effect of F1 mass. F1 plasma hormones were affected by neither the P0 nor the F1 social environment. These results contrasted with effects in the P0 generation (reported previously), in which plasma hormone levels, but not mass, differed between social environments. This may be due to changes in adult sex ratios as P0 females were housed with males, whereas F1 females encountered males only during mating. Our study demonstrates potentially relevant mismatch effects of the social environment on F1 body mass and maternal effects on F2 offspring, but further study is needed to understand their adaptive significance and physiological mechanisms

4 years data for PCA on survival

4 years data for PCA on surviva

4 years data for survival analysis

4 years data for survival analysi

2 years data for reproductive success analysis (poisson independent young response)

2 years data for reproductive success analysis (poisson independent young response

4 years data for reproductive success analysis (poisson fledged response)

4 years data for reproductive success analysis (poisson fledged response

2 years data for survival analysis

2 years data for survival analysi

POPULATION-LEVEL RESPONSE OF CAROLINA CHICKADEES TO THE EXPANSION OF HOUSE WRENS IN APPALACHIAN GEORGIA**

Predators and competitors are important components of the environment, affecting the growth and evolution of populations with whom they interact. House wrens (Troglodytes aedon) occupy both of these roles because they cause direct mortality of eggs and nestlings as they usurp nest cavities from other bird species with whom they compete for this limited resource. Although native to North America, house wrens have expanded their breeding range to proliferate into the south eastern United States, where they now predate on and compete with other species, such as Carolina chickadees (Poecile carolinensis). Prior to the house wren expansion, parts of the breeding range of Carolina chickadees had not overlapped with that of house wrens, including in Appalachian Georgia where house wrens were historically absent. As part of a larger study on the evolution of adaptive behavior by Carolina chickadees to this novel competitor and predator, I am conducting a study on the population-level effect of this new interspecific interaction. The goals of this project are (1) to determine the approximate date for the expansion of house wrens into Appalachian Georgia, and (2) to quantify the change in house wren and Carolina chickadee populations over time in this area. Furthermore, I will test my hypothesis that the Carolina chickadee population has decreased as the house wren population has increased in Appalachian Georgia since the 1970s. To test my hypothesis, I am utilizing checklists submitted to eBird, a citizen science database that collects and archives bird sightings from around the world. I will analyze how the frequency of house wren and Carolina chickadee sightings (a proxy for population size) during the breeding season has changed over time in Appalachian Georgia, and test for a correlation between the sightings of the two species