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We used spatially explicit capture‐recapture to estimate jaguar densities in a private reserve in the Colombian Llanos and quantified land cover change in and around the reserve from 2014 to 2024. Densities increased 22% since 2014, while disturbed land cover increased by 39%–54% around the reserve depending on buffer distance. Our study indicates that
Valeria Boron +7 more
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Measuring Governance or Wealth? Construct Validation of AI Readiness Indices
ABSTRACT Many are the promises of artificial intelligence and the indices claiming to measure government readiness for it. This study provides the first construct validity investigation of the Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index, the Tortoise Global AI Index, and the IMF AI Preparedness Index, using a nine‐test battery and drawing on ...
Anis Ben Brik
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Flexible, Robust Transparent Conductive Films With Excellent Electromagnetic Shielding Properties
ABSTRACT Transparent conductive films (TCFs) are indispensable components for next‐generation wearable electronics, intelligent robots, and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding devices. However, the fabrication of conventional random metallic mesh suffers from an inherent trade‐off between “randomness and controllability”.
Shanghao Lu +5 more
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ABSTRACT Introduction Following rapid iterations in media technologies, Chinese millennials (born between 1980 and 1995) find themselves in a paradoxical state where digital saturation exists alongside fatigue, making them central practitioners of digital minimalist behavior.
Chao Zhang, Yinze Hao, Jingwen Li
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Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Grasslands worldwide are experiencing severe degradation due to overgrazing, climate change and anthropogenic disturbances, resulting in substantial declines in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.
Xiaoqi Wang +5 more
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Birdwatching in Nepal has high potential to support avain biodiversity and tourism. Conservation was identified as the primary motivation for birdwatching, followed by enjoyment and achievement purposes. Health/wellbeing benefits, social and economic factors showed moderate representation, whereas academic motivation played a relatively minor role ...
Kamal Raj Gosai, Hem Bahadur Katuwal
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Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Ecological communities are stressed by rapid and complex anthropogenic changes, threatening the persistence of biotic interactions and ecosystem functioning. Plant–pollinator communities, for instance, undergo structural transformations as a result of land‐use change ...
Erliang Gao +8 more
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A link between increased temperature and avian body condition in a logged tropical forest
Abstract The combined effects of anthropogenic disturbances, such as logging and climate change, remain poorly understood; yet, they are the main threats to tropical biodiversity. Most tropical African countries lack long‐term climate data, so climate impacts on biodiversity cannot be assessed.
Moreen Uwimbabazi +7 more
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Divine intimacy, frustration and the madness of the city: Changing transhuman kinship in China
This essay shows the affective resonances of the collision of gods, humans, and rapidly shifting landscapes in a newly urbanized part of Suzhou, China. The first section discusses how ties to spirits are not just metaphors or projections of human kinship, but literal parts of a kinship system that invoke responsibilities of care, based on links of both
Keping Wu, Robert P. Weller
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The Role of Technology Standards in Strategic Hedging
ABSTRACT This article argues that technology standards provide Southeast Asian states with a distinct mechanism for hedging amid intensifying US–China technological rivalry. Traditional hedging strategies emphasizing economic engagement without political alignment are increasingly constrained by the weaponization of technological interdependence ...
Darren J. Lim, Anthea Roberts
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