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Tackling saiga horn consumption in Singapore: From consumer insights to intervention co‐design
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade is a key driver of biodiversity loss, and reducing consumer demand is recognised as a critical step in addressing it. However, studies understanding the drivers of wildlife product consumption and identifying effective strategies to reduce it remain very limited.
Xiaotong Cai +5 more
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Wildlife Letters, EarlyView.Using radiotelemetry, we found that the movement and home range of the endangered Sacalia bealei varied significantly across reproductive classes and seasons, with males exhibiting greater movement than females during wet and mating seasons. The species exhibits strong aquatic dependence, favoring deep pools interspaced among riffle‐pool sequences ...
Wing Sing Chan +3 more
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本校104年上半年推動紫錐花運動 鄰近國小拒毒萌芽反毒宣導活動 [PDF]
, 2015 [[abstract]]一杯珍奶的價錢，就能買一支「K菸」，伴隨著毒品的低價化，毒害正悄悄地在各級校園中誘惑著年輕學子。本校為響應政府推動「紫錐花運動」及教育部拒毒萌芽反毒宣導服務學習模式推廣活動，今年為第二年向教育部申請專案經費，招募大學生以大手牽小手的模式到鄰近小學，透過親和有趣的反毒教育劇坊，帶領學童瞭解毒品的危害與拒毒的技巧，使反毒的意識生根於校園，為莘莘學子營造清新健康的學習環境。 本校為使反毒運動向下紮根，上半年已於3月23日由志工服務社 ...
學務處生活輔導組
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Wildlife Letters, EarlyView.We used automated behavioral response systems (ABRs) to assess invasive wild pig (Sus scrofa) behavioral response to four auditory playbacks: humans, coyote vocalizations (Canis latrans), pigs in distress, and barred owl (Strix varia) calls. Wild pigs had a significant flight response to human playbacks, but 68% of pigs did not flee.
Justine L. Smith +2 more
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Plant invasion in mountain ecosystems reduces soil micro‐food web complexity at higher elevations
Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Anthropogenic activities have accelerated plant invasions in mountain ecosystems, impacting the structure and functions of native plant communities. Changes in above‐ground vegetation can drive shifts in below‐ground biota, yet the effects of plant invasions on soil ...
Runjie Jiao +8 more
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Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Soil salinization and alkalization often suppress microbial functional activity, triggering negative feedback loops in microbial metabolism, degrading nutrients and agricultural productivity.
Yuqi Chen, Lingying Xu, Xu Zhao
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A systematic review of avian influenza virus transmission models: Gaps and opportunities
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.Abstract Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) increasingly threatens wild birds, poultry, non‐human mammals and humans, yet gaps and opportunities in avian influenza virus (AIV) transmission modelling have not been comprehensively synthesized.
Shenglai Yin +7 more
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「卓越彰師 40有成」國立彰化師範大學40週年校慶月系列活動正式開跑！ [PDF]
, 2015 [[abstract]]彰化師大即將歡度40週年校慶，為了分享本校40年來卓然有成的豐碩成果暨連續6年獲得教育部「教學卓越計畫」獎勵的喜悅，今年擴大辦理將10月訂為「校慶月」，規劃一系列豐富多元又精采的活動，期待能以多元且創新的精神，展現卓越彰師的風貌，並以穩健踏實的步伐持續邁向下一個40年。 首先10月3日中午12時由芳苑國中舞龍隊演出「祥龍獻瑞」，祝福彰師校運昌隆宛如「飛龍在天」卓越出眾。並由副校長、彰化縣政府黃機要秘書、彰化市邱市長與學生代表一同開鑼，象徵彰化師大師生同心 ...
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When and why to give shorebirds a head start
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Headstarting is a translocation technique involving the hatching or rearing of wild eggs or young in captivity and the release of those individuals back to the wild at or before independence. It has been trialed as a conservation intervention for shorebirds over recent decades to improve the population trend of target populations by increasing
Lynda Donaldson +4 more
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Advancing conservation breeding programs for marine invertebrates
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract In the face of ecosystem change and biodiversity loss caused by climate change and other stressors, conservation breeding, or captive breeding, with the aim of reintroduction for wild population recovery, is an emerging tool for preventing species’ extinction and rehabilitating ecosystems.
Elora H. López‐Nandam +3 more
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