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Conservation beyond boundaries: using animal movement networks in protected area assessment
Connectivity between sites can mediate the spatial extent and severity of environmental impacts such as disturbance. In this study, we apply network analysis to a long‐term capture–mark–recapture dataset to evaluate connectivity of the Black‐tailed Godwit population of the Tagus estuary, Portugal, and how it may be altered by a proposed airport ...
J. Nightingale +5 more
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Abstract Addressing the pressure that population growth puts on the environment has become a high‐level policy priority. Less discussed is the role of population decline in either enhancing or degrading the natural environment, and how the its reshaping can help new forms of de‐peripheralization and de‐marginalization.
Liliana Castillo‐Rivero +3 more
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Studying seasonal changes in the vocal activity of birds may shed light on the function of avian vocalizations and the phenology of life history events. Our current knowledge regarding the seasonality of the vocal behaviour of tropical birds in general, and avian brood parasites in particular, is very limited.
Cristian Pérez‐Granados +1 more
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Habitat use of and threats to African large carnivores in a mixed‐use landscape
Abstract Large carnivores increasingly inhabit human‐affected landscapes, which exhibit heterogeneity in biotic resources, anthropogenic pressures, and management strategies. Understanding large carnivore habitat use in these systems is critical for their conservation, as is the evaluation of competing management approaches and the impacts of ...
Paolo Strampelli +4 more
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Abstract Rich in raw materials, the state of Guerrero, Mexico, is one of the main enclaves of opium production, mineral extraction, and a focus for the multiplication of armed actors in Latin America, which, together with the overlapping of counterinsurgent violence in the past, post‐colonial violence and the militarization of the policies of the so ...
Inés Giménez Delgado
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Understanding the heterogeneity of biomass accumulation in second‐growth tropical forests following land use abandonment is important for informing ecosystem carbon models and forest restoration efforts. Using airborne lidar data, we quantify patterns and controls on aboveground biomass accumulation in second‐growth forests of Puerto Rico.
Sebastián Martinuzzi +7 more
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Resumen En el 2019, en seguimiento a un taller dirigido por el Global Health Studies del Fogarty International Center sobre el tema de la prevención de la obesidad infantil y las sinergias de investigación que surgen a través de las colaboraciones transfronterizas, convocamos a un grupo de expertos de Estados Unidos y Latinoamérica para que realizaran ...
Wei Perng +16 more
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A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article. Abstract Forest regrowth following farmland (agriculture and pasture) abandonment has been positively associated with a number of processes including the regulation of hydrological cycling, the enhancement of soil functioning and an increase in forest ...
Rossella Guerrieri +7 more
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Símbolos en la ciudad: la caravana de los animales
San Antón, patrón de los animales, es celebrado en el barrio de Hortaleza de Madrid con una peculiar romería. Perros, gatos, y otros animales domésticos dan tres vueltas alrededor de la antigua parroquia del Santo en amable cabalgata, recibiendo la ...
Francisco Cruces
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El significado de bienestar animal está adquiriendo gran difusión en nuestra sociedad. En este trabajo hemos desarrollado y validado una escala de actitud hacia el bienestar animal que contempla aspectos como el maltrato de los animales por placer o por ...
Beatriz Mazas Gil +1 more
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