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Mozambique's Colonial-Era Non-Human Primate Collection at the National Museum of Natural History and Science of Lisbon: Taxonomy, Provenance, and Historical Context. [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol
ABSTRACT Objectives This study reviews Mozambique's non‐human primate collection housed at the National Museum of Natural History and Science (MUHNAC) in Lisbon. The collection originates from the Zoological Missions of Mozambique (1948 and 1955) carried out under Portuguese colonial administration. The objectives of this work were to: i.
Osório M, Veracini C.
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Biocultural Determinants of Mothers' Complementary Feeding Decisions in the Urban Brazilian Amazon. [PDF]

Am J Hum Biol
ABSTRACT Objective Complementary feeding (CF) occurs during a critical period of infant growth and development with life‐long health implications. Despite international efforts, there remains significant variation in the adequacy of complementary diets across settings. In Brazil, there is marked variation in adherence to CF guidelines and infant growth
Piperata BA, Fannin SF, Cestonaro T, Brito-Azevedo AC, de Cássia Tavares da Silva V, Mendonça Freire Pereira J, Bittencourt Tavares Oliveira R.   +6 more
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Navigating scale and interdisciplinary dynamics in conservation social science. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract To better understand and address global human–environment crises, interdisciplinary collaborations across the natural and social sciences have become increasingly common in conservation. Within such collaborations, the question of scale can cause tensions: how to agree on the unit of measurement and analysis?
DePuy W, Thung P, Schreer V, Erb WM.
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Insights on human-wildlife coexistence from social science and Indigenous and traditional knowledge. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Much work on human−wildlife conflict focuses on safeguarding wildlife from humans and vice versa, protecting humans, their crops, livestock, and property from wildlife, and mitigating negative, sometimes lethal encounters. The emphasis is on conflict, a framing that reinforces human−nature dualisms and instills the notion of humans and wild ...
Jolly H, Stronza A.
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