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Human-elephant conflict in Xishuangbanna Prefecture, China: Distribution, diffusion, and mitigation

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2018
The conflict between humans and wild animals is a special type of phenomena between human development and wild animal conservation, not only leading to massive economic loss to local residents, but also imposing severe impacts upon the production and ...
Wenwen Li, Peng Liu, Xianming Guo, Lanxin Wang, Qiaoyan Wang, Yang Yu, Yunchuan Dai, Li Li, Li Zhang   +8 more
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REPRODUCING OPERATIONAL LANDSCAPES: The Rock Mining for Indonesia's New Capital City

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Indonesia's new capital city is designed to become a green and sustainable city. In this article, we examine the (un)sustainability of the process through which the city is coming into being. Using the sociospatial theory of planetary urbanization, we trace the dialectical relationship between the new city and sites beyond it to show how ...
Bosman Batubara, Kei Otsuki, Femke Van Noorloos, Michelle Kooy, Annelies Zoomers   +4 more
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Impact of Human–Elephant Conflict Risk Perception on Farmers’ Land Use Efficiency in Yunnan, China

Land
In countries and regions where Asian elephants are distributed, human–elephant conflict has become an important ecological and socio-economic issue. As one of the major habitats of Asian elephants, China faces severe challenges.
Mengyuan Zhao, Jia Chen, Beimeng Liu, Yi Xie   +3 more
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Elephant (Elephas maximus) Health and Management in Asia: Variations in Veterinary Perspectives

Veterinary Medicine International, 2015
There is a need to identify strategic investments in Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) health that will yield maximal benefits for overall elephant health and conservation.
David Miller, Bradford Jackson, Heidi S. Riddle, Christopher Stremme, Dennis Schmitt, Thaddeus Miller   +5 more
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MIRACLE URBANIZATION: Spatial Production and Political Legitimation in the Sochi 2014 and Beijing 2022 Olympics

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract From desert ski resorts to subtropical Winter Games, there is a global proliferation of ‘mission‐impossible’ mega‐projects. The prevailing frameworks of city branding and urban entrepreneurism fail to explain the political logics behind these seemingly irrational projects.
Yiqiu Liu, Sven Daniel Wolfe
wiley   +1 more source

Successful artificial insemination in the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) using chilled and frozen-thawed semen

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2009
Background Artificial insemination (AI) using frozen-thawed semen is well established and routinely used for breeding in various mammalian species. However, there is no report of the birth of elephant calves following AI with frozen-thawed semen.
Wongkalasin Warut, Boonprasert Khajornpat, Rungsri Ronnachit, Jansittiwate Saran, Angkawanish Taweepoke, Pinyopummin Anuchai, Kornkaewrat Kornchai, Pongsopavijitr Pornsawan, Thitaram Chatchote, Mahasawangkul Sittidet, Thongtip Nikorn, Homkong Pongpon, Dejchaisri Suthathip, Wajjwalku Worawit, Saikhun Kulnasan   +14 more
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Distribution and Status of the Asian Elephant [PDF]

Oryx, 1978
This comprehensive survey of the Asian elephant is the result of an FPS-sponsored project dating from 1973. The author is Co-Chairman with J.C. Daniel, Curator of the Bombay Natural History Society) of the Survival Service Commission's Asian Elephant Group, created in 1976.
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VOID URBANISM: Unbuilt New Cities and State Formation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Based on an analysis of the planning process behind Kitoko City in the Democratic Republic of Congo—a new city project officially launched in 2019 but never implemented—this article examines the political, social, and spatial effects generated by urban initiatives that remain at the stage of intention. It investigates how such unbuilt projects
Patrick Belinga Ondoua
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Temporal Responses to Warming: Do Wild Herbivores Trade Off Heat, Predators, and Humans?

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We untangled how summer temperature, predators, and humans influenced behavioral responses in two deer species. Both reduced their daily activity level in response to warming, yet only roe deer increased nocturnality to avoid heat. Conversely, fallow deer traded off heat avoidance with predator avoidance.
Noemi Pallari, Niccolò Fattorini, Martina Calosi, Lorenzo Lazzeri, Giulia Tettamanti, Sandro Lovari, Francesco Ferretti   +6 more
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The Size, Demography, and Distribution of Cambodia's Largest Elephant Population Revealed Using Traditional Genetic Tools and a Novel SNP Panel

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Asian elephant population parameters were assessed using microsatellite, SNP, and sex determination DNA markers. This represents one of the first studies in mainland Asia to demonstrate that integrating microsatellite and SNP data enhances genotyping success from degraded fecal samples, increases the number of useable samples and markers, and ...
Rachel Crouthers, Wayne Linklater, Peter Ritchie, Visattha In, Chanrith Phoeurk, Alexander Ball   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source