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Problem-Solving and Spontaneous Tool-Using Ability in European Brown Bears (Ursus arctos arctos) [PDF]

Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2023
Little is known about the cognitive abilities of bears, despite possessing relatively large brains for their body size. One reason this group is perhaps overlooked is because they are thought to fail to conform to the “social brain” hypothesis, by being ...
Helen R. Chambers, Sean J. O’Hara
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Traditional Khmer Medicine and its role in wildlife use in modern-day Cambodia

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2022
Individuals across Cambodia depend on the use of natural products in Traditional Khmer Medicine (TKM), a traditional medicine system in Cambodia that has been practiced for hundreds of years.
Thona Lim, Elizabeth Oneita Davis, Brian Crudge, Vichet Roth, Jenny Anne Glikman   +4 more
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Bears and Scents of Place in Sid Marty’s The Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creek

Canada and Beyond, 2023
Most Western humans think of more-than-human animals as having certain spatial requirements adequate to their needs to feed, reproduce and survive but assume that their territorial needs are more or less generic and interchangeable.
Pamela Banting
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Selfhood in Question: The Ontogenealogies of Bear Encounters

Open Philosophy, 2022
Recent years have witnessed an increase in bear sightings in Latvia, causing a change of tone in the country’s media outlets, regarding the return of “wild” animals.
Sauka Anne
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Behavior and Habitat Use Remain Diverse and Variable in Modern Zoological Exhibits over the Long-Term: Case Studies in 5 Species of Ursidae

Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2021
Long-term evaluations of whether modern zoological exhibits help to maintain variation in the behavior of zoo animals are lacking despite the hope that animals avoid falling into monotonous patterns of behavior or boredom. This study evaluated changes in
David M. Powell, Eli Baskir
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Indoor Air Pollution of Outdoor Origin: Mitigation Using Portable Air Cleaners in Singapore Office Building

Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2022
Landscape fires in Indonesia and traffic pollution have been receiving increasing attention as sources of particulate matter (PM) in Singapore. Although mitigation measures to reduce PM levels using portable air cleaners (PACs) have been used in ...
Zuraimi Sultan, Jiayu Li, Jovan Pantelic, Stefano Schiavon   +3 more
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Ageing: A Dialogue

ESPES, 2023
In April 2021, longing to learn first-hand about ageing philosophically, Valery Vino reached out to the legendary Arnold Berleant (who was 89 at the time of writing), to see whether he might be interested in recording a dialogue to this theme, with a ...
Arnold Berleant, Michael Alpert, Valery Vino   +2 more
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Perceptions of the COVID‐19 pandemic's impact on communities and wildlife trade: Preliminary qualitative analysis from hunters in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos

Conservation Science and Practice, 2023
The COVID‐19 pandemic has accelerated efforts to engage critically with forest‐adjacent, rural, communities who rely on wildlife. We interviewed 109 hunters of wildlife across Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos regarding the effect the COVID‐19 pandemic has had
Elizabeth Oneita Davis, Marielle Castaneda, Brian Crudge, Thona Lim, Vichet Roth, J. A. Glikman, Trung Cao   +6 more
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Who Bears the Cost? [PDF]

, 1987
Many municipalities in the United States, especially in rapidly growing areas, are considering or have adopted impact fee systems to help pay for the costs of new growth.
Siemon, Charles
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Local attitudes toward Apennine brown bears: Insights for conservation issues [PDF]

, 2019
Human-carnivore coexistence is a multi-faceted issue that requires an understanding of the diverse attitudes and perspectives of the communities living with large carnivores. To inform initiatives that encourage behaviors in line with conservation goals,
Boitani L., Boitani L., Ciucci P., Eagly A. H., Faraway J. J., Febbo D., Fox J., Glikman J. A., Latini R., Likert R., Linnell J. D. C., Osborne J. W., Tabachnick B. G., Thompson R., Vaske J. J., Warner R. M.   +15 more
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