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AN IMPROVED BINOMIAL APPROXIMATION FOR THE BETA BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Pure and Apllied Mathematics, 2014
openaire   +1 more source

Matching habitat choice could be brightness‐based instead of hue‐based in green‐brown polymorphic grasshoppers

open access: yesOikos, EarlyView.
Some prey species have evolved background matching, that is they resemble their surrounding environment in terms of colour and/or brightness. When prey populations inhabit patchy environments, they may even have evolved specialised phenotypes: each phenotype matching a specific subset of patches.
Lilian Cabon, Holger Schielzeth
wiley   +1 more source

More pumas (Puma concolor) does not change perceptions: The mismatched response of ranchers to the presence of a top carnivore

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Human‐wildlife conflicts (HWCs) are one of the most critical conservation challenges worldwide. Large carnivores are frequently at the centre of these conflicts because of the perceived and real threats they pose to livestock and human safety.
Esperanza C. Iranzo   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patterns of wild meat and other protein consumption in the periphery of Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract In Central Africa, human activities are severely impacting terrestrial and aquatic wildlife, threatening the food security of millions of people. Accordingly, sustainable use of wildlife is crucial for the nutrition and livelihoods of many rural communities in the region.
Zolo Admettons   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reply to Compton et al.: Another paradoxical misunderstanding. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Butler G   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Using multilayer socioecological networks to assess ecosystem service flow in a subsistence farming community in Papua New Guinea

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Ecosystem services are rapidly degrading under anthropogenic pressure. Therefore, it is increasingly important to understand how ecosystem services flow, particularly at local scales, where people directly rely on nature for their livelihoods and well‐being. Many ecosystem services are underpinned by ecological (e.g.
Anna Stanworth   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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