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Where opportunity meets desire: Predicting antlerless deer harvest selectivity during Wisconsin's nine‐day firearm season

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
We predicted Wisconsin deer hunters’ likelihood to take an available antlerless deer harvest opportunity on a given day of the 9‐day firearm season using a combination of personal characteristics of the hunter and situational factors of the hunting day.
Meghan E. Henry, Ben Beardmore, Timothy R. Van Deelen, Robert H. Holsman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human-carnivore conflict mitigation and lion population viability in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park

Frontiers in Conservation Science
The Uganda Carnivore Program (UCP), located in Queen Elizabeth National Park (QENP), has—among other large carnivore research and conservation measures—engaged in human-carnivore conflict mitigation and prevention efforts since 2015.
Michael W. Schwartz
doaj   +1 more source

Zooarchaeology of Houses and Middens: Investigating Patterns of Assemblage Composition at Early Inuit Sites Across the North American Arctic

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines faunal assemblages from paired semisubterranean houses and middens at 10 Early Inuit sites spanning the North American Arctic (ca. 1200–1500 ce) to evaluate whether local resource bases or other factors primarily structure zooarchaeological variability.
Lauren E. Y. Norman, T. Max Friesen, Sean P. A. Desjardins   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

More than proteins for empty stomachs: Wild meat in the BaTonga food system

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Our paper highlights the limitations of the framework used by many conservation‐focused programmes that incorporate food security objectives. This framework encourages the substitution of wild proteins with domestic proteins by promoting animal farming in communities located near conservation areas.
Muriel Figuié, Luzibo Ottilia Munsaka, Vupenyu Dzingirai, Olivier Lepiller, Maxwell Phiri, Patrice Grimaud   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perception Toward Wolves Are Driven by Economic Status and Religion Across Their Distribution Range

Animals
Effective conservation of large mammals depends on how people perceive them. Grey wolves have a widespread distribution globally, and their recent recolonization of human-dominated landscapes offers an excellent opportunity to understand the ...
Dipanjan Naha, Stefanie Döringer, Marco Heurich   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

People 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, Mattia Bessone, Josué Ausse Baraka, Josué Engombe Botomia, Espérance Miezi, Bénédicte Nsilu, Jonathan Nkamisha Mukole, Michel Opelele Omeno, Jean Semeki Ngabinzeke, Barbara Fruth   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative genomics of the Natural Killer Complex in carnivores

Frontiers in Immunology
BackgroundThe mammalian Natural Killer Complex (NKC) harbors genes and gene families encoding a variety of C-type lectin-like proteins expressed on various immune cells.
Jan Futas, April L. Jelinek, Pamela A. Burger, Petr Horin, Petr Horin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Feast or famine: How food deserts, wealth and greenspace correlate with coyote diets in Seattle, Washington

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban environments create unique challenges for wildlife, where dietary habits may reflect both ecological heterogeneity and societal disparities. In this study, we explored how social factors such as household income and human population density, and ecological factors such as tree canopy correlate with coyote (Canis latrans) diets in Seattle,
Samantha Erin Sophia Kreling, Lindsey Y. Bartholomew, Jessica R. Duling, Thya K. Tran, Ellen M. Reese, Yasmine Hentati, Christopher J. Schell, Laura R. Prugh   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Balancing forage and fear: How people, environment and predators shape reindeer grazing in the Fennoscandian tundra

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The long history of reindeer herding in Fennoscandia has shaped the mountain tundra by influencing its productivity, nutrient and carbon cycling and vegetation structure. By partly limiting shrub expansion, extensive reindeer grazing contributes to ecosystem resilience and helps mitigate climate change effects.
Marianne Stoessel, Felicia Wikinger, Regina Lindborg   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attitudes, norms, and beliefs of pastoralists toward cheetahs in the Horn of Africa

Frontiers in Conservation Science
Free-ranging African cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) inhabit only 13% of their former range. A subspecies of particular conservation concern is the Northeastern African cheetah (A. j. soemmeringii), which has a tentative estimate of 500 mature individuals in
Kelly W. Jones, Kelly W. Jones, Paul Evangelista, Sarah M. Durant, Sarah M. Durant, Nicholas E. Young, Redae T. Tesfai, Abdullahi H. Ali, Patricia Tricorache, Nicholas Mitchell, Nicholas Mitchell, Tomas Maule, Mowlid Hassan Abdilahi, Aden Hussein Edin, Sangale Edwin, Mohamed Hussein, Ahmed Mohamud Mohamed, Abdifatah Hassan Musse   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source