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Outcomes and Determinants of Success of a Performance Payment Scheme for Carnivore Conservation [PDF]

This paper presents a first empirical assessment of carnivore conservation under a performance payment scheme. The Swedish government issues payments to reindeer herder villages based on the number of carnivore offspring certified on their pastures.
Bostedt, Goran, Engel, Stefanie, Zabel, Astrid   +2 more
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Emotions and perceptions predict local communities' attitudes toward the conservation of large carnivores

Conservation Science and Practice
Understanding local communities' emotions and attitudes toward large carnivores is crucial for promoting coexistence, yet few studies have examined how emotions and perceptions shape these attitudes.
Zahra Ebrahimi Monfared, Seyed Hamed Mirkarimi, Hannaneh Mohammadi Kangarani, Mahmood Soofi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Middle Stone Age fauna from the RS sub-member (MSA I) at Cave 1B, Klasies River Main site, South Africa

Southern African Field Archaeology
Klasies River is an important site for the study of the evolution of Homo sapiens, understanding modern behaviour and human interaction with the environment during the Middle Stone Age. The faunal sample from the RS sub-member in Cave 1B (MSA I), dating
Joel Ezeimo, Sarah Wurz, Shaw Badenhorst
doaj   +1 more source

Placental crises: disruptive selection and maternal under‐investment as the foundations of mammalian placental evolution and dysfunction

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Among the vertebrates, mammals are notable for the dominance of live birth and placental nutrition. The structural diversity of the mammalian placenta is remarkable, despite sharing a single common ancestor and conserved physiological functions.
Davis Laundon, Neil J. Gostling, Ian G. Reddin, Bram G. Sengers, Pascale Chavatte‐Palmer, Rohan M. Lewis   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Odor uniformity among tomato individuals in response to herbivore depends on insect species. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Plants produce specific volatile organic compound (VOC) blends in response to herbivory. Herbivore-induced blends may prime the plant for future attack or attract carnivorous insects; these responses have been considered adaptive for plants.
Alicia Bautista-Lozada, Francisco Javier Espinosa-García   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Streptozotocin induced hyperglycemia in the axolotl

Developmental Dynamics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Diabetes is a group of diseases characterized by loss of β cell mass and/or function, resulting in hyperglycemia. With no established curative treatment, this has initiated research in β cell regeneration. Current animal models have either limited regenerative capacity (mice) or small size and evolutionary distance from humans ...
Pernille Lajer Sørensen, Anita Dittrich, Henrik Lauridsen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patterns of brown bear damages on apiaries and management recommendations in the Cantabrian Mountains, Spain.

PLoS ONE, 2018
Large carnivores are often persecuted due to conflict with human activities, making their conservation in human-modified landscapes very challenging. Conflict-related scenarios are increasing worldwide, due to the expansion of human activities or to the ...
Javier Naves, Andrés Ordiz, Alberto Fernández-Gil, Vincenzo Penteriani, María Del Mar Delgado, José Vicente López-Bao, Eloy Revilla, Miguel Delibes   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Subsistence harvest for food and pets associated with declining global mammal populations

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
Subsistence harvest can have substantial impacts on mammalian biodiversity, yet its effects on the conservation status of mammal species are poorly understood. We analyzed trade and use data in species accounts from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List to examine the effects of subsistence harvest on the conservation ...
Jacob E Hill, Kenneth F Kellner, Jerrold L Belant   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A 2 year retrospective study of vegan patients and their pregnancy outcomes in a tertiary level Irish hospital

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Recent previous studies have revealed outcomes of higher risk of low birth weight, small for gestational age, and pre‐eclampsia for vegan pregnant women compared to other diets. This review examined if patients with vegan diet in our tertiary hospital had similar outcomes.
Mona Abdelrahman, Siofra Maher, Stephen W. Lindow, Michael P. O'Connell   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unveiling human–wildlife interactions in the context of livestock grazing abandonment and the return of large carnivores, ungulates and vultures: A stakeholder perspective

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Pastoral practices remain a widespread economic activity across European mountain regions. However, the viability of this activity may be threatened by the recovery of large wild vertebrates associated with passive rewilding, leading to the so‐called human–wildlife conflicts.
P. Acebes, F. J. Muñoz‐Gálvez, Z. Iglesias‐González, M. García‐Llorente, D. López‐García   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source