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Integrating robotics into wildlife conservation: testing improvements to predator deterrents through movement [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
Background Agricultural and pastoral landscapes can provide important habitat for wildlife conservation, but sharing these landscapes with wildlife can create conflict that is costly and requires managing.
Stewart W. Breck, Jeffrey T. Schultz, David Prause, Cameron Krebs, Anthony J. Giordano, Byron Boots   +5 more
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Behavioral “bycatch” from camera trap surveys yields insights on prey responses to human‐mediated predation risk

Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Human disturbance directly affects animal populations and communities, but indirect effects of disturbance on species behaviors are less well understood.
A. Cole Burton, Christopher Beirne, Catherine Sun, Alys Granados, Michael Procko, Cheng Chen, Mitchell Fennell, Alexia Constantinou, Chris Colton, Katie Tjaden‐McClement, Jason T. Fisher, Joanna Burgar   +11 more
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Integrated framework for stakeholder participation: Methods and tools for identifying and addressing human–wildlife conflicts

Conservation Science and Practice, 2021
As wild areas disappear and agricultural lands expand, understanding how people and wildlife can coexist becomes increasingly important. Human–wildlife conflicts (HWCs) are obstacles to coexistence and negatively affect both wildlife populations and the ...
Hannes J. König, Silvia Ceaușu, Mark Reed, Helen Kendall, Karoline Hemminger, Henrik Reinke, Emu‐Felicitas Ostermann‐Miyashita, Elena Wenz, Luca Eufemia, Till Hermanns, Moritz Klose, Marcin Spyra, Tobias Kuemmerle, Adam T. Ford   +13 more
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Knowledge of returning wildlife species and willingness to participate in citizen science projects among wildlife park visitors in Germany

People and Nature, 2022
Successful conservation efforts have led to recent increases of large mammals such as European bison Bison bonasus, moose Alces alces and grey wolf Canis lupus and their return to former habitats in central Europe. While embraced by some, the recovery of
Emu‐Felicitas Ostermann‐Miyashita, Hannes J. König, Nadja Pernat, Sonoko Dorothea Bellingrath‐Kimura, Sophia Hibler, Christian Kiffner   +5 more
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Zoning has little impact on the seasonal diel activity and distribution patterns of wild boar (Sus scrofa) in an UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Understanding the spatio‐temporal distribution of ungulates is important for effective wildlife management, particularly for economically and ecologically important species such as wild boar (Sus scrofa).
Henrik Reinke, Hannes J. König, Oliver Keuling, Tobias Kuemmerle, Christian Kiffner   +4 more
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Immersive Virtual-Reality-Based Streaming Distance Education System for Solar Dynamics Observatory: A Case Study

Applied Sciences, 2021
The combination of immersive virtual reality (VR) environments and distance education has led to a new educational paradigm. In this study, an immersive VR-based distance education system is proposed to enable multiple remote users to send, share, and ...
Joongjae Lee, Jaeheung Surh, Wooseong Choi, Bumjae You   +3 more
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Development and Improvement of Methods to Disinfect Raw Beef Using Calcium Hydroxide–Ethanol–Lactate-Based Food Disinfectant for Safe Consumption

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
The enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) group is responsible for outbreaks and sporadic cases around the world annually. EHEC produces a potent protein known as Shiga toxin in the human intestine causing mild to bloody diarrhea.
Ahmad Yaman Kayali, Jo Ozawa, Mitsuaki Nishibuchi   +2 more
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Citizen science as a bottom‐up approach to address human–wildlife conflicts: From theories and methods to practical implications

Conservation Science and Practice, 2021
Although biodiversity conservation is a prioritized topic globally, agreements and regulations at multiple levels often fail to meet the desired effects due to insufficient knowledge transmission about and tolerance toward environmental protection ...
Emu‐Felicitas Ostermann‐Miyashita, Nadja Pernat, Hannes J. König   +2 more
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Mahakal Blessed My Crop: Community Dynamics and Religious Beliefs Influence Efficacy of a Wildlife Compensation Program

Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2021
Conservation conflicts or human-wildlife conflicts present one of the foremost challenges to wildlife conservation globally. The challenges of reconciling human safety and food security with the conservation of large-bodied wildlife are further ...
Aritra Kshettry, Aritra Kshettry, Aritra Kshettry, Aritra Kshettry, Aritra Kshettry, Nupur Bhave, Priyanka Das, Vidya Athreya   +7 more
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Who Can Buffer Marginalization Risk? Affect Experience, Affect Valuation, and Social Marginalization in Japan and Brazil

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Previous research has associated social marginalization with the rejection of mainstream cultural values. Since cultural values reflect affect valuation, the present research investigates the relationships between social marginalization and ideal/actual ...
Igor De Almeida, Yukiko Uchida
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