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An agent-based model of elephant crop raid dynamics in the Periyar–Agasthyamalai complex, India

Ecological Modelling
Human-wildlife conflict challenges conservation worldwide, which requires innovative management solutions. We developed a prototype Agent-Based Model (ABM) to simulate interactions between humans and solitary bull Asian elephants in the Periyar-Agasthyamalai complex of the Western Ghats in Kerala, India. The main challenges were the complex behavior of
Anjali Purathekandy, Meera Anna Oommen, Martin Wikelski, Deepak N. Subramani   +3 more
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Selectivity and efficiency of predator control methods: a case study from a Mediterranean hunting ground

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Predator control is a widely used management tool worldwide to reduce the impact of opportunistic predatory species, but in some contexts where predators are controlled to reduce negative impacts on game species, there are concerns about the selectivity and efficiency.
José A. Torres, E. Jorge Tizado, José L. Valero, Miguel Gómez, Luis F. Villanueva, Carlos Sánchez‐García   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human‐Caused Leopard Deaths in Sri Lanka Are Concentrated in Central Highlands' Estate Mosaics: Evidence From 17 Years of Mortality Records 人为因素导致斯里兰卡豹死亡事件集中于中部高地种植园镶嵌景观:来自 17 年死亡记录的证据

Wildlife Letters, EarlyView.
Human‐caused leopard deaths in Sri Lanka averaged 9.65 ± 4.5 records year−1 over 17 years (2008–2024; n = 164), with records highly clustered in the central highland mosaic ecosystem. Mortality was dominated by adult males and driven primarily by snaring in plantation landscapes, and indicating an increase approximately 0.7–0.8 deaths per year.
Sanjaya Weerakkody, Vimukthi Gunasekara, Sethil Muhandiram, Try Surya Harapan, Kithmi R. Gunasekara, Bandini Jayasena, John B. Wilson, Prathiba M. Amugoda, Tharika de Silva, Chathuranga D. Hathurusinghe, Ahimsa Campos‐Arceiz, Enoka P. Kudavidanage   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

The population status and maize crop-raiding activities of Papio anubis and Chlorocebus pygerythrus in the Abala Abaya forest, located in southern Ethiopia

Discover Applied Sciences
Species and subspecies of primates occur in different parts of Ethiopia, and some of them are successful crop raiders. We conducted a study on the population status and maize crop-raiding activities of Anubis baboons (Papio anubis) and Vervet monkeys ...
Senait Samuel, Wondimagegnehu Tekalign
doaj   +1 more source

Why promoting democratic conservation governance requires less stakeholder engagement

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
Better citizen engagement is needed in response to the conservation governance crisis, but stakeholder engagement may represent precisely the wrong type of public participation. We outline the etiology of stakeholder engagement, explain how it hollows out the public sphere, and suggest wildlife managers consider alternatives to stakeholder engagement ...
M. Nils Peterson, Hans Peter Hansen
wiley   +1 more source

Sources of Eustress in Captivity

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
Zoo environments foster enhanced animal welfare, integrated conservation, and improved population sustainability through the provision of eustressful factors (e.g., enrichment, social choice, positive human‐animal relationships), thus promoting cognitive challenge, improved resilience, and positive life experiences.
Paul Rose
wiley   +1 more source

Herbivore species asynchrony underpins multitrophic stability across plants, herbivores and predators

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Across a grassland food web, multitrophic stability was most closely associated with herbivore species asynchrony. By identifying herbivores as a key source of temporal buffering between plants and predators, this study shows that intermediate consumers can play a central role in stabilizing the complex food web.
Takehiro Sasaki, Taiki Tachibana, Xiaoming Lu, Kei Uchida, Xuezhen Zhao, Issei Nishimura, Daichi Makishima, Kousuke Tachibana, Xi Sun, Yuki Iwachido, Wenhuai Li, Yongfei Bai   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Desegregationist Pan‐African Spiritual Strivings: Du Bois, the Black Church and the Critique of Imperialism*

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article argues that W. E. B. Du Bois grounded his seminal conceptualisation of “the Negro church” in a Pan‐Africanist challenge to how Christian reformers and missionaries' usage of “Darkest Africa” as a metaphor for modern urban vice and poverty denigrated Africa and the African diaspora while promoting a segregated, imperialist version ...
Kai Parker
wiley   +1 more source

Elephants in the neighborhood: patterns of crop-raiding by Asian elephants within a fragmented landscape of Eastern India. [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
Naha D, Dash SK, Chettri A, Roy A, Sathyakumar S.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Carceral Shadow: Criminal Justice as a Determinant of Health and Challenges for Policymakers

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points The criminal justice system functions as a primary social determinant of health in the United States, generating disproportionate physical, psychological, and chronic health burdens on Black communities and other marginalized groups. Policing structural barriers—including qualified immunity, police union contracts, and municipal financing
RASHAWN RAY, KEON GILBERT
wiley   +1 more source