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How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen +15 more
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Ecological Solutions and EvidenceMapping hotspots of negative human–wildlife interactions and understanding environmental drivers of crop raiding and livestock predation risk provide a foundation to work towards coexistence between people and wildlife. In this study, the binomial linear
Knowledge Kudakwashe Mawere +6 more
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Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini +13 more
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Pachyderm, 2012 We investigated the degree to which crop raiding by elephants in the Red Volta Valley is a function of: the density and diversity of their natural browse, extent of degradation of their habitat, and proximity of crop enclaves to the nearest forest ...
Patrick Adjewodah +2 more
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, 2016 Problems in biodiversity conservation tend to be highly complex, encompassing both biological and social systems and their interactions (1). Many have argued for multidisciplinary research in conservation, particularly a more effective engagement of the ...
Adams, WM
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Redefining Research Productivity: Rethinking Applicant Evaluation With the Arms Race Control Score
Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.Abstract Objectives The residency application “arms race” for research productivity has intensified following the Step 1 pass/fail transition, with applicants increasingly evaluated by total publication counts. The Total Number of Residency Applicant Publications (TNRAP) has become the dominant metric but doesn't consider authorship position or study ...
Akshay Warrier +10 more
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Comparison of three methods to assess the potential for bushpig-domestic pig interactions at the wildlife—livestock interface in Uganda [PDF]
, 2018 Bushpigs (Potamochoerus larvatus) are considered a nuisance to farmers because of their crop raiding habits. Through their incursions into farmlands, they may interact with free-ranging domestic pigs and potentially cause transmission of infectious ...
Etter, Eric +7 more
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Benthic megafauna and the functioning of macroalgal forests and urchin barrens
Oikos, EarlyView.Two temperate rocky reef food‐web models, representing the trophic diversity of the Mediterranean rocky reef communities, were built for the two stable states: macroalgal forests and barren grounds, which are characterized by opposite amounts of erect macroalgal biomass.
Chiara Bonaviri +18 more
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Patterns of crop rading by wild ungulates and elephants in Ramnagar Forest Division, Uttarakhand
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017 Crop raiding is a major form of human–wildlife conflict that not only affects livelihoods of farmers living close to forest areas but also jeopardizes the objective of wildlife conservation.
Ankur Kumar +3 more
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Ecology and Society, 2020 The impact of ecosystem disservices is among the issues that farmers have to consider in management of livelihoods and local landscapes. We investigated distinct practices developed within local communities in tree-crop integration and strategies to ...
Mulatu Osie +3 more
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