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A new four-stage approach based on normalized vegetation indices for detecting and mapping sugarcane hail damage using multispectral remotely sensed data

open access: yesGeocarto International, 2023
Hailstorms have increased in frequency and intensity over the past decade causing substantial losses in agriculture. Since hailstorms often hit a wide area with no detectable pattern, relying on traditional field-based methods to assess crop damage is ...
Pride Mafuratidze   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of foliar sprays to reduce crop damage by Canada geese

open access: yesHuman-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks annually spends >$500,000 managing crop damage caused by grazing Canada geese (Branta canadensis). Foliar applications of a chemical feeding deterrent could provide an effective alternative to the methods ...
Charles D. Dieter   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing agricultural damage by wild boar using drones

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, 2018
In Flanders (northern Belgium), wild boar (Sus scrofa) returned in 2006 after 50 years of absence and the population is increasing, both in abundance and geographic extent.
Anneleen Rutten   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

People’s attitude towards wild elephants, forest conservation and Human-Elephant conflict in Nilambur, southern Western Ghats of Kerala, India

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2018
Conflict with elephants and subsequent economic losses negatively affect residents’ tolerance towards wild elephants.  It is important to understand people’s attitude towards wildlife, especially Asian Elephants with an endangered status.
C. K. Rohini   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Condensed tannins as a deterrent to crop depredation by white‐tailed deer: Effects of concentration and learning

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, 2019
Agricultural producers lose millions of dollars annually to depredation caused by ungulates. Although multiple repellents exist, most are ineffective.
Kyle B. Monteith   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of Sulfentrazone Alone or in Combination with Other PRE and POST Herbicides for Weed Control in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and Strawberry (Fragaria ×ananassa)

open access: yesHortScience, 2022
Sulfentrazone was recently registered for use in tomato and strawberry in Florida. Field experiments were conducted at the Gulf Coast Research and Education Center in Wimauma, FL, to evaluate PRE sulfentrazone applications when applied on flat soil 30 ...
Ravneet K. Sandhu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relationship Between Raccoon Abundance and Crop Damage

open access: yesHuman-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
Wildlife damage to crops is a widespread concern among agricultural producers and wildlife professionals. In the United States, raccoon (Procyon lotor) damage to field corn (Zea maize) has become a serious concern, as raccoon depredation to corn has ...
James C. Beasley, Olin E. Rhodes Jr
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating the Impact of the 2020 Iowa Derecho on Corn and Soybean Fields Using Synthetic Aperture Radar

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2020
On 10 August 2020, a series of intense and fast-moving windstorms known as a derecho caused widespread damage across Iowa’s (the top US corn-producing state) agricultural regions.
Mehdi Hosseini   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Case study of participatory action research for wildlife conservation

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, 2021
Negative interactions between humans and wildlife create one of the greatest threats to biodiversity conservation. When wild animals damage the crops in agricultural fields, subsistence farmers suffer food insecurity and economic instability. Animals can
Krista M. Milich   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Farmers survey of wild mammals species implicated in crop damage in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve (OWR-Epulu, Democratic Republic of the Congo): severity and control strategies

open access: yesNature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2018
Investigations on mammal species implicated in crop damage and control techniques used to protect fields was carried out in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve (OWR). The aim of this study was to identify mammal species causing damages on crops, the growth stages
Nicaise D. Amundala   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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