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Habitat Features, Coyotes, and Humans Drive Diel Activity Variation Among Sympatric Mammals

open access: yesIntegrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We found that multiple mammal species show considerable variation in diel activity in response to several factors, with biotic variables (habitat features and the presence of coyotes Canis latrans) having the strongest overall effects. Our results have important implications for trophic dynamics. Future studies will need to account for these underlying
Nathan J. Proudman, Maximilian L. Allen
wiley   +1 more source

Community based game ranching and politics in Chiriwo ward of Mbire district, Zimbabwe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Community based wildlife management in Zimbabwe is rooted in ideas of global significance whose central premise is that local communities will manage natural resources sustainably when rights and responsibilities are devolved to them; benefits of ...
Le Bel, Sébastien, Mombeshora, Solomon
core  

How investors account for the quick and the dead

open access: yes
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Frederick F. Wherry
wiley   +1 more source

Harnessing iEcology data to uncover invasive species behaviour

open access: yesMethods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Invasive animal species threaten ecosystems, biodiversity and human livelihoods. Behavioural traits such as boldness, exploratory tendencies, learning ability and social interactions are known to influence invasion success. Yet these behavioural traits remain underexplored due to challenges in observing behaviour across large spatial and ...
Peter Mikula   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nutritional content explains the attractiveness of cacao to crop raiding Tonkean macaques

open access: yesCurrent Zoology, 2013
Nutritional ecology has been linked to crop raiding behavior in a number of wildlife taxa. Here our goal is to explore the role nutrition plays in cacao crop raiding by Tonkean macaques Macaca tonkeana in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Erin P. RILEY, Barbara TOLBERT, Wartika R. FARIDA
doaj  

Payments for ecosystem services in an African protected area: exploring issues of legitimacy, fairness, equity and effectiveness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Adrian Martin   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Repelling elephants with a chilli pepper gas dispenser: field tests and practical use in Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe from 2009 to 2013 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In elephant range states human-elephant conflict (HEC) is considered a serious handicap to the possibility of peaceful coexistence between free ranging elephants and their neighbouring human communities.
Drouet, Nolwenn   +2 more
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Using molecular and observational techniques to estimate the number and raiding patterns of crop-raiding elephants [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Applied Ecology, 2011
Patrick I. Chiyo   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

When Universities Turn Carceral: Between Academic Freedom and Elimination

open access: yes
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Gil Rothschild Elyassi
wiley   +1 more source

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