Results 71 to 80 of about 2,122 (263)

Molecular tools for identification of shark species involved in depredation incidents in Western Australian fisheries.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Shark depredation is an issue of concern in some Western Australian recreational and commercial fisheries where it can have economic, social and ecological consequences.
Seema Fotedar, Sherralee Lukehurst, Gary Jackson, Michael Snow   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cognitive Dysfunction in Chronic Rhinosinusitis: A Scoping Review

International Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cognitive dysfunction is increasingly recognized as an extra‐nasal manifestation of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). This scoping review characterizes the primary evidence on cognition in adult CRS, covering measures, treatment response, and incident dementia.
Luke M. O'Neil, Hannan A Qureshi, Logan Lindemann, David J. Cvancara, Ashton E. Lehmann, Aria Jafari   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A conciliatory and persuasive social campaign changes owner behavior to reduce cats' hunting

Conservation Science and Practice
Solutions to the cats‐hunting‐wildlife environmental conflict could benefit from social science approaches. Our Theory of Planned Behavior questionnaire—informed by an elicitation survey of cat owners at veterinary clinics about their attitudes, norms ...
Edith MacDonald, Mark Farnworth, Yolanda vanHeezik, Kevin Stafford, Wayne Linklater   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diet and nutrient balance of wild Asian Elephants Elephas maximus in Nepal

Journal of Threatened Taxa
We estimated the nutritional content of major wild (n = 22) and agricultural crop plants (n = 3) consumed by Asian Elephants Elephas maximus in Nepal during the wet and dry seasons, respectively.
Raj Kumar Koirala, Sean C.P. Coogan
doaj   +1 more source

Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Implementation of Electric Fencing for Establishing Effective Livestock-Protection Dogs

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
To be effective, livestock protection dogs (LPDs) must be carefully integrated with the livestock they will be protecting. Others have developed guidelines to assist producers in this training and assimilation process. In many areas fencing is necessary;
Thomas M. Gehring, Kurt C. VerCauteren, Anna C. Cellar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Molecular methods for differentiating Phragmites australis subspecies and identification of hybrid stands in the Upper Midwestern United States

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise In North America, Phragmites australis (common reed) has drawn a great deal of research attention. Non‐native P. australis subsp. australis is a noxious weed that has locally displaced native P. australis subsp. americanus in some areas.
Nicholas P. Tippery, Daniel J. Larkin, Julia Bohnen, Douglas L. Wendell, Neil O. Anderson, Susan M. Galatowitsch, Marie Abbey, Alan G. Smith, Andrzej K. Noyszewski   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate change and the increasing impact of polar bears on bird populations

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2015
The Arctic is becoming warmer at a high rate, and contractions in the extent of sea ice are currently changing the habitats of marine top-predators dependent on ice. Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) depend on sea ice for hunting seals.
Jouke eProp, Jon eAars, Bård-Jørgen eBårdsen, Sveinn Are eHanssen, Claus eBech, Sophie eBourgeon, Jimmy ede Fouw, Geir Wing eGabrielsen, Johannes eLang, Johannes eLang, Elin eNoreen, Thomas eOudman, Benoit eSittler, Benoit eSittler, Lech eStempniewicz, Ingunn eTombre, Eva eWolters, Børge eMoe   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Petal to the metal: The slow road to automating large‐scale phenology labeling for herbarium specimens

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Herbarium specimens represent critical historical records of plant phenology, yet automating annotation of reproductive structures remains challenging given the diversity of floral morphologies, specimen age and quality, and image quality.
Erin L. Grady, Raphael LaFrance, Daijiang Li, Russell Dinnage, Ellen G. Denny, John Deck, Robert P. Guralnick   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Game on the coast and its depredations

The Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society, 1911
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +1 more source

Origin, evolution and biogeographic dynamics of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Southwestern Europe

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Pleistocene is a key period for understanding the evolutionary history and palaeobiogeography of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). The species was first documented in southeastern Iberia at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene and appears to have rapidly spread throughout Southwestern Europe, where it was found in numerous ...
Maxime Pelletier
wiley   +1 more source