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Effects of Wolf Mortality on Livestock Depredations

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
Predator control and sport hunting are often used to reduce predator populations and livestock depredations, but the efficacy of lethal control has rarely been tested. We assessed the effects of wolf mortality on reducing livestock depredations in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming from 1987-2012 using a 25 year time series. The number of livestock depredated,
Robert B Wielgus, Kaylie A Peebles
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American Economic Policy and the International Debt Crisis [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper advances the hypothesis that the world debt crisis was mainly induced by the dramatic rise of US interest rates in the first half of the eighties.
Hans-Werner Sinn
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Life and death in wolverines [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Developing trustworthy conservation planning for endangered species requires a deep understanding of the variations of their populations in both space and time.
Rauset, Geir Rune
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Perceived efficacy of livestock‐guarding dogs in South Africa: Implications for cheetah conservation

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, 2013
Large wild carnivore predation on domestic livestock and the associated financial losses may increase efforts toward lethal control of carnivore populations.
Nicola A. Rust   +2 more
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The Distribution and Reproductive Success of the Western Snowy Plover along the Oregon Coast - 2009 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
From 3 April – 23 September 2009 we monitored the distribution, abundance and productivity of the federally Threatened Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) along the Oregon coast.
Castelein, Kathleen J.   +4 more
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A meta-analysis of edge effects on nesting success in forest and shrubland birds of eastern North America

open access: yesJournal of Field Ornithology
Numerous studies report proximity to land cover edges decreases avian nesting success, yet variation among species, sites, and nesting guilds obscures overall patterns.
Michael E. Akresh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The revolution will be tweeted : how the internet can stimulate the public exercise of freedoms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This article discusses how new technologies of communication, especially the Internet and, more specifically, social network services, can interfere in social interactions and in political relations.
Andrade Neto, João   +1 more
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