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Linking locally valued plants and places for conservation, Community Baboon Sanctuary, Belize
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020 Local people make daily decisions around land use, many living in or near conservation areas. Community members may already value and care for important local areas by employing self-imposed use restrictions regardless of formal conservation area ...
Jill Korach, Peter Herrera, Chris Myers
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Zookeeper–Animal Bonds and Their Relationship with Conservation Action
Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2022 Human–animal relationships have been demonstrated to have impacts on animal and keeper welfare, although their impacts on zookeepers have been less studied outside of evaluating job satisfaction.
Veronica Thomas +3 more
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Anthropology and Humanism, 2022 This prose poem explores autobiography as a trace site for the affective encounters between life and non-life. Using my own memories of making a childhood bug collection, I attempt to answer a question Povinelli asks in Geontologies—What does life desire? —by merging it with a question raised in my own ethnographic fieldwork—What do I desire?
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First record of Gynacantha limbalis Karsch, 1892 from Thailand (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) [PDF]
Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST), 2020 Gynacantha limbalis Karsch, 1892 is reported for the first time from Thailand based on photographs taken at San Kala Khiri National Park, Songkhla province (Figure 1).
Andrew J. Pierce, Noppadon Makbun
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A survey on dragonfly algorithm and its applications in engineering
, 2021 The dragonfly algorithm was developed in 2016. It is one of the algorithms used by researchers to optimize an extensive series of uses and applications in various areas.
Fattah, Polla +5 more
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The Canadian Entomologist, 1897 Field work in Entomology is full of delightful opportunities, and none, just at present, is more inviting, none more certain to repay well even a little effort, none more sure to yield discoveries of scientific value, than work upon the life-histories of Dragonflies.Of the species occurring throughout the central tier of States, a majority perhaps has ...
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Structural Analysis of a Dragonfly Wing [PDF]
, 2010 Dragonfly wings are highly corrugated, which increases the stiffness and strength of the wing significantly, and results in a lightweight structure with good aerodynamic performance.
Jongerius, S.R. +3 more
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Freshwater Reservoir, Ecological Traps and Source-Sink Dynamics
Diversity, 2022 Odonata are biodiversity indicators that adequately represent many aquatic and semi-aquatic animal species. We recorded over two field seasons a rich lentic community of Odonata (18 species) in a large artificial freshwater reservoir (ca. 55 ha) built 40
Nina Melendez +2 more
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EcoDragons: A Game for Environmental Education and Public Outreach
Insects, 2021 Environmental education is crucial to tackling the pressing ecological and societal issues on our planet. Although there are various ways to approach environmental education and raise public awareness, games are potentially an effective vehicle of ...
Rassim Khelifa, Hayat Mahdjoub
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