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African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) as an example of a herbivore making movement choices based on nutritional needs [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Background The increasing human population and global intensification of agriculture have had a major impact on the world’s natural ecosystems and caused devastating effects on populations of mega-herbivores such as the African savanna elephants, through
Fiona Sach, Ellen S. Dierenfeld, Simon C. Langley-Evans, Michael J. Watts, Lisa Yon   +4 more
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More than proteins for empty stomachs: Wild meat in the BaTonga food system

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Our paper highlights the limitations of the framework used by many conservation‐focused programmes that incorporate food security objectives. This framework encourages the substitution of wild proteins with domestic proteins by promoting animal farming in communities located near conservation areas.
Muriel Figuié, Luzibo Ottilia Munsaka, Vupenyu Dzingirai, Olivier Lepiller, Maxwell Phiri, Patrice Grimaud   +5 more
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Livestock exposure, seasonal diet shifts, host individual and time correlate with wild African savannah elephant gut microbiome diversity [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science
Longitudinal studies of wildlife gut microbiomes are important for understanding the impact of ecosystem dynamics on host-associated microbial communities.
Jenna Marie Parker, Candace Lareine Williams, Heather Leigh Deel, David Letitiya, Shifra Zipporah Goldenberg, Daud Abdi Sukuna, Giacomo D'Ammando, David Daballen, Megan A. Owen, Christopher William Tubbs, Sharon Ruth Mulindi, George Wittemyer   +11 more
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Dietary Composition of Asian Elephants in Parsa National Park: A Micro-Histological Approach

Journal of Agriculture and Forestry University
The endangered Asian elephants face extreme threats from habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching for ivory, trophy hunting, and human-elephant conflicts. These mega-herbivores require ample forage and exhibit seasonal variations in their food intake.
Shreehari Bhattarai, Rubi Shah, Balram Bhatta   +2 more
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Bushmeat consumption frequency and preferences among rural households in a West African savanna landscape: Implications for food security and conservation

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The drivers of consumer demand for bushmeat are relatively well studied in tropical forest systems, but much less so in savanna areas. This is important because differing ecological and socio‐economic conditions lead to different factors affecting the relationship between local communities and their natural resources.
Hannah N. K. Sackey, James McNamara, E. J. Milner‐Gulland, Yaa Ntiamoa‐Baidu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring consumer preferences for wild meat and other animal proteins in Gamba, Gabon: Implications for conservation and management of natural resources alongside extractive industry

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The town of Gamba in southwest Gabon represents an exceptional example of how the development of an extractive industry (in this case oil production) may impact wild meat consumption in an area of global importance for biodiversity. Studies in the 1990s identified an active wild meat trade; however, no studies have been undertaken since, and ...
James McNamara, Landry Tchignoumba, Gabriel Koumba, Ghislain Guissouegou, Anna Feistner   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of zoo education programmes on connection to nature considering programme type, participants' demographics and their initial connection

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Participants in environmental education programmes can have different preexisting attitudes and experiences that could influence the educational outcomes. The present study focuses on zoo education and its goal of connecting people to nature.
Viktoria Feucht, Paul Wilhelm Dierkes, Martin Bratteler, Anna Bresser, Sandra Buchberger, Jule Hadler, Andreas Haeser‐Kalthoff, Elia Heule, Axel Kästner, Constanze Mager, João Neves, Kathrin Rapp Schürmann, Kathrin Monika Röper, Rebecca D. Schulte‐Iserlohe, Lisa Schwarz, Tanja Spengler, Marcel Stawinoga, Ina Steinert, Franziska Waked, Stephan Worm, Matthias Winfried Kleespies   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Semi‐automated seal detection on the Western Antarctic Peninsula: an unsupervised machine learning approach for detecting ice seals in aerial survey data

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
This study presents a semi‐automated, rule‐based image analysis pipeline to detect ice seals in aerial surveys of the Western Antarctic Peninsula during an unusually low sea ice year. By using simple hierarchical clustering instead of deep learning, the method substantially reduced human annotation effort while achieving 82% recall, identifying 758 ...
Claire McGinnity, Connor C.G. Bamford, Nathan Fenney, Andrew Fleming, Jaume Forcada, Michael S. Tift, Luis A. Hückstädt, Daniel P. Costa, Peter T. Fretwell   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Contaminant Accumulation in Freshwater Turtles Inhabiting Three Rivers of the Permian Basin, New Mexico, USA

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Freshwater turtles are valuable sentinels of aquatic systems due to their long lifespans and resilience in environments impacted by contaminants. The Permian Basin, dominated by the oil and gas sector, spans western Texas and southeastern New Mexico, USA, including the Pecos River and its tributaries, the Delaware and Black Rivers.
Ana G. G. Sapp, W. Gregory Cope, Christopher E. Moorman, Frank X. Weber, Ivana Mali   +4 more
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Konsumsi dan Kecernaan Zat Makanan Pada Kambing Peranakan Etawah Jantan Yang Diberi Ransum Komplit Berbasis Jerami Padi Terfermentasi

Jurnal Agripet, 2016
. Fermentation of rice straw incriased its nutritive value, digestibility and palatability. The aim of the present experiment was to study the effect of feeding rations composed of fermented rice straw supplement with urea and probiotic, and mixed with ...
Cut Intan Novita
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