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Protected areas and hunting system affect the survival and longevity of adult female Eurasian lynx in a source–sink population

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Variation in cumulative survival time of adult female lynx across (a) area protection categories (UL—Unprotected Landscapes, PLA—Protected Landscape Areas, NP—National Parks) and (b) hunting system categories (NO—No Hunting, NPH—NP Hunting, SFH—State Forests Hunting, PFH—Private Forests Hunting, SFRH—State Forests Rented Hunting, SFO—Small Forest ...
Tereza Mináriková   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Informing elephant management through demographic snapshots

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Understanding demography is vital for managing species successfully; however, for elephants, traditional surveys are both costly and labor‐intensive. This study presents a cost‐effective method for estimating age structures of savannah elephants in southern Africa, revealing how water provisioning, density dependence, and fertility control influence ...
Ryan M. Huang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Networks paving the way: Apprenticeship, guilds, and access to mastership in early modern Genoa

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper investigates how kinship and professional networks shaped labour market outcomes in the guild‐based labour market of early modern Genoa. Using a newly constructed dataset of more than 8,000 apprenticeship contracts (1451–1530), I examine the extent to which family and guild connections influenced apprentices' chances of attaining ...
Alessandro Brioschi
wiley   +1 more source

The Pan‐Orthodox Celebration of the 1600th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in 1925

open access: yesThe Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the attempts to organize a Pan‐Orthodox Council in the years following the First World War that could gather in 1925 on the occasion of the 1600th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. While some of these efforts were remarkably ambitious, and although they were not always feasible or fully realized, they
Natallia Vasilevich
wiley   +1 more source

Government Financial Reporting: A Study of Nested Controversy

open access: yesFinancial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There are two schools of thought on government financial reporting: one emanating from societal values and accountability to citizens; and one based on investment decisions and a business approach. There are staunch proponents of these different perspectives, which are rooted in economic thought and values.
Sheila Ellwood, Rhoda Brown
wiley   +1 more source

‘Becoming a Nurse’: A Lifelong Journey Beyond the Transition to Professional Practice‐An Analytical Discursive Paper

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To reconceptualise becoming a nurse as a lifelong developmental journey that extends beyond the traditional focus on new graduate transition, and to inform policies and practices supporting recruitment, retention and career sustainability.
Seung A. (Sarah) Park   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Primary cardiovascular preventive effect of thiazolidinedione in adults with type 2 diabetes: A nationwide cohort study in Korea

open access: yesJournal of Diabetes Investigation, EarlyView.
Among Korean adults with type 2 diabetes and no prior cardiovascular disease, thiazolidinedione use was associated with a lower risk of the primary composite outcome of stroke, myocardial infarction, hospitalization for heart failure, and all‐cause mortality compared to dipeptidyl peptidase‐4 inhibitor use. ABSTRACT Background Thiazolidinediones (TZDs)
Yun Young Choi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sequence capture analysis determines spatial and temporal stock contributions to a mixed coastal anadromous fishery

open access: yesJournal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Employing a citizen science model of partnerships with recreational and commercial fishers, we collected 5298 fin‐clip samples of striped bass Morone saxatilis over a 2‐year period and a broad geographic area that encompassed a majority of the species migratory range.
Kristopher J. Wojtusik   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bayesian hierarchical stock–recruitment models for setting conservation limits for Atlantic salmon stocks in Scotland

open access: yesJournal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) populations in Scotland are subject to active management and conservation practices which require biological reference points (BRPs), specifically conservation limits, defined at the level of the stock. Acquiring the data necessary to independently derive these BRPs for all managed populations in Scotland is ...
James P. Ounsley   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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