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Effect of uneven tolerance to human disturbance on dominance interactions of top predators. [PDF]

open access: yesConserv Biol
Abstract Anthropogenic activities may alter felid assemblage structure, facilitating the persistence of tolerant species (commonly mesopredators), excluding ecologically demanding ones (top predators) and, consequently, changing coexistence rules. We aimed to determine how human activities influence intraguild relationships among top predators and ...
Villalva P, Palomares F, Zanin M.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Beyond ‘desirable’ values: Expanding relational values research to reflect the diversity of human–nature relationships

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 5, Issue 6, Page 1774-1785, December 2023., 2023
Abstract In recent years, environmental values have become increasingly important for understanding human–environment relationships and transitions towards sustainability. Pluralistic valuation seeks to account for values associated with the diversity of human–nature relationships.
Jeffrey Hoelle   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cross‐border cooperation: A response to the challenges facing agri‐food cooperatives in Southern European countries

open access: yesAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Volume 94, Issue 3, Page 981-1006, September 2023., 2023
Abstract All agri‐food cooperatives share common interests, irrespective of their geographical borders, which should encourage them to undertake inter‐cooperation processes as well as to set up transnational cooperatives. This paper has two objectives. The first is to analyze Spanish and Portuguese cooperative regulations and the Statute for a European
Elena Meliá‐Martí   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Native palms and trees mediate drought impacts on dry neotropical pastures

open access: yesJournal of Applied Ecology, Volume 60, Issue 7, Page 1376-1387, July 2023., 2023
Abstract Dry forests are the most threatened biome across the global tropics. Despite their massive conversion into agricultural landscapes, local farmers often retain disperse trees and palms within grazing pastures. Understanding how on‐farm tree cover in the dry neotropics impacts the environmental and productive functions of pastures is key for ...
Ivan Raniero Hernández‐Salmerón   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soils, scale, or elites? Biological innovation in Uruguayan cattle farming, 1880–1913

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 498-524, May 2023., 2023
Abstract This article examines the economics of innovation in livestock rearing during the first globalisation in Uruguay, the country with the most cattle per person in the world, both then and now. Using a new historical dataset of Uruguayan agriculture, the first one at a sub‐provincial level, I exploit regional differences in the adoption of cattle
Emiliano Travieso
wiley   +1 more source

Hepatitis E virus in the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

open access: yesTransboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 69, Issue 5, Page e2745-e2756, September 2022., 2022
Abstract Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen in Europe. In the Iberian Peninsula, wild boar (Sus scrofa) is considered the main wildlife reservoir of HEV. This wild ungulate shares habitat and resources with other potential HEV carriers in Iberian Mediterranean ecosystems, although information about the role of such sympatric ...
Javier Caballero‐Gómez   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

What feeds on Quercus ilex L.? A biogeographical approach to studying trophic interactions in a Mediterranean keystone species

open access: yesDiversity and Distributions, Volume 28, Issue 1, Page 4-24, January 2022., 2022
Abstract Aim Holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) is regarded as a keystone plant species. Trophic interactions may affect the distribution and abundance of phytophagous species, but the number of arthropod species that use holm oak as a food resource and their levels of host specificity are not yet known.
Juan Antonio Hernández‐Agüero   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Participatory mapping reveals socioeconomic drivers of forest fires in protected areas of the post‐conflict Colombian Amazon

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 3, Issue 4, Page 811-826, August 2021., 2021
Abstract Wildfires have increased in protected areas (PAs) of the Colombian Amazon following the 2016 peace agreement between the Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forced of Colombia (FARC—Spanish acronym). Recent study efforts to understand this issue suffer from data scarcity and limited consultation of local stakeholder perspectives on factors ...
Charlie Arthur Tebbutt   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Capital agroindustrial y transformaciones de la ganadería bovina pampeana, Argentina

open access: yesMundo Agrario, 2023
Este artículo se propone estudiar las transformaciones de las explotaciones agropecuarias –EAP– ganaderas bovinas de la región pampeana en las últimas tres décadas, teniendo en cuenta la génesis de su localización, los vínculos con la industria ...
Mabel García, Samanta Villa
doaj   +1 more source

Composición, mercedes de tierras realengas y expansión ganadera en una zona de frontera de la gobernación de Santa Marta: Valledupar (1700-1810)

open access: yesAnuario Colombiano de Historia Social y de la Cultura, 2012
En el presente artículo se estudia el impacto que tuvo la demanda de carnes desde la ciudad de Cartagena en la expansión y adjudicación de terrenos realengos en una zona de frontera de la gobernación de Santa Marta: la ciudad de Valledupar.
Hugues Rafael Sánchez Mejía
doaj   +2 more sources

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