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Behavioral response of moose Alces alces to summer heat stress

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Minnesota moose are heat‐stressed during summers, which is adversely impacting their survival. We used both movement and activity data to explore the behavioral responses of Minnesota moose experiencing heat stress, termed ‘hot moose events' or HMEs, to understand how both ambient temperature and available habitat contribute to the ability of these ...
Michelle Carstensen, Amanda M. McGraw, Andrew N. Tri, Deahn M. Donner   +3 more
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Life‐history stages and behavior influence demographic classification of moose captured on remote cameras

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Obtaining accurate information on demographic states, such as the age and sex classes of animals, is an important step for monitoring wildlife populations. Traditionally, demographic data are collected from harvest, aerial surveys and telemetry studies.
Alexej P. K. Sirén, Zalmai Moheb, Emily Carlson, Adam Beiner, Michael Pfeister, Ian Doherty, Bruno López Del Hierro, Claudio López Del Hierro, Isabella Hanley, Helena Firlings, Ela Shevket, Arielle Lifton‐Jochnowitz, Lee Kantar, Scott R. McLellan, Carter Barthelman, Tammy L. Wilson   +15 more
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Avoidance or coexistence? Exploring spatio‐temporal niche overlap between two sympatric ungulates barking deer and Himalayan goral in a multi‐use landscape of Uttarkashi district, Western Himalaya

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Ungulates play a vital role in maintaining the integrity of the high mountain ecosystem by sustaining plant community structure and regulating predator populations. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the interaction of sympatric species in the mountainous landscape.
Hemant Singh, Amira Sharief, Vineet Kumar, Bheem Dutt Joshi, Mukesh Thakur, Lalit Kumar Sharma   +5 more
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Soil and microbial responses to wild ungulate trampling depend more on ecosystem type than trampling severity

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Physical trampling is a ubiquitous activity of walking vertebrates, but is poorly understood as a mechanism impacting biogeochemical cycling in soil. Lack of detailed knowledge of soil abiotic–biotic interactions underlying trampling effects, and the primary sources of ...
G. Adam Meyer, Shawn J. Leroux, Kathryn E. Hargan, Niels van Miltenburg   +3 more
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Fraser fir and Douglas fir, Plot 290.

, 2003
Fraser fir and Douglas fir, Plot 290.
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. Dept. of Forestry.
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The Value of Controlling Wilding Conifers in New Zealand

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Exotic, invasive conifer tree species, known as ‘wilding conifers’, pose a significant threat to natural ecosystems and are costly to manage, creating a need to identify community preferences in order to inform and balance public investment in their control.
Maksym Polyakov, Abbie Rogers, Philip Stahlmann‐Brown, Rowan Sprague, Olivia Burge, Johanna Yletyinen, Duane A. Peltzer   +6 more
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False kings and imagined protestants: why schismogenesis does not explain variation in inequality among Indigenous societies of the Pacific Coast Faux rois et protestants imaginaires: pourquoi la schismogenèse n'explique pas les variations des inégalités parmi les sociétés autochtones de la côte pacifique nord‐américaine

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Indigenous societies along the temperate Pacific coast of North America embody diverse cultural institutions. This variation is conventionally classified into two distinct cultural areas: the Northwest Coast (NWC) and California (CAL). Discussion of the environmental, material, social, and ideological variation in these societies has a long and ...
Eric Alden Smith, Brian F. Codding
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Boxey fir

, 1976
boxy aThe bow is about five feet long, made of the Mountain Ash (Dogwood), but sometimes of spruce and fir. 3 A kind of tough springy hardgrown tree called "Boxey fir."A kind of tough springy hardgrown treePRINTED ITEMH's note. _SIC_GMS Feb 76Used

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‘The Girls Themselves Are Deluded into Thinking That This Sort of Football Was Sport’: Exploring the Development of Women's Football in Interwar Scotland

History, EarlyView.
Abstract The First World War brought with it many new opportunities for women, amongst them the chance to play football. The game became popular and an important way of raising funds for charity. However, when the war ended, there was a push to return to the pre‐war social order, which ended many of the activities women had enjoyed for the duration of ...
FIONA SKILLEN
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Unkept Promises, Unequal Worlds: A Sociological Study of Intimate Abuse in Promise‐to‐Marry Cases in India

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The article presents a sociological study of promise‐to‐marry ‘rape’ cases in India to illuminate the inner lives of intimacies. It argues that promise‐to‐marry cases cannot be understood merely as instances of deceptive sex, wherein the consent of the victim is vitiated by a false promise of marriage as a pretext for sexual intercourse ...
Monika
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