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Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2021 Noise is the non-target search results that people encounter when searching for a particular topic of interest; it is also the cloud of distracting data that can obscure or deflect conservation communication. Online noise associated with large carnivores
Emma Wood +6 more
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.With urbanization reducing the amount of available wildlife habitat, and outdoor recreation increasing the human activity within wildlife habitats, it is important to understand the effects of human activity on animal behavior. This study examined how the reduction in human presence in urban parks in Gainesville, Florida, affected the temporal ...
Maya Fives, Matthew Hallett
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Florida Panther Habitat Loss and Potential Danger to Species Stability [PDF]
, 2023 The Florida Panther is an endangered species of panther that only inhabits southern sections of Florida primarily around the Everglades. Their habitat has been slowly degraded over decades to the point where their groupings are becoming more clustered ...
Smith, Meredith +2 more
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Ecosphere, 2023 In south Florida, white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are the primary prey of the endangered Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi). Deer populations in some regions of south Florida have declined in recent years, and the role of fawn survival and ...
Kristin N. Engebretsen +5 more
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Why wolves walk – drivers of daily movement in a social large carnivore
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Animal movement patterns are influenced by a range of extrinsic and intrinsic factors, including the distribution of resources, human disturbance, landscape connectivity, species interactions, and individual traits. We examined factors associated with daily movement distance (DMD) and linearity in 20 territorial Scandinavian wolves Canis lupus during ...
Julia Björk +4 more
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Road mortality mitigation for red wolves requires a landscape approach
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.In 1980, the red wolf Canis rufus was declared extinct in the wild. However, starting in 1987, a captive breeding program allowed for a reintroduction effort in and around Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge (Alligator River NWR), North Carolina, USA. In 2012 the wild red wolf population peaked at about 120 individuals.
Marcel P. Huijser, James S. Begley
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EDIS, 2004 This document provides an overview of Floridas four largest carnivores: the Florida panther, black bear, bobcat, and the coyote. This document is Fact Sheet WEC 183, one of a series of the Department of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, Florida ...
Martin B. Main +2 more
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Banking Biodiversity: Ex Vivo Solutions for a Planet in Crisis
Zoo Biology, EarlyView.Genetic diversity is being lost faster than it can be cataloged. Biobanking preserves cells, gametes, and DNA as recoverable material for future conservation use, and delivers most when collections are established proactively rather than deployed once populations are already critically depleted.
Oz Pomp, Nicole Tay, Shangzhe Xie
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EDIS, 2018 Florida panthers can sometimes be confused with bobcats, dogs, and coyotes. This 4-page fact sheet written by Diane J. Episcopio, Elizabeth F. Pienaar, and Martin B.
Diane J Episcopio +2 more
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“Lovelies on Wheels”: The Politics of Miss Wheelchair America, 1972–1977
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the Miss Wheelchair America pageant in the 1970s as a cultural and political space that produced a specific message about the intersections of womanhood, disability, and citizenship. The pageant elevated contestants who performed normative femininity, beauty, heterosexuality, and whiteness, while narratively framing ...
Moira Armstrong
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