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Spatial and Temporal Habitat Use of an Asian Elephant in Sumatra [PDF]

, 2013
Increasingly, habitat fragmentation caused by agricultural and human development has forced Sumatran elephants into relatively small areas, but there is little information on how elephants use these areas and thus, how habitats can be managed to sustain ...
Fuller, Todd K., Griffin, Curtice R., Rayl, Nathaniel D., Sitompul, Arnold F.   +3 more
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Parental involvement and engagement during COVID‐19 lockdowns: School staff and parents' reflections about children's learning at home

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Valuing parental engagement, as part of home–school collaboration, can benefit children's learning. This article focuses on parents and school‐based staff's (N = 120) experiences of children's learning occurring at home during the COVID‐19 lockdowns (2020–2021), both school‐mandated and other learning activities.
Ashley Brett, Bonny L. Hartley, Deborah Wallace, Adewale Magaji, Lorraine Smith, Rachel Wolfendale   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Philanthropy: Community Nature-based Enterprises as a Basis for Wildlife Conservation [PDF]

, 2012
This paper shows how communities can be vehicles for nature conservation through community ...
Munira Anyonge-Bashir, Paul Udoto
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Bridging the Gap: Student Voices on Recruitment and Retention in Ecology

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
Abstract Students entering ecology and environmental science face a variety of challenges, including limited awareness of career paths, lack of mentorship, and difficulties connecting with peers and faculty. These challenges are often amplified for students from marginalized backgrounds, who may also encounter microaggressions, underrepresentation, and
Alexis Ellis, Yeishmary M. Soto Muñiz, Darius Ledbetter, Frederick Nelson, Kristina Fite, Bryan Guevara, Jordyn Hardy, Ariel Rawson, Natasha Woods, Maria Miriti   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A bibliometric review of global research on the human-wildlife conflicts

Frontiers in Environmental Science
Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) affects both wildlife sustainability and human wellbeing. Current strategies for human-wildlife conflict are often fragmented and predominantly conservation-focused, lacking the necessary coordination and support from other ...
Azlan Abas, Abdul Hafiz A. Rahman, Tengku Abdul Hadi T. Md Fauzi, Ahmad Hafizuddin M. Yusof   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thematic and hotspot analysis of human-elk conflicts statewide in California

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, 2021
Human-wildlife conflicts are an important factor for consideration in wildlife management at urban-wildland interfaces. Effective and adaptive management of human-wildlife conflicts is needed to promote tolerance and coexistence of humans and wildlife ...
Kristin Denryter, Alex Heeren
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of cropping policy on landowner reactions towards wildlife: a case of Naivasha area, Kenya [PDF]

Wildlife policy in Kenya has in most part been protectionist with little incentives to private landowners, who host wildlife in their farms to participate in their conservation. However, in recognition of the role of incentives in conservation, the Kenya
Kuloba, Bernard, Mailu, Stephen, Nyangena, Wilfred, Ruto, Eric   +3 more
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Using Radio Telemetry and Geographic Information Systems to Map and Estimate the Home Range Size and Daily Movement Patterns of Female Cheetahs on Namibia’s Commercial Farmland [PDF]

, 2017
Fewer than 10,000 cheetahs remain in the wild in Sub-Saharan Africa.Namibia has the largest population, estimated to be 4,000 cheetahs. Habitat fragmentation and prey depletion from human expansion for agriculture have pushed 90 percent of cheetahs to ...
Wise, Elisabeth
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Spatial metrics in fire ecology: seeking consistency amidst complexity

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Technological advances, including remote sensing, have led to a proliferation of metrics used in ecological studies to examine spatial patterns of fire regimes and their ecological effects. Researchers can use many different metrics to analyse spatial variation in both fire events and resulting fire regimes, including fire size, shape ...
Alexander R. Carey, Geoffrey J. Cary, Teigan Cremona, Hugh F. Davies, Brett P. Murphy, Sam C. Banks   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The contribution of mental models to the transformation of conflicts over wildlife

Conservation Science and Practice
Human–wildlife conflict (HWC) is a growing threat to conservation and human well‐being. It is increasingly recognized that HWC is largely human–human conflict over wildlife, which is frequently characterized by deep‐rooted differences among stakeholder ...
Duan Biggs, Abigail Brown, Angela M. Guerrero, Niall L. Hammond, Jon Hutton, Natalie A. Jones, Emily Massingham, Nyambe Nyambe, Severine Van Bommel, Helen Ross   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source