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Alpine flora of Kashmir Himalaya: floristic assessment, life history traits and threat status

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Alpine ecosystems in the Himalaya are considered to be at a higher risk to anthropogenic global change drivers. The Kashmir Himalaya, located in the north‐western side of the Himalayan biodiversity hotspot, harbors a diverse alpine flora, which remains systematically little investigated.
Bilal A. Rasray, Showkeen A. Lone, Rameez Ahmad, Tajamul Islam, Hitendra Padalia, Anzar Ahmad Khuroo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Road mortality alters the body size and age structure of amphibians

Oikos, EarlyView.
Road mortality affects a wide range of animal species, including amphibians. Worldwide, many amphibian species, including the Asiatic toad Bufo gargarizans, are impacted by road mortality, but the ecological consequences remain poorly understood. This study aimed to evaluate how road mortality influences population traits by comparing body sizes and ...
Seung‐Min Park, Choong‐Ho Ham, Seung‐Ju Cheon, Sojin Jeong, Su‐Wan Park, Hee‐Jin Kang, Hacheol Sung   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Applying the open-LUCIS framework to identify and characterize human-wildlife conflicts: A case study in Botswana. [PDF]

PLoS One
Achidago S, Chen C, Judge J, Makonyela M, Fanikiso L, Sousa L, Kotze R, Kiker G, Selume K, Young K, Lines R, Isden J, Loveridge A, Wang Y, Singh A.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Global analysis of annual survival among shorebirds reveals a negative effect of migration distance and a decline in recent decades

Oikos, EarlyView.
Annual survival is a key demographic parameter driving population trends in wildlife populations. However, despite numerous species‐specific or regional studies, global reviews of the factors affecting the survival of declining taxa remain scarce. Here, we investigated annual survival of fledged immature and adult shorebirds, a globally‐distributed and
Guillaume Dillenseger, Christopher H. J. Sparkes, Tamás Székely, Brett K. Sandercock, Robert P. Freckleton, Vojtěch Kubelka   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patterns of human-wildlife conflicts and management: insights from areas adjacent to Mid Zambezi protected areas. [PDF]

BMC Ecol Evol
Chakuya J, Chikerema RM, Ngorima P, Mahakata I.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The niche variation hypothesis predicts hunting returns across human cultures

Oikos, EarlyView.
The niche variation hypothesis (NVH) proposes that a broader population niche arises from greater individual specialization. Despite decades of empirical testing, research remains constrained to non‐human foragers, and the generality of NVH may extend beyond wildlife. The analysis of > 8000 hunting records from 12 human societies across four continents
Raul Costa‐Pereira
wiley   +1 more source

Human-wildlife conflicts in the aerial habitat: Wind farms are just the beginning. [PDF]

Sci Prog
Werber Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Cotton facilitates long‐distance seed dispersal by functioning as nest material for birds

Oikos, EarlyView.
Cotton (Cossypium) fibres, which grow naturally in bolls around the seeds of cotton plants, have been used for centuries to produce fabric. The presumed natural function of cotton is that these lightweight and fluffy fibres may support wind dispersal of the seeds inside.
Roos van der Meer, Lotte L. Koot, Elke Molenaar, Andries K. Janse van Vuuren, Ara Monadjem, Kat Bebbington, Sjouke A. Kingma   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Familiarity and aggression shape long‐term associations and mortality risk in a solitary ungulate

Oikos, EarlyView.
Periodic social interactions are important to animal fitness, even in solitary species. For solitary species, these interactions can be unexpected and shaped by previous encounters. Despite being aggressive and largely solitary, black rhinoceroses Diceros bicornis are commonly seen in groups, suggesting they may engage in more social behaviours than ...
Rachel M. Stein, Adrian M. Shrader
wiley   +1 more source

Urban wild meat and pangolin consumption across southern forested Cameroon: The limited influence of COVID‐19

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Overexploitation of wildlife is pervasive in many tropical regions, and in addition to being a significant conservation and sustainability concern, it has received global attention given discussions over the origins of zoonotic disease outbreaks.
Franklin T. Simo, Ghislain F. Difouo, Christian N. Tchana, Alain Christel Wandji, Alfiery Laurel Djomnang‐Nkwala, Marcelle Mbadjoun Nziké, Sévilor Kekeunou, Markéta Swiacká, Daniel J. Ingram   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source