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Patterns and correlates of claims for brown bear damage on a continental scale [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Wildlife damage to human property threatens human-wildlife coexistence. Conflicts arising from wildlife damage in intensively managed landscapes often undermine conservation efforts, making damage mitigation and compensation of special concern for ...
Agnieszka, Olszańska   +22 more
core   +1 more source

In‐vitro puncture experiment using alligator teeth tracks the formation of dental microwear and its association with hardness of the diet

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract With the development of dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA), there has been an increasing application of DMTA for dietary estimation in extant and fossil reptiles, including dinosaurs. While numerous feeding experiments exist for herbivorous mammals, knowledge remains limited for carnivorous reptiles. This study aimed to qualitatively and
K. Usami, M. O. Kubo
wiley   +1 more source

A transformative conservation framework for advancing human-wildlife dynamics in India

open access: yesDiscover Conservation
Human-wildlife conflict represents one of the most complex and urgent challenges in biodiversity conservation, especially in India, where ecological richness intersects with dense human populations.
Amit Kumar Batar
doaj   +1 more source

Revealing stakeholders' motivation and influence in crane conservation in the Republic of Korea: Net‐Map as a tool

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, 2021
Biodiversity conservation in protected areas requires strict legal limitations to land use. In the Civilian Control Zone (CCZ) of the Republic of Korea (ROK), military control has created an accidental sanctuary for the world's rarest crane species: the ...
Hyeyeon Sarah Jin   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Complex Human-Shark Conflicts Confound Conservation Action

open access: yesFrontiers in Conservation Science, 2021
Human-wildlife conflicts are a growing phenomenon globally as human populations expand and wildlife interactions become more commonplace. While these conflicts have been well-defined in terrestrial systems, marine forms are less well-understood.
Colin A. Simpfendorfer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tooth row allometry in domestic rabbits and nondomestic lagomorphs: Evidence for a decoupling of body and tooth row size changes in evolutionary time

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Domestic rabbits of different body sizes differ disproportionately in the length of their tooth row or the length of their diastema. Abstract In various domestic mammals, smaller breeds tend to have proportionally larger teeth, whereas this is not a universal trend across mammals.
Ursina L. Fasciati   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

National Wildlife Refuges and Intensive Management in Alaska: Another Case for Preemption [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Developing high quality software is difficult. Traditional software engineering methods emphasizes on structured and linear workflow of activities methods that have been criticized due to their rigid and inflexible nature.
Joly, Julie Lurman
core   +2 more sources

From armadillos to sloths: Patterns and variations in xenarthran coronary anatomy

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Species of the superorder Xenarthra play a vital ecological role in the Neotropics. Despite their evolutionary significance, anatomical studies on their coronary circulation remain scarce. This study investigated the coronary anatomy of 82 hearts from nine Xenarthra species across the Dasypodidae, Myrmecophagidae, and Bradypodidae.
Wilson Viotto‐Souza   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping human‒wildlife conflict hotspots in a transboundary landscape, Eastern Himalaya

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2020
The Kangchenjunga Landscape, an important repository of biodiversity, faces several challenges owing to various drivers of change. Human‒wildlife conflict (HWC) is one of such issue that transcends social, economic, environmental, as well as national and
Prashanti Sharma   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

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