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Artificial selection in human‐wildlife feeding interactions

open access: yesJournal of Animal Ecology, 2022
Abstract The artificial selection of traits in wildlife populations through hunting and fishing has been well documented. However, despite their rising popularity, the role that artificial selection may play in non‐extractive wildlife activities, for example, recreational feeding activities, remains unknown.
Laura L. Griffin   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Wolves, Crows, Spiders, and People: A Qualitative Study Yielding a Three-Layer Framework for Understanding Human–Wildlife Relations

open access: yesDiversity, 2022
Human dimensions research has proposed a multitude of variables impacting the viability of wildlife populations. Extant approaches to systematizing these variables have mostly focused on human relations to only one animal species or taxon and are largely
Uta M. Jürgens   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The ecology and evolution of human‐wildlife cooperation

open access: yesPeople and Nature, 2022
Human‐wildlife cooperation is a type of mutualism in which a human and a wild, free‐living animal actively coordinate their behaviour to achieve a common beneficial outcome.
Dominic L. Cram   +41 more
doaj   +1 more source

En-gendering human-wildlife interactions in Northeast India: towards decolonized conservation

open access: yesJournal of Political Ecology, 2022
This article applies a feminist political ecology framework to analyze a particular case of human-wildlife interaction from northeastern India, linking it to the emerging paradigm of 'decolonized conservation.' Through the oral testimonies of local ...
Sayan Banerjee, Shalini Sharma
doaj   +2 more sources

Genetic detection and phylogenetic relationship of Babesia species infecting domestic dogs from select regions in Kenya

open access: yesScientific African, 2021
The genus Babesia has more than 100 species that are transmitted by ticks with some being zoonotic. They can infect humans, livestock, and wildlife. Although canine babesiosis occurs locally, published studies on the species involved are limited. Babesia
Ismail Thoya Ngoka   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of social status and industrial development on poaching acceptability

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2022
Subsistence poaching threatens the persistence of wildlife populations worldwide and the well-being of people who participate in poaching. We conducted interviews around Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda to assess the acceptability of poaching ...
Tutilo Mudumba   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Manatee watching is widespread and seasonally affected in Northeast Brazil: a case of the Endangered Trichechus manatus manatus (Sirenia: Trichechidae)

open access: yesNature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2023
Marine mammal watching is a non-consumptive wildlife-oriented tourism practice. Trichechus manatus manatus (hereinafter – Antillean manatee) belongs to the charismatic marine megafauna and is subject to this practice at many places.
Paula D. F. Coutinho   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human-wildlife interactions in urban Asia

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2023
While urban areas may not seem conducive to human-wildlife interactions (HWI), rapid land use transformations can result in frequent encounters with wildlife in the context of changing habitats, as well as encounters with species that thrive in urban settings. In Asia, the processes of rapid land-use change can bring into sharp relief the juxtaposition
Kaja Wierucka   +16 more
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Human–wildlife interactions in urban ecosystems [PDF]

open access: yesWildlife Research, 2015
Wildlife has existed in urban areas since records began. However, the discipline of urban ecology is relatively new and one that is undergoing rapid growth. All wildlife in urban areas will interact with humans to some degree. With rates of urbanisation increasing globally, there is a pressing need to understand the type and nature of human-wildlife ...
Carl D. Soulsbury, Piran C. L. White
openaire   +1 more source

Human Wildlife Conflicts to communities surrounding Mikumi National Parks in Tanzania: A case of selected villages [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Human wildlife interaction is not a new phenomenon, it has existed since the beginning of humankind, it is evidenced by the fact that, many national parks are surrounded by human residents.
Bwagalilo, F. (Fadhili)   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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