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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

Brown Bear and Human Recreational Use of Trails in Anchorage, Alaska

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
Anchorage, Alaska, has 301,000 human residents and hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. Anchorage also supports a viable population of brown bears (Ursus arctos). As a result, human–bear encounters are common.
Jessica A. Coltrane, Rick Sinnott
doaj   +1 more source

Zoonoses (Project 1): Wildlife/domestic livestock interactions [PDF]

, 2011
The objective of this study was to synthesise the best available scientific knowledge about zoonotic disease transmission through livestock and wildlife interaction (direct or indirect), with emphasis on risk factors, drivers and trajectories of ...
Alonso, Silvia, Ericksen, Polly J., Grace, Delia, Jones, B., Kock, R., McDermott, John J., McKeever, Declan J., Mutua, F., Njuki, Jemimah, Pfeiffer, Dirk U., Rushton, Jonathan, Said, Mohammed Yahya   +11 more
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Ecological thresholds and large carnivores conservation: Implications for the Amur tiger and leopard in China [PDF]

, 2020
The ecological threshold concept describes how changes in one or more factors at thresholds can result in a large shift in the state of an ecosystem. This concept focuses attention on limiting factors that affect the tolerance of systems or organisms and
Holyoak, M, Jiang, G, Ning, Y, Qi, J
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What personal and environmental factors determine frequency of urban greenspace use? [PDF]

, 2014
For many people, urban greenspaces are the only places where they encounter the natural world. This is concerning as there is growing evidence demonstrating that human well-being is enhanced by exposure to nature.
Altman, Bibby, Fuller, Godbey, Irvine, Kaplan, Katherine Irvine, Kevin Gaston, Lorraine Maltby, Martin Dallimer, Paul Armsworth, Philip Warren, Rodriquez, Venables, Zoe Davies   +14 more
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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart, Olivia Crowe, Tom Scott, Andrew J. Plumptre, Megan Eldred, Ellen McKee, Zoltan Waliczky, Ibrahim Al Hasani, Adrián B. Azpiroz, Daniele Baisero, Fred Barasa, Alison E. Beresford, Bezeng S. Bezeng, Charlotte Boyd, Thomas M. Brooks, Graeme Buchanan, Gill Bunting, Sofia Capellan, Neil Cox, Tim R. B. Davenport, Tammy E. Davies, Gina Della Togna, Wendy Elliott, Matt Foster, Jo Gilbert, Jonathan M. Handley, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, Victoria R. Jones, Naomi Kingston, Jeannot Kivono, John Lamoreux, Penny F. Langhammer, James Lewis, Bruce Liggitt, Daniel Marnewick, Paul Matiku, Erin McCreless, Rachel A. Neugarten, Catherine Numa, Mark O'Brien, Madhu Rao, Ciara Raudsepp‐Hearne, Justina C. Ray, Samridhi Rijal, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Jurgis Sapijanskas, Wes Sechrest, Martin Sneary, Andrew Snyder, Konstantina Spiliopoulou, Thomas Starnes, Cecilia Tobar, Gautam Surya, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Andrew W. Tordoff, Maria G. Toscano, Yongyut Trisurat, Amy Upgren   +57 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wildlife Damage Management in the Digital Age: Collaborating With Others

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
Three seemingly disparate Communities of Practice (CoPs)—Urban Integrated Pest Management (Urban IPM), Wildlife Damage Management (WDM), and Imported Fire Ants—came together to promote IPM and WDM by sharing information on websites and through webinars ...
L. C. "Fudd" Graham, Janet Hurley, Kathy Flanders   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cover, Editorial Staff, Journal Information

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2020
This includes the cover, editorial staff, and journal information.
Cover, Editorial Staff, Journal Information
doaj   +1 more source

Life and death in wolverines [PDF]

, 2013
Developing trustworthy conservation planning for endangered species requires a deep understanding of the variations of their populations in both space and time.
Rauset, Geir Rune
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Economic associations among causes of species endangerment in the United States. [PDF]

, 2000
Associations among causes of species endangerment in the United States reflect the integration of economic sectors, supporting the theory and evidence that economic growth proceeds at the competitive exclusion of nonhuman species in the ...
Czech, Brian, Devers, Patrick, Krausman, Paul   +2 more
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