Capacity building efforts and perceptions for wildlife surveillance to detect zoonotic pathogens: comparing stakeholder perspectives. [PDF]
, 2014 BackgroundThe capacity to conduct zoonotic pathogen surveillance in wildlife is critical for the recognition and identification of emerging health threats.
Goldstein, Tracey +5 more
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Microscope and spectacle : on the complexities of using new visual technologies to communicate about wildlife conservation [PDF]
, 2015 Acknowledgments We thank our interviewees for granting us access to data and permission to use images; dot.rural Digital Economy Hub, the University of Aberdeen, and the James Hutton Institute for funding and support; Gina Maffey, Tony James, Katrina ...
Fischer, Anke +2 more
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Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2020 Linear developments like railways and highways have a negative impact on ecological processes of wildlife species at a landscape level. The impacts in terms of wildlife mortality and threat to surviving populations of species have been well-studied ...
Ritesh Joshi, Kanchan Puri
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Local attitudes toward Apennine brown bears: Insights for conservation issues [PDF]
, 2019 Human-carnivore coexistence is a multi-faceted issue that requires an understanding of the diverse attitudes and perspectives of the communities living with large carnivores. To inform initiatives that encourage behaviors in line with conservation goals,
Boitani L. +15 more
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Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2020 Human activities are usually considered as disturbing factors impeding the breeding success of wild animals. Protected areas can then be set up to restrict such activities aiming to improve wildlife’s breeding success and conservation.
Vincent Comor +2 more
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Bird Strikes and Aircraft Fuselage Color: A Correlational Study
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017 Collisions between birds and aircraft (bird strikes) pose safety risks to the public, cost airports and airlines money, and result in liability issues.
Esteban Fernández-Juricic +3 more
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How sharks and shark - human interactions are reported in major Australian newspapers [PDF]
, 2020 Few phrases evoke more negative emotion, or generate more media coverage, than ‘shark attack’ despite the few deaths that have been attributed to shark bite. Typically, tabloids are considered to provide more sensational coverage than broadsheets.
Burgin, Shelley +2 more
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Livestock abundance predicts vampire bat demography, immune profiles, and bacterial infection risk [PDF]
, 2018 Human activities create novel food resources that can alter wildlife–pathogen interactions. If resources amplify or dampen, pathogen transmission probably depends on both host ecology and pathogen biology, but studies that measure responses to ...
Altizer, Sonia +13 more
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TreeSpider: In‐Canopy Exploration With Tether‐Based Aerial Modular Arms
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.A tethered drone with perching arms and a 360° ring enables unprecedented maneuverability within dense forest canopies. By dynamically adjusting tether length and decoupling pitch from the frame, it navigates between branches, senses multiple trees, and interacts physically with foliage.
Luca Romanello +7 more
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Evaluation of an Oral Vaccination Program to Control Raccoon Rabies in a Suburbanized Landscape
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017 We evaluated the efficacy of an oral rabies vaccination (ORV) program conducted in Erie County, New York, from July through September, 2002–2005. Ingress of the raccoon (Procyon lotor) rabies variant first occurred along the southern border of Erie ...
Jason R. Boulanger +4 more
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