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Economic associations among causes of species endangerment in the United States. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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

open access: yesOikos, 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   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing the challenge of wildlife conservation in urban landscapes by increasing human tolerance for wildlife

open access: yesPeople and Nature
Urbanization is a key driver of global environmental change and is adversely impacting wildlife populations. Human tolerance for wildlife is critical to wildlife conservation in urban areas.
Mahi Puri   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesPeople 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   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological thresholds and large carnivores conservation: Implications for the Amur tiger and leopard in China [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Large, rugged and remote: The challenge of wolf–livestock coexistence on federal lands in the American West

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The expansion of grey wolves (Canis lupus) across the western United States, including on public lands used for extensive livestock grazing, requires tools and techniques for reducing wolf–livestock conflict and supporting coexistence. We examined approaches used on forested lands managed by the U.S.
Robert M. Anderson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protecting great apes from disease: Compliance with measures to reduce anthroponotic disease transmission

open access: yesPeople and Nature, 2022
The emergence of infectious diseases, such as COVID‐19, impacts livelihood strategies and conservation tools reliant on human‐wildlife interactions, such as wildlife‐based tourism and research.
Ana Nuno   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urbanization and food transition in the Brazilian Amazon: From wild to domesticated meat

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Urbanization is expected to influence food transitions, resulting in a shift from wild foods to more domesticated foods. Concomitantly, food insecurity and urban demand for natural resources, including wildlife, are expected to increase overall, even when the per capita consumption is expected to decrease.
Willandia A. Chaves   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socio‐ecological correlates of wildlife species identification across rural communities in northern Tanzania

open access: yesPeople and Nature
Citizen or community science has the potential to inform wildlife management by including the general public in research and generating datasets on human perceptions of wildlife population dynamics and human–wildlife interactions. These contributions are
Justin Raycraft   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Life and death in wolverines [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core  

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