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Wild Animal Suffering Is Not Intractable: A Precautionary Approach to Compassionate Intervention

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wild animals suffer due to human activity, yet natural factors contribute far more significantly to their suffering. In light of this, some propose that we have a pro tanto obligation to intervene in ecosystems to improve wild animal welfare.
Tristan Katz
wiley   +1 more source

Growth and yield models for Centrolobium ochroxylum Rose ex Rudd in silvopastoral systems of Ecuadorian western lowlands

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Centrolobium ochroxylum Rose ex Rudd, known as Amarillo Guayaquil (AG), is a tropical tree species found in secondary vegetation or the wild in the western lowland region of Ecuador (WLRE). AG has heavy (0.78 g/cm3) and durable wood, with whitish sapwood
Álvaro Cañadas-López, Paul Gamboa-Trujillo, Christian Wehenkel   +2 more
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The Individual and Combined Effects of Warming and Atrazine on Lithobates pipiens Phenotypes: Implications for Frog Declines

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amphibians are the most threatened vertebrate class globally. Climate change, agrochemicals, and/or pathogens and parasites are implicated in contributing to amphibian declines, either singly or in combination. We investigated individual and combined effects of elevated temperatures and atrazine (2.0 μg/L) on Lithobates [formerly Rana] pipiens
Melody J. Gavel, Mark R. Forbes, Derek D. N. Smith, Julia Darabaner, Yol Monica Reyes, Zintis Stasko, David J. Carpenter, Stacey A. Robinson   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

DISTRIBUTION OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI IN SOILS OF CATTLE FARMS AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR PRESENCE IN THE MEXICAN TROPICS

Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2020
Background. Ticks are one of the main threats that affect cattle production in Mexico. In the ecosystems, these parasites are naturally regulated by microorganisms such as entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) and bacteria, wich are capable of causing them ...
A. Fernandez-Salas, R.A. Alonso-Morales, Miguel Ángel Alonso-Díaz   +2 more
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Walls that Bridge. Or, What we can learn from the Roman walls [PDF]

, 2018
When, during the latest US electoral campaign, Pope Francis criticized Trump’s idea of building a wall between Mexico and the US, reiterat- ing his favorite point that “we do not need to build walls, but bridges,” the Trump camp retorted that the Pope ...
MARIANI, Giorgio
core  

Predicting long‐term population viability for an imperiled salamander under future climate changes

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
We evaluated the long‐term viability of 2 reticulated flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma bishopi) populations in response to multiple future climate change scenarios. We found that there is a high probability of extinction by 2100 under some scenarios, mostly driven by severe droughts and repeated reproductive failure. Conservation actions should focus on
Houston C. Chandler, George C. Brooks, Yan Jiao, Carola A. Haas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diversidad de aves de hábitats naturales y modificados en un paisaje de la Depresión Central de Chiapas, México

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2010
Se presenta un análisis de la diversidad y riqueza de aves en un paisaje fragmentado en la Depresión Central de Chiapas. El trabajo de campo se realizó de febrero de 2003 a enero de 2004. Se utilizó el método de conteo por puntos, registrando un total 35
Jorge E Ramírez-Albores
doaj  

USERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SAFETY IN LOW-INCOME SOCIAL HOUSING – THE CASE STUDY OF “RESIDENCIAL PORTO”, PELOTAS, RS

Gestão & Tecnologia de Projetos, 2010
The subject of safety in low-income social housing challenges architectural and urban planning researches when related with the study of the relationship between environment and behaviour with the following aspect: the benefits that physical and spatial ...
Mateus Treptow Coswig, Anelise Anapolski, Nirce Saffer Medvedovski   +2 more
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Living snow fences for protection of roads: case study crest Čestobrodica

Put i saobraćaj, 2019
Snowdrifts caused by wind gusts reduce visibility on the road which endangers traffic safety, increases travel time and road maintenance costs. Based on previous experience and research it has been proven that living snow fence is an economical, ecological and efficient solution for protection of roads from snowdrifts.
Mladen Marković, Sara Lukić, Aleksandar Baumgertel, Marko Maslaković   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Sanitary Logging in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve: One Problem, One Legislation but Different Criteria and Different Treatments

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bark beetles are small insects that inhabit the bark of trees. When their population increases excessively, they can weaken the trees and cause their death. In México, federal regulations obligate forest landowners to carry out sanitary logging to control bark beetle outbreaks in adherence to official procedures.
Erika Gómez‐Pineda, Jovanka Špirić, Diego R. Pérez‐Salicrup, M. Isabel Ramírez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source