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Disentangling conservation asymmetries through socio‐economic transboundary factors across the Alto Paraná Atlantic Forest of South America

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Ecoregions are often defined based on homogeneous biophysical and ecological conditions and are optimal spatial units for designing conservation strategies. However, transboundary ecoregions such as the Alto Paraná Atlantic Forest (APAF) experience asymmetrical conservation outcomes, understood here as cross‐border differences, resulting from ...
Lía Montti, N. Ignacio Gasparri, Ahuvit Trumper, Claudia Amicone, Alberto Anticoli, Sarah L. Burns, Sergio Casertano, Ana Eleuterio, Marie‐Joe Gennerich, Lukas Giessen, M. Virginia González, Manuel Santos Silva, Fabricio Vázquez, Santiago J. E. Velazco, Alberto Yanosky, Gustavo A. Zurita, María Piquer‐Rodríguez   +16 more
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Wheat breeding approaches for designing wheat to thrive in a warmer world

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Wheat is a vital food crop, accounting for approximately 20% of daily calories and protein consumed worldwide. However, modern‐day wheat is under pressure from global change. The improvement rate of wheat yields is not keeping up with the demand of our growing population. Furthermore, abiotic and biotic stressors are becoming more prevalent. This paper
Jake Hill, Surbhi Grewal, Stella Edwards
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness of contemporary techniques for reducing livestock depredations by large carnivores

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2016
ABSTRACT Mitigation of large carnivore depredation is essential to increasing stakeholder support for human–carnivore coexistence. Lethal and non‐lethal techniques are implemented by managers, livestock producers, and other stakeholders to reduce livestock depredations by large carnivores ...
Jennifer R. B. Miller, Kelly J. Stoner, Mikael R. Cejtin, Tara K. Meyer, Arthur D. Middleton, Oswald J. Schmitz   +5 more
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Monitoring feral pigs (Sus scrofa): Complementarity between autonomous sensing methods increases detection probability

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Invasive alien species are a major threat for biodiversity worldwide and effective monitoring is paramount to inform management. In this study we used a multi‐season occupancy model to assess probability of detection between camera traps and passive acoustic recorders for feral pigs (Sus scrofa) during 1 year of data collection.
Marina D. A. Scarpelli, Stewart Macdonald, Maryam Golchin, Simon Linke, Jens G. Froese   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Livestock Depredation and Pastoralist Attitudes towards Carnivore in the Landscape of Lions Associated with Gambella National Park, Abobo District, Western Ethiopia

International Journal of Zoology
The livelihoods of individuals in Ethiopia are severely affected by the livestock depredation from wild animals. The main objective of this study is to assess the incidences of livestock predation and pastoralist attitudes towards carnivore in the ...
Getahun Gedif Abie, Krishnagouda Shankargouda Goudar, Hussein Ibrahim, Gezahegn Getachew   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Predator Culling on Livestock Losses: Caracal Control in Cooper Hunting Club, 1976 - 1981 [PDF]

, 2016
This paper investigates the effectiveness of predator culling as a means of reducing livestock losses using hunting club data for Cooper (outside Mossel Bay) for the period 1976 to 1981.
Bailey, Alex, Conradie, Beatrice
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Modelling the surprising recolonisation of an understudied aquatic mammal in a highly urbanised area: fortune favoured the smooth‐coated otter in Singapore

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Ever‐growing human activities present an active and continuing threat to many species throughout the world. Nevertheless, concerted conservation efforts in some regions have balanced these threats and allowed endangered species to recolonise former parts of their original ranges and reverse their decline.
Kilian Hughes, Justin M. J. Travis, Aurore Ponchon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Farmer–African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) relations in the eastern Kalahari region of Botswana

Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2017
African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) are the most endangered large carnivores in southern Africa. Direct and indirect persecution by farmers causes significant conservation challenges.
Valli-Laurente Fraser-Celin, Alice J. Hovorka, Mark Hovork, Glyn Maude   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The costs of livestock depredation by large carnivores

, 2016
Livestock depredation by large carnivores entails economic damage to farmers in many parts of the world. The aim of this paper is to analyse and compare the costs of livestock depredation by carnivores across different carnivore species and regions. To this end, we estimate the government's compensation cost function.
Widman, Marit, Elofsson, Katarina
openaire   +1 more source

Unraveling the impact of dog‐friendly spaces on urban–wildland pumas and other wildlife

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
As the most widespread large carnivore on the planet, domestic dogs Canis lupus familiaris can pose a major threat to wildlife, even within protected areas (PAs). Growing human presence in PAs, coupled with increasing pet dog ownership underscores the urgency to understand the influence of dogs on wildlife activity and health.
Alys Granados, Zara McDonald, Katie McPherson, David Stoner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source