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Alternative seed trait strategies are linked to a trade‐off between spatial and temporal dispersal

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Seed dispersal allows plants to seek favourable conditions or spread the risk of unfavourable conditions through space and time. While theory predicts a trade‐off between spatial and temporal dispersal, empirical tests have been stymied by the difficulty of measuring ...
Marina L. LaForgia, Susan P. Harrison, Michal J. Borton, Pierre‐Olivier Cheptou, Lauren M. Hallett, Jennifer R. Gremer   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating large mammalian herbivores into Dynamic Global Vegetation Models: Status and next steps

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Zoogeochemistry, the study of how animals influence elemental cycling within ecosystems, bridges the fields of zoology, ecology and biogeochemistry. Yet, most terrestrial ecosystem models, especially Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs), remain largely plant‐centric
Yue Cheng, Joanne Alice O'Keeffe, Andrew J. Abraham, Jesper Riis Christiansen, Frederik Nygaard Philipsen, Klaus Steenberg Larsen, Fabio Berzaghi, Carsten W. Mueller, Lars Vesterdal, Jeppe A. Kristensen, Elizabeth Le Roux   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding natal emigration in group‐living carnivores

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Dispersal is a key ecological and evolutionary process, yet drivers of variation in emigration under human‐modified conditions remain understudied. Using a novel genetic approach applied to harvested grey wolves in Idaho, USA, we found that prey availability and population density shape natal emigration patterns in a cooperative breeder.
Kathleen M. Petersen, Joel M. Tebbenkamp, Matthew A. Mumma, David E. Ausband   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating land use options at the wildlife/livestock interface: an integrated spatial land use analysis [PDF]

, 2012
In Africa, rural development and biodiversity conservation, are both important, but sometimes potentially conflicting priorities. Most rural areas adjacent to wildlife protected areas in Southern Africa have high biodiversity potential, but are ...
Chaminuka, P.
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Divine Self‐Placement, Sacred Placemaking: The Virgin of El Rocío and Territorial Custodianship in Early Modern Spain

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This essay argues that the Rocío hallazgo legend employs divine self‐placement to turn territorial uncertainty into sacred stewardship. The Virgin's miraculous refusal to move establishes the marshlands of Las Rocinas as a communal religious site, transforming a marginal and legally ambiguous area.
Adriano Duque
wiley   +1 more source

Translocation of livestock‐raiding lions under specific conditions can mitigate conflict

Conservation Science and Practice
Human–wildlife conflict continues to threaten the persistence of large carnivores, with livestock depredation by lions (Panthera leo) often resulting in lethal control.
Willem D. Briers‐Louw, João Almeida, Carlos Lopes Pereira, Hugo Pereira, Hagnésio Chiponde, Peter Lindsey, Tamar Kendon, Dário Ngalijuane, Holly Rosier, Jo Taylor, Ellery Worth, Marnus Roodbol, Eugenio Manhiça, David Gaynor, Alison Leslie, Vincent N. Naude   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘From the Fields Into the Bars’: The Story of Israel's First Transgender Novel, The Cut (1977)

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 1977, an Israeli transgender woman, Judy Spotheim, published an autobiographical novel entitled The Cut. It describes the emergence of a trans community in the commercial‐sex areas of Tel Aviv‐Jaffa, hoping to humanise trans women (coccinelles). This article is the first to study the novel and present a biography of Spotheim.
Gil Engelstein, Iris Rachamimov
wiley   +1 more source

Syphilis and ‘Sons of Empire’: The ‘Prostitute’ and Britain's Fighting Arm in Nineteenth ̵ Century Colonial Punjab

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The British army in India took great care to provide European troops with facilities for sexual relations while anxiously managing venereal disease. Examining archival evidence, political debates and medical discourse from the nineteenth century, this article examines the colonial military enterprise of regulated prostitution in colonial ...
Sameera Chauhan
wiley   +1 more source

Patterns of livestock depredation and cost-effectiveness of fortified livestock enclosures in northern Tanzania. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2019
Kissui BM, Kiffner C, König HJ, Montgomery RA.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Derive predicted livestock mortality index [PDF]

, 2011
This document briefly explains how predicted livestock mortality index is derived. First, we explain how and why we have separate index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) contracts across Marsabit.
International Livestock Research Institute
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