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Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.Abstract As public values toward wildlife shift, some stakeholders are turning towards ballot initiatives to promote their values in management decision making. While there has been a growing body of literature on public perceptions toward wildlife management issues more broadly, less is known about what influences public voting behavior on wildlife ...
Rebecca M. Niemiec +3 more
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Commensal in conflict: Livestock depredation patterns by free-ranging domestic dogs in the Upper Spiti Landscape, Himachal Pradesh, India. [PDF]
Ambio, 2017 Home C +5 more
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Isbaaro: Checkpoints and World Making beyond the State in Somalia
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the dynamics of checkpoint authority in Somalia, focusing on how kinship, mobility and checkpoint practices intersect to shape political and social orders. Challenging the notion that checkpoint governance is either an expression of state‐like power or indicative of the state's absence, the authors argue that Somali ...
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Economic Impact of Flooding on Agricultural Production in Northeast Central North Dakota [PDF]
The Devils Lake Basin is a closed basin in which a number of damaging floods have been recorded in recent decades. Flooding occurs in the spring as a result of snowmelt and in the summer as a result of severe summer rainstorms.
Leitch, Jay A., Scott, Donald F.
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The Politics of Passage: Studying Checkpoints and Claim Making in Conflict‐affected Settings
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Roadblocks, or checkpoints, are obligatory passage points that are erected by entities claiming authority over a given crossing. They are often the most common everyday interface between civilians and armed actors in conflict‐affected contexts, but are overlooked in studies on either trade or authority amidst conflict.
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Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.Land‐use change and seasonality shape the taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of fruit‐feeding butterflies in tropical dry forests. Pastures reduce phylogenetic diversity and increase wing fluctuating asymmetry, while taxonomic and functional diversity is greater in the wet season than in the dry season.
João Rafael S. Macêdo +8 more
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Changing status of mountain lion in California and livestock depredation problems
, 1978 The California Department of Fish and Game studied depredation by mountain lions on livestock from 1971 through 1977 to determine the scope of the problem. Information was needed on the physical characteristics of a stock killer, the frequency and trend of predation, the livestock types preyed upon, and the geographic distribution of incidents ...
Weaver, Richard A., Sitton, Larry
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Ibis, EarlyView.Variation in the expression of white ornaments, such as flank spots or wing stripes, has previously been related to indices of individual quality in birds. We measured the white wing stripes of colour‐banded female common eiders Somateria mollissima in three islands in Iceland from 2014 to 2023, to determine whether the expression of these ornaments is
Jón Einar Jónsson +5 more
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Household perspectives and predictors of human-carnivore conflict in Nepal's Annapurna Conservation Area. [PDF]
Sci RepMcLinda LS +5 more
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Impacts of land use change on diaspore‐dispersing ant assemblages in southwestern Amazonia
Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.Land use changes shift ant assemblages, more intensive land uses are dominated by generalist and open habitat specialist species engaging in group foraging. The diaspore removal rates cannot differ, but the quality of dispersal was lower in disturbed habitats.
Dhâmyla Bruna de Souza Dutra +6 more
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