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Carrion ecology: concepts, interdisciplinary synthesis, and perspectives

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Carrion is a ubiquitous resource in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, yet it has long been overlooked in ecological research. Over the past two decades, studies on carrion and the many organisms that exploit it have flourished, revealing not only wide‐ranging ecological functions but also significance far beyond ecology.
Marcos Moleón, José A. Sánchez‐Zapata, Travis L. DeVault, Wayne M. Getz, Zebensui Morales‐Reyes, Daniel Redondo‐Gómez, Lara Naves‐Alegre, Solange A. Batista‐Nunes, Esther Sebastián‐González, Juan M. Pérez‐García, Kelly A. Waters, Thijs van Overveld, Craig Smith, Nuria Selva, Thomas A. Schlacher, Graeme Ruxton, Jesús Rodríguez, Martina‐M. Quaggiotto, Paula L. Perrig, Norman Owen‐Smith, Thomas M. Newsome, Isabel Navas, Yoshihiro Nakashima, Ana Mateos, Carlos Martínez‐Carrasco, Daniel Martín‐Vega, Berta Martín‐López, Antoni Margalida, Sergio A. Lambertucci, Adam Kane, Kevin Healy, Akane Hashizume, Antonio J. García‐Fernández, José A. Donázar, M. Eric Benbow, James C. Beasley, Philip S. Barton, Kathleen A. Alexander, Eneko Arrondo   +38 more
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Livestock depredation by leopards around Chitwan National Park, Nepal

, 2019
: Leopards are known to prey on livestock throughout their range. Depredation of livestock makes leopards vulnerable to retaliatory killings and reduces public support for conservation. We examined spatiotemporal patterns, correlates, as well as economic
Savini, Tommaso, Karki, Jhamak Bahadur, Dhakal, M., Poudel, B.S., Lamichhane, B.R., Karki, J.B., Lamichhane, Babu Ram, Dhungana, Rajendra, Dhungana, R., Savini, T., Dhakal, Maheshwar, Poudel, Buddi Sagar   +11 more
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Data_Sheet_1_Spatial Determinants of Livestock Depredation and Human Attitude Toward Wolves in Kailadevi Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India.docx

, 2022
Gray wolves are capable of adapting to human-dominated landscapes by utilizing domestic prey as a source of food. Livestock depredation by wolves incurs a heavy economic loss to the villagers, resulting in negative attitudes toward the species and ...
Prashant Mahajan (4104367), Dharmendra Khandal (13123650), Rohit Chaudhary (8561505), Abduladil Kazi (13123647)   +3 more
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Resolving the biome debate: ecological and palaeo‐data concur that the extensive tree‐limited grassy biomes of central and north‐western Madagascar are largely anthropogenic

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For millennia, human activities have transformed ecosystems globally. Determining which landscapes are predominantly anthropogenic is crucial to conservation and habitat restoration. Madagascar, a critically‐threatened biodiversity hotspot, is a prominent example.
Grant S. Joseph, Sean Hixon, Colleen L. Seymour, Laurie R. Godfrey, Miguel Pedrono, Karen E. Samonds, Andrinajoro R. Rakotoarivelo, Brooke E. Crowley   +7 more
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A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini, Giacomo Pigatto, Andrea Tenucci   +2 more
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Assessing the Role of Livestock in Big Cat Prey Choice Using Spatiotemporal Availability Patterns. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Livestock is represented in big cat diets throughout the world. Husbandry approaches aim to reduce depredation, which may influence patterns of prey choice, but whether felids have a preference for livestock or not often remains unclear as most studies ...
Arash Ghoddousi, Mahmood Soofi, Amirhossein Kh Hamidi, Tanja Lumetsberger, Lukas Egli, Igor Khorozyan, Bahram H Kiabi, Matthias Waltert   +7 more
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Understanding the human dimensions of coexistence between carnivores and people: A case study in Namibia [PDF]

, 2015
Many carnivore populations were in decline throughout much of the 20th century, but due to recent conservation policies, their numbers are stabilising or even increasing in some areas of the world.
Rust, Niki
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Sustainability Disclosure and External Assurance of Reports in the Italian Agrifood Sector

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The European Union introduced the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) with the aim of aligning the “walk”—the implementation of substantive sustainability practices—and the “talk”—their representation in sustainability reporting.
Andrea Caccialanza, Mirta Casati, Marco Angelo Marinoni   +2 more
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Constructing Synthesizable Evaluations of Technical Interventions to Reduce Wildlife‐Caused Agricultural Losses 构建易用于证据整合的野生动物致农业损失缓解措施成效评估

Integrative Conservation, EarlyView.
A framework with eight key components to assess the effectiveness of technical measures to reduce wildlife‐caused agriculture loss. ABSTRACT Technical interventions to reduce wildlife‐caused agricultural losses (e.g., crops, livestock, and fisheries) are essential for human‐wildlife coexistence.
Cheng Huang, Tien Ming Lee, Kaiwen Zhou, Xiong Zhang, Zhixin Wen, Zhijun Ma, Li Zhang, Limin Feng, Yang Liu   +8 more
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Livestock Depredation by Bengal Tigers at Fringe Areas of Kaziranga Tiger Reserve, Assam, India: Implications for Large Carnivore Conservation

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2018
Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris) have cohabited with humans in India for centuries. However, with increasing human populations, human-tiger conflicts (HTC) have increased.
Jimmy Borah, Pranab Jyoti Bora, Amit Sharma, Soumen Dey, Anupam Sarmah, Niranjan Kumar Vasu, Nadisha Sidhu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source