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Do Wild Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) Use Tools When Hunting Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus)? [PDF]
, 2021 Since the late 1700s, reports of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) using tools (i.e., pieces of ice or stones) to kill walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) have been passed on verbally to explorers and naturalists by their Inuit guides, based on local traditional ...
Born, Erik W. +2 more
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Infomap Bioregions: Interactive mapping of biogeographical regions from species distributions [PDF]
, 2016 Biogeographical regions (bioregions) reveal how different sets of species are spatially grouped and therefore are important units for conservation, historical biogeography, ecology and evolution. Several methods have been developed to identify bioregions
Antonelli, Alexandre +4 more
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Spatial and temporal patterns of mammalian roadkill across subtropical protected areas in Nepal
Ecosphere, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2025.Abstract Wildlife–vehicle collisions are a major source of anthropogenic wildlife mortality, making it essential to understand their spatial and temporal patterns for effective mitigation. In this study, we conducted a multisite, multiyear analysis of wildlife roadkill incidents recorded across six subtropical protected areas in Nepal over a five‐year ...
Dayaram Pandey +4 more
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Monitoring the status of Human-wildlife conflict and its impact on community based conservation in Bandhavgarh tiger reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India [PDF]
, 2018 The Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve is one of the famous tiger reserve in India. The human wildlife conflict is on rise for few years. A total of 194 human casualties and 1960 livestock depredation were reported between 2001 to 2011. Out of 194 casualties, 6.7%
Chouksey, Sandeep +3 more
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Landscape transform and spatial metrics for mapping spatiotemporal land cover dynamics using Earth Observation data-sets [PDF]
, 2016 Analysis of Earth observation (EO) data, often combined with geographical information systems (GIS), allows monitoring of land cover dynamics over different ecosystems, including protected or conservation sites.
Gupta, Manika +5 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 6, June 2025.ABSTRACT Chinese pangolins are found from lowlands to mid‐hills in Nepal and are increasingly vulnerable to extinction due to extensive illegal trade and habitat fragmentation, particularly outside the protected areas network. The information about their ecological preferences in human‐dominated landscapes beyond protected areas is essential for ...
Bishal Bhandari +8 more
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International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Growth Evaluation, 2022 Poaching is one of the major reasons for declining heterotrophic wild populations attributed to illegitimate economic gain. It causes serious threats not only to the specific population but also generates a negative impact on the entire world population of wildlife.
Abinaya Nadarajan +4 more
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Evolution of major histocompatibility complex class I and class II genes in the brown bear [PDF]
, 2012 International audienceBackground: Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins constitute an essential component of the vertebrate immune response, and are coded by the most polymorphic of the vertebrate genes. Here, we investigated sequence variation
Babik, Wiesław +7 more
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Asian Journal of Research in Zoology, 2023 The Sloth bear is an average-sized black bear with a long, shaggy coat. a long ruff of hair around the back, and a white V- or Y-shaped mark on the breast. Males that are considered to be "large" often top out around 145 kg and 170 centimeters. An endangered species, the sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) is extensively spread over the Indian subcontinent,
Ravi Babu Surisetti +2 more
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Considering connections between Hollywood and biodiversity conservation [PDF]
, 2017 This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the publisher via the DOI in this record.Cinema offers a substantial opportunity to share messages with a wide audience. Given its global range and potentially high impact, there
Crowley, SL +3 more
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