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The magnitude and economic replacement value of wild meat obtained from ‘recreational’ big game hunting in the United States

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Meat production has notable benefits for food security, nutrition and various production economies, but has elicited substantial negative environmental impacts. Recreational hunting provides an alternative to agricultural meat production for over 24 million hunters worldwide.
Shane P. Mahoney, Richard D. Honor
wiley   +1 more source

Mountain lion [PDF]

open access: yes, 1967
Mountain lion beside creek; Mountain ...
New Mexico. Department of Tourism
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The impact of zoo education programmes on connection to nature considering programme type, participants' demographics and their initial connection

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Participants in environmental education programmes can have different preexisting attitudes and experiences that could influence the educational outcomes. The present study focuses on zoo education and its goal of connecting people to nature.
Viktoria Feucht   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

California mountain lion, ca.1920 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Photograph of a California mountain lion, ca.1920. The lion sits defensively on large boulders at center. The mountain lion appears to have light, smooth fur and dark eyes that look into the foreground.

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Using Mountain Lion Habitat Selection in Management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Wildlife agencies are generally tasked with managing and conserving species at state and local levels simultaneously. Thus, it is necessary for wildlife agencies to understand basic ecological processes of a given species at multiple scales to aid ...
Craig Thompson   +23 more
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Tail wagging cats: Veterinary implications of AI‐generated video

open access: yesVeterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Generative artificial intelligence (genAI) has the capacity to create realistic and convincing animal videos; however, it must simplify and reduce behavioural variation to do so, possibly leading to misinformation. Methods We categorised 29 videos in the press release for a specific video genAI engine. Twelve featured animals.
Jill R. D. MacKay, Louise Connelly
wiley   +1 more source

Mountain Lion Skull Measurements [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This undergraduate research poster will be based on the measurements of mountain lion skulls to primarily analyze size of the skull to the age of the mountain lion. This was done as part of the Utah state mountain lion undergraduate project.
Jeppson, Talon
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Hematology of mountain lions (Puma concolor) in the Sierra Nevada, California, USA: effect of sex, season, or location?

open access: yesCalifornia Fish and Wildlife Journal, 2020
There is a paucity of published hematological data for wild, free-ranging mountain lions (Puma concolor). We collected such information from mountain lions occurring at mid-elevations to increase available baseline information. We captured and sampled
Vernon C. Bleich   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modelling the surprising recolonisation of an understudied aquatic mammal in a highly urbanised area: fortune favoured the smooth‐coated otter in Singapore

open access: yesWildlife 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

John Morine with mountain lion [PDF]

open access: yes, 1915
Photograph of man with dead mountain lion.

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