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Understanding science in conservation: A Q method approach on the galαpagos islands [PDF]

, 2012
The variety of perspectives that conservation practitioners and scientists from different disciplinary backgrounds have towards the role of science in conservation add to the already complex nature of most contemporary conservation challenges, and may ...
Cairns, Rose C
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Evidence for dilution effect by Gobio gobio, a dead-end host in the Unio crassus–Cyprinidae coevolutionary system

Scientific Reports
Freshwater mussels (Unionidae) depend on specific fish hosts to complete their life cycle. Glochidia, their parasitic larvae, must attach to the gills or fins of suitable fish species to metamorphose.
Jacek Dołęga, Tadeusz A. Zając, Adam Ćmiel, Anna Lipińska, Krzysztof Tatoj, Katarzyna Zając   +5 more
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Transcriptome analysis revealed potential mechanisms of differences in physiological stress responses between caged male and female magpies

BMC Genomics, 2019
Background Under caged conditions, birds are affected more severely by environmental stressors such as dietary structure, activity space, human disturbances, and pathogens, which may be reflected in the gene expression in peripheral blood or other ...
Yu Wang, Jinxin Guo, Lin Wang, Hengjiu Tian, Jinling Sui   +4 more
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Beyond Philanthropy: Community Nature-based Enterprises as a Basis for Wildlife Conservation [PDF]

, 2012
This paper shows how communities can be vehicles for nature conservation through community ...
Munira Anyonge-Bashir, Paul Udoto
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Promoting nature conservation by Dutch farmers: a governance perspective†

, 2017
Reconciling productive agricultural practices with nature conservation is not only an ecological challenge, but also a demanding matter of governance. This paper analyses the potential as well as the limitations of various governance arrangements, and ...
H. Runhaar, T. Melman, F. Boonstra, J. Erisman, L. Horlings, G. D. de Snoo, C. Termeer, M. Wassen, J. Westerink, B. Arts   +9 more
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Microbiota Changes in the Musk Gland of Male Forest Musk Deer During Musk Maturation

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
The musk gland in an adult male forest musk deer is an organ that synthesizes, stores, and secretes musk, a cream-colored liquid upon initial secretion that gradually transforms into a blackish-brown solid substance upon full maturation.
Yimeng Li, Tianxiang Zhang, Lei Qi, Shuang Yang, Shanghua Xu, Muha Cha, Meishan Zhang, Zhixin Huang, Juan Yu, Defu Hu, Shuqiang Liu   +10 more
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The Invisible Forest: Conservation Easement Databases and the End of the Clandestine Conservation of Natural Lands [PDF]

, 2011
Olmsted talks about invisible forest refers to forest lands -- and, for that matter, any other land types -- protected by a perpetual conservation easement, the existence and location of which are concealed from the public, whether deliberately or ...
Olmsted, James L.
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Towards a synthesized critique of neoliberal biodiversity conservation [PDF]

, 2012
During the last three decades, the arena of biodiversity conservation has largely aligned itself with the globally dominant political ideology of neoliberalism and associated governmentalities.
Adams B., Adams W., Angelis M., Baudrillard J., Berkes F., Bram Büscher, Brockington D., Brockington D., Brockington D., Brockington D., Burkett P., Caldecott B., Castree N., Child M., Curry P., Dan Brockington, De Landa M., Debord G., Deleuze G., Dowie M., Dowie M., Dowie M., Duffy R., Fairhead J., Ferguson J., Foster J.B., Foster J.B., Foucault M., Geertz C., Graeber D., Gramsci A., Gudeman, Hajer M., Harper J., Harvey D., Harvey D., Heynen N., Heynen N., Igoe J., Igoe J., Jim Igoe, Katja Neves, Kovel J., Larner W., Latour B., Latour B., Latour B., Laughling T.J., Leach M., MacDonald C., Marx K., McAfee K., McQueen H., Mosse D., Neves K., O'Connor J., O'Connor M., Paudel N., Posey D., Saad-Filho A., Sian Sullivan, Simon H., Sklair L., Smith N., Stott P., Sullivan S., Sullivan S., Sullivan S., Sullivan S., Thrift N.   +69 more
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Recent changes to conservation of New Zealand’s native biodiversity [PDF]

, 2005
This paper presents some observations about recent changes to conservation in New Zealand. It is influenced by practical experience over the past 15 years, first as conservation planner employed by the Department of Conservation, then as an ...
Jay, Grace Mairi M.
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Psychological and physical connections with nature improve both human well-being and nature conservation: A systematic review of meta-analyses

Biological Conservation, 2023
G. Barragan‐Jason, M. Loreau, Claire de Mazancourt, M. Singer, C. Parmesan   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source