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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The return of grey wolves to multi‐use landscapes in North America and Europe raises concerns over accompanying risks of livestock predation. While local‐level risk factors have received attention, it is difficult to explore the role that landscape‐scale variables, such as landscape connectivity, play in driving livestock losses.
Vivian F. Hawkinson +2 more
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Association mapping of genetic risk factors for chronic wasting disease in wild deer
Evolutionary Applications, 2013 Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal transmissible spongiform encephalopathy affecting North American cervids. We assessed the feasibility of association mapping CWD genetic risk factors in wild white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and mule ...
Tomomi Matsumoto +4 more
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An Adaptive Threshold in Mammalian Neocortical Evolution
, 2013 Expansion of the neocortex is a hallmark of human evolution. However, it remains an open question what adaptive mechanisms facilitated its expansion.
Huttner, Wieland B +4 more
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Capacity and limitations of US wild meat donation programmes
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Historically, sharing of wild harvests to facilitate food security followed concepts of kin selection and reciprocal altruism. However, cultural shifts have reduced access to foods for some populations in modern times. Cultural altruism through sustainably harvested wild meat donation programmes (WDPs) can reduce food and nutritional ...
David S. Mason +4 more
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Acta Biológica Colombiana, 2001 Realizar la caracterización cariológica del venado de Cola Blanca (Odocoileus virginianus) mediante las técnicas de bandeo cromosómico Bandas C, G, R, y NOR.
K. Barragán +3 more
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Test Excavations and Monitoring at 41BX1598 A Multicomponent Historic Site in Bexar County, Texas [PDF]
, 2005 From September through December of 2003, the Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) at The University of Texas at San Antonio performed archaeological testing and monitoring at site 41BX1598, the location for the proposed San Fernando Community Center.
Figueroa, Antonia L. +1 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.The preservation and revitalization of mycocultural heritage, developed over centuries of human‐mushroom interaction, contributes to safeguarding both natural ecosystems and the promotion of sustainable rural development, one of the biggest global challenges currently faced by humankind.
Elisette Ramírez‐Carbajal +8 more
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Culex tarsalis is a competent vector species for Cache Valley virus [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Cache Valley virus (CVV) is a mosquito-borne orthobunyavirus endemic in North America. The virus is an important agricultural pathogen leading to abortion and embryonic lethality in ruminant species, especially sheep.
Alto, Barry W. +10 more
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Polioencephalomalacia in a White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus borealis) [PDF]
Pathologia veterinaria, 1969 In an adult white-tailed deer affected by polioencephalomalacia the lesions were acute ischemic-type necrosis, malacia, and hemorrhage in the cerebral cortex, vestibular nuclei, caudal colliculi, oculomotor nuclei, geniculate nuclei, thalamus, and ventral portion of the cerebellar vermis.
H J, Kurtz, P D, Karns
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Worldwide, transportation agencies have been involved in road mitigation efforts to reduce road mortality and promote connectivity of endangered species. Baseline data on how mammals respond to highway construction, however, are rarely collected in road mitigation and monitoring studies, including in the USA.
Thomas J. Yamashita +4 more
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