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Success of restoration strategies in preventing extirpation of 2 critically endangered coral species
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract An unprecedented marine heatwave in 2023 caused widespread coral bleaching and mortality throughout the Caribbean. In the Florida Keys (USA), 2 foundation species, elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) and staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis), were severely affected.
Erinn M. Muller +29 more
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Investing in Hope: AIDS, Life Expectancy, and Human Capital Accumulation [PDF]
A three period overlapping generations model is developed to investigate the impact of shorter life expectancy due to disease, on human capital investment decisions and income growth. This research is particularly relevant to Sub-Saharan Africa given the
E. Wesley Peterson +2 more
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Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract The design of experiments to investigate the combined effects of multiple stressors requires exposing target organisms to multiple combinations of stressor doses. Concurrent manipulation of stressors is often infeasible with wildlife, but long‐lasting health effects allow individual health to be used as an integrator of prior stressor exposure.
Enrico Pirotta +24 more
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Drones: Emergence of a transformative technology for island rodent eradications
Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.Drones have emerged as a potentially powerful tool to address an ongoing need for alternative rodent eradication solutions on remote islands. This potential has now been demonstrated in a diverse set of operations across the Pacific. In the coming decades, this novel toolset also offers the possibility to step beyond existing paradigms and imagine a ...
Donal Smith +3 more
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Using structured decision making to evaluate the tradeoffs of selective fish passage
Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.Abstract Dams have dramatically altered rivers and are a major contributor to native fish population declines. However, many dams serve important ecological, social, and economic functions, such as flood control, invasive species control, and provision of recreational opportunities.
Shane Flinn +2 more
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Improving the Ethical Permissibility of Medical Electives in Lower‐Resource Settings
Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper presents a moral‐theoretical evaluation of medical electives, applying different frameworks of distributive justice to the phenomenon of healthcare students visiting countries with less access to resources in order to bolster their own learning.
Simon Paul Jenkins
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Can crop diversity strengthen small-scale farmers' resilience? [PDF]
, 2020 Gotor, E., Groot, J.C.J., Kozicka, M.
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Fisheries Management and Ecology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In fisheries management, socioeconomic data, specifically qualitative data analysis, is often underutilized. This study qualitatively analyzed a primary federal data collection effort in the Northeast United States, The Greater Atlantic Region Commercial Fishing Business Cost Survey.
Elizabeth D. Conley +4 more
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HIV Medicine, EarlyView.Abstract Background There are an estimated 2482 people born in Latin American countries receiving care for HIV in the United Kingdom. Although national guidance recommends screening for Trypanosoma cruzi infection (Chagas disease) in this population, there is no formal screening programme.
Natalie Elkheir +18 more
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