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Do vegetation, disturbances, and water influence large mammal distribution?

open access: yesGeology, Ecology, and Landscapes, 2020
Species distribution can be influenced by different factors that may either be biotic or abiotic. In the Serengeti Ecosystem, most of the studies on species distribution have focused on single species.
Daud Mathew Gunda   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimating poaching risk for the critically endangered wild red wolf (Canis rufus).

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
The reintroduced red wolf (Canis rufus) population in northeastern North Carolina declined to 7 known wolves by October 2020, the majority of which is due to poaching (illegal killing), the major component of verified anthropogenic mortality in this and ...
Suzanne W Agan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Talent Poaching and Job Rotation [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2021
The value of a firm’s service lies both in its workers and its relationship with clients. In this paper, we study the interaction between the client-specific experience accumulated by workers, poaching behaviour from clients, and strategic rotation of workers by firms.
Diego Battiston   +2 more
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Influence of social status and industrial development on poaching acceptability

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2022
Subsistence poaching threatens the persistence of wildlife populations worldwide and the well-being of people who participate in poaching. We conducted interviews around Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda to assess the acceptability of poaching ...
Tutilo Mudumba   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Wildlife at risk: A media-based analysis of wildlife poaching in Romania [PDF]

open access: yesNature Conservation
The conservation of endangered species is under growing threat from poaching, which has become more complex and globally widespread. In Romania, escalating human–wildlife conflicts and diminished public support for wildlife are driving an increase in ...
Andra Claudia Neagu   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Primary school student visitation in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences, 2018
Tanzania National Parks are heavily dependent upon international tourism. This study examines the potential for sustainable domestic tourism, specifically considering primary school student visitation in Serengeti National Park (SENAPA). We surveyed five
Abraham Eustace, Daud Mathew Gunda
doaj   +1 more source

Gender differences in poaching attitudes: Insights from communities in Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe living near the great Limpopo

open access: yesConservation Letters, 2020
To what extent and how do men and women differ in their attitudes about poaching? Although research suggests that women can be more concerned about environmental degradation than men, inquiries about communities in protected areas are ambiguous: women ...
Aksel Sundström   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using crime script analysis to elucidate the details of Amur tiger poaching in the Russian Far East

open access: yesCrime Science, 2021
Poaching is the most direct threat to the persistence of Amur tigers. However, little empirical evidence exists about the modus operandi of the offenders associated with this wildlife crime.
Allison Skidmore
doaj   +1 more source

Outside the Frame: Looking Beyond the Myth of Garamba's LRA Ivory–Terrorism Nexus

open access: yesConservation & Society, 2019
There have been widespread reports of elephant poaching by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Garamba National Park (GNP) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), presenting a narrative that ivory poaching funds terror and that both can be solved ...
Kristof Titeca, Patrick Edmond
doaj   +1 more source

Poaching of protected wolves fluctuated seasonally and with non-wolf hunting

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Poaching is the main cause of mortality for many large carnivores, and mitigating it is imperative for the persistence of their populations. For Wisconsin gray wolves (Canis lupus), periods of increased risk in overall mortality and poaching seem to ...
Francisco J. Santiago-Ávila   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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