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First record of Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra Jaeger, 1833 (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the coastal waters of the United Arab Emirates [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
The presence of an endangered and economically valuable species of sea cucumber, Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra Jaeger, 1833, was investigated in the Alqurm Wa Lehhfaiiah Protected Area near the city of Kalba in the Emirate of Sharjah.
Fadi Yaghmour, Brendan Whittington-Jones
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Different living environments drive deterministic microbial community assemblages in the gut of Alpine musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster)

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Substantial variation in the environment directly causes remodeling of the colonized gut microbiota, controlling community diversity, and functions in the host to tune-up their adaptive states.
Zhirong Zhang, Mengqi Ding, Yujiao Sun, Yujiao Sun, Romaan Hayat Khattak, Junda Chen, Liwei Teng, Liwei Teng, Zhensheng Liu, Zhensheng Liu   +9 more
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Growth Stages and Inter-Species Gut Microbiota Composition and Function in Captive Red Deer (Cervus elaphus alxaicus) and Blue Sheep (Pseudois nayaur)

Animals, 2023
Blue sheep and red deer, second-class key protected animals in China, are sympatric species with a high degree of overlap of food resources in the Helan Mountains, China.
Yao Zhao, Jia Sun, Mengqi Ding, Romaan Hayat Khattak, Liwei Teng, Zhensheng Liu   +5 more
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Potential changes in climate indices in Alberta under projected global warming of 1.5–5 °C

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2023
Study region: Alberta province, Canada Study focus: The global average surface temperature has continuously warmed at an unprecedentedly rapid rate since the mid-20th century.
Hyung-Il Eum, Babak Fajard, Tom Tang, Anil Gupta   +3 more
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Factors Affecting Financial Losses Caused by Wild Boars in Ningxia, China

Diversity
There is a need to reduce human–wildlife conflicts in the area around Liupanshan Nature Reserve in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. This study investigated the financial losses caused by wild boar and their causes. A questionnaire investigation (n =
Yan Qing, Yaxin Dong, Zhirong Zhang, Yi Zhang, Dehuai Meng, Meiling Zhan, Zongzhi Li, Xu Zhang, Tianhua Hu, Fubin Liu, Kai Sun, Zhensheng Liu, Liwei Teng   +12 more
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The Amazon Protected Areas Program (ARPA): participation, local development, and governance in the Brazilian Amazon

Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2017
The management of Protected Areas (PAs) in Brazil has been slowly incorporated the concept of participative governance, promoting the involvement and participation of local populations.
Andrea Leme da Silva, Marco Antonio Ferreira Bueno   +1 more
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Bridging protected areas along the Danube [PDF]

Nature Conservation
This paper examines the role of transnational cooperation in conserving the ecological integrity of the Danube River through the DANUBEPARKS network of protected areas. As Europe’s most species-rich river system, the Danube connects diverse biogeographic
Elena Kmetova-Biro, Vlatko Rožac, Georg Frank, Matej Marušić, Viktor Lagutov   +4 more
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Factors Affecting Habitat Selection of Endangered Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis) in Pakistan: Implications for Raptors Conservation

Diversity, 2022
The steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) is an endangered migratory raptor species that migrates in winter to Pakistan and neighbouring countries. In Pakistan, the species migrate at the end of autumn and utilise different habitats across the country.
Shakeel Ahmad, Romaan Hayat Khattak, Liwei Teng, Khansa Kaneez, Zhensheng Liu   +4 more
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Impacts of the Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) on the Livelihood of Rural Communities in Pakistan and Understanding Public Attitudes towards Wild Boars

Animals, 2022
Conservation goals can only be best achieved when there is firm support and cooperation from locals, especially in emerging economies where poor communities often bear most of the cost of human–wildlife conflicts (HWCs).
Romaan Hayat Khattak, Liwei Teng, Tahir Mehmood, Shakeel Ahmad, Zhensheng Liu   +4 more
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Quality of marine protected areas is critical to achieving global biodiversity targets

npj Ocean Sustainability
Summarising CBD target 3 to “30 × 30” emphasizes area coverage, but conservation success depends on MPA quality. Many existing MPAs are under-protected, and rapidly designating new areas risks creating ‘paper parks’ without ecological or social benefits.
Fabrice Stephenson, Barbara Horta e Costa, Anna M. Addamo, Paula Bueno, Mark John Costello, Nigel Dudley, Patrick A. Eskuche-Keith, Helen E. Fox, David Gill, Cesc Gordó-Vilaseca, Kirsten Grorud-Colvert, Carissa Klein, Pippa J. Moore, Lance E. Morgan, Katharine B. Nalven, Felipe Paredes, Elizabeth P. Pike, Madhu Rao, Jenna Sullivan-Stack, Heidi S. W. Weiskel, Lauren Wenzel, Sue Wells, Joachim Claudet   +22 more
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