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Comprehensive framework for assessing and optimizing existing research networks

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Conservation, monitoring, and research networks, or collections of ecological research sites unified under a common mission of data collection or a research mission, are essential infrastructure for understanding large landscapes. However, most networks developed opportunistically over decades rather than through systematic design, creating ...
Alyson East, Jitendra Kumar, William Hargrove   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cattle as partners in conservation: the effects of grazing on indicators of rangeland health

, 2018
For centuries, the natural ecology of rangelands has supported large herds of herbivores. The partnership between these herbivores and the land has usually been, and can continue to be a sustainable one. However, the debate over the use of public lands for cattle grazing continues to intensify.
Monlezun, Anna Clare, author, Rhoades, Ryan, advisor, Ahola, Jason, advisor, Brummer, Joe, committee member, Meiman, Paul, committee member, Turk, Phillp, committee member   +5 more
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Psychometric framework for coexistence with large carnivores

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Human–carnivore coexistence is essential for biodiversity conservation, yet measuring the attitudes and behaviors that support it remains methodologically challenging. We developed psychometric scales to assess willingness to coexist with carnivores and the underlying beliefs of this coexistence through an iterative expert elicitation process ...
Benjamin Ghasemi, Gerard Kyle, Tara Teel, Rebeca Niemiec, Kevin Crooks, Jenny Anne Glikman, Neil H. Carter, John A. Vucetich, Michelle L. Lute, Stewart Breck, Beatrice Frank, Dana Hoag, Jonathan Salerno, Lily M. van Eeden, Jeremy T. Bruskotter   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Land Health Surveillance: Mapping Soil Carbon in Kenyan Rangelands

, 2012
Land health surveillance is a methodological framework for measuring and monitoring land health—the capacity of land to sustain delivery of ecosystem services—for the purpose of targeting agroforestry and other sustainable land management in landscapes, and assessing their impacts.
Vagen, T.G., Davery, F.A., Shepherd, Keith D.   +2 more
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Pest‐preservation paradox among insects

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
The pest‐preservation paradox is a non‐binary perspective that insects range from those that are harmful and requiring management on the one side, to those requiring conservation intervention on the opposite end of the spectrum. Importantly, the vast majority of insects occur somewhere in the center of the two extremes, and their position along the ...
Michael J. Samways, Charl Deacon, René Gaigher, James S. Pryke   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing screening outcomes for private sector nature‐related assessments based on national and global biodiversity datasets

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract In response to demand for better biodiversity stewardship from the private sector, frameworks such as the Taskforce on Nature‐related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) have been developed to help companies assess, manage, and disclose their nature‐related impacts, dependencies, risks, and opportunities.
Takuya Nomura, Luke Kelly, Andrew Skowno, Emily Nicholson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Weaving knowledges to support wildlife health surveillance in Kenya's pastoral rangelands

Conservation Biology
Abstract In wildlife–livestock–human interfaces, pathogens capable of spreading between wild and domestic animals and humans have important implications for conservation outcomes, economics, and public health. Robust wildlife health surveillance can help address these risks.
Brock Bersaglio, Charis Enns, Nashipai Karinten, Ramson Karmushu, Susanne Shultz   +4 more
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Risk reduction, rangeland use, and the future of human–carnivore coexistence

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Efforts to reduce livestock losses to large carnivores are widely regarded as essential for promoting human–carnivore coexistence. Predator‐proof enclosures, compensation programs, improved livestock guarding, and real‐time predator alert systems can reduce depredation and retaliatory killing while enhancing pastoralist livelihoods.
Craig Packer
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated species distribution modeling to assess species status and current and future threats for an imperiled amphibian

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
To understand the range‐wide drivers of Arizona Toad distribution and anticipate future changes, we combined 13 datasets covering distinct portions of the range in an integrated species distribution model. We estimate that the current occupied range is 1/4–1/3 of previously defined range boundaries and that increasingly dry conditions will lead to ...
C. Lane Scher, Brian J. Tornabene, David F. Bradford, J. Tomasz Giermakowski, Caren S. Goldberg, Evan H. Campbell Grant, David A. W. Miller, Riley O. Mummah, Erin Muths, Mason J. Ryan, Brent H. Sigafus, Kenzi M. Stemp, Brian K. Sullivan, Kevin K. Wheeler, Blake R. Hossack   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Compost amendments up to one inch restore dry rangeland soil health

Plants, People, Planet
Societal Impact Statement Rangelands harbor immense diversity and provide ecosystem services across vast swaths of land while supporting rural economies and the food system, but degraded rangelands may require active management to restore diversity and ...
Eva Stricker, Emily Cornell, Zach Withers   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source