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Validating a Target‐Enrichment Design for Capturing Uniparental Haplotypes in Ancient Domesticated Animals

open access: yesMolecular Ecology Resources, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the last three decades, DNA sequencing of ancient animal osteological assemblages has become an important tool complementing standard archaeozoological approaches to reconstruct the history of animal domestication. However, osteological assemblages of key archaeological contexts are not always available or do not necessarily preserve enough
Kuldeep D. More   +64 more
wiley   +1 more source

Applying sterols and bile acids as biomarkers for identifying human versus wild animals' faecal traces in cave sediments at archaeological sites

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Faecal biomarkers are used to trace and identify the source of faecal matter at various types of archaeological sites. Until now, the focus has been centred on humans and domesticated animals. However, in caves, it's wild animals that play a role in the deposition of organic matter.
Natalia Gryczewska   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

What can lithics tell us about food production during the transition to farming? Exploring harvesting practices and cultural changes during the neolithic in Southwest Asia: a view from Qminas (north‐western Syria)

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the continuity and change in harvesting practices between the Late Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B (LPPNB) and the Early Pottery Neolithic at Qminas, north‐western Levant, through a traceological analysis of flint sickles. By combining qualitative traceological analysis with quantitative functional approaches, we demonstrate that ...
Fiona Pichon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

EVALUATING SUPPORT TO AGRICULTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA: THE CALCULATION OF NET PROTECTION COEFFICIENTS (NPCS) [PDF]

open access: yes
The Effective Protection Ratio (EPR) is used in this study as a measure of the impact of policy distortions on agricultural producers. The results of the EPR analysis show that in 1995, most of the interventions supporting agricultural production have ...
Jooste, Andre, van Zyl, Johan
core   +1 more source

The politics of rewilding through an ecofeminist lens

open access: yesArea, EarlyView.
Short Abstract In this short commentary for the Gender and Rewilding Special Section, I look through an ecofeminist lens to focus on two themes in the special issue—reproductive labour and epistemic injustice—that should promote radically different conversations about the politics of rewilding but are seldom found in the academic literature in this ...
Sherilyn MacGregor
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding how on‐farm biosecurity perceptions and practices of New South Wales sheep producers have been impacted by the 2022 foot‐and‐mouth disease outbreak in Indonesia

open access: yesAustralian Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Foot‐and‐mouth disease (FMD) is a highly infectious transboundary emergency animal disease posing a significant threat to the global economy. Australia strengthened border security following the 2022 FMD outbreak in Indonesia allocating resources to promote biosecurity awareness and engagement.
J Graham   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brucella suis in feral pigs in Australia: what is the risk?

open access: yesAustralian Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
In Australia, feral pigs (Sus scrofa) are the primary host for Brucella suis. The incidence of B. suis brucellosis in dogs in Queensland (QLD) and New South Wales (NSW) has increased, likely due to hunting and consumption of feral pig meat. This study aimed to update estimates of B.
CC Kneipp   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the competing demands of business and sustainability: What do corporate sustainability discourses reveal?

open access: yesBusiness Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
Abstract Company decision makers constantly face the competing demands of business and sustainability. Although chief executive officers (CEOs) are the main actors responsible for ensuring overall company performance and addressing multiple competing demands, few studies have explored their understanding of business and sustainability and how these ...
Riikka Tapaninaho
wiley   +1 more source

Patagonian Imaginary Nature: Colonial Narratives in Documentary Films on Subnational Spaces (1920–1955)

open access: yesBulletin of Latin American Research, EarlyView.
This study contributes to the ongoing historical examination of ecological and postcolonial questions in Latin America through the lens of new media genre narratives. Early 20th‐century documentary films of Argentine Patagonia institutionalised a natural binary opposition, positioning those challenging colonial power relations based on natural ...
Cielo Zaidenwerg, Mauricio Dimant
wiley   +1 more source

Dog Predation of Domestic Sheep in Ohio [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Range Management, 1983
Brian J. Blair, Thomas W. Townsend
openaire   +2 more sources

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