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Shrub avoidance by an open-adapted ground squirrel in a shrub-encroached environment

PLOS ONE
Habitat loss and degradation are leading drivers of the widespread decline in wildlife populations, and understanding how wildlife perceive and navigate their environment is useful for predicting responses to future landscape changes. Small mammals play an important role in their environments, however, many species are threatened by rapid environmental
Alexandra D. Burnett, John L. Koprowski
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Culturally Modified Trees and Bark and Wooden Material Culture From Yagara Country, Southeast Queensland, Australia: A Preliminary Overview of Indigenous Biocultural Knowledge

Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper outlines preliminary results from our multimethod research about Culturally Modified Trees (CMTs) and associated bark and wooden material culture in Yagara Country in southeast Queensland. Methods employed include historical source and modern database analysis, archaeological field surveys, semi‐structured interviews with Yagara ...
Kate Greenwood, Amy Roberts, Madonna Thomson, James Bonner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effort required for sustained management of non‐native shrubs drops dramatically over time in a deciduous forest

Ecological Solutions and Evidence
Non‐native plants are a major obstacle in the restoration and management of eastern North American forests. Non‐native species, particularly woody shrubs, can be difficult to remove and are extremely persistent, thus consuming much of the time and ...
David M. Jenkins, Jessica Miller Mecaskey, Chad Knisely, Rebecca M. Swab, Katharine L. Stuble   +4 more
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Multi‐Century Grindstone Quarrying at Brumby Yard, Queensland

Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The timing and duration of prehistoric quarrying is poorly understood within Australia, with limited ages available for quarries owing to the difficulties in dating these rock‐sediment constructions. We report the first multi‐sample, optically stimulated luminescence ages from quarry pits in Brumby Yard, an Aboriginal grindstone quarry ...
Kieran McGee, Justine Kemp, Joshua Gorringe, George Gorringe, Trudy Gorringe   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dendroglyphs, Pictographs and Social Identity in the Wet Tropics Rainforest of Northeastern Australia

Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research examines rock art and dendroglyphs in the Wet Tropics of northeast Australia to investigate their relationship to linguistic social identity. The region was selected for its complex socio‐cultural landscape, marked by a diversity of languages in a distinct, relatively small area.
Alice Buhrich
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnobotany and folk pharmaceutical knowledge of the major trees or shrubs in North of Iran [PDF]

فیزیولوژی محیطی گیاهی, 2006
An ethnopharmacognostic survey on the traditional pharmaceutical knowledge (TPhk) of old and newly introduced natural remedies used for healing humans in two small mountainous area in Goleston province, Northern Iran. Approximately 56 medicine species of
M Mazandarani
doaj  

Karribolknahnan kunred la kundulk: Contemporary Culturally Modified Trees in Mirarr Country, Northern Territory

Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Mirarr Kunred (Country) in the Alligator Rivers region of the Northern Territory, Australia, a particular form of scarred, culturally modified tree (CMT) is actively being created as Bininj (Aboriginal people) harvest bark to be used as art canvases (dolobbo).
Mia Dardengo, Lynley A. Wallis, Djaykuk Djandjomerr, May Nango, Clarrie Nadjamerrek, Murray Garde, Anthony Pagels   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Major Causes of Rabies Outbreak in Pastoral Areas of the Somali Region and Importance of the One Health Approach

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Rabies Transmission and Control in the Somali Region. Introduction: Rabies is a fatal zoonotic disease caused by the Lyssavirus, posing a significant threat to both wildlife and public health in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Key Points: 1. Primary Hosts: Wild carnivores such as foxes, jackals, raccoons, skunks, bats, and honey badgers are the main ...
Hassan Abdi Hussein
wiley   +1 more source

Waste Management and Waste Disposal Detected by Combination of Analytical Methods: Late Bronze Age Březnice Settlement Site (South Bohemia)

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Waste disposal processes and landfill management are crucial subjects in the field of settlement archaeology. Our study is focused on understanding the processes that are connected to the formation of the infills of settlement features and the recycling of the building materials (daub and wood) and waste management.
Tereza Šálková, Kristýna Budilová, Jaromír Kovárník, Antonín Majer, Jan Novák, Jaroslav Pavelka, Barbora Strouhalová, Libor Vobejda, Ondřej Šťastný, Martin Kuna, Ondřej Chvojka   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drone‐Based High‐Resolution LiDAR for Undercanopy Archaeology in Mediterranean Environment: Rusellae Case Study (Italy)

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents a novel methodology and workflow successful in identifying and mapping undercanopy archaeology in woodland Mediterranean areas. The study area is characterized by dense vegetation typical of the Mediterranean area, located in southern Tuscany (Italy), within the territory of the ancient city of Rusellae next to the ...
G. P. Cirigliano, G. Mazzacca, F. Remondino, P. Liverani, G. Cantoro, H. Maschner, S. Campana   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source