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Multiple scales of fear: foraging behaviour of white‐naped jays in semiarid landscapes

Oikos, EarlyView.
Animals must constantly balance the need to find resources with the risk of predation. Not only avoiding direct encounters with predators but also assessing the overall risk of their environment using cues, social information or habitat traits at multiple spatial and temporal scales.
Maria Carolina Beiriz, Luiz A. M. Mestre, Lorenzo R. S. Zanette   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Single oral-dose fluralaner treatment against Ophionyssus natricis infestation - a large scale study demostrating long-term efficacy in captive snakes. [PDF]

Parasitol Res
Cattarossi D, Marchiori E, Marcer F, Zorzi P, Frara E, De Benedictis GM.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Understanding smallholder decision‐making to increase farm tree diversity: Enablers and barriers for forest landscape restoration in Western Kenya

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Integrating diverse trees and shrubs (hereafter ‘trees’) in agricultural landscapes has emerged as a crucial nature‐based solution to the triple challenge of biodiversity loss, climate change and food security. The potential benefits of on‐farm trees for both people and nature, however, are often constrained by inadequate consideration of ...
Ennia Bosshard, Harrison Carter, Lillian Aluso, Reuben Chumba, Christopher N. Kaiser‐Bunbury, Chris J. Kettle, Ana Nuno   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Community Engagement Approach to Snakebite Prevention in Rural Uganda: Exploring Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices. [PDF]

Toxins (Basel)
Arbuckle K, Byaruhanga Y, Nichols HJ, Kaseke CM, Mwanguhya F, Mitchell J.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The impact of COVID‐19 on public perceptions of wild meat in Central Africa

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild meat is a significant source of food and income generation in Central Africa. However, there is little knowledge of how the assumed link between COVID‐19 and wild meat consumption has been discussed by the media and received by the public. In this study, we conducted media content analysis of 264 articles published in 2019–2020 related to
Yuhan Li, Lude Kinzonzi, Paul Loundou, Divin Malekani, Krossy Mavakala, Christian Mikolo Yobo, Katharine Abernethy, Matilda Eve Dunn, Donald Midoko Iponga, Robert Mwinyihali, Joss Wright, Eleanor Jane Milner‐Gulland, Lauren Coad, Juliet H. Wright, Daniel W. S. Challender   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Subjective and psychophysiological response to pictures of ancestral and modern threats: Not all evolutionary threats are alike. [PDF]

PLoS One
Štolhoferová I, Hladíková T, Janovcová M, Peterková Š, Frynta D, Landová E.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Wild meat consumption in changing rural landscapes of Indonesian Borneo

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild meat can play a crucial role in the food system of rural communities residing near tropical forests. Yet, socio‐ecological changes across tropical landscapes are impacting the patterns and sustainability of meat consumption. To understand the prevalence, frequency and drivers of wild meat, domestic meat and fish consumption in this ...
Katie L. Spencer, Daniel J. Ingram, Namrata B. Anirudh, Ardiantiono, Susan M. Cheyne, Leejiah J. Dorward, Abdul Kadir, Michaela G. Y. Lo, Courtney L. Morgans, Jatna Supriatna, Nurul L. Winarni, Freya A. V. St. John, Matthew J. Struebig   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantifying venom in African snakes: Insights into protein content, yield and body size associations. [PDF]

Toxicon X
French S, Da Silva R, Have MT, Crittenden E, Rowley P, Cullen IC, Holland Z, Wilkinson MC, Modahl CM.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Digital nature in the AI era: How human and AI‐generated representations shape future visions of rewilding

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Rewilding has gained significant influence in nature conservation, offering hopeful narratives that address the interconnected challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss while enabling people to reconnect with ‘wildness’ in the Anthropocene.
Flurina M. Wartmann, Emma Cary
wiley   +1 more source

Preliminary Screening for <i>Ophidiomyces ophidiicola</i> in Pet Snakes from Italy and Exploratory Evaluation of Droplet Digital PCR Assay. [PDF]

Microorganisms
Di Nicola MR, Sciuto S, Marini D, Colla L, Vanzo G, Carsana G, Scanarini E, Dell'Atti L, Milanese G, Gini MA, Palazzolo MC, Dorne JCM, Goria M, Colussi S, Acutis PL.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source