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Ranging, Activity and Habitat Use by Tigers in the Mangrove Forests of the Sundarban. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
The Sundarban of India and Bangladesh (about 6000 km²) are the only mangrove forests inhabited by a sizeable population of tigers. The adjoining area also supports one of the highest human densities and experiences severe human-tiger conflicts.
Dipanjan Naha   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Companions in Guilt Arguments and Moore's Paradox [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In a series of articles Christopher Cowie has provided what he calls a ‘Master Argument’ against the Companions in Guilt defence of moral objectivity. In what follows I defend the CG strategy against Cowie.
Campbell, Michael
core   +1 more source

′Tigers are Our Brothers′: Understanding Human-Nature Relations in the Mishmi Hills, Northeast India

open access: yesConservation & Society, 2016
Human-nature relations are diverse, multifaceted and often contradictory, especially the relationships with animals. Mishmi people living on the Sino-India border claim tigers to be their brothers and take credit for tiger protection as they observe ...
Ambika Aiyadurai
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying realistic recovery targets and conservation actions for tigers in a human dominated landscape using spatially-explicit densities of wild prey and their determinants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Aim Setting realistic population targets and identifying actions for site and landscape-level recovery plans are critical for achieving the global target of doubling wild tiger numbers by 2022.
Harihar, Abishek   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Insufficient numbers and poor working conditions for rangers protecting tigers

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice
Protected area rangers are planetary health care workers and are at the frontline of the protection of wildlife and wild places. Ensuring that there are sufficient rangers in protected areas, and that these rangers are equipped and provided with decent ...
Thomas N. E. Gray   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Additional evidence of tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) as intermediate hosts for Toxoplasma gondii through the isolation of viable strains

open access: yesInternational Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022
Toxoplasmosis is one of the most common zoonotic diseases in the world. Felines excrete Toxoplasma gondii oocysts, which play a key role in the transmission of this protozoon.
Hongjie Ren   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Censorship and Self-Translation in the Era of the Latin American Boom [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This piece focuses on an analysis of Guillermo Cabrera Infante's Three Trapped Tigers and the role that the author's condition of exile played in its publication history: first, the impact of Franco and censorship on the book's final published ...
Levine, Suzanne Jill
core  

Tiger colour morphs in zoos raise conservation and welfare concerns

open access: yesDiscover Animals
Tigers (Panthera tigris) with white, golden and snow pelages (tiger colour morphs) are genetically compromised individuals, bred through inbreeding practices in captivity to attract visitors based on a perception of their rarity.
Tanya S. Erzinçlioğlu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Are conflict-causing tigers different? Another perspective for understanding human-tiger conflict in Chitwan National Park, Nepal

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2017
We analyzed characteristics of the problem-causing tigers in Chitwan National Park (Nepal) to determine if specific groups or individuals in the source population have higher probability to get involved in conflicts with humans.
B.R. Lamichhane   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Principles of Acquaintance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The thesis that in order to genuinely think about a particular object one must be (in some sense) acquainted with that object has been thoroughly explored since it was put forward by Bertrand Russell.
Pepp, Jessica
core   +1 more source

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