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Galapagos tortoise at the Toledo Zoo
, 2019 A black and white photograph of a Galapagos tortoise as he poses for a portrait in his enclosure at the Toledo Zoo. This tortoise, at 500 pounds, is the world's largest living tortoise and the longest living vertebrates.
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Assessing safeguards against the illegal wildlife trade on AI platforms
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract AI platforms, while offering many positive applications, also present new risks to society, including the facilitation of trade in threatened and illegal wildlife. Although these platforms employ safeguards to block harmful or criminal requests, studies show such protections are imperfect and can be easily bypassed.
David L. Roberts, Jason R. C. Nurse
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, 2008 Captive breeding and rearing giant tortoises still represents a challenge and little scientific evidence is available on the requirements of juvenile and adult giant tortoises. Zoo veterinarians must know that developmental diseases are the main risk in the raising process.
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Does conservation status predict research output?
Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.Abstract The Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 uses the best available science to protect threatened and endangered species, but limited knowledge of listed species can undermine conservation success. This study examined whether ESA‐listed species receive more peer‐reviewed publications than ecologically similar non‐listed species.
Cody P. Griffin +11 more
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Global Ecology and ConservationHabitat degradation poses a significant threat to biodiversity worldwide. Effective conservation of species hinges on our ability to quantify changes in habitat quality over time and assess how species are likely to respond to such changes. In this study,
Nassoro Mohamed +5 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2014 It is the first time that Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), causing potentially lethal disease of humans, has been reported from the Middle East region and from the tortoise tick Hyalomma aegyptium from a tortoise host, whose ...
Pavel Široký +6 more
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The tortoise and the hare revisited
eLife, 2013 Optogenetics and electron microscopy reveal an ultrafast mode of synaptic vesicle recycling, adding a new twist to a 40-year-old controversy.
Natalia L Kononenko +2 more
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Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.Reconciling timber production with the habitat requirements of forest‐dependent wildlife is a challenge for biodiversity conservation. In managed Central Hardwood Forests of the United States, female northern long‐eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) selected tree roosts near ridgetops and management features, including recently created regeneration ...
Elizabeth A. Beilke +8 more
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Desert tortoise conservation genetics
, 2003 Managing for the long-term survival of a species requires an understanding of its population genetics. The desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, inhabits the Mojave and Sonoran deserts of North America.
Edwards, Taylor
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, 2016 The foolish tortoise is tired of going so slow. He hypothesizes that his heavy shell is what holds him back, so he consequently decides to crawl out and leave it behind.
Burr, Sydnee
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