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A multiscale seasonal examination of the risk of harm to seabirds from vessels based on co-occurrence in Alaskan waters. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Alaska's seascape supports globally significant seabird populations, including vulnerable and threatened species, and hosts economically important commercial fisheries and marine transportation corridors. Seasonal patterns of seabird movements and vessel traffic create a complex landscape of risk, defined as high levels of co‐occurrence ...
Kapsar K, Sullender BK, Kuletz KJ.
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Equity considerations in the proposed wildlife protocol to the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
ABSTRACT Wildlife trafficking poses a critical threat to global biodiversity, contributes to organized crime, and has disproportionate impacts on underserved and Indigenous communities. Although international legal instruments, such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and institutional collaborations,
Osorio CP.
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Mapping illegal trade routes of live cheetahs from the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Less than 7000 cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) persist in Africa. Although human–wildlife conflict, habitat degradation, and loss of prey are major threats to cheetah populations, illegal trade in live cubs for pets may have the most significant impact on populations in the Horn of Africa.
Evangelista PH, Young NE, Schulte DK, Tricorache PD, Luizza MW, Durant SM, Jones KW, Mitchell N, Maule T, Ali AH, Tesfai RT, Engelstad PS.   +11 more
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Tráfico de animais silvestres e seus impactos no meio

Pubvet, 2021
O contrabando de animais silvestres é a terceira prática ilícita mais lucrativa no mundo, ficando atrás apenas do tráfico de armas e o de drogas.
Daniela Ferreira Duarte, Tamires Alves de Souza Fernandes, Adriane Araujo Waldige, Thainá Souza Silva, Bruna Rissas Generassa dos Santos, Thamires Fernanda Ferreira, Julia Navarro Alves, Andressa Yamada Cruz da Silva, Anderson Scherer   +8 more
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Compactación inducida durante cosecha mecánica de Saccharum spp. y su relación con propiedades estructurales del suelo

AIA Avances en Investigación Agropecuaria, 2022
Objetivo: Caracterizar la compactación inducida durante la cosecha Saccharum spp. con vagones autovolteo, en términos de resistencia mecánica a la penetración y densidad aparente en húmedo considerando su variabilidad espacial.
Sebastian Saavedra-Rincón, Óscar Chaparro-Anaya   +1 more
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Measurement and interpretation of vibrations produced by the traffic in Bogota D.C.

Revista Ingeniería de Construcción, 2011
Due to the development of Bogota (main city of Colombia) and to its increase of population, transport systems have been constructed in the last decade. Although these systems increase the well-being of the citizens, the traffic could generate vibrations
Hermes Vacca Gámez, Jorge Alberto Rodríguez, Daniel Ruiz Valencia   +2 more
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OCRL1 Deficiency Affects the Intracellular Traffic of ApoER2 and Impairs Reelin-Induced Responses

Biomolecules
Lowe Syndrome (LS) is a rare X-linked disorder characterized by renal dysfunction, cataracts, and several central nervous system (CNS) anomalies.
Luz M. Fuentealba, Héctor Pizarro, María-Paz Marzolo   +2 more
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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
wiley   +1 more source

The Edification of Manuela Xiqués: Slavery, Finance, Biography, and the Construction of Modern Barcelona

Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 3, Page 799-809, October 2026.
ABSTRACT An analysis of the dual biographies, economic and domestic, of Manuela Xiqués, an enslaver from nineteenth‐century Cuba and Spain, deepens our understanding of the role of European and Creole women in the nineteenth‐century Atlantic. This essay foregrounds the role of literature, namely family biography, as a locus of the processes of ...
Lisa Surwillo, Martín Rodrigo Alharilla
wiley   +1 more source

Ecology of declining populations of gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) in Indiana, USA Ecología de las poblaciones en declive de zorros grises (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) en Indiana, EE.UU.

Wildlife Monographs, Volume 226, Issue 1, September 2026.
We estimated seasonal space use, cover selection, and resource selection; evaluated gene flow and potential genetic barriers; and assessed cause‐specific survival rates and reproduction of radiomarked gray foxes in Indiana, USA. Our results provide evidence that gray foxes in Indiana are an edge species with relatively large home ranges, relatively low
Tim L. Hiller, Julia A. Nawrocki, Brandon M. Bernhardt, Lane K. Jeakle, Dawn M. Reding, Geriann Albers   +5 more
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