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Comparative review of entanglement risk assessments for cetacean conservation and management

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Cetacean entanglement in fishing gear remains a major global threat that exposes persistent gaps in how fisheries management frameworks manage risk to nontarget species. Ecological risk assessment (ERA) offers a structured way to link exposure and consequences to an explicit statement of risk, but entanglement risk assessments vary widely in ...
Laura Joan Feyrer, Clair Evers, Hilary Moors‐Murphy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forelimb stripe coloration signals age, but not physiological health, in painted turtles. [PDF]

Behav Ecol Sociobiol
Judson JM, Hoekstra LA, Holden KG, Bronikowski AM, Janzen FJ.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Evaluating the use of taxonomy in the IUCN Red List

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Taxonomy defines the units that conservationists strive to preserve for future generations. However, the discovery of new species and the taxonomic revision of existing species affect conservation efforts. Despite the importance of taxonomy for a species’ conservation, there is currently no overview of how those leading species extinction risk
Stephen T. Garnett, Claire E. Johnston, Phil Bowles, Les Christidis, Stijn Conix, J. W. Duckworth, Aaron Lien, Frank E. Zachos, Joeri Witteveen   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risks of concealing environmental degradation

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Current practice seeks to conceal the visual impact of land‐use change (i.e., development). Six percent of development impact assessments in Australia and 14% of the World Bank's assessments recommend visual impact mitigation. This mitigation results in, for example, vegetated buffer strips alongside cleared agricultural areas and earthen ...
Matt W. Hayward, Kaya Klop‐Toker, Salim Momtaz, Eliza Payne, Louisa Rebec, Robert J. Scanlon, Craig M. Shuttleworth, Nick Valentine, Andrea S. Griffin   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gross anatomy of the skeleton of neonates of the Orinoco Matamata turtle (Chelus orinocensis). [PDF]

PLoS One
Valencia-Flórez LA, Franco-Montoya LN, Tamayo-Arango LJ, Ceballos CP.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Behavioral interventions to reduce demand for threatened freshwater turtles as pets

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Growing demand for freshwater turtles as pets has fueled illegal trade and accelerated wild population declines, underscoring the need for theory‐based demand‐reduction interventions. We conducted a three‐part randomized controlled trial with active turtle keepers (n = 1800) in China to test conservation‐ and legality‐framed messages by ...
Wuji Zheng, Beilu Duan, Anita Kar Yan Wan, Alexander Clark, Toby Park, Kristina Londakova, Freddy Parker, Xiaoxi Zhang, Lishu Li, Tien Ming Lee   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

New host-parasite relationship: Rocinela signata (Aegidae: Isopoda: Crustacea) found in green sea turtles in Brazil. [PDF]

Syst Parasitol
Oliveira TF, Miguel C, Iwasa-Arai T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Shedding light on the dark: Does artificial illumination affect mammal activity at waterholes in sub‐Saharan Africa?

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
We experimentally evaluated the effects of artificial lighting on mammal visitation patterns at waterholes in north‐central Namibia using motion‐activated camera traps across two dry seasons. Lighting had minimal effects on most species, although gemsboks increased use of artificially lit waterholes and lions reduced nocturnal activity at illuminated ...
Jessica R. Patterson, Stéphanie Périquet‐Pearce, James C. Beasley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

PET-TURTLE: Deep Unsupervised Support Vector Machines for Imbalanced Data Clusters. [PDF]

IEEE Signal Process Lett
Salazar Cavazos J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Ecologization Is Not a Metaphor: Museums in the Web of Life

Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article documents and critiques emerging accounts of museum “ecologization”. Drawing on political ecology, materialist theory, and contemporary museum practice, we challenge dominant frameworks of ecological modernization and advocate for a more critical understanding of museums in the web of life.
Colin Sterling, Harry Reddick, Giulia Bellinetti   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source