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Human-wildlife interactions in urban areas: a review of conflicts, benefits and opportunities [PDF]

open access: yesWildlife Research, 2015
Wildlife has existed in urban areas since records began. However, the discipline of urban ecology is relatively new and one that is undergoing rapid growth. All wildlife in urban areas will interact with humans to some degree. With rates of urbanisation
Abay   +165 more
core   +3 more sources

Urban wildlife in times of COVID-19: What can we infer from novel carnivore records in urban areas? [PDF]

open access: yesSci Total Environ, 2021
Silva-Rodríguez EA   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Colorful Collar-Covers and Bells Reduce Wildlife Predation by Domestic Cats in a Continental European Setting

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
In many areas, domestic cats are the most abundant predators of small vertebrates. Due to the potential impact on prey populations by cats, there are calls to investigate the effectiveness of visual and acoustic cues as measures to reduce the cat’s ...
Madeleine Geiger   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The evolutionary consequences of human–wildlife conflict in cities

open access: yesEvolutionary Applications, 2021
Human–wildlife interactions, including human–wildlife conflict, are increasingly common as expanding urbanization worldwide creates more opportunities for people to encounter wildlife.
Christopher J. Schell   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

What can we learn from wildlife sightings during the COVID‐19 global shutdown?

open access: yesEcosphere, 2020
During the worldwide shutdown in response to the COVID‐19 pandemic, many reports emerged of urban wildlife sightings. While these images garnered public interest and declarations of wildlife reclaiming cities, it is unclear whether wildlife truly ...
Amanda J. Zellmer   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reviewing the effects of food provisioning on wildlife immunity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
While urban expansion increasingly encroaches on natural habitats, many wildlife species capitalize on anthropogenic food resources, which have the potential to both positively and negatively influence their responses to infection.
Babayan, Simon A.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Call for Papers

open access: yesHuman-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
As society becomes more urbanized, public perceptions about wildlife and nature are increasingly being shaped by social media and/or encounters with wildlife and nature in urban centers.
Terry A. Messmer
doaj   +1 more source

Wildlife Affordances of Urban Infrastructure: A Framework to Understand Human-Wildlife Space Use

open access: yesFrontiers in Conservation Science, 2021
Landscape affordances, what the environment offers an animal, are inherently species-specific to the extent that each taxon has unique needs and responses to landscape characteristics.
Chase A. Niesner   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

One thousand good things in Nature: aspects of nearby Nature associated with improved connection to Nature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
As our interactions with nature occur increasingly within urban landscapes, there is a need to consider how ‘mundane nature’ can be valued as a route for people to connect to nature.
Hallam, Jenny   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Community perceptions of free-roaming dogs and management practices in villages at the periphery of a protected area in Bhutan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
In Bhutan, free-roamingdogs pose health hazards to human, livestock, andwildlife. Understanding the perceptions and practices of local communitiesregarding free-roaming dogs is important to mitigate negative impacts. A community-based study was conducted
De Garine-Wichatitsky, Michel   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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