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ZooKeys, 2018 Using various sources, including the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), published literature, recent (2015–2017) collections, as well as bat detector and camera trap surveys with opportunistic sightings and live capture in the upper ...
Peter J. Taylor +5 more
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Canadian Medical Education Journal, 2022 Implication Statement Wilderness medicine education is interesting to medical students, yet not widely implemented in Canadian medical curricula. We describe a curriculum for a pre-clerkship wilderness medicine elective at a Canadian medical school ...
Geordon Omand +4 more
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Conservation value of national forest roadless areas
Conservation Science and Practice, 2020 Conservation scientists call for establishing additional protected areas amidst ongoing threats of expanding human development. Nevertheless, some existing protected areas are being downsized and demoted of their existing conservation protections.
McKinley J. Talty +3 more
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Heliyon, 2021 The aim of this study was to determine optimal body mass/length ratios of Emys orbicularis before hibernation. We obtained 213 measurements of wild-caught and captive-bred turtles during 9 years (2011–2019) and determined regression curves that show ...
Ziegler Carina +2 more
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Conservation Science and Practice, 2019 The Appalachian Trail (AT) traverses the Appalachian Mountains across 11 degrees of latitude from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Maine's Mt. Katahdin. The 3,524 km (2,190‐mile) long trail is buffered within a conserved corridor that is at least ~ 305 m ...
Peter S. McKinley +2 more
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A portfolio approach to managing ecological risks of global change
Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 2017 The stressors of global environmental change make it impossible over the long term for natural systems to maintain their historical composition. Conservation's new objective must be to maintain the building blocks of future systems (e.g., species, genes,
Gregory H. Aplet, Peter S. Mckinley
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Miranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone, 2020 This paper aims to trace the evolution of the debate over wilderness protection, from the “idea” of wilderness to a national policy of preservation signed into law by President Johnson in 1964.
Nathalie Massip
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Conservation Science and Practice, 2022 Wilderness is important for the maintenance of biodiversity, but human activities are increasingly fragmenting it. This situation has serious impacts on various ecological processes, especially in biodiversity hotspots.
Bo Xu, Yun Zhang, Wenyue Lin
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Wilderness plays a crucial role in biodiversity conservation, and its preservation represents a pivotal objective emphasized in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Nonetheless, wilderness frequently faces threats from the escalating impact
Li Wang +4 more
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Eco-theology: In and out of the Wilderness
Old Testament Essays, 2017 It has been argued that any attempt by eco-theologians to interpret the biblical concept of the wilderness in a more positive light, would be futile. However, by stripping the biblical wilderness metaphor from its magico-mythical assumptions, new meaning
P. J. (Peet) van Dyk
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