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Responsible Marine Wildlife Viewing [PDF]

, 2006
Marine wildlife viewing is good for Alaska's economy, and good for the participants' souls. But is it good for the animals? The answer is yes, if boaters and tide-poolers use care when near the animals.
Johnson, Terry
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Skeletal pathologies in extant crocodilians as a window into the paleopathology of fossil archosaurs

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Crocodilians, together with birds, are the only extant relatives to many extinct archosaur groups, making them highly important for interpreting paleopathological conditions in a phylogenetic disease bracketing model. Despite this, comprehensive data on osteopathologies in crocodilians remain scarce.
Alexis Cornille, Kyla Beguesse, Ewan Wolff, Clemens Zinner, Patrick Asbach, François Clarac, Florian Witzmann   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analyzing the sustainability of the environmental and socio-economic externalities of the Limpopo National Park (Mozambique) since its institution

Frontiers in Conservation Science
The institutionalization of the Limpopo National Park (LNP) presented a significant challenge in balancing environmental conservation goals with the needs of local communities.
Juvência Yolanda Malate, Juvência Yolanda Malate, Angelo Fierravanti, Angelo Fierravanti, Almeida Alberto Sitoe, Manuel Luís Tibério, Manuel Luís Tibério, Luís Filipe Gomes Lopes, Luís Filipe Gomes Lopes   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Wildlife Management Beyond Wildlife Laws

, 2007
This paper discusses a number of tools and approaches from a broad legal context that may relate to protection of wildlife and habitat. It first considers to what extent environmental assessment processes - both provincial and federal - has potential to address wildlife issues. Then the paper looks at how governmental decision making and how it impacts
openaire   +2 more sources

Net Costs of Wildlife Damage on Private Lands [PDF]

This study models net welfare impacts on producers who receive utility from on-farm wildlife populations that are not costlessly disposable. Wildlife damage levels where net benefits are zero indicate producers' maximum willingness to pay for on-farm ...
Heigh, Lori, Kanetkar, Vinay, Rollins, Kimberly S.   +2 more
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Does salinity make a difference—Kidney anatomy of Saimaa (Pusa saimensis) and Baltic ringed seals (Pusa hispida botnica)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract As habitat salinity markedly differs between the endangered, freshwater‐dwelling Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa saimensis Nordquist, 1899) and the brackish water‐inhabiting Baltic ringed seal (Pusa hispida botnica Gmelin, 1788), we investigated whether this difference has resulted in morphological changes to their kidneys.
Heini Nihtilä, Juha Laakkonen
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Gleaning the Rocky Shore? 2500 Years of Coastal Resource Use at Red Bluff 1, GunaiKurnai Country, SE Australia

Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Shell middens in Gippsland along the eastern half of Victoria's coastline have usually been characterised as small, short‐duration camp sites with relatively low shell densities and low taxonomic diversity. Here we present new excavation results from a dense, high‐diversity site at Red Bluff near the eastern end of GunaiKurnai Country, a ...
Patrick Faulkner, Bruno David, David M. Kennedy, Fiona Petchey, Joanna Fresløv, Ashleigh J. Rogers, Jillian Garvey, Rachel Kirby, Runjie Yuan, Russell Mullett, John Stanisic, Kyne Krusic‐Golub, V. Ruth Pullin, Matthew C. McDowell, Robert J. Skelly, Anthony Romano, Vanessa N. L. Wong, GunaiKurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation   +17 more
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Molecular epidemiology of Canine circovirus in domestic dogs and wildlife in Namibia, Africa

, 2023
Lourens de Villiers, Umberto Molini, Lauren M. Coetzee, Leandra Visser, J. V. Spangenberg, Mari de Villiers, Shadia Berjaoui, Siegfried Khaiseb, Alessio Lorusso, Giovanni Franzo   +9 more
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A DOUBLE HURDLE APPROACH TO EVALUATING NON-RESIDENTIAL WILDLIFE WATCHING IN THE UNITED STATES [PDF]

In 1996, over 62 million U.S. residents participated in wildlife watching and spent in excess of 29 billion dollars in this recreational activity. Wildlife watching can be defined as the observation, study, and enjoyment of natural areas and its wild ...
Diagne, Assane, Lavergne, David R., Olatubi, Williams O.   +2 more
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Wildlife and Human Diseases: Symptoms of Endangered Marine Ecosystems & Climate Change [PDF]

, 2001
The Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School; Wildlife Trust; the Consortium for Conservation Medicine; and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute hosted a Congressional briefing entitled "Wildlife and Human Diseases ...
Naomi Friedman
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