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Beyond banning wildlife trade: COVID-19, conservation and development

World Development, 2020
One of the immediate responses to COVID-19 has been a call to ban wildlife trade given the suspected origin of the pandemic in a Chinese market selling and butchering wild animals. There is clearly an urgent need to tackle wildlife trade that is illegal,
D. Roe, A. Dickman, R. Kock, E. Milner‐Gulland, Elizabeth Rihoy, Michael ’t Sas‐Rolfes   +5 more
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Scalable Wheat Bran‐Algae Composites for Edible Electronics with Spray‐Coated Food‐Grade Conductive Inks

Advanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
A fully edible wheat bran–algae substrate is fabricated through scalable mould‐compression and spray‐coating, enabling robust, food‐grade platforms for sustainable electronics. A chitosan barrier improves water resistance and ink compatibility, while activated‐carbon conductive films form uniform electrodes with Ohmic behaviour.
Jaz Johari, Muhua Zhu, Zhiging Wang, Yichen Lang, Georgios Nikiforidis, Mingqing Wang, Mengyan Nie, Shahab Akhavan   +7 more
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Counting animals in orthomosaics from aerial imagery: Challenges and future directions

Methods in Ecology and Evolution
The use of drones to survey and monitor wildlife populations has increased exponentially. A common protocol used for data collection is planning flights with substantial overlap between successive photographs and lateral lines and then creating ...
Ismael V. Brack, Camila Ferrara, German Forero‐Medina, Enrique Domic‐Rivadeneira, Omar Torrico, Kevin Thomas Wanovich, Benjamin Wilkinson, Denis Valle   +7 more
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Reconceptualizing human-wildlife interaction places and bonds through ecopsychology: Healthy reciprocal relationships

Human-Animal Interactions
Human-wildlife interaction (HWI) places and bonds are often constructed on anthropocentric principles, which disregard wildlife agency and flourishing.
Rachel Yerbury
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An assessment of forest loss and its drivers in protected areas on the Copperbelt province of Zambia: 1972–2016

Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2022
In sub-Saharan Africa, protected areas provide a platform for conserving biodiversity. However, these areas are facing massive pressure due to deforestation, and information on forest dynamics and factors driving the changes in protected areas is ...
Darius Phiri, Collins Chanda, Vincent R. Nyirenda, Chisala A. Lwali   +3 more
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The changing sociocultural context of wildlife conservation

Conservation Biology, 2020
We introduced a multilevel model of value shift to describe the changing social context of wildlife conservation. Our model depicts how cultural‐level processes driven by modernization (e.g., increased wealth, education, and urbanization) affect changes ...
M. Manfredo, Tara L. Teel, Andrew W. Don Carlos, L. Sullivan, A. Bright, A. Dietsch, Jeremy T. Bruskotter, D. Fulton   +7 more
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Regional Differences in U.S. Consumer Preferences for Native Woody Shrubs With Varying Aesthetic Characteristics

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn, Ariana P. Torres, Sue Barton, Bridget K. Behe   +3 more
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Facilitating evolutionary rescue from a wildlife health threat with cross-sectoral strategies: a case study on white-nose syndrome

Ecology and Society
Evolutionary rescue, the ability of a species to evolve under new selective pressures and rebound from threats, occurs within a social-ecological system.
Sarah H Olson, Christina M Davy, Cori L Lausen, Yvonne A Dzal, Jeffrey T Foster, Winifred F. Frick, Nathan W Fuller, Catherine G Haase, C. Reed Hranac, Heidi E Kretser, Susan Lieberman, Colleen McCann, Meredith McClure, Cristina L. Mormorunni, Justina C Ray, Chris Walzer, Craig K.R. Willis, Liam P McGuire   +17 more
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Possibility for reverse zoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to free-ranging wildlife: A case study of bats

PLoS Pathogens, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the substantial public health, economic, and societal consequences of virus spillover from a wildlife reservoir. Widespread human transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) also presents ...
K. Olival, P. Cryan, B. Amman, R. Baric, David S. Blehert, C. Brook, C. Calisher, K. Castle, J. Coleman, P. Daszak, J. Epstein, H. Field, Winifred F. Frick, A. Gilbert, D. Hayman, H. Ip, W. Karesh, Christine K. Johnson, R. Kading, Tigga Kingston, J. Lorch, I. Mendenhall, A. Peel, Kendra L. Phelps, R. Plowright, D. Reeder, Jonathan D. Reichard, J. Sleeman, D. Streicker, J. Towner, Lin‐Fa Wang   +30 more
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Ecological niche modeling reveals habitat differentiation and climatic vulnerability in two imperiled, sympatric southern Appalachian carnivorous plants

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Understanding the habitat requirements of imperiled flora is critical for informing ex situ conservation practices, designing effective reintroduction strategies, and understanding how climate change will impact such species, especially in montane regions with high levels of environmental heterogeneity. In southern Appalachia, USA, the
Nicholas J. Chang, Lauren Eserman, Amanda Carmichael, Adam B. Smith, Xingwen Loy, Emily E. D. Coffey, James Ojascastro   +6 more
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