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The Soap Box Development of Wildlife Damage Management: a Personal Perspective

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
Walter E. Howard
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A Needs Assessment for Continuing Education of Federal Wildlife Damage Management Professionals

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
The complexity of wildlife damage management requires professionals to continually acquire new knowledge and skills that can be obtained through continuing education. Current literature suggests that wildlife damage management personnel are not receiving
Jessica L. Tegt, Phillip D. Jones, Ben C. West   +2 more
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Thematic and hotspot analysis of human-elk conflicts statewide in California

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, 2021
Human-wildlife conflicts are an important factor for consideration in wildlife management at urban-wildland interfaces. Effective and adaptive management of human-wildlife conflicts is needed to promote tolerance and coexistence of humans and wildlife ...
Kristin Denryter, Alex Heeren
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Quantification of avian hazards to military aircraft and implications for wildlife management. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Collisions between birds and military aircraft are common and can have catastrophic effects. Knowledge of relative wildlife hazards to aircraft (the likelihood of aircraft damage when a species is struck) is needed before estimating wildlife strike risk (
Morgan B Pfeiffer, Bradley F Blackwell, Travis L DeVault   +2 more
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Input Behavior of Farmer Production Factors in the Range of Asian Elephant Distribution: Survey Data from 1264 Households in Yunnan Province, China

Diversity, 2023
This article, based on the sustainable livelihood framework and survey data from 1264 households in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Puer City, and Lincang City in Yunnan Province, China, analyzes the impact mechanism of livelihood capital on the
Beimeng Liu, Yuchen Du, Mengyuan Zhao, Yi Xie   +3 more
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Exposure of feral swine to Coxiella burnetii overlaps with human Q fever incidence in California

Frontiers in Epidemiology
Coxiella burnetii is a zoonotic pathogen that causes Q fever in humans. There are many known reservoirs of C. burnetii, including cattle, sheep, and goats with an expanding list of potential reservoirs including birds, reptiles, ticks and additional ...
Ian A. McMillan, Ian A. McMillan, Samuel J. Golon, Michael H. Norris, Gregory A. Franckowiak, James M. Grinolds, Richard A. Bowen, Vienna R. Brown, Bradley R. Borlee   +8 more
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Using photovoice to understand community perceptions of firearm risks and protective factors among Asian Americans

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study used photovoice methodology to explore Asian Americans' perspectives on the root causes and protective factors of firearm violence in their communities. Photovoice provided a participatory platform for community members to document lived experiences and identify priorities for change.
Tsu‐Yin Wu, Szu‐Hsien Chen, Xining Yang, Ken Resnicow, Hsing‐Fang Hsieh   +4 more
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Wild pigs impact reproductive season movements and space use of wild turkeys

Movement Ecology
Background Impacts of invasive species on the movements and space use of native fauna have potential implications during the reproductive period. Over the last three decades, native wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) have experienced a notable decline in
Travis E. Stoakley, Stephen J. Zenas, Vienna R. Brown, Mark. D. Smith, William D. Gulsby, Bret A. Collier, Stephen S. Ditchkoff   +6 more
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Safety Management Systems: How Useful will the FAA National Wildlife Strike Database be?

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
The National Wildlife Strike Database for Civil Aviation in the United States became operational in 1995 with the initiation of data entry of all strike reports beginning in 1990. The database contained 82,057 reported strikes from 1990 to 2007.
Richard A. Dolbeer, Sandra E. Wright
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Enabling the study of gene function in gymnosperms: Virus‐induced gene silencing in Ephedra tweedieana

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise As the sister clade to angiosperms, extant gymnosperms are crucial for reconstructing ancestral gene regulatory networks in seed plants. This highlights the need for model systems representing each of their distinct lineages. However, tools to quickly and effectively investigate gene function in gymnosperms are still limited due to the
Anthony G. K. Garcia, Jo Trang Bùi, Todd P. Michael, Stefanie M. Ickert‐Bond, Verónica S. Di Stilio   +4 more
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