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Bridging the Gap: Student Voices on Recruitment and Retention in Ecology

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
Abstract Students entering ecology and environmental science face a variety of challenges, including limited awareness of career paths, lack of mentorship, and difficulties connecting with peers and faculty. These challenges are often amplified for students from marginalized backgrounds, who may also encounter microaggressions, underrepresentation, and
Alexis Ellis, Yeishmary M. Soto Muñiz, Darius Ledbetter, Frederick Nelson, Kristina Fite, Bryan Guevara, Jordyn Hardy, Ariel Rawson, Natasha Woods, Maria Miriti   +9 more
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Toward an Understanding of Beaver Management as Human and Beaver Densities Increase

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
Estimates of beaver (Castor canadensis) density play an important role in wildlife managers’ decisions about beaver population management, because managers anticipate higher incidence of problem complaints when a beaver population increases.
William F. Siemer, Sandra A. Jonker, Daniel J. Decker, John F. Organ   +3 more
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Wind power compensation is not for the birds : an opinion from an environmental economist [PDF]

, 2011
This article advocates for better implementation of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) framework as applied to wind power development, with a particular focus on improving compensatory restoration scaling.
Cole, Scott
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Impacts of Wild Pigs on Space Use and Movements of Wild Turkeys During Autumn and Winter

Ecology and Evolution
Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) affect native flora and fauna in the areas they invade, including ground‐nesting birds. While results from camera‐based studies have suggested that wild pigs could spatiotemporally impact resource selection of wild turkeys ...
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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The impacts of biological invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock, Teun Everts, Neil Angelo S. Abreo, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, James W. E. Dickey, Ana Clara S. Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Natalia I. Kirichenko, Stefano Mammola, Martin A. Nuñez, Ben Parker, Riccardo Scalera, Ismael Soto, Diederik Strubbe, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Tim Adriaens, Paride Balzani, Dagmara Błońska, Elizabeta Briski, Rein Brys, Amy L. Burgess, James E. Byers, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Romina D. Dimarco, Margarita Florencio, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Irene Martín‐Forés, Olivier Morissette, Julian D. Olden, Bruno E. Soares, Jakub Truszkowski, Hugo Verreycken, Marc Kenis, Ronaldo Sousa, J. Robert Britton   +42 more
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Measuring human–wildlife conflicts: Comparing insights from different monitoring approaches

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2017
Studies investigating wildlife crop‐damage have been widely documented, but methods often vary and results can be difficult to compare across national and international regions.
Anna Songhurst
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Perceived Damage by Elk in the Arkansas Ozarks [PDF]

, 2001
Wildlife managers in Arkansas are faced with managing a growing population of Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus neloni) that has extended its range to incorporate private lands near the Buffalo National River (BNR) in northcentral Arkansas.
Cartwright, Michael E., Herner-Thogmartin, Jennifer H., Smith, Kimberly G.   +2 more
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Bat response to differing fire severity in mixed-conifer forest California, USA [PDF]

, 2013
Wildlife response to natural disturbances such as fire is of conservation concern to managers, policy makers, and scientists, yet information is scant beyond a few well-studied groups (e.g., birds, small mammals).
Buchalski, M.R., Fontaine, J.B., Frick, W.F., Hayes, J.P., Heady, P.A.   +4 more
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Subterranean environments contribute to three‐quarters of classified ecosystem services

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Beneath the Earth's surface lies a network of interconnected caves, voids, and systems of fissures forming in rocks of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic origin. Although largely inaccessible to humans, this hidden realm supports and regulates services critical to ecological health and human well‐being.
Stefano Mammola, David Brankovits, Tiziana Di Lorenzo, Isabel R. Amorim, Raluca Ioana Bancila, Adrià Bellvert, Enrico Bernard, Anna Blomberg, Paulo A.V. Borges, Martina Cappelletti, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Rosalina Gabriel, Diana M. P. Galassi, Laura Garzoli, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Grant C. Hose, Kathryn L. Korbel, Simone Martino, Ana Z Miller, Nataša Mori, Veronica Nanni, Giuseppe Nicolosi, Mattia Saccò, Troy S. Sakihara, Marconi Souza Silva, Anne E. Tamalavage, Maja Zagmajster, Efraín Chávez, Christian Griebler, Pedro Cardoso, Alejandro Martínez   +30 more
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Wildlife damage to forest stands in the context of climate change – a review of current knowledge in the Czech Republic

Central European Forestry Journal
Wildlife damage to forests has become an increasingly serious problem in recent years, and its impact is exacerbated by ongoing climate change. Rising temperatures, prolonged droughts, uneven precipitation distribution, and other factors affect forest ...
Brabec Pavel, Cukor Jan, Vacek Zdeněk, Vacek Stanislav, Skoták Vlastimil, Ševčík Richard, Fuchs Zdeněk   +6 more
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