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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
wiley   +1 more source

Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) and Korean Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis argyropus) in the Republic of Korea

Animals
Toxoplasma gondii is a ubiquitous zoonotic parasite with a wide range of warm-blooded animals as intermediate hosts, where the transmission primarily occurs through ingesting T. gondii oocysts in the environment.
Jusun Hwang, Jisoo Kim, Kidong Son, Yongkwan Kim, Hyesung Jeong, Weonhwa Jheong   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human and wildlife conflicts

, 2014
Presented at the 8th international congress for wildlife and livelihoods on private and communal lands: livestock, tourism, and spirit, that was held on September 7-12, 2014 in Estes Park, Colorado.The National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) is the ...
International Wildlife Ranching Symposium, producer, Clark, Larry, speaker   +1 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
wiley   +1 more source

Clade 2.3.4.4b Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Pathology in a Common Shorebird Species (Sanderling; Calidris alba) in Virginia, USA

Animals
Anseriformes (waterfowl) and Charadriiformes (shorebirds) are well-recognized natural reservoirs of low pathogenic (LP) influenza A viruses (IAVs). Historically, LP IAVs circulate among healthy individuals during seasonal, and often transcontinental ...
Victoria A. Andreasen, Emily G. Phillips, Aidan M. O’Reilly, C. Robert Stilz, Rebecca L. Poulson, Ruth Boettcher, John K. Tracey, Nicole M. Nemeth   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Firearm carrying practices and motivations: A mixed methods study among adults and youth

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this participatory action, mixed methods research study was to identify motivations related to firearm carrying from a qualitative perspective, and then to use quantitative research to characterize the patterns of motivations around carrying.
Krista R. Mehari, Colleen S. Walsh, L. Taylor Stevens, Jasmine N. Coleman, Alice Ellyson, Phillip N. Smith   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Living in the city: Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a novel threat to an urban population of Florida burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia floridana) in south Florida

Parasites & Vectors
Background Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm, is a metastrongyloid parasite that uses rodents as definitive hosts, mollusks as intermediate hosts, and a wide range of invertebrate and vertebrate species as paratenic hosts.
Håkon Jones, Nicole M. Nemeth, Brittany Piersma, Rebecca Hardman, Lisa A. Shender, Raoul K. Boughton, Kayla B. Garrett, Nikole Castleberry, P. J. Deitschel, Xuan Hui Teo, Rebecca Radisic, Martha Frances Dalton, Michael J. Yabsley   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patterns of Genital Tract Mustelid Gammaherpesvirus 1 (Musghv-1) Reactivation Are Linked to Stressors in European Badgers (Meles Meles)

Biomolecules, 2021
Gammaherpesvirus reactivation can promote diseases or impair reproduction. Understanding reactivation patterns and associated risks of different stressors is therefore important. Nevertheless, outside the laboratory or captive environment, studies on the
Ming-shan Tsai, Sarah François, Chris Newman, David W. Macdonald, Christina D. Buesching   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tooth row allometry in domestic rabbits and nondomestic lagomorphs: Evidence for a decoupling of body and tooth row size changes in evolutionary time

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Domestic rabbits of different body sizes differ disproportionately in the length of their tooth row or the length of their diastema. Abstract In various domestic mammals, smaller breeds tend to have proportionally larger teeth, whereas this is not a universal trend across mammals.
Ursina L. Fasciati, Christine Böhmer, Stefanie Ohlerth, Marcus Clauss   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fatal H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza with Retrograde Neuroinvasion in a Free-Ranging Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) During a Wild Bird Outbreak in South Korea

Animals
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b viruses spread efficiently via migratory wild birds and increasingly infect mammals. The leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) is an endangered mesopredator in South Korea that frequents ...
So-Hee Gwon, Sang-Ik Park, Hyesung Jeong, Daehun Kim, Yaemoon Son, Min-a Lee, Kwanghee Lee, Young-Jae Si, Hyun-Jun Cho, Suwoong Lee, Hyeon Jeong Moon, Gun Lee, Jaewoo Choi, Chung-Do Lee, Jun-Gyu Park, Yeong-Bin Baek   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source