Estimating the impact of airport wildlife hazards management on realized wildlife strike risk [PDF]
Scientific ReportsCollisions between wildlife and aircraft, commonly referred to as wildlife strikes or bird strikes, are rare events that pose considerable safety and economic risks to the aviation industry.
Levi Altringer +3 more
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Patterns of human-wildlife conflicts and management: insights from areas adjacent to Mid Zambezi protected areas [PDF]
BMC Ecology and EvolutionHuman-Wildlife Conflicts (HWC) are common challenges in communal areas adjacent to protected areas. The objectives of the study were to: (i) determine the key depredated domestic animals over five years, (ii) determine the key wildlife species causing ...
Jeremiah Chakuya +3 more
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Using DNA barcoding and field surveys to guide wildlife management at Nanjing Lukou International Airport, China. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2023 Chen W +9 more
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Water sources during drought period in a Savanna wildlife ecosystem, northern Zimbabwe
Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes, 2021 Provision of water to wildlife is critical during drought periods in Protected Areas (PA). The objectives of the study were to: (i) assess the distribution of artificial and natural water sources, (ii) assess if there is any relation between borehole ...
Jeremiah Chakuya +3 more
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Herbaceous vegetation communities around lake Manyara, Tanzania: response to environmental gradients
Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2020 Healthy populations of wildlife require quality forage sufficiently available in both space and time. The herbaceous vegetation around rift valley lakes in Tanzania varies along productivity, disturbance and stress gradients.
Gideon A. Mseja +3 more
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Ethnozoological uses of wild animals among the Iraqw in Northern Tanzania
Tropical Zoology, 2023 Historically, humans have developed knowledge of how to exploit and use wildlife species for food, clothing, traditional healing, and other purposes. This study aimed to determine the scale and scope of the ethnozoological uses of wild animals in the ...
Kwaslema Malle Hariohay +5 more
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The extent of crop damage by elephants: Does the distance from the protected area matter?
Conservation Science and Practice, 2022 Studies on human–elephant conflicts have been conducted extensively in Africa and Asia. However, few of them have attempted to assess the variation in the area destroyed by elephants (Loxodonta africana) per farm with respect to their distance from ...
Abraham Eustace +3 more
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Elephants in the neighborhood: patterns of crop-raiding by Asian elephants within a fragmented landscape of Eastern India [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Loss of forest cover, rise in human populations and fragmentation of habitats leads to decline in biodiversity and extinction of large mammals globally.
Dipanjan Naha +4 more
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Adapting Strategies to Maintain Efficiency During a Cull of Yellow-Legged Gulls
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017 Increasing populations of yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis) in the Mediterranean have created conflicts with seabird conservation, migrating raptors, and humans. As a mitigation measure, gulls are routinely culled in the region. Previous studies of
Sugoto Roy +5 more
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Warming Arctic summers unlikely to increase productivity of shorebirds through renesting
Scientific Reports, 2021 Climate change in the Arctic is leading to earlier summers, creating a phenological mismatch between the hatching of insectivorous birds and the availability of their invertebrate prey.
Sarah T. Saalfeld +4 more
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