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Do wolves have feelings?

open access: yes, 2023
Wolves are among the most majestic creatures on earth, with their piercing eyes, powerful bodies, and intricate social structures. They have fascinated people for centuries and inspired myths, legends, and stories.
Erzsebet Frey
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Non-Contact Heart Rate Measurement Based on Adaptive Notch Filter and Elimination of Respiration Harmonics

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2023
Continuous-wave Doppler radar is an established method for non-contact heart rate estimation. The output signal of the Doppler radar includes the fundamental wave of a heartbeat, heartbeat harmonics, the fundamental wave of respiration, respiration ...
Moushumi Tazen   +2 more
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How Stakeholder Co-management Reproduces Conservation Conflicts: Revealing Rationality Problems in Swedish Wolf Conservation

open access: yesConservation & Society, 2015
'Stakeholder' has become the primary category of political actor in decision-making, not least within nature conservation. Drawing from Habermas' theory on communicative action, this article argues that there are democratic deficits to the stakeholder ...
Erica von Essen, Hans Peter Hansen
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Daily activity patterns of wolves in open habitats in the Dauria ecoregion, Russia

open access: yesNature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2021
There are very little data about daily activity patterns of Canis lupus (hereinafter – wolf) living in open arid habitats with low human density in Dauria.
Anastasia V. Kirilyuk   +2 more
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New insights into the geographical distribution of brown bears Ursus arctos in Nepal

open access: yesOryx
In the current IUCN Red List assessment, the south-western distribution range of the brown bear Ursus arctos in Nepal ends in Upper Mustang, in the central Himalaya, and extends northwards into the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China. Although brown bears
Naresh Kusi   +6 more
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Integrating Values and Ethics into Wildlife Policy and Management—Lessons from North America

open access: yesAnimals, 2011
Few animals provoke as wide a range of emotions as wolves. Some see wolves as icons of a lost wilderness; others see them as intruders. As the battle continues between wolf proponents and opponents, finding solutions that resolve conflicts while ...
Camilla H. Fox, Marc Bekoff
doaj   +1 more source

Accounting for imperfect detection in observational studies: modeling wolf sightability in Yellowstone National Park

open access: yesEcosphere, 2020
Imperfect detection is ubiquitous among wildlife research and is therefore commonly included in abundance estimation. Yet, the factors that affect observation success are largely unknown for rare and elusive species, such as large carnivores.
Matthew C. Metz   +6 more
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Comparing activity patterns of the Himalayan wolf with Himalayan marmots and Kiang in a high-altitude landscape

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation
Activity patterns of predators and prey reflect the temporal structure of their interactions and may inform conservation decisions. In the high Himalayas of western Nepal, we examined diel and seasonal activity relationships between the Himalayan wolf ...
Antonio Sampedro   +4 more
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Where does gray wolves live?

open access: yes, 2023
Gray wolves, also known as timber wolves, are one of the most iconic and well-known carnivores in the world. They are also one of the most widespread land mammals with a range that includes much of the northern hemisphere.
Erzsebet Frey
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Whole‐genome analyses provide no evidence for dog introgression in Fennoscandian wolf populations

open access: yesEvolutionary Applications, 2021
Hybridization and admixture can threaten the genetic integrity of populations and be of particular concern to endangered species. Hybridization between grey wolves and dogs has been documented in many wolf populations worldwide and is a prominent example
Linnéa Smeds   +5 more
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