The Windy City Rookery: Movement and Activity Patterns of Black‐Crowned Night Herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) in a Human‐Dominated Landscape [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionAs urbanization continues to accelerate, human‐dominated habitats are becoming increasingly important for wildlife as some species of conservation concern move into urban landscapes.
Sarah Slayton +6 more
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A new occurrence record for the Vulnerable Rhinella rumbolli (Carrizo, 1992) (Anura, Bufonidae) in Tarija, Bolivia [PDF]
Check List, 2021 We present a new altitudinal record for Salta Toad, Rhinella rumbolli (Carrizo, 1992). This species is recorded in northern Argentina and southern Bolivia from 700 to 1800 m a.s.l.
Patricia Mendoza-Miranda +3 more
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'Bearly' Changing with the Seasons: Bears of Five Species Show Few Behavioral Changes Across Seasons and at Varying Visitor Densities [PDF]
Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2021 In natural environments, bear behavior follows seasonal patterns but the zoo environment differs from the natural environment in several ways, including the presence of zoo visitors.
Laura M. Bernstein-Kurtycz +5 more
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Designing with Users: A Participatory Design as a Community Engagement Program in the City Zoo
ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement, 2021 This article discusses a participatory design project that aims at creating a collaborative design among architectural students, visitors, and zoo management in designing street furniture and selfie spots in city zoos. Participatory design is used in the
Yulia Nurliani Lukito +3 more
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Zookeeper–Animal Bonds and Their Relationship with Conservation Action
Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2022 Human–animal relationships have been demonstrated to have impacts on animal and keeper welfare, although their impacts on zookeepers have been less studied outside of evaluating job satisfaction.
Veronica Thomas +3 more
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BMC Research Notes, 2018 Objectives Vocalization as part of vigilance behaviour is widespread across animal taxa, including ruminants. Calls of wild-living giraffes have never been recorded and spectrographically investigated.
Elena V. Volodina +3 more
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Impact of Intellectualization of a Zoo through a FCEM-AHP and IPA Approach
Land, 2023 As urbanization is growing faster, the term “Smart” is becoming more widely used. However, it is difficult to define how to objectively evaluate intellectualization.
Yuxuan Lin, Ryosuke Shimoda
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Mammal distribution and trends in the threatened Ebo 'intact forest landscape', Cameroon
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 Intact forest landscapes (IFLs) are globally important for maintaining functional ecosystems. Ebo forest (~1400 km2) in Cameroon is one of the largest remaining IFLs in the Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forest ecoregion and harbours several IUCN Red-Listed ...
Robin C. Whytock +8 more
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Impact of the New Master Plan for Brasília Zoo 2057 - Brazil: A Comprehensive and Propositive Analysis [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesThe research project entitled: “Environmental and Accessibility Requalification of the Brasília Zoo”, under development at the Laboratory of Sustainability Applied to Architecture and Urbanism (LaSUS) at the University of Brasilia (UnB), focuses on ...
Teixeira Éderson +4 more
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ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2012 Abstract. The aim of a spatial data infrastructure (SDI) is to make data available for the economical and societal benefit to a wide audience. A geoportal typically provides access to spatial data and associated web services in an SDI, facilitating the discovery, display, editing and analysis of data.
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