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Leveraging the multidimensional nutritional niche to inform conservation practiceGitHub

Global Ecology and Conservation
Adequate nutrition underpins animal survival and population persistence, yet conservation planning rarely considers the nutritional composition of foods or the mechanisms governing dietary niche partitioning.
Nina Beeby, Charline Rasoanarimalala, Mihary F. Rasoavolandrainy, Jessica M. Rothman, Andrea L. Baden   +4 more
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BirdNET: Automated Detection for Monitoring Critically Endangered Lemurs from the Maromizaha Forest

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness of integrating PAM with BirdNET, a convolutional neural network originally developed for avian vocalization detection, to monitor two critically endangered lemurs, Indri indri and Varecia variegata, in Madagascar's Maromizaha rainforest.
Valeria Ferrario, Giacomo Versaci, Giulia Dall'Ava, Chiara De Gregorio, Filippo Carugati, Walter Cristiano, Valeria Torti, Jonah Ratsimbazafy, Cristina Giacoma, Marco Gamba, Daria Valente   +10 more
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The Prevalence of Star-forming Clumps as a Function of Environmental Overdensity in Local Galaxies

The Astrophysical Journal
At the peak of cosmic star formation (1 ≲ z ≲ 2), the majority of star-forming galaxies hosted compact, star-forming clumps, which were responsible for a large fraction of cosmic star formation.
Dominic Adams, Hugh Dickinson, Lucy Fortson, Kameswara Mantha, Vihang Mehta, Jürgen Popp, Claudia Scarlata, Chris Lintott, Brooke Simmons, Mike Walmsley   +9 more
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The Great Cosmic Silence: What Does the Fermi Paradox Tell About the Future of Humanity?

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how institutional time horizons shape the long‐term survival prospects of human technological civilisation. While research on global catastrophic and existential risks has expanded, the temporal structures of political‐economic institutions remain underexamined.
Heikki Patomäki
wiley   +1 more source

Using Teacher Dialogue to Bring Nature Based Learning to Kindergarten: The Hippo Inquiry

Journal of Childhood Studies, 2009
During a three month period, partner and student teachers were involved in a hippo inquiry project with two classes of kindergarten children. Their collaborative investigation centered upon pursuing this essential question: How are people living ...
Barb Gerst, Trish Fraser
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Rethinking Spatial Prioritisation for Primate Conservation in an Unprotected Intact Forest Landscape in the Gulf of Guinea

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
This study highlights the importance of the unprotected Yabassi Key Biodiversity Area, Cameroon, for primate conservation in the Gulf of Guinea biodiversity hotspot. We modelled primate distribution patterns and found that historically overlooked parts of the landscape have high species richness and are critical for some threatened species.
Vianny Rodel Vouffo Nguimdo, Ekwoge Enang Abwe, Nelson Ekole Betobe, Bethan Jane Morgan, Matthias Waltert   +4 more
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Stable Isotope Analysis as a Tool to Prevent Illicit Wildlife Trade of Songbirds in Brazil

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Feather isotopes provide clear differences between wild and captive songbirds in Brazil. Combining multiple isotopes improved classification accuracy and revealed individuals falsely declared as captive‐bred. These results demonstrate the potential of isotope analysis to detect wildlife laundering in the bird trade.
Luiza Brasileiro, Fábio J. V. Costa, Paulo R. R. Ramos, Vladimir E. Costa, Gabriela B. Nardoto   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Managing the Threat of Subsidized Predators for a Threatened Shorebird

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Subsidized predators—native predators that have become more common due to human activities—challenge the persistence of many at‐risk prey species and require creative solutions beyond lethal predator control. In an 8‐year study, we placed small wire cages over western snowy plover nests that allow passage of plovers, but not their predators, and ...
R. R. Swaisgood, R. L. Smith, J. G. Schuetz, T. Wooten, L. I. Vilchis   +4 more
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Building a Learning Environment for Kindergarten Children with Anxiety: The Owl & The Bat Inquiry

Journal of Childhood Studies, 2010
While involved with two kindergarten classes in a lengthy inquiry project about bats and owls, the teacher focused on learning a wide variety of strategies to support children with anxiety, often invisible to many visitors in a kindergarten classroom ...
Barb Gerst
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Genotyping Contemporary Captive and Historical Wild Western Lowland Gorillas Indicates Captive Breeding Is Maintaining Genetic Diversity in a Critically Endangered Primate

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Captive populations of threatened species risk losing genetic diversity over time. We evaluated the genetic status of contemporary captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) at Howletts and Port Lympne and compared this with specimens from a historical wild population.
Jaimie Morris, Tony King, John Hills, Simon C. Harvey, Jane Hopper, Rodrigo Vega   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source