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The Moderating Role of Islamic Heritage Program in the Effect of Zoo Educational Goal on Sustainable Development [PDF]
Zoo is an attracting visitor experience especially for a one-day visitor. It can play several roles; one of them is facilitating education in terms of conservation, getting more revenues and supporting the community positive attitudes for animals.
Heba Allah Mohamed Abdel Fattah +1 more
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This article examines necessary elements to be considered in designing urban forest at the Ragunan Zoo, Jakarta, as part of increasing the role of the zoo to educate people on animals and their habitats.
Yulia Nurliani Lukito
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Aim. Evaluation of the effectiveness of reintroduction methods of western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) and hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia) born and raised in aviaries in the conditions of the West Siberian plain.Birds were released into nature from a
V. A. Shilo +3 more
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Adult Sex Ratio as a Demographic Feedback Linking Mating Systems, Parental Care, and Evolution
Breeding systems are some of the most diverse social behavior, and our team is investigation the evolutionary causes of this diversity. This review summarises our research carried out at the University of Bath. We argue that demographic components of wild populations, especially the adult sex ratio, plays a key role driving breeding system variation ...
Tamás Székely, Oscar G. Miranda
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Background North American bat populations have suffered severe declines over the last decade due to the Pseudogymnoascus destructans fungus infection. The skin disease associated with this causative agent, known as white-nose syndrome (WNS), is specific ...
Veronika Seidlova +11 more
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Advancing Energy Materials by In Situ Atomic Scale Methods
Progress in in situ atomic scale methods leads to an improved understanding of new and advanced energy materials, where a local understanding of complex, inhomogeneous systems or interfaces down to the atomic scale and quantum level is required. Topics from photovoltaics, dissipation losses, phase transitions, and chemical energy conversion are ...
Christian Jooss +21 more
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The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo
ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton +2 more
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‘zoo mensch zoo dier’: zoöpoëtica en zoöpolitiek in de poëzie van Ramsey Nasr
This contribution focuses on the long poem ‘zoo mensch zoo dier’ (2005) by Ramsey Nasr, which the then city poet of Antwerp wrote about the local zoo. It deals with animals in captivity and changing cultural representations of animals, also in relation ...
Barbara Fraipont, Stéphanie Vanasten
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Gender and Age, but Not Visual Context, Impact Wildlife Attitudes and Perceptions of Animals in Zoos
People’s attitudes toward wildlife may impact their behaviors in support of conservation. We surveyed people in the United States to determine if gender, age, or visual contexts commonly seen in zoos impacted wildlife attitudes and perceptions of animals
Andrew C. Alba +4 more
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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 +3 more
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