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Correction to: Predatory behavior and potentiality of Toxorhynchites spp. (Diptera: Culicidae) against Aedes mosquito
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Predatory behavior and potentiality of Toxorhynchites spp. (Diptera: Culicidae) against Aedes mosquito
Toxorhynchites mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae), also known as elephant mosquitoes or mosquito eaters, are the largest mosquitoes globally and do not bite humans but prey on other mosquito larvae. We used a dippin...
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Open AccessAccess to and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccine in low-income countries
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Persistent Evidence for a Dramatic Decline in Langurs (Semnopithecus spp.) in Nepal and Elsewhere: Science Data and Personal Experiences Converge On a Landscape-Scale
Langurs (Semnopithecus spp.) were once very common and play an important spiritual and ecological role, e.g. for well-being and seed dispersal in forested landscapes. But now they are dramatically declining in ma...
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Towards a Landscape Perspective of Diseases in Plants: An Overview and Review of a Critical but Overlooked Ecology Issue in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region
Diseases in plants are important because they are the underlying causes of reduction in quality and quantity of productivity of crops, herbs, woods, and other products. While few diseases are responsible for m...
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Small and Effective NGOs as a Role Model for Bigger Success: The Global Primate Network (Now ‘Third Pole Conservancy’)
Non-governmental organizations – commonly called NGOs – are non-profit organizations. They can be tax exempt and the number of people working for NGOs are increasing rapidly. The amount of money that flows int...
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When Micro Drives the Macro: A Fresh Look at Disease and its Massive Contributions in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya
The outbreaks of emerging and reemerging diseases have a high impact on the human and animal health because they are the underlying causes of disability, death, and long-term illness. For many regions those de...
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Ethnobiology and Indigenous Regimes in the Conservation of Species, Watersheds, and Landscapes: Experiences and Evidences from the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Nations for a Global Application
Ethnobiology, traditionally subclassified into ethnobotany, ethnozoology, ethnomedicine, and ethnogenomics, targets the study of ethnic groups that use animals and plants for the welfare of human and animals. ...
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Nature and Landscape Governance in Royal Times: Experiences from the Shah and Rana Regimes in Nepal Re-assembled from Literature and Interview Data
This chapter summarizes rare information and data on how biodiversity and wildlife were governed on a landscape scale during and after Rana/Royal times in Nepal. Such governance was virtually practiced since d...
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Wildlife Diplomacy and Gifting in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya Region: A Chronological History and Opinion of Nepalese Literates
Wildlife Diplomacy in the form of exchange, gift, or via loan has been experienced and used all over the world, and its commonly found in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya region also. Nepal, as an independent country, ...
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A survey of gastrointestinal parasites of goats in a goat market in Kathmandu, Nepal
Gastrointestinal (GI) parasites in goats are predominant around the world. They may be the underlying cause of the pathological and immunological consequences leading to significant economic losses of the goat...
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Open AccessThe mechanisms of action of vaccines containing aluminum adjuvants: an in vitro vs in vivo paradigm
Adjuvants such as the aluminum compounds (alum) have been dominantly used in many vaccines due to their immunopotentiation and safety records since 1920s. However, how these mineral agents influence the immune...
