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Movement Patterns and Population Dynamics of Giant Forest Hog Groups in Kibale National Park, Uganda
African wild suids living in forests have been poorly studied, and some species such as the giant forest hog (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni) – one of...
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Modelling the amphibian chytrid fungus spread by connectivity analysis: towards a national monitoring network in Italy
The emerging amphibian disease, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), is driving population declines worldwide and even species extinctions in...
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Higher rat abundance in greener urban areas
Urban greening has become an increasingly popular strategy to improve urban life and human health. However, there are indications that the presence...
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Barriers and opportunities for cooperative wetland management: a case study in the greater Rocky Mountain National Park ecosystem
The boundaries of most protected areas are not large enough to encompass natural processes such as hydrologic and ecological connections between...
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Population ecology, phenotypic variation and conservation strategy of wild banana Musa acuminata Colla: a case study in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia
Musa acuminata is a major wild banana species close-relative to modern bananas. It provides important genetic materials for further banana...
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Variation in herbivore space use: comparing two savanna ecosystems with different anthrax outbreak patterns in southern Africa
BackgroundThe distribution of resources can affect animal range sizes, which in turn may alter infectious disease dynamics in heterogenous...
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A National-Level Assessment of Lemur Hunting Pressure in Madagascar
Hunting is one of the greatest threats to nonhuman primates worldwide. Despite Madagascar’s status as a primate mega-diversity country, a critical...
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Sustainable Forest Management in the Himalaya
This volume presents a comprehensive description of forests of the Uttarakhand Himalaya. It looks into the major drivers of forest depletion and...
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Values of Mountain Landscapes: Insights About the Blue Mountains National Park, Australia from Twitter
People engage with nature in a range of ways, including sharing their experiences, values and concerns about specific landscapes on social media. For...
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Soil organic carbon stock in different urban land uses: high stock evidence in urban parks
Urban areas are major producers of atmospheric CO 2 emissions, but at the same time they can offset some of the associated C losses by retaining...
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For the love of insects: gardening grows positive emotions (biophilia) towards invertebrates
AbstractAs growing urban populations have fewer chances to experience nature, i.e., ‘the extinction of experience’, the subsequent loss of emotional...
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Successful domestication of Neonothopanus Hygrophanus (Mont.) De Kesel & Degreef and Lentinus Squarrosulus Mont., indigenous saprophytic edible mushrooms from Kibira National Park in Burundi
BackgroundMushroom cultivation in Burundi provides an excellent way to diversify agricultural production although domestication of mushroom species...
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Elephant Movements, Abundance, and Use of Water Sources in Kibale National Park, Uganda
Large herbivores, such as elephants, have been eradicated from large swaths of their historic ranges due to habitat loss and intense hunting...
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Changes in the distribution of grassland in the twentieth century in the Chugoku region of western Japan
Many plant and animal species that inhabit grassland in Japan are endangered because of habitat loss over the last century. Here, we mapped the...
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Territorializing Capital: Moreno’s Gift and the Political Economy of Nature in Argentine Patagonia
This chapter examines the politicalpoliticpolitical economy of nature and the legacy of Francisco Moreno, scientist and explorer, within...
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Structure and composition of woody vegetation along the Zambezi river floodplain and seasonal water pans in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe
This study aimed at investigating woody vegetation structure and composition in relation to surface water availability in Mana Pools National Park...
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Principle of restoration ecology reflected in the process creating the National Institute of Ecology
BackgroundThe creation of the National Institute of Ecology began as a national alternative project to preserve mudflats instead of constructing the...
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Genome assembly and chemogenomic profiling of National Flower of Singapore Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim ‘Agnes’ reveals metabolic pathways regulating floral traits
Singapore’s National Flower, Papilionanthe ( Ple .) Miss Joaquim ‘Agnes’ (PMJ) is highly prized as a horticultural flower from the Orchidaceae family....
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Map** the Biodiversity of the Arid Regions of Kazakhstan with an Evaluation of the Efficiency of its Territorial Protection
AbstractUsing biogeographic approaches, the map** of protected species of terrestrial vertebrates in the Republic of Kazakhstan was analyzed and...
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Insect Tourism
Ecotourism is defined as management of tourism and conservation of nature in a way so as to maintain a fine balance between the necessities of...