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Exploring the performance of Biological Invasions in social media five years after opening its Facebook and Twitter accounts
Social media can help scientific journals to disseminate and increase the social and scientific reach and impact of their publications. With this...
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Commentary on Coram et al. (2021) on the use of Facebook to understand marine mammal stranding issues in Southeast Asia
We reviewed Coram et al. (Biodivers Conserv 30:2341–2359, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-021-02196-6 ), a paper that highlights the use of...
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Comparisons of songbirds on sale across online and physical markets in Indonesia
Unsustainable wildlife trade is a leading threat to biodiversity, not least in Southeast Asia where serious overexploitation of songbirds has...
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Synergistic use of facebook, online questionnaires and local ecological knowledge to detect and reconstruct the bioinvasion of the Iberian Peninsula by Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896
The widespread use of social network sites and smart phones has enhanced the potential of Citizen Science (CS), i.e. to enlist the general public in...
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Empowering women facing gender-based violence amid COVID-19 through media campaigns
COVID-19 heightened women’s exposure to gender-based and intimate partner violence, especially in low-income and middle-income countries. We tested...
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Battling the coronavirus ‘infodemic’ among social media users in Kenya and Nigeria
How can we induce social media users to be discerning when sharing information during a pandemic? An experiment on Facebook Messenger with users from...
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Disentangling the role of social media in the online parrot trade in Algeria
The increased use of social media and classified advertisement websites has made wildlife trade more accessible, and the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown,...
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Southern extension of raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae) range in Vietnam with comments on its conservation status in the country
Although the raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides has a wide global distribution, little is known about its population in Vietnam. The species is...
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Exposure to untrustworthy websites in the 2020 US election
Research using large-scale data on individuals’ internet use has provided vital information about the scope and nature of exposure to misinformation...
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Can social media be used to inform the distribution of the marbled polecat, Vormela peregusna?
The marbled polecat ( Vormela peregusna ) is a small mustelid that occurs from the Balkans to Mongolia and is listed as vulnerable under the...
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The motivating effect of monetary over psychological incentives is stronger in WEIRD cultures
Motivating effortful behaviour is a problem employers, governments and nonprofits face globally. However, most studies on motivation are done in...
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News and Perspectives: Words matter in primatology
Postings on social media on Twitter (now X), BioAnthropology News (Facebook), and other venues, as well as recent publications in prominent journals,...
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Instagram-Kanal
Twitter und TikTok, YouTube und Facebook – die Kommunikation rund um denSport findet immer mehr auf den Social-Media-Kanälen statt. Wie finden...
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Citizen Science Meet South American Tachinids: New Records of Feather-Legged Fly Trichopoda (Galactomyia) pictipennis Bigot (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Chile
The species of Gymnosomatini (Diptera: Tachinidae) are specialized to attack stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Some of these flies, such as those...
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Plant hunting: exploring the behaviour of amateur botanists in the field
We asked what are the behavioural and logistic preferences of professional and amateur botanists when exploring flora in the field. We extracted...
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Contribution of social media to cetacean research in Southeast Asia: illuminating populations vulnerable to litter
Litter in the marine environment, in particular plastic, is a significant threat to marine megafauna. Cetaceans are known to ingest or become...
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Genomics, social media and mobile phone data enable map** of SARS-CoV-2 lineages to inform health policy in Bangladesh
Genomics, combined with population mobility data, used to map importation and spatial spread of SARS-CoV-2 in high-income countries has enabled the...
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Framing economic inequality and policy as group disadvantages (versus group advantages) spurs support for action
Given the near-historic levels of economic inequality in the United States, it is vital to understand when and why people are motivated to reduce it....
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Wanted: virtual or live! How lichens are becoming part of mass internet culture
While restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic have strongly limited and affected the work of scientists and communicators, the pandemic has...
