Browsing by Subject "biodiversity"
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Community Focused Integration and Protected Areas Management in the Huascarán Biosphere Reserve, Peru
(2015-10-08)Integrating communities into conservation management has become a priority for national and international organizations concerned with natural resource management. Traditional conservation policies aimed to exclude local ... -
Evaluation of Blood Gas Analytes and Ectoparasites from South Texas Birds
(2016-12-07)The handheld point of care analyzer is a quick and feasible option to obtain hematology data from individuals. The iSTAT-1 was used to evaluate select venous blood analytes obtained via jugular venipuncture from 238 passerine ... -
Human-Elephant Conflict and Coexistence in Botswana
(2015-10-08)In an area of Botswana known as the eastern Okavango Panhandle, roughly 15,000 elephants compete with 15,000 people for access to water, food, and land. The elephants are not confined to any park, reserve, or nation. They ... -
Latitudinal Diversity Gradients: Hosts and Climate Shape Parasite Diversity Patterns
(2019-07-30)The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG), or the trend of higher species richness at lower latitudes, has been well documented in multiple groups of free-living organisms. Investigations of the LDG in parasitic organisms ... -
National Use of IUCN Knowledge Products in the New World: A Study of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and National Reports to the Convention on Biological Diversity
(2019-08-14)Biodiversity loss continues to be an increasing concern to conservationists, governments, society and policymakers. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) currently serves as the key multilateral environmental agreement ... -
On the Path to Recovery: Conserving Dominica’s Endemic Parrots
(2015-10-08)The unique characteristics of islands provides ideal habitat for endemic species to evolve. Dominica is no exception. Regarded as the Nature Island of the Caribbean, Dominica’s active parrot conservation program focuses ... -
A Pragmatic Approach to Stream Restoration
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Putting the Applied in Applied Biodiversity Science
(2015-10-08)A great strength of the ABS program is the impetus and opportunities for students to not only do rigorous research, but to do research that is applied. As a first-year PhD student in the Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences ... -
A Steppe Towards a Secure Future
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A Tale of Two Rivers
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Understanding Participation in Wildlife Conservation Programs on Private Lands
(2010-01-14)One major lesson derived from the implementation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) over the past 30 years is that direct regulation is not the only nor the optimal way to protect endangered species on working lands because ... -
Women of Natural Resources
(2018-12-13)