Browsing by Subject "biodiversity"
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(2022-07-25)Biodiversity decline is occurring at an unprecedented rate, with land-use change as a leading driver. Biodiversity loss reduces ecosystem functioning, which also negatively affects human societies whose livelihoods are ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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The Effects of Hurricane Harvey on the Biodiversity and Abundance of Hydromedusae in Galveston Bay (2018-04-30)Literature Review: Jellyfish of the Class Hydrozoa (hydromedusae), phylum Cnidaria are vastly understudied due to their size and simple morphology, even though they have a significant impact on the environment and fisheries ...
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(2023-07-23)Despite growing recognition that Earth’s biodiverse grasslands and savannas require long periods of time to accumulate their diversity, the idea that grasslands can be as ancient as forests (i.e., the old-growth grassland ...