Department of Interior. It discusses the U.S. Wild Bird Conservation Act. It informs that public opinion is also invited on the issue and last date for the submission of comments is May 2, 2013 and emphasizes the importance of wildlife conservation.HooverChiefCraigChiefFederal Register...
In various social-ecological contexts, research has indicated that trade-offs between multiple variables act as drivers of plant resource use [19, 41]. However, these trade-offs are often considered within a single use-category (e.g., the trade-off between quality and availability to explain ...
Our findings encourage the establishment of sound conservation plans for M. walkerae along the Texas–Mexico border. Keywords: endangered; crop wild relative; extinction risk assessments; area of occupancy; extent of occurrence1. Introduction A globally recognized and necessary component of maintaining ...
conservation;crop wild relative;CWR;food security;genetic erosion;plant genetic resources;prebreeding;threat assessment 1. Introduction Crop breeders are currently faced with two over-riding, existential challenges: how to continue increasing crop production to feed the growing human population, while mitig...
Silent Earthis a valuable resource for those interested in interdisciplinary approaches to global challenges. It’s an important and thought-provoking read for anyone seeking to understand and address the complex realities of ecological decline.
Understanding wild animal responses to stressors underpins effective wildlife management. In order for responses to stressors to be correctly interpreted,
The trait evolved because of the efficacy of resource acquisition in the past among solitary bears. Really Close up Did you know that cougars are the largest wild cat in North America? They can weigh up to 200 pounds and measure up to 8 feet long, including their tail. This big cougar ...
Of the gestural solicita- tions that occurred in feeding contexts (n = 1 35), signallers and recipients were more likely to co-feed within close proximity on the same resource following positive (66.1%, n = 7 4) compared with negative (34.8%, n = 8 ) ...
To assess the maternal resource investment in offspring sex, fetus weight based on sex was compared across all litters using the two-sample t-test following the Kolmogorov–Smirnov normality test. Thereafter, rank was allocated from first to last in the order of heaviest to lightest weight within...
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