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Patterns and determinants of mammal species occurrence in India.

Published online: 06 Jan 2010

Authors: Karanth, K. K. & Nichols, J. D. & Hines, J. E. & Karanth, K. U. & Christensen, N. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many Indian mammals face range contraction and extinction, but assessments of their population status are hindered by the lack of reliable distributio...

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Multidimensional mental representations of natural environment among Chinese preadolescents via draw-and-write mapping.

Published online: 19 Mar 2024

Authors: Yue ZhiHui & Meng YiChuan & Chen Jin

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The mental associations that children have with the natural environment can be referred to as their natural representations. These representations enc...

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Large-scale human celebrations increase global light pollution.

Published online: 22 Oct 2023

Authors: Ramírez, F. & Cordón, Y. & García, D. & Rodríguez, A. & Coll, M. & Davis, L. S. & Chiaradia, A. & Carrasco, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Culturally dependent human social behaviours involving artificial light usage can potentially affect light pollution patterns and thereby impact the n...

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Urban development, land sharing and land sparing: the importance of considering restoration.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Collas, L. & Green, R. E. & Ross, A. & Wastell, J. H. & Balmford, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

At present, there is limited knowledge of how best to reconcile urban development with biodiversity conservation, and in particular whether population...

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Do space-for-time assessments underestimate the impacts of logging on tropical biodiversity? An Amazonian case study using dung beetles.

Published online: 03 Aug 2016

Authors: França, F. & Louzada, J. & Korasaki, V. & Griffiths, H. & Silveira, J. M. & Barlow, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Human alteration of the global environment is leading to a pervasive loss of biodiversity. Most studies evaluating human impacts on biodiversity occur...

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An experimental game to examine pastoralists' preferences for human-lion coexistence strategies.

Published online: 23 Nov 2022

Authors: Sargent, R. & Rakotonarivo, O. S. & Rushton, S. P. & Cascio, B. & Grau, A. & Bell, A. R. & Bunnefeld, N. & Dickman, A. & Pfeifer, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Reconciling conflicts between wildlife conservation and other human activities is a pervasive, multifaceted issue. Large carnivores, such as the Afric...

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Human trampling disturbance exerts different ecological effects at contrasting elevational range limits.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Chardon, N. I. & Rixen, C. & Wipf, S. & Doak, D. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shifts in species geographic distributions in response to climate change have spurred numerous studies to determine which abiotic (e.g. climatic) and,...

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Peaceful coexistence between people and deadly wildlife: why are recreational users of the ocean so rarely bitten by sea snakes?

Published online: 27 Oct 2021

Authors: Udyawer, V. & Goiran, C. & Shine, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

1. Research on interactions between humans and deadly snakes has focused on situations that result in high rates of snakebite; but we can also learn f...

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Ecosystem services, well-being benefits and urbanization associations in a Small Island Developing State.

Published online: 30 Oct 2021

Authors: Lapointe, M. & Gurney, G. G. & Coulthard, S. & Cumming, G. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Urbanization is a key driver of social and environmental change world-wide. However, our understanding of its impacts on the multidimensional well-bei...

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Under pressure: how human-wild-captive elephant social-ecological system in Laos is teetering due to global forces and sociocultural changes.

Published online: 28 Oct 2021

Authors: Maurer, G. & Gimenez, O. & Mulot, B. & Lescureux, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Few empirical studies have described social-ecological systems (SESs) in transition. Some studies focused on external drivers that impact the SES and ...

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