Giant 'living tractors' are bringing nature back to post-industrial wastelands ift.tt/8be5qcd

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Review: Environmental enrichment builds functional capacity and improves resilience as an aspect of positive welfare in production animals. 2024. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38761442/

good to see! ⬇️ as mdpi citations mainly come from other mdpi papers, this decrease in papers will have further effects. ⬇️👏

We're extending the deadline for applying for 2 PhDs on assessing the impacts of deer on grasslands/forestry in Ireland. Genetics-focused but with plenty of fieldwork also! Fully-funded for 4 years with a €25k pa tax-free stipend. Deadline Sept 13th: gmit.ie/research/postg…

#DEI - Gender diversity in the deans of Brazilian universities career temporal evolution, production of knowledge and of human resources rbpg.capes.gov.br/rbpg/article/v…

#DEI - Large language models (LLMs) are becoming less overtly racist, but respond negatively to text in African American English. Such ‘covert’ racism could harm speakers of this dialect when LLMs are used for decision-making. nature.com/articles/d4158…

#DEI - African scientists must not be priced out of mental-health research. Under-representation of African populations in mental-health studies perpetuates inequities — change is needed. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Movement decisions driving metapopulation connectivity respond to social resources in a long-lived ungulate, bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) | 2024 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.109…

Spatial–social familiarity complements the spatial–social interface: evidence from Yellowstone bison | 2024 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.109…

Expanding theory, methodology and empirical systems at the spatial–social interface | 2024 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.10…

Rare twin elephants take first steps in Myanmar [at a timber camp] phys.org/news/2024-09-r…

For many animals sleep is a social activity, but the interconnections are not fully understood phys.org/news/2024-09-a…

Training course empowers wombat caregivers to combat sarcoptic mange phys.org/news/2024-09-e…

Northern elephant seals use deep-sea research sonar as dinner bell phys.org/news/2024-09-n…

Do women candidates have a harder time being elected? A political scientist explains phys.org/news/2024-09-w…

Sweden is shooting brown bears in the dark | Science 2024 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Cryptic species conservation: a review. 2024 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/br…

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Any suggestions for paper(s) on the political economy of human-wildlife “conflicts” in Africa or Asia? I may be using the wrong kw but my search isn’t yielding much beyond compensation and deterrent schemes. My sense is that a paper or two is out there esp for India.