Tropically transmitted parasites and the conservation of small populations: raccoon roundworm and the imperiled Allegheny woodrat
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Allegheny woodrat are reintroduced into four historically occupied sites with varying natural levels of environmental contamination with B. procyonis eggs to test the hypothesis that B. procyonis, an intestinal nematode of raccoons, contributed to the extirpation of Allegheny woodrat from the northern parts of its range. It is concluded that trophically transmitted parasites can be significant sources of mortality in intermediate host populations.
Publication Name: Conservation Biology
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0888-8892
Year: 2003
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Beyond biology: Toward a more public ecology for conservation
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Public ecology is a philosophy and practice of conservation science, which goes beyond biology, and which is very vital in environmental decision-making process is discussed. Public ecology draws on ecological theory and existing environmental policy and facilitates the negotiation and construction of management goals as it bridges the gulf between science and policy.
Publication Name: Conservation Biology
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0888-8892
Year: 2001
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Conservation and the culture war
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Conservation as a cultural reform movement is in a sad shape. The real opponents to conservation are chiefly people who stand to make money from land-degrading activities.
Publication Name: Conservation Biology
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0888-8892
Year: 2003
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