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Bioactive Volatiles From Push-Pull Companion Crops Repel Fall Armyworm and Attract Its Parasitoids
Fall armyworm,Spodoptera frugiperda, is a serious invasive pest in Africa but “Push-Pull” companion cropping can substantially reduce infestation. Here, we …
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Assessment of the Potential of Umbrella Thorn [Vachellia tortilis (Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi] for the Rehabilitation of Sub-Sahelian Mining Sites at Essakane, North-Eastern Burkina Faso
Establishment of plant communities at mine sites with significant disturbance depends upon factors such as the presence of efficient mycorrhizal …
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Parasite-Mediated Mate Preferences in a Cooperatively Breeding Rodent
Females of many species discriminate among males when choosing a mate and this can bear indirect and direct benefits including …
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Dietary Choices of a Foregut-Fermenting Primate, Colobus guereza: A Comprehensive Approach Including Leaf Chemical and Mechanical Properties, Digestibility and Abundance
Free-ranging animals make dietary choices that affect their nutritional status and, ultimately, their health and fitness. We investigated food selection …
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Human-Lemur Coexistence in a Multiple-Use Landscape
Human impacts on the natural world are increasing and are generally considered a threat to wildlife conservation and the persistence …
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Why Urban Ecology Matters in Ethiopia
Three concurrent global environmental trends are particularly apparent: human population growth, urbanization, and climate change. Especially in countries such as …
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Rain Forest Fragmentation and Environmental Dynamics on Nosy Be Island (NW Madagascar) at 1300 cal BP Is Attributable to Intensified Human Impact
Madagascar houses one of the Earth’s biologically richest, but also one of most endangered, terrestrial ecoregions. Although it is obvious …
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Challenges in Linking Cognition and Survival: A Review
Linking cognitive performance with fitness outcomes, measured using both reproductive and survival metrics, of free-living animals is crucial for understanding …
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Seasonal Changes in Locomotor Activity Patterns of Wild Social Natal Mole-Rats (Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis)
Differences in individual locomotor activity patterns may be linked to a number of ecological factors, such as changes in ambient …
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Less Is More: Lowering Cattle Stocking Rates Enhances Wild Herbivore Habitat Use and Cattle Foraging Efficiency
Over a quarter of the world’s land surface is grazed by cattle and other livestock, which are replacing wild herbivores …
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Why Home Gardens Fail in Enhancing Food Security and Dietary Diversity
Visions of sustainable cities mostly conjure up well tended home and community gardens, where owners and residents plant fruits and …
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The Role of Directed Dispersal in Driving Genetic and Morphological Structure in Invasive Smallmouth Bass
Dispersal is an essential life-history trait crucial to species persistence and diversification. This is particularly important in spatiotemporal fluctuating environments …
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Distinct Community-Wide Responses to Forecasted Climate Change in Afrotropical Forests
More refined knowledge of how tropical forests respond to changes in the abiotic environment is necessary to mitigate climate change, …
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Too Hot to Nest? In a Hot Summer the Tortoise Chersina angulata Can Switch From Nesting to Facultative Viviparity
In a captive colony of Chersina angulata in Cape Town, South Africa, we observed in 2015/16 retention of the last …
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Biogeographical Importance of the Livingstone Mountains in Southern Tanzania: Comparative Genetic Structure of Small Non-volant Mammals
The Livingstone Mountains (LM; also known as the Kipengere Range) found in south-western Tanzania at the northern end of Lake …
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Patterns and Predictors of Small Mammal Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity in Contrasting Elevational Gradients in Kenya
Mountains of the Afrotropics are global biodiversity hotspots and centers of speciation and endemism; however, very few studies have focused …
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Changes in Soil Properties Following the Establishment of Exclosures in Ethiopia: A Meta-Analysis
Community-led watershed development activities, including the establishment of exclosures (areas where both livestock and farming activities are excluded) on degraded …
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Artificial Light as a Modulator of Mosquito-Borne Disease Risk
Light is a fundamental cue regulating a host of biological responses. The artificial modification thereof demonstrably impacts a wide range …
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Identifying Edaphic Factors and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Metrics Driving Wildlife Mortality From Anthrax in Kenya’s Wildlife Areas
Anthrax, an acute disease of homeotherms caused by soil-borne Bacillus anthracis is implicated in dramatic declines in wildlife mainly in …
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Patterns of Bat Diversity in an Undisturbed Forest and Forest Mosaic Habitats of the Afromontane Forest Biome of Western Cameroon
Anthropogenic activities continue to degrade natural montane ecosystems globally. Bats communities are altered by these changes. We analyzed how bats …