Complex interactions involving humans, domestic animals, and wildlife create environments favorable to the emergence of new diseases. Today, reservoirs of Mycobacterium bovis, the causative agent of tuberculosis in animals and a serious zoonosis, exist in wildlife. The presence of these wildlife reservoirs is the direct result of spillover from domestic livestock in combination with anthropogen...

The expansion of the cellulosic biofuels industry throughout the United States has broad-scale implications for wildlife management on public and private lands. Knowledge is limited on the effects of reverting agriculture to native grass, and vice versa, on size of home range and habitat use of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). We followed 68 radiocollared female deer from 1991 throug...

Abstract Gunung Leuser National Park (GLNP) priority species is a surrogate representing four wildlife, Panthera tigris sumatrae, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, Elephas maximus sumatrensis , and Pongo abelii living within GLNP. GLNP was appointed based on the extinction status, endemicity, population habitat conditions, threat, regional representation of wildlife. “GLNP species” terminology consider...

Large herbivore livestock and wildlife in Mongolia depend almost entirely for substance on forage standing crop produced each year on natural pastureland. Consequently, both livestock and wildlife are continuously subject to environmental risk, especially drought and severe winter storms, while livestock are also subject to financial risk. As consumption-based livestock production changes to co...

Assembly Bill 1982 provides funding to implement mosquito best management practices (BMPs) at wildlife areas managed by the California Department of Fish and Game. The first year of the program is 2005-2006. A protocol for sampling immature mosquitoes (larvae and pupae) is outlined in this document. The document is intended to focus on three wildlife areas, but is likely applicable to other wil...

Hunting and loss of natural habitats increasingly threaten tropical biodiversity and ecosystems, particularly in Southeast Asia. Flying foxes often persist in anthropogenic areas where other wildlife has vanished, and where they play a significant ecological role in vegetation regeneration in disturbed habitats. Detailed knowledge on the foraging behavior of flying foxes is crucial for understa...

The article considers the legal basis for protection and use of wild animals under legislation European Union Ukraine. environmental policy pursued by Ukraine in field wildlife is analyzed, particular, Association Agreement ratified with Member States. main aspects features joint efforts are studied, their shortcomings identified, as well approaches to eliminate them suggested. author pays spec...

L andowners are often interested in monitoring wildlife on their property for a variety of reasons , some of which are the observation of wildlife and the identification of problem animals. Additionally , landowners may want to assess the effectiveness of habitat management plans by monitoring various wildlife species' responses. Some animals, such as songbirds, are easily seen and heard, but m...

Habitat quality plays an important role in the dynamics and stability of wildlife metapopulations. However, the benefits of high-quality habitat may be modulated by the presence of an environmentally persistent pathogen. In some cases, the presence of environmental pathogen reservoirs on high-quality habitat may lead to the creation of ecological traps, wherein host individuals preferentially c...