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A Primer of Conservation Behavior

A case study of the coconut crab Birgus latro on Zanzibar highlights global threats and conservation solutions

scientific article

A new framework for selecting environmental surrogates

scientific article

An inconvenient misconception: Climate change is not the principal driver of biodiversity loss

Animal coloration research: why it matters

scientific article

Animal coloration: production, perception, function and application

scientific article published on July 2017

Anthropocene: keep the guard up.

scientific article

Aposematism: Unpacking the Defences

scientific article published on 23 April 2019

Assessment of effectiveness of protection strategies in Tanzania based on a decade of survey data for large herbivores

scientific article

Behavior and conservation, conservation and behavior

article

Behavior and conservation: a bridge too far?

scientific article

Benefits of zebra stripes: Behaviour of tabanid flies around zebras and horses.

scientific article published on 20 February 2019

Biodiversity loss due to more than climate change

scientific article published in 2021

Biodiversity: need for balanced reports of solutions and failures

scientific article published in Nature

Bold coloration and the evolution of aposematism in terrestrial carnivores

scientific article

Can behavioural ecologists help establish protected areas?

scientific article published on 29 July 2019

Chance to learn and teach in the developing world

scientific article

Chance to learn and teach in the developing world

scientific article published in Nature

Cheetahs and wild dogs show contrasting patterns of suppression by lions

scientific article published on 13 May 2014

Cheetahs modify their prey handling behavior depending on risks from top predators

scholarly article by Anne Hilborn et al published April 2018 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Chelonian Antipredator Strategies: Preliminary and Comparative Data from Tanzanian Pelusios

scholarly article by Tim Caro & H. Bradley Shaffer published December 2010 in Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Coloration in Mammals

scientific article published on 22 January 2020

Colour polymorphism in the coconut crab (Birgus latro)

Commentary to biodiversity and conservation Upgrading Birgus: lessons for invertebrate conservation

scientific article published in 2022

Compromise solutions between conservation and road building in the tropics

scientific article

Concordance on zebra stripes: a comment on Larison et al. (2015)

scientific article

Conservation in the Anthropocene

scientific article published on 19 October 2011

Conservation value of multiple-use areas in East Africa

scientific article

Contrasting coloration in terrestrial mammals ⬇️

scientific article

Correction: Zebra Stripes through the Eyes of Their Predators, Zebras, and Humans

scientific article published on 17 March 2016

Correlates of color polymorphism in coconut crabs Birgus latro

scientific article published on 05 June 2018

Decline of large mammals in the Katavi-Rukwa ecosystem of western Tanzania

journal article; published in African Zoology in 2008

Does REDD+ have a chance? Implications from Pemba, Tanzania

scientific article published on 21 April 2020

Ecological Drivers of Habitat Use by Meso Mammals in a Miombo Ecosystem in the Issa Valley, Tanzania

scientific article published on 26 April 2022

Ecological drivers of antipredator defenses in carnivores

scientific article

Effects of fire on germination of Pterocarpus angolensis

scientific article published in 2006

Endangered species and a threatened discipline: behavioural ecology

scientific article published on 21 January 2011

Evolution of weaponry in female bovids

scientific article

Flagship species on covers of US conservation and nature magazines

scientific article published on 17 April 2008

Flash behavior increases prey survival

scientific article published in 2018

Guidelines for Wildlife Monitoring: Savannah Herbivores

scientific article published in 2016

How community forest management performs when REDD+ payments fail

scientific article published on 23 February 2022

How size and conspicuousness affect the efficacy of flash coloration

scientific article published in 2019

Incipient signs of genetic differentiation among African elephant populations in fragmenting miombo ecosystems in south-western Tanzania

scholarly article published 31 October 2017

Interspecific visual signalling in animals and plants: a functional classification.

scientific article published in July 2017

Is There Teaching in Nonhuman Animals? ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 1992

Lion populations may be declining in Africa but not as Bauer et al. suggest

scientific article published on 30 December 2015

Modelling habitat conversion in miombo woodlands: Insights from Tanzania

scholarly article by Alex L. Lobora et al published 15 May 2017 in Journal of Land Use Science

Now is not tomorrow

scientific article published in 2022

Physiology, behavior, and conservation

scientific article published on 07 June 2013

Protected Areas under Threat

scholarly article

Remarkable rates of lightning strike mortality in Malawi

scientific article

Reptiles of Katavi National Park, western Tanzania, are from different biomes

scientific article published in 2011

Research kudos does not need a price tag.

scientific article published in January 2018

Rewilding can cause rather than solve ecological problems

scientific article published in December 2009

Savannas are vital but overlooked carbon sinks

Small mammal survey of Chiquibul Forest Reserve, Maya Mountains, Belize, 2001 ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2012

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Abundance and Diversity of an East African Leaf Litter Amphibian Fauna

scientific article published on 21 December 2006

Species loss: climate plan saves only trees

scientific article

Structural connectivity at a national scale: Wildlife corridors in Tanzania.

scientific article published on 2 November 2017

Systematic data are the best way forward in studies of teaching

scientific article

The Pleistocene re-wilding gambit.

scientific article published on 12 March 2007

The biology of color

scientific article

The colours of extant mammals

scientific article published on 05 April 2013

The ecology of multiple colour defences

The function of zebra stripes

scientific article

The giant panda is cryptic

scientific article

The role of research in evaluating conservation strategies in Tanzania: the case of the Katavi-Rukwa ecosystem

scientific article

The woodland vegetation of the Katavi-Rukwa ecosystem in western Tanzania

article

Towards an ecology of protective coloration

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

Trends In Mortality of Mammals On Roads In Northern California

scientific article published in December 2013

Two roles for ecological surrogacy: Indicator surrogates and management surrogates

article

Wallace on Coloration: Contemporary Perspective and Unresolved Insights

scientific article published on 25 October 2016

Why is the giant panda black and white?

scientific article

Wildlife and wildlife management in Tanzania

scientific article

Woody vegetation structure and composition along a protection gradient in a miombo ecosystem of western Tanzania

article

Zebra Stripes through the Eyes of Their Predators, Zebras, and Humans

scientific article published on 22 January 2016

Zebra stripes

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Zebra stripes, tabanid biting flies and the aperture effect

scientific article published on 19 August 2020

Zebras and Biting Flies: Quantitative Analysis of Reflected Light from Zebra Coats in Their Natural Habitat

scientific article

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