Tahrcountry Musings

A blog dedicated to wildlife conservation

Monday, February 13, 2012

Construction of energy landscapes to understand the movement and distribution of foraging animals

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Construction of energy landscapes can clarify the movement and distribution of foraging animals Rory P. Wilson   Flavio, Quintana  and ...
Saturday, February 11, 2012

Start Active, Stay Active

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A report on physical activity for health from four countries’ Chief Medical Officers This blog usually confines itself to nature re...

Toilet paper and the decline of Tigers

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                                                      Photo Credit: WWF: US It was with great fascination that I read this report by ...
Friday, February 10, 2012

Western grey whale is on the edge of extinction – Act now

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The western grey whale is teetering on the edge of extinction. There are probably fewer than 130 remaining . Of these 130, less than 26 a...
Thursday, February 09, 2012

Here is a critique of camera trap study

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Critique of density estimation from camera-trap data Rebecca J. Foster, Bart J. Harmsen The Journal of Wildlife Management Volume 7...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Scientists from Exeter University capture on film the process by which plants alert each

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Scientists from Exeter University have captured on film the process by which plants alert each other about lurking dangers. When a pl...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012

A test to know whether species with few records or recent last-sighting dates are likely to be extinct

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Inferring Extinction of Mammals from Sighting Records, Threats, and Biological Traits DIANA O. FISHER and SIMON P. BLOMBERG Conservat...
Thursday, February 02, 2012

No update for five days

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As I am travelling to areas with no internet connectivity, there won't be any update for the next 5 days. Have a wonderful time Regar...
Wednesday, February 01, 2012

More on monitoring - Capitalising on the resources devoted to monitoring activities

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Conservation cornerstones: Capitalising on the endeavours of long-term monitoring projects Greg J. Holland, Jerry S.A. Alexander, Pet...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012

For people interested in managing land with a focus on improving habitats and encouraging wildlife in a natural way

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Wild Land Management Standards website launched by   John Muir Trust The John Muir Trust has launched its new   Wild Land Managemen...
Monday, January 30, 2012

Crash in bee population - indirect effect of pesticides

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A study, led by Dr Jeffrey Pettis, the head of the US Department of Agriculture's Bee Research Laboratory   has come up with solid ...
Saturday, January 28, 2012

Top conservation award for Nik Lopoukhine, Chairman of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)

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 Nik Lopoukhine, Chairman of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas has been selected by Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society to rec...
Friday, January 27, 2012

Book Recommendation

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The book gives tools and methods using Microsoft Excel and the powerful Open Source R program to carry out data handling. How to plan fo...

Effectively monitoring, populations of conservation concern - New single-sample approaches

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Monitoring the effective population size of a brown bear ( Ursus arctos ) population using new single-sample approaches TOMAĊ½ SKRBINĊ EK, MA...
Thursday, January 26, 2012

Orchid’s fate hinges on two factors: a forest's age and its fungi

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Scientists from Smithsonian led by Dr Melissa McCormick   have established that a forest's age and its fungi are very important factor...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Yeti crab farms its own food

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Scientists have recently found a species of crab that cultivates bacteria on its claws, and then eats them.   The discovery was made by DR ...

Dr. Ullas Karanth conferred with the prestigious Padma Shri award

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Dr. Ullas Karanth, who has conducted ground breaking research on the ecology of tigers and other large mammals , has been awarded India...

Sumatran elephant on the critically endangered list

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                                            Photo Credit:WWF Indonesia The Sumatran elephant which has lost half of its population in a s...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Multi-scale models offer an important tool for identifying conservation requirements at the fine landscape level

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Using multi-scale modelling to predict habitat suitability for species of conservation concern: The grey long-eared bat as a case study Orl...
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