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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"animal geography"”.
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Primates in Proximity: The Lives of Monkeys in Costa Rican Sanctuary Tourism
The stakes for animals in the wildlife tourism industry have never been higher; the expansive, profitable market serves those who desire closeness to nature while leading to a mass of multispecies suffering. This thesis adds to growing scholarship about the lives of animals in the tourism industry, …
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The spatial ecology of the Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) in a fragmented landscape in Southeast Tennessee, Hamilton County
The landscape throughout the range of the Eastern Box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) has been altered significantly since the late 1880s by habitat fragmentation. In this study, the spatial ecology and seasonal movement patterns of the Eastern Box turtle in contrasting habitat types are …
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Spatial Ecology of the Desert Tortoise: Sampling Frequency and Biological Influences
<p>Understanding the spatial ecology of an animal is crucial for making positive efforts to provide for its recovery. As a part of this understanding, home range estimates are used to answer a variety of questions in ecological studies. However, home range estimates based on a collection of …
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Cast Out Urbanites: The Historical Problematization of Cows in Kingston
Animals are regularly defined and managed as problems in urban policies and practices. Despite being common, the problematization of animals is ill-understood and under-theorized in urban geography. In this dissertation, I argue that problematization is important because it has significant …
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Wild entanglements: exploring the visions and dilemmas of ‘renaturing’ urban Britain
In a rapidly urbanising world, where lands are increasingly repurposed for human endeavours, where seas and rivers carry the weight of mounting plastic, where species extinction is a common theme and where the effects of global climate change are a daily reality, there has never been a more …
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Nesting Ecology of Hawksbill Sea Turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) on Utila, Honduras
<p>The hawksbill sea turtle (<em>Eretmochelys imbricata</em>) has a circumtropical distribution and plays an important role in maintaining the health of coral reefs. Unfortunately, hawksbill populations have been decimated, and estimated numbers in the Caribbean are less than 10% of populations a …
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Radioactive Resurgence? Understanding Nuclear Natures in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone
At 1.23am in the morning of 26th April 1986, a combination of human error, political mismanagement, and faulty reactor design led to an explosion at the fourth power unit of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the heart of Polissya in northern Ukraine. This event marked the world’s worst nuclear …