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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"falconry"”.
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An experimental assessment of the efficacy of falconry to mitigate human-wildlife conflict: Egyptian Geese Alopochen aegyptiaca at golf courses
… we experimentally investigated the efficacy of falconry as a management tool to mitigate human-wildlife conflict. We hypothesised that the use of falconry would re-establish a landscape of fear, whereby habitat choice is influenced by the perceived fear of predation, resulting in the local …
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Current Status of Falcon Populations in Saudi Arabia
<p>Falcons (Falco spp.) are widely used for falconry in the countries of the Middle East. During the 2015 breeding season, we surveyed historic and active nest sites of Barbary (Falco pelegrinoides pelegrinoides) and Lanner (F. biarmicus) Falcons in Saudi Arabia. Field and questionnaire surveys …
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Managing common mental disorders and PTSD in the community.
… A series of three pilot studies (angling, falconry/archery and equine intervention) are carried out to explore the validity of a proposed new intervention to reduce PTSD symptomology, Peer Outdoor Exposure Therapy (POET). To extrapolate the learning achieved through the pilot studies a …
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Chivalric Culture and the Librairie du Louvre's Textual Community, 1368-1477
… transformed the Louvre palace's former falconry tower into a library consisting of three rooms, one on top of the other, and which housed over nine hundred volumes during its existence from 1368 to 1435. The Librairie du Louvre was a unique medieval aristocratic collection since Charles …
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Nest-site selection by Sharp-shinned Hawks in Kentucky
<p>Because Sharp-shinned Hawks (Accipiter striatus) are the most secretive of North America's forest-breeding raptors, little is known about their breeding biology, including their preferred nesting habitat. In 2009 and 2010, I searched 248 forest stands in Kentucky and found 11 nests, all located …