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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"trophy"”.
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A thematic analysis of Heisman Trophy winners: coverage 2000-2015
In 1935 the inaugural Heisman Memorial Award was presented at the end of the college football season and continues to serve as a symbol of athletic excellence for winners. The publicity can also earn schools media attention, and maintaining the relationships with the media has been an important …
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Leopard population dynamics, trophy hunting and conservation in the Soutpansberg Mountains, South Africa
… conflict and the potential and effectiveness of trophy hunting as a conservation tool for leopards in the Soutpansberg Mountains, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Results from camera trapping data show that the Soutpansberg is home to a very high density of leopards (20 per 100km2). This is …
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Factors affecting largemouth bass recruitment in a trophy bass reservoir of Virginia, Briery Creek Lake
… Reservoir (SRR), which could jeopardize the trophy-LMB management goal in BCL. I assessed factors that may limit recruitment of LMB in BCL: angling, predation, competition, growth, and food availability. Age-0 LMB were monitored from nesting through their first summer with nest surveys, light …
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Ecology of Largemouth Bass in an Aging Reservoir: Implications for Creating a Trophy Largemouth Bass Fishery
… interest among anglers for high quality, trophy fisheries. However, little is known about exactly how the reservoir aging process affects the ecology and especially growth potential of Largemouth Bass, particularly under potential climate change scenarios. Grand Lake in TX is a 45ha ageing …
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Prevalence of bacterial zoonoses in selected trophy hunted species, and the potential of human health risk in Bwabwata National park, Namibia
… of potential bacterial zoonoses in selected trophy hunted species Loxodonta Africana (African Elephant), Syncerus caffer (African Buffalo), Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Kudu), Hippopotamus amphibious (Hippopotamus), Hippotragus niger (Sable antelope), and Hippotragus equinus (Roan antelope), and …
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Understanding the socio-economic contributions of different wildlife ranching business models in South Africa
… according to their primary focus: ecotourism, trophy hunting, mixed hunting (i.e., biltong and trophy), mixed wildlife-agriculture, wildlife breeding and trophy hunting-game meat business models. On average, trophy hunting and ecotourism focused business models were found to make greater …
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Trophies or Treasures: The Burden of Choice for Mothers, Wives, and Daughters in <em>Washington Square</em>, <em>The Portrait of a Lady</em>, and <em>The Bostonians</em>.
… objectify them, to place them on the shelf as a trophy. Fathers and husbands are typically the controlling agents, but James also presents women who appropriate the dominating role.</p><p>With varying degrees of success, each female character rejects the status of trophy. Instead, each attempts …
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An Assessment of the Channel Catfish Population in the Big Sioux River, South Dakota
… anglers have requested regulations that protect trophy channel catfish, but resource managers had insufficient information available for making trophy management decisions. The objectives of this study were to 1) assess channel catfish size structure, relative abundance, condition, growth, age …
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Market segmentation, motivations, attitudes, and preferences of Virginia resident freshwater anglers
… Segments differed in their orientations (trophy or consumptive), preferred methods of fishing and information sources, and support for regulations. Specialist anglers from each species preference group were trophy oriented and some were consumptive oriented as well. Specialists also were …
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The crustacean zooplankton communities of three prairie lakes subject to varying degrees of anoxia
… winter. Local terrain was important to lake trophy and stratification. Physical and chemical observations indicated that shallow hypertrophic Lake 885 periodically stratified, exhibited winter and summer anoxia and had extreme nutrient and algal biomass levels. Shallow, meso-eutrophic Lake …
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A buffer for Etosha - The attitudes towards a buffer zone on private farmland at the south-western border of the Etosha National Park (Namibia) and chances for its implementation
… farming to wildlife farming for consumptive (trophy hunting) or non-consumptive use (tourism).
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Conservation of vervets, Africa’s most ubiquitous primates
… of CITES trade records (international trade, trophy hunting), websites and internet posts (trophy hunting) and direct observations at the Vervet Monkey Foundation (VMF) in South Africa (rescue centre intake). Vervets occupy mangroves in Guinea-Bissau, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Senegal, and, …
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The head of chief Mkwawa and the transnational history of colonial violence, 1898-2019
… and significance as it transformed from a trophy of colonial conquest to a political tool of colonial governance to a relic and symbol of anticolonial resistance. I map these changes over the long twentieth century (1898 to 2019) in order to historically contextualise the head’s various …
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The Role of Scientific Uncertainty in Polar Bear Conservation Policy: A Descriptive Analysis
… threat to polar bears was overharvest and trophy hunting. For decades, policies successfully mitigated population declines as a result of such stressors, but new and emerging threats have again put the species in peril. The impacts of climate change have motivated the five polar bear range …
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A dynamic white-tailed deer population simulator and lessons from its use
… causes a decrease in the ratio of the antlered(trophy)-to-antlerless deer changes with a population natality change. A static management strategy (e.g. to achieve a constant ratio of antlered-to-antlerless deer) results in unstable (and probably suboptimal) harvest when the reproductive rate, …
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Recreational specialization as an indicator of attitudes and management preferences of Virginia river anglers
… cite resource-oriented motives (testing skills, trophy fishing), to rely on skill to catch fish, preferred to catch and release larger fish, and favored restrictive harvest regulations. The results show that relatively simple and objective surveys of angler behavior can substitute for attitude …
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Clothing the professional football player: A study of fashion and sportswear promotions 1950-1985
… and the archival material on display in the trophy rooms. This thesis brings together the histories of male fashion and football. It uncovers the key role of the player, in promoting a wide range of clothing and accessories directed predominantly at a male market place, and provides new …
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Factors influencing the establishment of translocated eland (Taurotragus oryx) and springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) in the Nyae Nyae conservancy, Namibia
… of hunting of the eland for both subsistence and trophy purposes, although evidence existed that the eland had been allocated a hunting quota. Although springbok was not commonly utilised for trophy hunting, this species had been hunted sustainably for subsistence and the purposes of meat …
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A posthuman analysis of wildlife security
… interspecies security issue. This ranged from trophy hunting to game rangers and activists, showing distinctive interpretations as to what constitutes conservation practice. From this field work, three substantive chapters emerged that reflected the findings: Violence, surveillance and care. …
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Modelling to compare harvest regulations in recreational fisheries: case study of smallmouth bass fisheries
… stock density, relative stock density of trophy fish, and yield (weight). Model results for these individual variables revealed that, while harvest and yield were maximized by liberal scenarios, all other variables were improved by the more restrictive regulations. The results also …
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