Search Results - "Funk, Stephan M."
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Hunting territories and land use overlap in sedentarised Baka Pygmy communities in southeastern Cameroon
Published in Scientific reports (10-02-2021)“…A significant number of Baka Pygmies in Cameroon have been sedentarised in roadside villages, in contrast to their nomadic hunter-gatherer existence of the…”
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Mapping the availability of bushmeat for consumption in Central African cities
Published in Environmental research letters (01-09-2019)“…The trade of bushmeat from rural areas to supply burgeoning cities is a major conservation and livelihood concern. Using a whole-city sampling strategy we…”
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Wild meat hunting and use by sedentarised Baka Pygmies in southeastern Cameroon
Published in PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) (17-09-2020)“…As a result of sedentarisation many Baka Pygmies have changed their mobility patterns away from nomadic lifestyles to living in roadside villages. These…”
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Attitudes and Perceptions of Local Communities towards Nile Crocodiles ( Crocodylus niloticus ) in the Sudd Wetlands, South Sudan
Published in Animals (Basel) (18-06-2024)“…Conflicts between human populations and Nile crocodiles are widespread with crocodiles posing significant threats to fisherfolk and riverine communities across…”
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Ethnobotanical survey of wild edible plants used by Baka people in southeastern Cameroon
Published in Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine (22-10-2020)“…Forest inhabitants worldwide, and indigenous people especially, have depended for generations on plants and animals harvested in these ecosystems. A number of…”
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Ecoregion prioritization suggests an armoury not a silver bullet for conservation planning
Published in PloS one (27-01-2010)“…In the face of accelerating species extinctions, map-based prioritization systems are increasingly useful to decide where to pursue conservation action most…”
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Assessing disease risk perceptions of wild meat in savanna borderland settlements in Kenya and Tanzania
Published in Frontiers in ecology and evolution (06-04-2023)“…Wild meat hunting and trade across African savannas is widespread. We interviewed 299 people in rural settlements along the Kenya-Tanzania border to examine…”
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Impact of COVID‐19 on wild meat trade in Nigerian markets
Published in Conservation science and practice (01-02-2022)“…A federal total lockdown in the capital and several states was extended until the end of April. Because of public resistance as a consequence of the severe…”
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Complex population genetic and demographic history of the Salangid, Neosalanx taihuensis, based on cytochrome b sequences
Published in BMC evolutionary biology (14-07-2008)“…The Salangid icefish Neosalanx taihuensis (Salangidae) is an economically important fish, which is endemic to China, restricted to large freshwater systems…”
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importance of cultural knowledge and scale for analysing internet search data as a proxy for public interest toward the environment
Published in Biodiversity and conservation (01-11-2014)“…Recent analyses of Internet search behaviour conclude that the public’s interest in environmental issues is falling (McCallum and Bury, Biodiv Conserv…”
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Polygynandry in a red fox population: implications for the evolution of group living in canids?
Published in Behavioral ecology (01-09-2004)“…Canid social groups are typically thought to consist of extended families, that is, a dominant breeding pair and related nonbreeding subordinates, that…”
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Flexible spatial organization of urban foxes, Vulpes vulpes, before and during an outbreak of sarcoptic mange
Published in Animal behaviour (01-01-2000)“…The social and spatial organization of urban fox groups prior to and during an outbreak of sarcoptic mange was compared with predictions derived from the…”
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Phylogeography and population structure of the golden monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana): inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences
Published in American journal of primatology (01-11-2007)“…The golden monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) is one of the most endangered primate species due to its dramatically shrinking distribution during the past 400…”
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The COVID-19 Pandemic Endangers Africa’s Indigenous Pygmy Populations
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Mitochondrial phylogeography and subspecific variation in the red panda ( Ailurus fulgens): implications for conservation
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (01-07-2005)“…The red panda ( Ailurus fulgens) is an endangered species and its present distribution is restricted to isolated mountain ranges in western China (Sichuan,…”
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Food consumption and nutritional status of sedentarized Baka Pygmies in Southern Cameroon: wild foods are less important for those who farm
Published in Ecology and society (01-06-2024)“…The sedentarization of Pygmies in the Congo Basin has triggered a profound transformation in their traditional lifestyles, particularly affecting dietary…”
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Ecological factors influence population genetic structure of European grey wolves
Published in Molecular ecology (01-12-2006)“…Although the mechanisms controlling gene flow among populations are particularly important for evolutionary processes, they are still poorly understood,…”
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Translocation retains genetic diversity of a threatened endemic reptile in Mauritius
Published in Conservation genetics (01-06-2015)“…The island of Mauritius has experienced five reptile extinctions since the 1600s. Approximately half of the remaining herpetofauna has been restricted to…”
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Profiling the types of restaurants that sell wild meat in Central African cities
Published in African journal of ecology (01-06-2022)“…Central African cities are major centres of demand for wild meat, even when affordable alternative proteins are widely available. Many people eat wild meat in…”
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Wild meat hunting levels and trade in a West African protected area in Togo
Published in African journal of ecology (01-06-2022)“…We assessed numbers and biomass of species hunted and sold for wild meat in 12 park‐adjacent settlements in the Fazao Malfakassa National Park (FMNP), Togo…”
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