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Collective effect of landfills and landscape composition on bird–aircraft collisions 堆填区和景观构成对鸟-机碰撞的集体效应

4区环境科学与生态学

Human–Wildlife Interactions Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.26077/RCFE-Z054

M. Pfeiffer, B. F. Blackwell, T. Devault

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引用次数: 11

Do Urban Red Foxes Attack People? An Exploratory Study and Review of Incidents in Britain 城市里的红狐会攻击人吗?英国事件的探索性研究与回顾

4区环境科学与生态学

Human–Wildlife Interactions Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.26077/D6F5-F6F3

Bethany Bridge, S. Harris

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引用次数: 3

Modeling Migratory Nongame Birds: A Plea for Data 为迁徙的非种鸟建模:对数据的请求

4区环境科学与生态学

Human–Wildlife Interactions Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.26077/4983-4FC9

G. Linz

引用次数: 0

Remote Sensing Applications for Abating Aircraft–Bird Strike Risks in Southeast Brazil 遥感技术在降低巴西东南部飞机鸟击风险中的应用

4区环境科学与生态学

Human–Wildlife Interactions Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.26077/3Z5D-EB31

Natalia S. Novoselova, A. Novoselov, Arthur Macarrão, Guilherme Gallo-Ortiz, W. R. Silva

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引用次数: 5

Book Review: The Figure of the Animal in Modern and Contemporary Poetry 书评:《现当代诗歌中的动物形象》

4区环境科学与生态学

Human–Wildlife Interactions Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.26077/ACD1-0A61

Yunxiang Yan

引用次数: 0

Worldviews and Coexistence with Coyotes 世界观和与土狼的共存

4区环境科学与生态学

Human–Wildlife Interactions Pub Date : 2019-05-02 DOI: 10.1017/9781108235730.018

S. M. Alexander, D. Draper

引用次数: 3

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