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Fragmentation Trajectories as a Review of Existing and Proposed Single-valued Fragmentation Indices

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WALKER – Fragmentation Trajectories as a Review of Existing and Proposed Single-valued Fragmentation Indices Dante Gideon K. Vergara, Rodel D. Lasco, Robert T. Walker, Antonio J. Alcantara, Rico C. Ancog, Patricia Ann J. Sanchez, Cristino L. Tiburan, Jr. Article first published online: 4 January 2022 ABSTRACT: Two related single-valued landscape fragmentation indices D and F are proposed, based on patch aggregation, […]

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Rebel fragmentation in Syria’s civil war

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WALTHER – Rebel fragmentation in Syria’s civil war Olivier J. Walther & Patrick Steen Pedersen Article first published online: 13 APR 2020 Small Wars & Insurgencies DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2020.1726566 ABSTRACT: In rebel-held Syria, an array of rebel organisations are nominally allied in their fight against the Syrian government and yet they remain internally divided. Rather than […]

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African farmers contend with baboons when the big cats are gone

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GAINESVILLE, Florida – When large carnivores are removed from an African landscape, local farmers need to adopt complex crop management strategies and be more vigilant about crop-raiding baboons, a new modeling study out of the University of Florida finds. In a healthy protected forest ecosystem, apex predators like lions, cheetahs, and hyenas, keep the local […]

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