Conservation Chronicles is hosted by Mariana and Jonah, two wildlife ecologist friends who love to talk wildlife and conservation. In this podcast they discuss all things wildlife: research, conservation, the human-wildlife interface, and current wildlife news.
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Conservation Chronicles is hosted by Mariana and Jonah, two wildlife ecologist friends who love to talk wildlife and conservation. In this podcast they discuss all things wildlife: research, conservation, the human-wildlife interface, and current wildlife news.
Jonah and Camden talk about dead things and things that eat things.
Read about the recent changes to the Clean Water Act (they're not good!):https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/trump-rollback-could-leave-waterways-vulnerable-pollution-n1122481
Learn about the Indonesian expedition that discovered 5 new bird species and 5 new subspecies:
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/01/one-six-week-expedition-discovered-ten-new-songbird-species-and-subspecies-in-indonesia/
India plans to reintroduced cheetahs:https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cheetahs-can-be-reintroduced-indian-habitats-supreme-court-rules-180974075/
Roadkill statistics :https://www.hcn.org/issues/291/15268
https://patch.com/us/across-america/deer-collisions-across-u-s-odds-hitting-animals
Two studies demonstrating the role of pumas in an ecosystem:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329325727_Pumas_as_ecosystem_engineers_ungulate_carcasses_support_beetle_assemblages_in_the_Greater_Yellowstone_Ecosystem
http://wyominguntrapped.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Vertebrate-diversity-benefiting-from-carrion-provided-by-pumas-and-other-Mark-Elbroch.pdf
Why large herbivores matter in ecosystem food webs:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0226946
Scavenger study in the UK:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5513233/pdf/ECE3-6-7015.pdf
The human-scavenger relationship throughout history :https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/64/5/394/2754213
Worldwide vulture declines:https://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/vulture-crisis
http://www.globalraptors.org/grin/researchers/uploads/580/2011_dropping_dead.pdf
How humans benefit from vultures:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/23644288_Counting_the_costs_of_Vulture_decline_-_an_appraisal_of_human_health_and_other_benefits_of_Vultures_in_India
Rewilding Europe’s Circle of Life:https://www.rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/uploads/publications/circle-of-life/index.html
Polar bears in Chukotka:https://siberiantimes.com/ecology/others/news/56-hungry-polar-bear-besiege-village-in-chukotka/
Ethiopia's urban hyenas:https://www.jstor.org/stable/41682522?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
Listener Patrick's blog about restoring prairie Iowa:https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2019/01/09/one-man-and-a-chainsaw-a-journey-in-faith-and-prairie-restoration/
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Conservation Chronicles
Conservation Chronicles is hosted by Mariana and Jonah, two wildlife ecologist friends who love to talk wildlife and conservation. In this podcast they discuss all things wildlife: research, conservation, the human-wildlife interface, and current wildlife news.