Sheep herding in small grasslands promotes dung beetle diversity in a mountain forest landscape
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DOI: 10.1007/s10841-020-00277-5
Abstract: It is assumed that the transformation of native forest into agricultural fields and grazing grasslands negatively affects biological diversity, and there are multiple cases documenting this pattern. For example, when lowland tropical forests are transformed… read more here.
Keywords: diversity; sheep herding; landscape; dung beetle ... See more keywords
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding cystic echinococcosis and sheep herding in Peru: a mixed-methods approach
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DOI: 10.1186/s12917-017-1130-4
Abstract: BackgroundThe parasitic disease, cystic echinococcosis (CE), is prevalent in low-income, livestock-raising communities and 2000 new people will be diagnosed this year in South America alone. The disease usually passes from livestock to dogs to humans,… read more here.
Keywords: control program; attitudes practices; cystic echinococcosis; sheep herding ... See more keywords