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5. Polyspecific Associations

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DePasquale, Allegra, Rothman, Jessica M., Leuchtenberger, Caroline, Section editor, Vonk, Jennifer, editor, and Shackelford, Todd K., editor

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2022
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13. How Primates Eat

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Lambert, Joanna E., primary, Bryer, Margaret A. H., additional, and Rothman, Jessica M., additional

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2024
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16. Conflict or Harmony: Framing of Wildlife News in a Biodiversity Hotspot.

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Gessa, Simplicious J., Tayeebwa, William, Muwanika, Vincent, and Rothman, Jessica M.

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WILDLIFE conservation, BIODIVERSITY conservation, ANIMAL populations, BIODIVERSITY, CONTENT analysis, POPULATION viability analysis
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Newspapers are avenues of the media that can influence public perceptions. Newspapers are especially important to engender support for wildlife protection because they reach populations who do not necessarily encounter wildlife frequently. Our research examined how newspaper media depict wildlife-related information in Uganda, a country which hosts high biodiversity. A content analysis was performed in two widely read daily newspapers, namely, the New Vision (n = 258) and Daily Monitor (n = 267), for news articles published in selected years between 2010 and 2019. The findings show a balance between positive and negative articles published in this period. New Vision had 51.5% of its articles on wildlife negatively framed while Daily Monitor had 50% of its articles positively framed. The articles that focused on the positive benefits from wildlife were the longest with 803 ± 525 words. One of the themes that featured prominently was the impact of developments on wildlife such as successful conservation practices, management interventions to save wildlife, and NGO conservation support to wildlife protection and population growth. Overall, newspaper articles addressed efforts that called for wildlife survival, but conflict still featured prominently. Measures to sensitize journalists, such as media engagement, wildlife tours, and integration with scientists, are needed to better implement conservation media. We also suggest that the media focus on the intrinsic benefits of biodiversity conservation, and that scientists be better integrated into wildlife news stories. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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17. The Role of Public Relations in Wildlife Conservation: Examples From Uganda.

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Gessa, Simplicious J., Tayeebwa, William, Tumwesigye, Charles, and Rothman, Jessica M.

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Within developing countries, awareness efforts that promote wildlife conservation are not only important to engage communities neighboring wildlife habitats, but they are also critical nationally because urban dwellers are not usually exposed to wildlife. Here, we suggest that media and public relations professionals can promote domestic tourism activities, and engage communities in ways that will encourage the public to protect wildlife. We outline examples of successful ongoing initiatives we have used that stem from the principles of strategic communication to promote wildlife conservation in Uganda. First, tours with journalists, celebrities, and politicians have been launched to support awareness of wildlife and their economic value to the country. These initiatives highlight protected areas to the mainstream media and encourage domestic tourism. Second, parades around the country, intramural sports teams, as well as public lectures, community and school events are held to mobilize additional conservation awareness. Lastly, we discuss the role of strategic communication through media frames by the national newspapers in promoting the importance of wildlife conservation. These initiatives have likely led to the demonstrated increase in domestic tourism to national parks over the past decade and increase in support for wildlife by the Ugandan public. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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26. Supplementary materials; Data file used for analyses; Data file used for figure; Code file from Associations between faecal chemical pollutants and hormones in primates inhabiting kibale national park, Uganda

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Steiniche, Tessa, Wang, Shaorui, Chester, Emily, Mutegeki, Richard, Rothman, Jessica M., Wrangham, Richard W., Chapman, Colin A., Venier, Marta, and Wasserman, Michael D.

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While anthropogenic pollutants are known to be a threat to primates, our understanding of exposure to pollutants in situ and their sub-lethal effects is still limited. We used non-invasive biomonitoring to examine associations between faecal concentrations of 97 chemical pollutants and faecal hormone metabolites of cortisol and estradiol in four primate species inhabiting Kibale National Park, Uganda (chimpanzees—Pan troglodytes, olive baboons—Papio anubis, red colobus—Piliocolobus tephrosceles and red-tailed monkeys—Cercopithecus ascanius). Across all species (n = 71 samples), our results demonstrated positive associations of organochlorine pesticides (β = 0.139, p = 0.025) and organophosphate esters (β = 0.115, p = 0.003) with cortisol in adult females. Additionally, we observed positive associations of brominated flame retardants with cortisol (β = 0.141, p = 0.038) and negative associations with estradiol (β = −0.168, p = 0.039) in juveniles. Our results suggest that the accumulation of pesticides and flame retardants are disruptive to endocrine function in these populations, which could have implications for development, metabolism and reproduction. Our results further demonstrate that faeces can be an important, non-invasive matrix for examining pollutant-hormone associations in wild primates and other critical wildlife populations.

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2023
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37. Stone tools improve diet quality in wild monkeys

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Izar, Patrícia, primary, Peternelli-dos-Santos, Lucas, additional, Rothman, Jessica M., additional, Raubenheimer, David, additional, Presotto, Andrea, additional, Gort, Gerrit, additional, Visalberghi, Elisabetta M., additional, and Fragaszy, Dorothy M., additional

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2022
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42. Remembering Jerry Lwanga: A Perspective from His Colleagues

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Goldberg, Tony L., Angedakin, Samuel, Basuta, Gilbert M. Isabirye, Brown, Michelle, Butynski, Thomas M., Chapman, Colin A., Chapman, Lauren, Gunter, Sholly, Kato, Innocent, Krief, Jean-Michel, Krief, Sabrina, Lambert, Joanna E., Langergraber, Kevin E., Mitani, John C., Muller, Martin N., Nelson, Sherry V., Omeja, Patrick, Otali, Emily, Potts, Kevin B., Ross, Elizabeth A., Rothman, Jessica M., Rowney, Carolyn, Sande, Eric, Struhsaker, Thomas T., Twinomugisha, Dennis, Watts, David P., Weny, Geoffrey, and Wrangham, Richard W.

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2016
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