Essays about: "Trash Animals"

Found 4 essays containing the words Trash Animals.

  1. 1. Temporal, climatic and spatial variation in the distribution and activity patterns of the raccoon (Procyon lotor) in Hainich National Park, Germany

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Maria Grüneberger; [2022]
    Keywords : raccoon; procyon lotor; hainich National Park; canopy Walk; camera trapping; nocturnality; ground temperature; habitat preference; european beech; fagus sylvatica; anthropogenic influence;

    Abstract : The raccoon (Procyon lotor) has been a part of German fauna since the 1920s, following a number of releases and escapes from captivity. This study intends to investigate the distribution and activity patterns of this non-native mesopredator in Hainich National Park, which lies in Central Germany, in-between 3 core areas of established raccoon populations. READ MORE

  3. 2. Histories of Value: Following Deer Populations Through the English Landscape from 1800 to the Present Day

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Holly Marriott Webb; [2019]
    Keywords : Assemblages; Deer; Deer population; England; Hunting; Landscape; Making killable; Moots; Multispecies; Nativist paradigm; Olwig; Pests; Place; Trash Animals; Tsing; United Kingdom; Wildlife management;

    Abstract : Imagining the English landscape as an assemblage entangling deer and people throughout history, this thesis explores how changes in deer population connect to the ways deer have been valued from 1800 to the present day. Its methods are mixed, its sources are conversations – human voices in the ongoing historical negotiations of the multispecies body politic, the moot of people, animals, plants and things which shapes and orders the landscape assemblage. READ MORE

  4. 3. Environmental mindset change in Swedish youth: from reactive to proactive : A study of environmental mindsets using focus group interview and repertory grid technique

    University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Victoria Soudavnaya; [2009]
    Keywords : Environmental mindsets; changing mindsets;

    Abstract : Today the problem of dirty streets is often mentioned in media indicating that it is an environmental and a social problem that needs to be solved. Trash lying around destroys the city picture affecting people negatively. Moreover, unpicked trash might have some devastating consequences in terms of rats and other animals. READ MORE

  5. 4. Habitat preference and foraging behaviour in adult red-tailed monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius)

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Lejla Bektic; [2009]
    Keywords : Cercopithecus ascanius; Sabaringo forest; habitat preference; foraging; postural behaviour; locomotor behaviour;

    Abstract : The red-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius) is a small, alert and active animal inhabiting forests with dense vegetation and as such hard to observe in its natural habitat. The principal aim of this study was to scrutinize whether the methods, previously used in a behavioural study of the blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis) can be applied in studies of the red-tailed monkey’s behaviour as well. READ MORE