Rhichardson et al. Anxiety as overcoming habituation to danger. Unpredictability of danger stimulate anxiety. Fear is a predictable danger. Anxiety worse than fear. #ssnm

Vundla et al. Poor service delivery, insufficient jobs for young men are amongst the concerns for people in Mozambique. People need user rights, protection from crime and are unsure about ownership. #ssnm

Shaw et al. Explaining KHETHA. Protecting wildlife, benefitting communities. Sam M. Ferreira comment: shouldn't we have "improving people, benefitting wildlife"? #ssnm

Marshall rt al. Maroelas outside protected areas. #ssnm

Kreuter. Ecosystem services relate to human well-being. Provisioning services are extractable goods the typical focus which often create unsustainability #ssnm

The ISEEC system is an adaptive planning and management system system. Compare with special Koedoe issue on adaptive management koedoe.co.za #ssnm

Nxumalo et al. Bird and tree stories that local people use to notice change. People interacting more wiyh nature in eural areas were more aware of indicators - a key need for adaptation #ssnm

Vickers et al. Promoting transformative learning through field stations. Only 25% of degree students do M or PhD degrees. Sam M. Ferreira comment: what is the reason for such low vonversion rate? Lack of field stations or something way more systemic? #ssnm

Hausmann et al. Social media say the big five may not be the main attractor for people visiting parks #ssnm

Ndlovu Elephants and water. Elephants dont care about water chemical make up. But dont like turbid water full of E coli to drink #ssnm

February. Trees increase nutrients in savannas. What the heck do grasses do? They contribute bigtime to soil organic matter. Soil respiration from microbial activity primarily from grasses #ssnm

Morrison & Hopcraft. Wildebewst migration. They use some places less intensely than before #ssnm

Hopcraft and colleagues. Integrating physiolohical condition in animal movements. Nitrogen in bone marrow high in starved animals. Starved animals mobilize protein. #ssnm

Wildebeest starvation most when resources most abundant because of cost of reproduction. #ssnm

Wigley-Coetzee et al. Plant defence myths in savannas. Maybe no trade offs between chemical vs structural defences. Rather species use strategies against herbivores. But none really work against ellies #ssnm

Anderson et al. fire and black rhino habitat. Rhinos select flat productive areas with one fire in ten years. Prefered food less on burned areas #ssnm

Balme. The rise of the jeep jockey. Reconstruct leopard life histories from game drive photos. #ssnm

Ranke. Vtures respond to auditory call ups in the day #ssnm

Van Langevelde et al. How herbivores lose heat? Activity less when its hot. But animals store heat, but have to shed at night. Animals can pick cool places in the day to stop heating up. Sam M. Ferreira comment: check work on elephants in Zambia by Kinahan #ssnm

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