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Ecological Relationships and Succession in an Urban South Florida Herpetofaunal Community during 2006–2021: A Case Study
Get PDFVisual encounter surveys comprised a case study of urban ecology conducted along a 3.22 km sidewalk loop in a residential development in southern Florida during March 2006–June 2021. The Nautica, a gated residential development, was completed in the early 2000s and initial investigations of the herpetofauna began shortly thereafter. Species accumulation was rapid, with 10 native and 13 exotic species comprising the herpetofaunal community. The construction of Nautica occurred on a highly modified habitat in which many native species were marginalized and several exotic species, also already there, could take advantage of the subsequent structural and hydrological changes culminating in the creation of this subdivision. Colonization patterns, persistence, and abundance varied widely among species. Measurement of abiotic factors associated with standardized focal surveys provided information to predict the likelihoods of activity by members of the herpetofaunal community and the detection of interspecific interactions that affect their activity patterns. Exotic-species-dominated artificial systems are commonplace in southern Florida and bring with them a conservation need for awareness to understand the ways in which residential species interact with and impact their environment and other species, including avian predators and feral cats. To that end, in the nearly two decades since the construction of Nautica, the native terrestrial herpetofauna has remained depauperate, while exotic counterparts underwent accelerated colonization patterns, with one species possibly contributing to the persistence of a native lizard
A Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja) preying on a Common Wolf Snake (Lycodon aulicus) in an urban habitat of Surat, Gujarat, India
Get PDFChinese Striped-necked Turtles, Mauremys sinensis (Gray 1834), in Galicia, northwestern Spain
Get PDFNew size record for the Cuban Giant Blue Anole, Anolis equestris cyaneus (Squamata: Dactyloidae)
Get PDF“I Signed the House over to a Cat”: Humor of the Belarusian 2020–2021 Protests
Get PDFPost-electoral protests in 2020 were unprecedented in Belarus: not only in terms of their massive size and long duration, but also because of the abundant use of humor by the protesters. As a phenomenon that has both cognitive and emotional sides, humor plays an important role in political protests. It can help as a way to cope with anger and fear, but it can also mark people’s belonging to certain social groups. Using Belarusian 2020 protest posters as data sources, we explore what topics of protest humor were popular, how protest posters functioned as a prominent instrument of political activism, and why humor played such a pivotal role in 2020 Belarusian political protests. We argue that one of the most significant and appealing aspects of the use of protest humor was how it allowed individuals to express their political views in creative ways as opposed to the more simplified and straightforward rhetorical tools of authoritarian systems. With the rise of police brutality and repression against protestors, humor became a way to demarcate clear boundaries between a violent “them” and a creative, intelligent, and peaceful “us.
