Publications by authors named "Anne Dagg"
Article Synopsis
- - Fennessy and colleagues' recent paper claims that there are four distinct species of giraffe, rather than the currently accepted one species with nine subspecies, and highlights a decline in giraffe populations in Africa.
- - Giraffes are currently listed as 'Vulnerable' on the IUCN Red List, but their taxonomy has been debated due to varying classifications and the methods used to evaluate them.
- - The differing interpretations of giraffe taxonomy arise from the use of different datasets, statistical techniques, and nomenclature criteria by researchers.
Levels of citation of nonhuman animal studies conducted at a Canadian research hospital.
J Appl Anim Welf Sci
November 2004
The publication of scientific articles that receive few or no citations raises questions of the appropriate use of resources as well as ethics. In the case of animal research, the ethics issue extends beyond human patients to nonhuman animals, as the research subjects them to pain and, typically, to death. This study is a citation analysis of animal research conducted at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children (HSC).
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