| Titre : | Animal Conservation 16(6) - DEC 2013 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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H. Newing, Auteur ;
F. A. V. St John, Auteur
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C. D. Golden, Auteur ;
R. W. Wrangham, Auteur ;
J. S. Brashares, Auteur
Researchers and practitioners from a range of fields including conservation biology, sociology, public health and economics rely on information gained from interviews to quantify the frequency and scale of activities or events of interest. These[...]
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A. Doxa, Auteur ;
A. Besnard, Auteur ;
Arnaud Béchet, Auteur ;
C. Pin, Auteur ;
Jean-Dominique Lebreton, Auteur ;
Nicolas Sadoul, Auteur
Although it is today accepted that population viability analyses are needed at a meta-population level for most species, usually only single populations are monitored in the context of management and conservation programmes. This paper outlines [...]
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A. M. Trainor, Auteur ;
J. R. Walters, Auteur ;
D. L. Urban, Auteur ;
A. Moody, Auteur
Conversion of lands to agriculture and development within remaining natural habitats have fragmented ecosystems and reduced wildlife populations. The US Fish and Wildlife Service has adopted an incentive-based conservation strategy known as the [...]
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D. A. Pike, Auteur ;
J. C. Mitchell, Auteur
Ecosystem engineers play fundamental ecological roles by modifying habitats in ways that affect a multitude of other species and by creating refugia with novel microclimates. We hypothesize that burrow-creating organisms may facilitate climate c[...]
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D. S. Weber, Auteur ;
P. J. Van Coeverden De Groot, Auteur ;
E. Peacock, Auteur ;
M. D. Schrenzel, Auteur ;
D. A. Perez, Auteur ;
S. Thomas, Auteur ;
J. M. Shelton, Auteur ;
C. K. Else, Auteur ;
L. L. Darby, Auteur ;
L. Acosta, Auteur ;
C. Harris, Auteur ;
J. Youngblood, Auteur ;
P. Boag, Auteur ;
R. Desalle, Auteur
Animals in the Arctic have low pathogen diversity but with rapid climate warming, this is expected to change. One insidious consequence of climate change is exposure of Arctic species to new pathogens derived from more southern species expanding[...]
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A. Keane, Auteur
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W.-G. Crosmary, Auteur ;
A. J. Loveridge, Auteur ;
H. Ndaimani, Auteur ;
S. Lebel, Auteur ;
V. Booth, Auteur ;
S. D. Cote, Auteur ;
H. Fritz, Auteur
Trophy hunting in ungulates may favour individuals with smaller horns. A decrease in horn/antler size may jeopardize the conservation potential of hunting areas, which would be a major concern in Africa where hunting zones represent over half of[...]
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S. Buchholz, Auteur ;
K. Hannig, Auteur ;
J. Schirmel, Auteur
Dry sand ecosystems, such as dry grasslands and heathlands, have suffered habitat loss and degradation due to land-use changes and are today among the most endangered habitats in Central Europe. To evaluate the impact of degradation processes on[...]
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Species identity and human consumption of beaked whales in the Gilbert Islands, Republic of Kiribati
C. S. Baker, Auteur ;
A. Hutt, Auteur ;
K. Thompson, Auteur ;
M. L. Dalebout, Auteur ;
J. Robins, Auteur ;
R. L. Brownell, Auteur ;
G. S. Stone, Auteur
We investigated the species identity and local use of cetaceans on the Gilbert Islands, Republic of Kiribati. Working with the Kiribati Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development and Fisheries Division, we visited the islands of[...]
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D. R. Bilski, Auteur ;
M. R. Pie, Auteur ;
F. C. Passos, Auteur
Studies evaluating inbreeding depression and purging in captive populations often focus on a single life-history stage, commonly juvenile survival, using it as a binomial response variable to model inbreeding effects. Through the use of a statis[...]
