| Titre : | Animal Conservation 10(1) - FEB 2007 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
M. Denoel, Auteur
Although the designation of biodiversity hotspots is a valuable tool to improve conservation efforts, this is a concept primarily based on species diversity. In consequence, another component of biodiversity, adaptive variation, is often ignored[...]
Article
D. Oro, Auteur ;
Alejandro Martinez-Abrain, Auteur
Owing to increasing population trends and facultative predatory habits, large gulls have been identified as significant agents of change in the alteration of many ecological communities. Often, they are perceived as negatively impacting the popu[...]
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I. G. Jamieson, Auteur ;
L. N. Tracy, Auteur ;
D. Fletcher, Auteur ;
D. P. Armstrong, Auteur
Reintroductions of threatened species are increasingly common in conservation. The translocation of a small subset of individuals from a genetically diverse source population could potentially lead to substantial inbreeding depression due to the[...]
Article
J. A. Galbraith, Auteur ;
S. E. Sancha, Auteur ;
R. F. Maloney, Auteur ;
M. E. Hauber, Auteur
The maintenance of species-specific behavioural repertoires and traditions is an important but often implicit goal of conservation efforts. When captive rearing is used as a conservation practice, it becomes critical to address its possible impl[...]
Article
J. G. Navedo, Auteur ;
J. A. Masero, Auteur
Because of potential conflicts between commercial and conservation interests, one challenge in coastal-area management is how to regulate harvesting practices in coastal areas without adversely affecting the survival of migratory waterbirds. In [...]
Article
D. C. Pavlacky, Auteur ;
S. H. Anderson, Auteur
As one approaches the north-eastern limit of pinyon (Pinus spp.) juniper (Juniperus spp.) vegetation on the Colorado Plateau, USA, woodland patches become increasingly disjunct, grading into sagebrush (Artemisia spp.)-dominated landscapes. Patte[...]
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A. Mysterud, Auteur ;
K. A. Barton, Auteur ;
B. Jedrzejewska, Auteur ;
Z. A. Krasinski, Auteur ;
M. Niedzialkowska, Auteur ;
J. F. Kamler, Auteur ;
N. G. Yoccoz, Auteur ;
N. C. Stenseth, Auteur
The European bison Bison bonasus is an example of nearly extinct 'charismatic megafauna'. The Bialowieza Primeval Forest in Poland is among the few places where they still live in the wild. The management of this free-living herd has to reconcil[...]
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I. Hutton, Auteur ;
J. P. Parkes, Auteur ;
A. R. E. Sinclair, Auteur
Exotic species that invade remote islands, usually following human settlement, have had catastrophic effects on native biota. However, on islands it is increasingly feasible to eradicate key exotic species allowing extant native species to recov[...]
Article
A. Anzures-Dadda, Auteur ;
R. H. Manson, Auteur
Variation at both the patch and landscape scale is known to influence the distribution and abundance of arboreal monkeys in rainforest fragments. However, few studies have examined the factors associated with these different scales of focus simu[...]
