| Titre : | Biological Conservation 129(4) - MAY 2006 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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John E. Fa, Auteur ;
Sarah Seymour, Auteur ;
Jef Dupain, Auteur ;
Rajan Amin, Auteur ;
Lise Albrechtsen, Auteur ;
David Macdonald, Auteur
Wild meat harvests in African moist forests are presumed to exceed production, even in the case of traditional societies still using rudimentary hunting methods. Though some approximations do exist of the volume of bushmeat harvested in some Cen[...]
Article
Marianne K. Soisalo, Auteur ;
Sandra M. C. Cavalcanti, Auteur
The jaguar (Panthera onca) is the largest feline in the Americas and third largest worldwide, smaller in size only to the tiger (P. tigris) and lion (P. leo). Yet, in comparison, relatively few studies on jaguar population densities have been co[...]
Article
Andrew J. Marshall, Auteur ;
Nardiyono, Auteur ;
Linda M. Engstrom, Auteur ;
Bhayu Pamungkas, Auteur ;
Jhon Palapa, Auteur ;
Erik Meijaard, Auteur ;
Scott A. Stanley, Auteur
Due to its practical relevance to conservation, considerable efforts have been devoted to understanding the effects of logging on orangutan (Pongo spp.) population densities. Despite these efforts, consistent patterns have yet to emerge. We cond[...]
Article
Luis Mariano Gonzalez, Auteur ;
Antoni Margalida, Auteur ;
Roberto Sanchez, Auteur ;
Javier Oria, Auteur
We studied the factors that led to brood reduction in 1192 nest/years of 143 territories of the Spanish imperial eagle during the period 1988-2003 and we carried out an innovative supplementary feeding programme in perches near nests in order to[...]
Article
Richard B. Bradbury, Auteur ;
Will B. Kirby, Auteur
Farmland bird declines in Europe are well documented. In the UK, agri-environment schemes are key mechanisms for reversing the declines of birds and other farmland biodiversity, but recent reviews suggest that wet habitats might be a gap in prov[...]
Article
Ronald R. Swaisgood, Auteur ;
Dawn M. Dickman, Auteur ;
Angela M. White, Auteur
The captive southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) population is not self-sustaining. Many founders reproduced, but reproduction among captive-born (F(1)) females has been extremely sluggish. Thus the conservation breeding program[...]
Article
A survey was conducted in March and April 2001, to assess the status of the Indus River dolphin, Platanista gangetica minor, throughout its present range. A total of 1535 km of survey effort was conducted, consisting of 1375 km of the Indus Rive[...]
Article
Sheila R. Colla, Auteur ;
Michael C. Otterstatter, Auteur ;
Robert J. Gegear, Auteur ;
James D. Thomson, Auteur
Pathogen spread or 'spillover' can occur when heavily infected, domestic hosts interact with closely-related wildlife populations. Commercially-produced bumble bees used in greenhouse pollination often have higher levels of various pathogens tha[...]
Article
Zafeiro Vaxevanidou, Auteur ;
Santiago C. Gonzalez-Martinez, Auteur ;
Jose Climent, Auteur ;
Luis Gil, Auteur
Marginal populations are usually located at the edge of the species' range, constituting small isolates that grow in suboptimal environments. In widely distributed conifers, such as pines, marginal populations have often been considered recent o[...]
Article
S. W. Wang, Auteur ;
D. W. Macdonald, Auteur
Villages in Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park, central Bhutan, report livestock depredation by wild carnivores including leopard (Panthera pardus), tiger (Panthera tigris), Himalayan black bear (Ursus thibettanus), and dhole (Cuon alpinus). i[...]
Article
H. Gibb, Auteur ;
R. B. Pettersson, Auteur ;
J. Hjalten, Auteur ;
J. Hilszczanski, Auteur ;
J. P. Ball, Auteur ;
T. Johansson, Auteur ;
O. Atlegrim, Auteur ;
K. Danell, Auteur
New conservation-oriented forestry aims to maintain intact populations of forest organisms by improving the conservation value of managed forests and providing protected areas. We tested the conservation value of treatments of dead wood for asse[...]
Article
Zhongsheng Wang, Auteur ;
Shuqing An, Auteur ;
Hong Liu, Auteur ;
Jue Feng, Auteur ;
Fan Zhang, Auteur ;
Xin Leng, Auteur
Using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers, we examined genetic variability of the moss Thuidium cymbifolium (Thuidiaceae) sampled from three types of spruce (Picea asperata) stands: an intact stand, naturally regenerated stands after[...]
Article
C. Bonacic, Auteur ;
R. E. Feber, Auteur ;
D. W. Macdonald, Auteur
The current program of vicuna conservation includes their live-capture for wool harvest in the Andes Region in northern Chile. Here, we describe studies that assess the impacts on the species of different variables relating to the capture proces[...]
Article
Simon G. Potts, Auteur ;
Theodora Petanidou, Auteur ;
Stuart Roberts, Auteur ;
Chris O'Toole, Auteur ;
Allison Hulbert, Auteur ;
Pat Willmer, Auteur
Mediterranean landscapes comprise a complex mosaic of different habitats that vary in the diversity of their floral communities, pollinator communities and pollination services. Using the Greek Island of Lesvos as a model system, we assess the b[...]
Article
Glenn M. Sanecki, Auteur ;
Ken Green, Auteur ;
Helen Wood, Auteur ;
David Lindenmayer, Auteur
The increasing popularity of snow-based recreation activities and the development of ski resorts and associated infrastructure have the potential to affect adversely small mammal fauna that over-winter in the subnivean space. We investigated the[...]
