| Titre : | Biological Conservation 130(1) - JUN 2006 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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P. Gaubert, Auteur ;
M. Papes, Auteur ;
A. T. Peterson, Auteur
Natural history collections are crucial resources for conservation biology, particularly given the development of the ecological niche modeling (ENM) approach. We combined ENM with taxonomic investigations to address ecological, geographic, and [...]
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Cristina Rodriguez, Auteur ;
Roxana Torres, Auteur ;
Hugh Drummond, Auteur
Methodologies developed in New Zealand for eradication of exotic mammals from temperate oceanic islands were adapted for use on a topographically complex, 194-ha, densely forested, tropical island off the Pacific coast of Mexico. Isla Isabel is [...]
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Andres Garcia, Auteur
This article documents the conservation status of the herpetofauna in the Pacific lowlands and adjacent Balsas Basin and Chiapas Depression regions and the presents the results of modelling species spatial distributional patterns through GARP an[...]
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Rebecca L. Antworth, Auteur ;
David A. Pike, Auteur ;
John C. Stiner, Auteur
Although nesting beaches are critical resources for sea turtles, most beaches in the United States are disturbed by human influence, including human access, artificial lighting, and habitat alteration. In contrast, very few undisturbed beaches r[...]
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Diane L. Larson, Auteur ;
Ronald A. Royer, Auteur ;
Margaret R. Royer, Auteur
Invasive plants with large flowering displays have been shown to compete with native plants for pollinator services, often to the detriment of native plant fitness. in this study, we compare the pollinator communities and pollen deposited on sti[...]
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Jean-Michel Roberge, Auteur ;
Per Angelstam, Auteur
In European forests, plants, fungi and invertebrates have been proposed as indicator species for assessing conservation value at the stand scale. To cover larger spatial scales, wide-ranging vertebrates could be added to that set of species. For[...]
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Clayton D. Apps, Auteur ;
Bruce N. McLellan, Auteur
Mountain caribou, an ecotype of woodland caribou, are endangered due to the loss and fragmentation of old forests on which they depend. However, a wider array of natural and human factors may limit caribou persistence and isolate populations, an[...]
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Dan O'Brien, Auteur ;
Micheline Manseau, Auteur ;
Andrew Fall, Auteur ;
Marie-Josee Fortin, Auteur
Conservation of remaining woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) populations requires land management strategies that not only maintain caribou habitat, but also favour habitat connectivity. This study presents and field tests graph theory[...]
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Relatively few studies have focussed on the relationship between resource use and rarity. Rare species could differ from common species in two ways: rare species may utilise resources that are themselves rarer or rare species may utilise a narro[...]
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Seth M. Wilson, Auteur ;
Michael J. Madel, Auteur ;
David J. Mattson, Auteur ;
Jonathan M. Graham, Auteur ;
Troy Merrill, Auteur
We used multiple logistic regression to model how different landscape conditions contributed to the probability of human-grizzly bear conflicts on private agricultural ranch lands. We used locations of livestock pastures, traditional livestock c[...]
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Information about geographic distributions is required for species conservation and management. Ultimately, this information is derived from records of occurrence. However, the reliability and availability of occurrence records are variable. A c[...]
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P. Rivalan, Auteur ;
P. H. Dutton, Auteur ;
E. Baudry, Auteur ;
S. E. Roden, Auteur ;
M. Girondot, Auteur
Nesting beaches around the Maroni estuary at the border between French Guiana and Suriname (South America), currently host about 40% of the world's population of breeding female leatherback turtles. Although the population size has been variable[...]
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Randy Kautz, Auteur ;
Robert Kawula, Auteur ;
Thomas Hoctor, Auteur ;
Jane Comiskey, Auteur ;
Deborah Jansen, Auteur ;
Dawn Jennings, Auteur ;
John Kasbohm, Auteur ;
Frank Mazzotti, Auteur ;
Roy McBride, Auteur ;
Larry Richardson, Auteur ;
Karen Root, Auteur
The Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) is an endangered, wide-ranging predator whose habitat needs conflict with a rapidly growing human population. Our goal was to identify specific regions of the south Florida landscape that are of high con[...]
