| Titre : | Biological Conservation 130(3) - JUL 2006 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
Xavier Santos, Auteur ;
Jos C. Brito, Auteur ;
Neftalí Sillero, Auteur ;
Juan M. Pleguezuelos, Auteur ;
Gustavo A. Llorente, Auteur ;
Soumia Fahd, Auteur ;
Xavier Parellada, Auteur
Some snakes are highly vulnerable to extinction due to several life history traits. However, the elusive behavior and secretive habits of some widespread species constrain the collection of demographic and ecological data necessary for the ident[...]
Article
Josh Dorrough, Auteur ;
Claire Moxham, Auteur ;
Vivienne Turner, Auteur ;
Geoff Sutter, Auteur
The effects of grazing on the richness of understorey plant communities are predicted to vary along gradients of resources and tree cover. In temperate Australia livestock management has involved phosphorus addition and tree removal but little r[...]
Article
J. Claudet, Auteur ;
D. Pelletier, Auteur ;
J.-Y. Jouvenel, Auteur ;
F. Bachet, Auteur ;
R. Galzin, Auteur
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are increasingly envisaged as a tool to manage coastal ecosystems and fisheries. Assessment of their performance with respect to management objectives is therefore important. A number of WAS provided conservation be[...]
Article
Euangelia Kornaraki, Auteur ;
Dicran A. Matossian, Auteur ;
Antonios D. Mazaris, Auteur ;
Yiannis G. Matsinos, Auteur ;
Dimitris Margaritoulis, Auteur
In this paper, we evaluate the effectiveness of different well-tested conservation techniques in an effort to successfully protect sea turtle nests. From an eight-year study on the island of Zakynthos, West Greece, we have experimentally investi[...]
Article
Tobias W. Donath, Auteur ;
Norbert Holzel, Auteur ;
Annette Otte, Auteur
As a response to the sharp decline in species-rich flood-meadows along the northern Upper Rhine during the past decades, large-scaled restoration projects have been started recently For the implementation of restoration measures knowledge about [...]
Article
C. C. Grant, Auteur ;
M. C. Scholes, Auteur
Extensive studies in the Serengeti showed a strong link between patchy herbivory and forage quality, and the factors that determine forage patch selection at different scales have been evaluated in various models. The purpose of this study was t[...]
Article
Johanna P. Pierre, Auteur ;
Wendy S. Norden, Auteur
Longline fisheries throughout the world have frequent and often fatal interactions with seabirds. We experimentally tested one possible solution to seabird-fisheries interactions that was proposed by a New Zealand longline fisherman. This involv[...]
Article
Megan J. C. Moore, Auteur ;
Richard A. Seigel, Auteur
Considerable recent attention has focused on how human disturbance alters the behaviour of imperiled taxa. Data on such impacts are common for waterfowl, marine mammals, and some large game animals. However, little is known about how human distu[...]
Article
D. J. Milne, Auteur ;
A. Fisher, Auteur ;
C. R. Pavey, Auteur
Generalised linear modelling (GLM) was used to develop habitat models for 25 of the 28 microchiropteran bat species that occur in the wet-dry tropics of the Northern Territory (the 'Top End'). Based on these models, a geographic information syst[...]
Article
Shane M. Welch, Auteur ;
Arnold G. Eversole, Auteur
A researcher's perception of a target species' landscape strongly influences the design of habitat studies conducted at broad spatial scales. Consequently, researcher-dependent perceptions may misguide conservation efforts. Although the life his[...]
Article
Bonita L. McFarlane, Auteur ;
R. Craig G. Stumpf-Allen, Auteur ;
Dauid O. Watson, Auteur
Since the 1990s, the mountain pine beetle (MPB) population has exploded in western Canada. in national parks, MPB has the potential to impact visual quality and safety of visitors, and to spread beyond park boundaries to the industrial forest la[...]
Article
Grant C. Palmer, Auteur ;
Andrew F. Bennett, Auteur
Riparian zones are a characteristic component of many landscapes throughout the world and increasingly are recognised as key areas for biodiversity conservation. Their importance for bird communities has been well recognised in semi-arid environ[...]
Article
David M. Wagner, Auteur ;
Lee C. Drickamer, Auteur ;
David M. Krpata, Auteur ;
Christopher J. Allender, Auteur ;
William E. Van Pelt, Auteur ;
Paul Keim, Auteur
Although the five species of prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.) are recognized as important Components of grassland ecosystems in western North America, they have experienced major population declines due to poisoning, outbreaks of sylvatic plague, rec[...]
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Katrin Maurer, Auteur ;
Anne Weyand, Auteur ;
Markus Fischer, Auteur ;
Jurg Stoecklin, Auteur
Socio-economically motivated land use changes are a major threat for species diversity of grasslands throughout the world. Here, we comprehensively explore how plant species diversity of grasslands in the species-rich cultural landscape of the S[...]
