| Titre : | Biological Conservation 132(2) - OCT 2006 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
H. Gibb, Auteur ;
J. Hjalten, Auteur ;
John P. Ball, Auteur ;
R. B. Pettersson, Auteur ;
J. Landin, Auteur ;
O. Alvini, Auteur ;
K. Danell, Auteur
Traits such as poor dispersal ability and high habitat specificity are thought to predispose some species to a greater risk of extinction than others. Habitat preferences and morphological features associated with dispersal ability were compared[...]
Article
Dustin R. Rubenstein, Auteur ;
Daniel I. Rubenstein, Auteur ;
Paul W. Sherman, Auteur ;
Thomas A. Gavin, Auteur
A group of conservation biologists recently proposed to populate western North America with African and Asian megafauna, including lions, elephants, cheetahs, and camels, to create a facsimile of a species assemblage that disappeared from the co[...]
Article
Emma C. Underwood, Auteur ;
Brian L. Fisher, Auteur
Ants are increasingly being recognized as useful tools for land managers to monitor ecosystem conditions. However, despite an abundance of studies on ant responses to both environmental disturbance and land management techniques, an analysis of [...]
Article
Bruno Baur, Auteur ;
Cristina Cremene, Auteur ;
Gheorghe Groza, Auteur ;
Laszlo Rakosy, Auteur ;
Anatoli A. Schileyko, Auteur ;
Anette Baur, Auteur ;
Peter Stoll, Auteur ;
Andreas Erhardt, Auteur
Recent changes in agriculture (intensification or abandonment) have resulted in a critical reduction of semi-natural grasslands in Eastern Europe. Subalpine semi-natural grasslands in Transylvania, Romania, harbour a high diversity of plants and[...]
Article
Richard A. McKinney, Auteur ;
Scott R. McWilliams, Auteur ;
Michael A. Charpentier, Auteur
Coastal habitats near urban centres in North Atlantic estuaries often support substantial numbers of wintering waterfowl, but little is known of the effects of landscape setting and urbanisation on habitat use. We conducted surveys of waterfowl [...]
Article
Nick T. Shears, Auteur ;
Roger V. Grace, Auteur ;
Natalie R. Usmar, Auteur ;
Vince Kerr, Auteur ;
Russell C. Babcock, Auteur
Increasing the level of protection afforded to the marine environment requires assessment of the efficacy of existing marine protected areas (MPAs) in protecting exploited species. Long-term data from before and after the establishment of MPAs p[...]
Article
Glen J. Greaves, Auteur ;
Renaud Mathieu, Auteur ;
Philip J. Seddon, Auteur
The use of predictive models is continually increasing, but few models are subsequently field-checked and evaluated. This study evaluates the statistical strength and usefulness for conservation purposes of a predictive habitat use model develop[...]
Article
A. M. Pidgeon, Auteur ;
V. C. Radeloff, Auteur ;
N. E. Mathews, Auteur
Habitat quality is an important consideration when identifying source and sink habitat and setting priority areas for avian conservation. The problem is that different measures may lead to different conclusions about habitat quality, and may als[...]
Article
Karen P. Alston, Auteur ;
David M. Richardson, Auteur
Natural areas are becoming increasingly fragmented and embedded in an urban matrix. Natural and semi-natural areas at the urban/wildland interface are threatened by a variety of 'edge effects', and are especially vulnerable to invasion by introd[...]
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Clive A. McAlpine, Auteur ;
Jonathan R. Rhodes, Auteur ;
John G. Callaghan, Auteur ;
Michiala E. Bowen, Auteur ;
Daniel Lunney, Auteur ;
David L. Mitchell, Auteur ;
David V. Pullar, Auteur ;
Hugh P. Possingham, Auteur
The loss and fragmentation of forest habitats by human land use are recognised as important factors influencing the decline of forest-dependent fauna. Mammal species that are dependent upon forest habitats are particularly sensitive to habitat l[...]
Article
Quinn S. McFrederick, Auteur ;
Gretchen LeBuhn, Auteur
Article
Martin Hejda, Auteur ;
Petr Pyšek, Auteur
Effect of invasion by Impatiens glandulifera (Balsaminaceae) on the community characteristics and species composition of invaded riparian communities was studied at six rivers in the Czech Republic. Two approaches were used: space for time subst[...]
