| Titre : | Biological Conservation 133(3) - DEC 2006 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
John M. Tirpak, Auteur ;
William M. Giuliano, Auteur ;
C. Allan Miller, Auteur ;
Thomas J. Allen, Auteur ;
Steve Bittner, Auteur ;
David A. Buehler, Auteur ;
John W. Edwards, Auteur ;
Craig A. Harper, Auteur ;
William K. Igo, Auteur ;
Gary W. Normar, Auteur ;
M. Seamster, Auteur ;
Dean F. Stauffer, Auteur
Ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus; hereafter grouse) populations in the central and southern Appalachians are in decline. However, limited information on the dynamics of these populations prevents the development of effective management strategies [...]
Article
Michael C. James, Auteur ;
Scott A. Sherrill-Mix, Auteur ;
Kathleen Martin, Auteur ;
Ransom A. Myers, Auteur
From 1998-2005, we collected 851 geo-referenced records of leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, from a volunteer network of commercial fishers and tour boat operators in Atlantic Canada. These data provide new insight into the spatial and [...]
Article
Carlo Rondinini, Auteur ;
Federica Chiozza, Auteur ;
Luigi Boitani, Auteur
The identification of priority sites that ensure the achievement of conservation goals is key to direct conservation efforts. An estimation of the level of vulnerability of each priority area allows the identification of sites that need urgent c[...]
Article
Rob Williams, Auteur ;
David Lusseau, Auteur ;
Philip S. Hammond, Auteur
This study examined the activities of "northern resident" killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Johnstone Strait, British Columbia, Canada, in July and August, from 1995 to 2002. Disturbance from boat traffic has been identified as a conservation conc[...]
Article
Iris Segura, Auteur ;
Axayacatl Rocha-Olivares, Auteur ;
Sergio Flores-Ramirez, Auteur ;
Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho, Auteur
The demand for live bottlenose dolphins for commercial use is growing in Mexico, making the need for stock assessment and management ever more essential given their protected status. Tursiops truncatus is known to exhibit high levels of phenotyp[...]
Article
Erik Ockinger, Auteur ;
Anna K. Eriksson, Auteur ;
Henrik G. Smith, Auteur
When semi-natural pastures are abandoned, specialized grassland species are lost as a consequence of succession. As a counter-measure, previously abandoned grasslands may be restored by clearing shrubs and trees and re-introducing grazing livest[...]
Article
G. D. Daniels, Auteur ;
J. B. Kirkpatrick, Auteur
Can enhancement of garden habitat for native birds have conservation benefits, or are garden bird assemblages determined by landscape and environmental characteristics? The relative roles of vegetation structure, floristics and other garden attr[...]
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M. Sheehy Skeffington, Auteur ;
J. Moran, Auteur ;
A. O Connor, Auteur ;
E. Regan, Auteur ;
C. E. Coxon, Auteur ;
N. E. Scott, Auteur ;
M. Gormally, Auteur
Turloughs are karst wetland ecosystems that are virtually unique to Ireland. Flooding annually in autumn through springs and fissures in the underlying limestone and draining in the springtime, often through the same fissures or swallow-holes, t[...]
Article
Robert M. Ewers, Auteur ;
Andrew D. Kliskey, Auteur ;
Susan Walker, Auteur ;
Daniel Rutledge, Auteur ;
Jon S. Harding, Auteur ;
Raphael K. Didham, Auteur
Historically, New Zealand was dominated by forest below the alpine treeline, but about 1000 years of Polynesian and European colonisation has resulted in the destruction of nearly three-quarters of the indigenous forest cover. In this study, the[...]
Article
Anu Valtonen, Auteur ;
Juha Jantunen, Auteur ;
Kimmo Saarinen, Auteur
An increasing number of invasive species are changing ecosystems around the world. Road verges have commonly become the first footholds of non-native species in the new environments. Regularly mown road verges also offer habitats for meadow flor[...]
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Damien Fordham, Auteur ;
Arthur Georges, Auteur ;
Ben Corey, Auteur ;
Barry W. Brook, Auteur
Northern snake-necked turtles (Chelodina rugosa) traditionally provided an important seasonal source of protein for indigenous communities in Arnhem Land, northern Australia. Harvest techniques today differ little from those used historically, h[...]
