| Titre : | Biological Conservation 134(1) - JAN 2007 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Robin Abell, Auteur ;
J. David Allan, Auteur ;
Bernhard Lehner, Auteur
Declining trends in the integrity of freshwater systems demand exploration of all possible conservation solutions. Freshwater protected areas have received little attention, despite the prominence of protected areas as conservation interventions[...]
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Cameron E. Stevens, Auteur ;
Cynthia A. Paszkowski, Auteur ;
A. Lee Foote, Auteur
We explored the use of beaver (Castor canadensis) as a surrogate species for amphibian conservation on small (1st-4th-order) streams in the Boreal Foothills of west-central Alberta. Anuran call surveys indicated that beaver create breeding habit[...]
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Andyew T. Holycross, Auteur ;
Michael E. Douglas, Auteur
We utilized nine microsatellite loci and 865 bases from two mtDNA genes to estimate demographic parameters and visualize historic/contemporary connectivity among populations of a sky-island rattlesnake (New Mexico ridge-nosed rattlesnake, Crotal[...]
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Jesse Rush O'Hanley, Auteur ;
Richard L. Church, Auteur ;
J. Keith Gilless, Auteur
There has been much recent interest in the development of systematic reserve selection methods that are capable of incorporating uncertainty associated with site destruction. This paper makes a contribution to this line of research by presenting[...]
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Joyce Maschinski, Auteur ;
Janice Duquesnel, Auteur
The 1991-1994 reintroductions of Florida endangered Pseudophoenix sargentii to 13 Florida Keys sites represent a rare example of a successful multi-agency long-term effort to conserve a long-lived palm. To assess reintroduction success, we compa[...]
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Antonio de Padua Almeida, Auteur ;
Sergio Lucena Mendes, Auteur
The role of researchers and fishermen in the clutch management of loggerhead sea turtles was evaluated for 10 nesting seasons at Pontal do Ipiranga TAMAR station, Linhares, ES. The comparison of nests transferred by researchers and locals (careb[...]
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A. M. A. Franco, Auteur ;
J. M. Palmeirim, Auteur ;
W. J. Sutherland, Auteur
In conservation science or applied ecology there is often a range of techniques available to study a given problem. it is clearly sensible to use the most effective, but the cost-effectiveness of different methods is rarely compared. Comparisons[...]
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Patterns of fragmentation in current distributions of 35 species of birds and 19 species of mammals that are considered endangered, threatened, or with restricted distributions were modeled in relation to 3 biosphere reserves (El Abra-Tanchipa, [...]
Article
M. A. Burgman, Auteur ;
D. Keith, Auteur ;
S. D. Hopper, Auteur ;
D. Widyatmoko, Auteur ;
C. Drill, Auteur
The status of the Australian flora was reviewed by compiling published information on all critically endangered and endangered species listed federally in 2004. Threatening processes were categorised and their contributions to past, present and [...]
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Fred Babweteera, Auteur ;
Peter Savill, Auteur ;
Nick Brown, Auteur
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Sebastien Rioux Paquette, Auteur ;
Francois-Joseph Lapointe, Auteur
The radiated tortoise (Geochelone radiata) is an endangered species endemic to the spiny forest of southern Madagascar. The main threat that this species faces is illegal harvesting for both local consumption and foreign markets. Large numbers o[...]
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Jorge Zamora, Auteur ;
Jose R. Verdu, Auteur ;
Eduardo Galante, Auteur
We used dung beetles as an indicator group to identify the most important habitats for bio-diversity conservation in a Mediterranean traditional agroecosystem. The relationships between traditional grazing and farming activities and biodiversity[...]
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Martha A. Case, Auteur ;
Kathryn M. Flinn, Auteur ;
Jean Jancaitis, Auteur ;
Ashley Alley, Auteur ;
Amy Paxton, Auteur
American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) is a native North American forest herb whose roots have been collected for their reputed medicinal properties and exported to international markets for nearly 300 years. Numerous anecdotal reports sugges[...]
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Studies comparing hunting between secondary and mature forests are critical to understanding secondary forests' potential as sustainable hunting grounds. I examined hunting across a successional continuum by surveying 67 households in three comm[...]
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Hans Jacquemyn, Auteur ;
Rein Brys, Auteur ;
Martin Hermy, Auteur ;
Jo H. Willems, Auteur
During the last decades, most orchid species in much of Western Europe have suffered significant declines and the long-term survival of the remaining populations remains to a large extent uncertain. In particular, populations at range margins ma[...]
