| Titre : | Biological Conservation 138(1-2) - AUG 2007 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Annik Schnitzler, Auteur ;
Brack W. Hale, Auteur ;
Esther M. Alsum, Auteur
This study performs a meta-analysis of existing studies of European riparian forests to investigate which exotic species have successfully established in intact riparian forests and which characteristics of these forests correspond with successf[...]
Article
Simon J. Nicol, Auteur ;
Richard J. Batker, Auteur ;
John D. Koehn, Auteur ;
Mark A. Burgman, Auteur
Trout cod (Maccullochella macquariensis, Cuvier) is a critically endangered species that now only occurs naturally in a 200 km reach of the Murray River in south-eastern Australia. An assessment of its habitat use was undertaken using radio tele[...]
Article
Joanne S. Jameson, Auteur ;
Paul M. Ramsay, Auteur
High-altitude Polylepis forest is distributed throughout the Andes and represents one of the most threatened Neotropical vegetation types. It is an important habitat for a range of associated endemic species and provides vital natural resources [...]
Article
M. C. Kalcounis-Rueppell, Auteur ;
V. H. Payne, Auteur ;
S. R. Huff, Auteur ;
A. L. Boyko, Auteur
Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent in the Cape Fear River Basin headwaters in North Carolina, USA, has influenced stream water quality and aquatic components of the stream food web. To examine effects of WWTP effluent on terrestrial pred[...]
Article
Simon A. Banks, Auteur ;
Greg A. Skilleter, Auteur
There is concern about the reliability of surrogate measures to represent biodiversity and the use of such measures in the design of marine reserve systems. Currently, surrogate measures are most often based on broad-scale (100-1000s of km) bior[...]
Article
Peter B. Pearman, Auteur ;
Darius Weber, Auteur
Identification of spatial patterns of species diversity is a central problem in conservation biology, with the patterns having implications for the design of biodiversity monitoring programs. Nonetheless, there are few field data with which to e[...]
Article
Anne-Line Bjerknes, Auteur ;
Orjan Totland, Auteur ;
Stein Joar Hegland, Auteur ;
Anders Nielsen, Auteur
A growing number of studies on naturally occurring plant species have shown that plantplant interactions for pollination vary from competitive to facilitative. In reviewing the seven published studies on how alien species can affect the pollinat[...]
Article
Andrea Britton, Auteur ;
Julia Fisher, Auteur
Plant communities in the low-alpine zone are exposed to relatively high levels of nitrogen (N) deposition compared to surrounding lowland areas and this has the potential to alter community composition and ecosystem function. N content and nitro[...]
Article
Mats Jonsell, Auteur ;
Jesper Hansson, Auteur ;
Lena Wedmo, Auteur
Growing interest in harvesting logging residues for energy production will reduce the amount of fine (small-diameter) wood. This could pose a threat to saproxylic (dead-wood living) organisms. Therefore, we asked firstly if logging residues have[...]
Article
Christina Wippich Whiteman, Auteur ;
Eliana Reiko Matushima, Auteur ;
Ulisses Eugenio Cavalcanti Confalonieric, Auteur ;
Maria das Dores Correia Palha, Auteur ;
Alanna do Socorro Lima da Silva, Auteur ;
Vanessa Conceicao Monteiro, Auteur
Hydroelectric projects are one of the well known factors responsible for habitat loss and fragmentation in the Amazon. The Tucurui Lake Protected Area (Tucurui Lake APA), in the state of Para, Brazil, Eastern Brazilian Amazon, is under the influ[...]
Article
Ivan Castro-Arellano, Auteur ;
Steuen J. Presleya, Auteur ;
Luis Nelio Saldanha, Auteur ;
Michael R. Willig, Auteur ;
Joseph M. Wunderle, Auteur
Timber harvest is one of the main causes of degradation of Amazonian tropical forests, where bats represent important components of biodiversity. In addition, bats may represent keystone taxa in the Neotropics, as they are primary agents of poll[...]
Article
Nicolas Titeux, Auteur ;
Marc Dufrene, Auteur ;
Julien Radoux, Auteur ;
Alexandre H. Hirzel, Auteur ;
Pierre Defourny, Auteur
The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio L.) is a bird living in human-altered agricultural areas that are managed by extensive farming techniques. This passerine species has declined significantly in Western Europe over the last 30-40 years. The [...]
Article
Sang Don Lee, Auteur ;
Piotr G. Jablonski, Auteur ;
Hiroyoshi Higuchi, Auteur
We studied the winter foraging activity of the endangered Red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) and the vulnerable White-naped crane (Grus vipio) in the Cheolwon area of the Civilian Control Zone (CCZ) area of South Korea, adjacent to the Demilita[...]
Article
Caitlin R. Kight, Auteur ;
John P. Swaddle, Auteur
To predict the long-term consequences of increasing human activity and environmental disturbance on natural populations, it is imperative to understand how human activity relates to fitness variation in wild populations. Here, we report associat[...]
Article
Dean A. Williams, Auteur ;
Yunqiu Wang, Auteur ;
Michael Borchetta, Auteur ;
Michael S. Gaines, Auteur
in southern Florida, slash pine (Pinus elliottii var. densa) is the keystone species of the endangered pine rockland habitat. Less than 3% of this unique habitat remains today, much of which has significantly altered forest structure due to hurr[...]
Article
Mark E. Walton, Auteur ;
Lewis Le Vay, Auteur ;
Junemie H. Lebata, Auteur ;
Joseph Binas, Auteur ;
Jurgenne H. Primavera, Auteur
Mangrove forests have been cleared at an alarming rate over the last century to allow space for settlements, agriculture and aquaculture and are still used today for fuel and construction. However, in the last few decades the value of the range [...]
Article
David Houston, Auteur ;
Kate Mcinnes, Auteur ;
Graeme Elliott, Auteur ;
Daryl Eason, Auteur ;
Ron Moorhouse, Auteur ;
John Cockrem, Auteur
The critically endangered kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) is intensively managed on offshore islands off New Zealand. The birds rear their young on the fruits of native trees. These trees produce abundant fruit only every 2-6 years, and kakapo onl[...]
Article
Christian Nellemann, Auteur ;
Ole-Gunnar Stoen, Auteur ;
Jonas Kindberg, Auteur ;
Jon E. Swenson, Auteur ;
Ingunn Vistnes, Auteur ;
Goran Ericsson, Auteur ;
Jonna Katajisto, Auteur ;
Bjorn Petter Kaltenborn, Auteur ;
Jodie Martin, Auteur ;
Andres Ordiz, Auteur
Brown bears (Ursus arctos) are threatened by habitat loss, habitat fragmentation by infrastructure and human settlements, and have been hunted to local extinction in large areas of their former range. We analyzed the habitat use during the non d[...]
Article
Matt J. Rayner, Auteur ;
Mick N. Clout, Auteur ;
Rosalie K. Stamp, Auteur ;
Michael J. Imber, Auteur ;
Dianne H. Brunton, Auteur ;
Mark E. Hauber, Auteur
Inaccurate population data remain a major problem in the conservation of burrow-nesting Procellariiform seabirds. We evaluated the potential of predictive habitat modelling, in contrast with traditional surface-area based strategies, to estimate[...]
Article
Alejandro Flamenco-Sandoval, Auteur ;
Miguel Martinez Ramos, Auteur ;
Omar Raul Masera, Auteur
The Selva El Ocote Biosphere Reserve is located within the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot for global conservation. The area, poorly known relative to other humid tropical areas within Mexico, shows a mosaic of several types of forests, contai[...]
Article
Tobias W. Donath, Auteur ;
Stephanie Bissels, Auteur ;
Notbett Hoelzel, Auteur ;
Annette Otte, Auteur
Seed and microsite limitation are seen as the main obstacles in the restoration of speciesrich meadows. Past restoration projects of flood meadows along the northern Upper Rhine focusing solely on the re-creation of adequate site conditions were[...]
Article
Jeremy Bouyer, Auteur ;
Youssoufou Sana, Auteur ;
Yahaya Samandoulgou, Auteur ;
Jean Cesar, Auteur ;
Laure Guerrini, Auteur ;
Chantal Kabore-Zoungrana, Auteur ;
Dominique Dulieu, Auteur
The sustainable management of the W Regional park and its peripheral areas is based on a trade-off between conservation and the generation of economic income for local populations. This work is a pilot study for the identification of ecological [...]
Article
Victor Arroyo-Rodriguez, Auteur ;
Armando Aguirre, Auteur ;
Julieta Benitez-Malvido, Auteur ;
Salvador Mandujano, Auteur
Forest fragmentation changes the structure of natural landscapes causing shifts on the distribution and abundance of plant species that could lead to population extinctions. The tree palm Astrocaryum mexicanum is one of the most abundant plant s[...]
Article
Benjamin D. Cook, Auteur ;
Stuart E. Bunn, Auteur ;
Jane M. Hughes, Auteur
Population connectivity (and isolation) and genetic diversity in declining species are important considerations for species recovery and habitat restoration programs. For lotic species, stream confluences with major rivers may be a determinant o[...]
Article
Toby A. Gardner, Auteur ;
Jos Barlow, Auteur ;
Carlos A. Peres, Auteur
The recent shift in research attention by amphibian biologists towards the causes of "enigmatic" population declines appears paradoxical given the almost unanimous recognition that habitat change is the primary cause of population declines world[...]
Article
Eva Gustavsson, Auteur ;
Tommy Lennartsson, Auteur ;
Marie Emanuelsson, Auteur
The reformation of the Swedish agricultural system, about 150 years ago, drastically changed the use of semi-natural grasslands. Grassland plant diversity has declined due to abandonment, changed management methods and production intensification[...]
