| Titre : | Biological Conservation 141(12) - DEC 2008 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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P. N. Trathan, Auteur ;
J. Forcada, Auteur ;
R. Atkinson, Auteur ;
R. H. Downie, Auteur ;
J. R. Shears, Auteur
Goudier Island is located in the Palmer Archipelago, to the west of the Antarctic Peninsula; it is one of the most frequently visited tourist sites in Antarctica. A number of gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) breeding colonies are located on the[...]
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Marina Garcia-Llorente, Auteur ;
Berta Martin-Lopez, Auteur ;
Jose A. Gonzalez, Auteur ;
Paloma Alcorlo, Auteur ;
Carlos Montes, Auteur
Research on biological invasions has traditionally focused on the ecological component of invasive alien species, either without considering or by considering in a restricted way, the knowledge of the social component. An understanding of the hu[...]
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Rowan Trebilco, Auteur ;
Rosemary Gales, Auteur ;
G. Barry Baker, Auteur ;
Aleks Terauds, Auteur ;
Michael D. Sumner, Auteur
Satellite tracking devices were used to examine the at sea movements of southern and northern giant petrels from Macquarie island during the Austral summers of 2005-06 and 2006-07. Time spent at sea for nine northern giant petrels (four breeding[...]
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Sampling design and its effect on population monitoring: How much monitoring do turtles really need?
Andrew L. Jackson, Auteur ;
Annette C. Broderick, Auteur ;
Wayne J. Fuller, Auteur ;
Fiona Glen, Auteur ;
Graeme D. Ruxton, Auteur ;
Brendan J. Godley, Auteur
Marine turtles are a taxon of world-wide conservation concern. Effective long-term monitoring is hampered by the fact that populations are widely dispersed except during the breeding season. Thus most monitoring programmes focus on nesting beach[...]
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Erin Muths, Auteur ;
David S. Pilliod, Auteur ;
Lauren J. Livo, Auteur
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Kimberly A. With, Auteur ;
Anthony W. King, Auteur ;
William E. Jensen, Auteur
Grassland birds are in steep decline throughout many regions of the world. In North America, even some common species have declined by > 50% over the last few decades. Declines in grassland bird populations have generally been attributed to wide[...]
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James J. Gilroy, Auteur ;
Guy Q. A. Anderson, Auteur ;
Philip V. Grice, Auteur ;
Juliet A. Vickery, Auteur ;
Iain Bray, Auteur ;
P. Nicholas Watts, Auteur ;
William J. Sutherland, Auteur
Major changes to the extent and quality of farmland habitats, brought by the intensification of agricultural practice, are thought to be the main factors driving declines in a suite of farmland bird species in Europe. Recent changes in agricultu[...]
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Noah G. Perlut, Auteur ;
Allan M. Strong, Auteur ;
Therese M. Donovan, Auteur ;
Neil J. Buckley, Auteur
Although population declines of grassland songbirds in North America and Europe are well-documented, the effect of local processes on regional population persistence is unclear. To assess population viability of grassland songbirds at a regional[...]
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Nathalie J. Hamel, Auteur ;
Julia K. Parrish, Auteur ;
Jeff Laake, Auteur
The population-level impact of seabird bycatch is difficult to assess because colony-of-origin is often unknown. As an alternative and complementary approach to ship-derived observations, we assessed the relative potential for bycatch of a known[...]
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Heleen C. Druce, Auteur ;
Kevin Pretorius, Auteur ;
Rob Slotow, Auteur
Continuous human population expansion pressure on conservation ecosystems restricts wildlife areas, and necessitates active management. In areas of changing land-use and increasing human-animal conflict, responses of wildlife to direct human int[...]
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Martin U. Grüebler, Auteur ;
Heidi Schuler, Auteur ;
Mathis Mueller, Auteur ;
Reto Spaar, Auteur ;
Petra Horch, Auteur ;
Beat Naef-Daenzer, Auteur
Meadow breeding birds such as the whinchat Saxicola rubetra have been declining due to increased farming intensity. In modern grassland management, the first mowing and the bird's breeding cycle coincide, causing high nest destruction rates and [...]
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Virginia Garrison, Auteur ;
Greg Ward, Auteur
Coral reefs throughout the world have been damaged by storms, diseases, coral predators, temperature anomalies, and human activities. During the past three decades, recovery has been limited and patchy. Although a damaged coral reef cannot be re[...]
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Hakan Berglund, Auteur ;
Bengt Gunnar Jonsson, Auteur
Fragmentation of old-growth forests and greatly reduced amounts of coarse dead wood in managed forests threat the persistence of many saproxylic species in boreal Fennoscandia. Individual old-growth forest remnants may lose species over time as [...]
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Michelle Sims, Auteur ;
Rhema Bjorkland, Auteur ;
Peri Mason, Auteur ;
Larry B. Crowder, Auteur
Identifying long-term population trends is essential for the conservation of species of concern. With money and personnel often in short supply, the success of a monitoring program to provide an estimate of population trend requires an efficient[...]
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Erin A. Roche, Auteur ;
Francesca J. Cuthbert, Auteur ;
Todd W. Arnold, Auteur
Since 1992, efforts to recover the US federally endangered Great Lakes piping plover (Charadrius melodus) have included population supplementation with captive-reared young raised from abandoned eggs. Using banding data collected 1993-2008 and C[...]
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Xiujiang Zhao, Auteur ;
Jay Barlow, Auteur ;
Barbara L. Taylor, Auteur ;
Robert L. Pitman, Auteur ;
Kexiong Wang, Auteur ;
Zhuo Wei, Auteur ;
Brent S. Stewart, Auteur ;
Samuel T. Turvey, Auteur ;
Tomonari Akamatsu, Auteur ;
Randall R. Reeves, Auteur ;
Ding Wang, Auteur
middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, China. It is the only freshwater population of porpoises in the world and is currently listed as Endangered by IUCN. In November and December 2006 we used two boats and line transect methods to surv[...]
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Julien Cucherousset, Auteur ;
Frédéric Santoul, Auteur ;
Jordi Figuerola, Auteur ;
Regis Cereghino, Auteur
We studied the patterns of commonness and rarity for one vertebrate (fish) and four freshwater insect taxa (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera and Coleoptera) in Southwestern France (57,000 km(2)), and we analysed the relationships between t[...]
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Bhim Gurung, Auteur ;
James L. David Smith, Auteur ;
Charles McDougal, Auteur ;
Jhamak B. Karki, Auteur ;
Adam Barlow, Auteur
Human-killing is the ultimate expression of human-tiger conflict. It is a complex issue that needs to be addressed to maintain support for tiger (Panthera tigris) conservation in areas where human-killing is prevalent. This research was undertak[...]
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A. S. Freeman, Auteur ;
F. T. Short, Auteur ;
I. Isnain, Auteur ;
F. A. Razak, Auteur ;
R. G. Coles, Auteur
Seagrass meadows are susceptible to coastal environmental impacts and serve as early indicators of system-wide degradation, Two SeagrassNet monitoring sites were established in Sabah (Malaysia) in 2001 in the Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park: on[...]
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K. A. Witzenberger, Auteur ;
A. Hochkirch, Auteur
Animal relocations have become a common tool in nature conservation, but the genetic consequences of such projects have rarely been studied in insects. As both natural and artificial formation of new populations may lead to genetic drift (founde[...]
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Uffe Strandby, Auteur ;
Carsten Smith Olsen, Auteur
Trade may be an important factor driving over-exploitation of endangered species. Often, however, there are fundamental gaps in our knowledge of such trade: how are market chains structured and how do they operate? What drives demand? This paper[...]
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Richard B. Primack, Auteur ;
Rob Marrs, Auteur
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Gabriela Cardozo, Auteur ;
Margarita Chiaraviglio, Auteur
Many wild reptile species are threatened by habitat loss. However, the way in which changes in landscape patterns influence intraspecific ecological processes is not completely understood. Boa constrictor occidentalis is an endangered species an[...]
