| Titre : | Biological Conservation 142(4) - APR 2009 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Bao-Qiang Huang, Auteur ;
Yang-Na Sun, Auteur ;
Xiao-Hong Yu, Auteur ;
Yi-Bo Luo, Auteur ;
Michael J. Hutchings, Auteur ;
Si-Yuan Tang, Auteur
Although edge effects often significantly alter abiotic habitat variables, and the performance and behaviour of plant and animal species, they are rarely taken into account when designing nature reserves or managing the movement of visitors with[...]
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T. M. Caro, Auteur ;
C. R. Young, Auteur ;
A. E. Cauldwell, Auteur ;
D. D. E. Brown, Auteur
We apply an age- and stage-structured model incorporating varying harem sizes, paternal care and infanticide to examine the effect of hunting on sustainability of populations. Compared to standard carnivore and herbivore models, these models pro[...]
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Triin Reitalu, Auteur ;
Martin T. Sykes, Auteur ;
Lotten J. Johansson, Auteur ;
Mikael Lonn, Auteur ;
Karin Hall, Auteur ;
Marie Vandewalle, Auteur ;
Honor C. Prentice, Auteur
The study explores whether small-scale species diversity, species evenness and species richness in semi-natural grassland communities are similarly associated with present management regime and/or present and historical landscape context (percen[...]
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Jessica Hillen, Auteur ;
Andreas Kiefer, Auteur ;
Michael Veith, Auteur
Information about the spatial distribution of individual foraging habitats, which determines the space required by a population to be viable, is vitally important for the conservation of bats. Detailed knowledge of this kind is crucial for the d[...]
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Kris Van Looy, Auteur ;
Hans Jacquemyn, Auteur ;
Peter Breyne, Auteur ;
Olivier Honnay, Auteur
River regulation results in the disconnection and increased fragmentation of habitats in the river corridor. In this study, we investigated the within-population genetic variability and among-population genetic differentiation of 21 populations [...]
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Pati Vitt, Auteur ;
Kayri Havens, Auteur ;
Bruce E. Kendall, Auteur ;
Tiffany M. Knight, Auteur
The objective of grassland management is to maintain keystone species, as well as species diversity, to promote a particular community structure, or to preserve specific ecosystem processes. Studies of grassland management rarely ascertain the e[...]
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American mink control on inland rivers in southern England: An experimental test of a model strategy
Lauren A. Harrington, Auteur ;
Andrew L. Harrington, Auteur ;
Tom Moorhouse, Auteur ;
Merryl Gelling, Auteur ;
Laura Bonesi, Auteur ;
David W. Macdonald, Auteur
Invasive species are an important driver of global biodiversity loss. Under international legislation, the UK has an obligation to eradicate or to control the alien, invasive American mink. Using a large-scale field experiment, we tested the eff[...]
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Hana Habrova, Auteur ;
Zdenek Cermak, Auteur ;
Jindrich Paulis, Auteur
Age determination of tropical trees, and monocotyledons in general, is not an easy task. Representatives of the Dracaena genus have survived in woodlands on dry margins of the Tethys tropical forest since the Tertiary Period. Here we present ana[...]
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Luis Reino, Auteur ;
Pedro Beja, Auteur ;
Patrick E. Osborne, Auteur ;
Rui Morgado, Auteur ;
Antonio Fabiao, Auteur ;
John T. Rotenberry, Auteur
Afforestation often causes direct habitat losses for farmland birds of conservation concern, but it is uncertain whether negative effects also extend significantly into adjacent open land. Information is thus required on how these species react [...]
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Karen N. Fischer, Auteur ;
Robert M. Suryan, Auteur ;
Daniel D. Roby, Auteur ;
Gregory R. Balogh, Auteur
We integrated satellite-tracking data from black-footed albatrosses (Phoebastria nigripes; n = 7) and Laysan albatrosses captured in Alaska (Phoebastria immutabilis; n = 18) with data on fishing effort and distribution from commercial fisheries [...]
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Carolyn M. King, Auteur ;
Roderick M. McDonald, Auteur ;
Ross D. Martin, Auteur ;
Todd Dennis, Auteur
We conducted two field experiments to explore the reactions of feral ferrets (Mustela furo) to traps and bait dispensers set on pastoral farmland in central North Island, New Zealand. First, in 2004 we showed that only six of 13 radio-collared f[...]
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Rob Williams, Auteur ;
David Lusseau, Auteur ;
Philip S. Hammond, Auteur
Protected areas are often proposed as tools for conserving endangered populations of marine megafauna. Our study area includes a voluntary no-entry reserve embedded within wider critical habitat for Threatened 'northern resident' killer whales u[...]
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Kym M. Ottewell, Auteur ;
Steve C. Donnellan, Auteur ;
Andrew J. Lowe, Auteur ;
David C. Paton, Auteur
Scattered trees are set to be lost from agricultural landscapes within the next century without sustained effort to increase recruitment. Thus, understanding the reproductive dynamics of scattered tree populations will be critical in determining[...]
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William Olupot, Auteur
With tropical forests under increased pressure from fragmentation and nascent effects of climate change, it is imperative to reliably predict change for timely reduction of impacts. This depends on measuring the right variables and analyzing the[...]
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Stefan Hajkowicz, Auteur ;
Andrew Higgins, Auteur ;
Craig Miller, Auteur ;
Oswald Marinoni, Auteur
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Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, Auteur ;
Ryan Schacht, Auteur ;
Tim Caro, Auteur ;
Jacqueline Schacht, Auteur ;
Barnabas Caro, Auteur
Knowledge and attitudes of children towards wildlife and the environment were assessed through questionnaires given to 366 children in 9 schools in southwest Guyana. Children's responses revealed that they had a general knowledge of wildlife but[...]
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Florian Hartig, Auteur ;
Martin Drechsler, Auteur
Market-based instruments such as payments, auctions or tradable permits have been proposed as flexible and cost-effective instruments for biodiversity conservation on private lands. Trading the service of conservation requires one to define a me[...]
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Zoe G. Davies, Auteur ;
Richard A. Fuller, Auteur ;
Alison Loram, Auteur ;
Katherine N. Irvine, Auteur ;
Victoria Sims, Auteur ;
Kevin J. Gaston, Auteur
The human population is increasingly disconnected from nature due to urbanisation. To counteract this phenomenon, the UK government has been actively promoting wildlife gardening. However, the extent to which such activities are conducted and th[...]
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Deanna P. Rokich, Auteur ;
Jack Harma, Auteur ;
Shane R. Turner, Auteur ;
Rohan J. Sadler, Auteur ;
Beng H. Tan, Auteur
Five experiments were implemented to collect information related to the effects of fluazifop-p-butyl (active chemical in grass selective herbicides, Fusilade (R) and Fusilade Forte (TM)) on seed germination, seedling emergence, growth and health[...]
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Judith Sitters, Auteur ;
Ignas M. A. Heitkonig, Auteur ;
Milena Holmgren, Auteur ;
Gordon S. O. Ojwang', Auteur
Wild herbivore diversity and abundance have declined in African savannas for the past 20 years. Competition for forage resources between wild herbivore and livestock species might contribute to this decline, given habitat and diet overlap under [...]
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Sandra D. Mattfeldt, Auteur ;
Larissa L. Bailey, Auteur ;
Evan H. Campbell Grant, Auteur
Monitoring programs have the potential to identify population declines and differentiate among the possible cause(s) of these declines. Recent criticisms regarding the design of monitoring programs have highlighted a failure to clearly state obj[...]
