| Titre : | Biological Conservation 142(7) - JUL 2009 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
Fabio M. V. Carvalho, Auteur ;
Paulo De Marco Junior, Auteur ;
Laerte G. Ferreira, Auteur
Habitat fragmentation and land conversion by humans for agricultural purposes are constant threats to conservation of biodiversity in the Cerrado biome. These landscapes dominated by agricultural activities became dynamic mosaics, which are form[...]
Article
James C. Russell, Auteur ;
Jamie W. B. Mackay, Auteur ;
Jawad Abdelkrim, Auteur
Introduced pests threaten many species and their control is generally beneficial for conservation, particularly on islands where complete eradication is possible. Unfortunately on 'nearshore' islands neighbouring source populations exist and una[...]
Article
R. B. Sage, Auteur ;
M. I. A. Woodburn, Auteur ;
R. A. H. Draycott, Auteur ;
A. N. Hoodless, Auteur ;
S. Clarke, Auteur
On farms where shooting takes place, hedgerows leading from woodlands with release pens are often used by pheasants as corridors for accessing game crops. We compared shrub and ground flora structure and species composition in hedges near to and[...]
Article
Antoine Nappi, Auteur ;
Pierre Drapeau, Auteur
The black-backed woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) is considered a fire specialist throughout its breeding range. Given its high abundance in recent burns, it has been hypothesized that post-fire forests are source habitats for this species. We con[...]
Article
Takumi Akasaka, Auteur ;
Daisuke Nakano, Auteur ;
Futoshi Nakamura, Auteur
To conserve the foraging habitat of Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) in a large lowland river, we investigated the influence on this bat of prey variables (number or biomass) and insect origin (aquatic or terrestrial). We tested the hypothes[...]
Article
Christopher Neill, Auteur ;
Maira Ometto Bezerra, Auteur ;
Richard McHorney, Auteur ;
Claire B. O'Dea, Auteur
Buried seeds that germinate during periods of low water or water level drawdown can play important roles in shaping plant community composition, community dynamics and species richness in ecosystems with fluctuating water levels. Northeastern US[...]
Article
Berta Martin-Lopez, Auteur ;
Carlos Montes, Auteur ;
Lucia Ramirez, Auteur ;
Javier Benayas, Auteur
While many countries have developed and expanded efforts to sustain and enhance the protection of biodiversity, the effectiveness of such programs, as well as the manner in which funds are distributed, has been questioned. We examined funding al[...]
Article
Ramunas Zydelis, Auteur ;
Jochen Bellebaum, Auteur ;
Henrik Osterblom, Auteur ;
Markus Vetemaa, Auteur ;
Bernd Schirmeister, Auteur ;
Antra Stipniece, Auteur ;
Mindaugas Dagys, Auteur ;
Mennobart van Eerden, Auteur ;
Stefan Garthe, Auteur
Bird mortality in fishing gear is a global conservation issue and it is recognised that bycatch in industrial longline and trawl fisheries threatens several seabird species. Little is known however about the effects of bycatch in small-scale gil[...]
Article
Dawid Moron, Auteur ;
Magdalena Lenda, Auteur ;
Piotr Skorka, Auteur ;
Hajnalka Szentgyorgyi, Auteur ;
Josef Settele, Auteur ;
Michal Woyciechowski, Auteur
The increasing spread of invasive alien plants has changed biodiversity throughout the world. To date research in this area has focused on how invasive plant species affect pollinator behaviour, but there is a lack of data on the impact that ali[...]
Article
X. Leng, Auteur ;
C. J. M. Musters, Auteur ;
G. R. de Snoo, Auteur
Recently it has become clear that seed limitation is probably a much more important factor in plant recovery than has often been recognized. However, in practice, restoration measures that are focussed on decreasing site limitation may actually [...]
Article
Franziska C. Sandmeier, Auteur ;
C. Richard Tracy, Auteur ;
Sally duPre, Auteur ;
Kenneth Hunter, Auteur
The relationships between Mycoplasma agassizii, a causative agent of upper respiratory disease (URTD), and desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), generally illustrate the complexities of disease dynamics in wild vertebrate populations. In this re[...]
Article
Marcela Suarez-Rubio, Auteur ;
John R. Thomlinson, Auteur
As human population continues to increase and intensification of human land use escalates, it is important to address the role of urban forest patches in supporting bird communities. We related bird species richness and community assemblage to l[...]
Article
Michael Bode, Auteur ;
Clare Hawkins, Auteur ;
Tracy Rout, Auteur ;
Brendan Wintle, Auteur
Conservation management actions and decisions are often defined by the location of ecological boundaries, for example, the present range of invasive or threatened species. The position of these boundaries can be cryptic, and managers must theref[...]
Article
Rob Williams, Auteur ;
Len Thomas, Auteur
Top predators are often rare, subject to anthropogenic mortality, and possess life-history traits that make them inherently vulnerable to extinction. IUCN criteria recognise populations as Critically Endangered when abundance is
Article
Christopher J. Ellis, Auteur ;
Brian J. Coppins, Auteur
Recent concern over human-induced climate warming has activated bioclimatic research projecting the species-response to climate change scenarios. However, climate change is one of a range of human-induced environmental drivers controlling biodiv[...]
Article
Lauren S. Urgenson, Auteur ;
Sarah H. Reichard, Auteur ;
Charles B. Halpern, Auteur
The invasive, non-native herb, giant knotweed (Polygonum sachalinense), is becoming increasingly common in riparian corridors throughout North America and Europe. Despite its prevalence, there has been limited study of its ecological impacts. We[...]
Article
Carissa J. Klein, Auteur ;
Kerrie A. Wilson, Auteur ;
Matthew Watts, Auteur ;
Janet Stein, Auteur ;
Josie Carwardine, Auteur ;
Brendan Mackey, Auteur ;
Hugh P. Possingham, Auteur
There is considerable discussion about the relative importance of conserving high quality wilderness areas (i.e. large and intact landscapes) versus conserving areas with high biodiversity values. Places that are needed to achieve one aspect of [...]
Article
Erwann Lagabrielle, Auteur ;
Mathieu Rouget, Auteur ;
Karine Payet, Auteur ;
Nokuthula Wistebaar, Auteur ;
Laurent Durieux, Auteur ;
Stephane Baret, Auteur ;
Amanda Lombard, Auteur ;
Dominique Strasberg, Auteur
Over the last century, island biodiversity has become one of the most threatened in the world. Although many island conservation plans address biodiversity requirements at the species level, few plans address the spatial requirements of the biod[...]
Article
Arian D. Wallach, Auteur ;
Adam J. O'Neill, Auteur
Article
Sarah F. Jackson, Auteur ;
Kevin Walker, Auteur ;
Kevin J. Gaston, Auteur
The establishment and maintenance of a system of protected areas is central to regional and global strategies for the conservation of biodiversity. The current global trend towards human population growth and widespread environmental degradation[...]
Article
Amanda L. Subalusky, Auteur ;
Lee A. Fitzgerald, Auteur ;
Lora L. Smith, Auteur
Individual animals undergoing ontogenetic shifts in habitat use may establish a mobile link between discrete ecosystems via movement of energy, nutrients and matter, as well as through impacts on ecosystem and habitat structure. The American All[...]
Article
Hjalmar S. Kuehl, Auteur ;
Christian Nzeingui, Auteur ;
Stephane Le Duc Yeno, Auteur ;
Bas Huijbregts, Auteur ;
Christophe Boesch, Auteur ;
Peter D. Walsh, Auteur
Hunting is the major driver of large mammal decline in Central African forests. in slowly reproducing species even low hunting pressure leaves spatial gradients with wildlife density increasing with distance from transport routes and human settl[...]
Article
Belinda Low, Auteur ;
Siva R. Sundaresan, Auteur ;
Ilya R. Fischhoff, Auteur ;
Daniel I. Rubenstein, Auteur
Setting wildlife conservation priorities and determining how to meet them is challenging, particularly when policy decisions made at large scales need to be informed by a diversity of local conditions. The persistence of species that range widel[...]
Article
Nisikawa Usio, Auteur ;
Rui Kamiyama, Auteur ;
Azumi Saji, Auteur ;
Noriko Takamura, Auteur
The invasive signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) may undergo ontogenetic diet shifts with increasing size, but the consequences of crayfish size-structure changes for aquatic food webs are little known. We evaluated size-dependent impacts[...]
Article
Irene Mendoza, Auteur ;
Regino Zamora, Auteur ;
Jorge Castro, Auteur
As a result of historical and ecological factors, woody-plant communities are composed of species with different biogeographic origins that presumably diverge in their ability to recruit under variable environments. The aim of this study is to e[...]
Article
David A. Keith, Auteur ;
Corinna Orscheg, Auteur ;
Christopher C. Simpson, Auteur ;
Peter J. Clarke, Auteur ;
Lesley Hughes, Auteur ;
Steven J. Kennelly, Auteur ;
Richard E. Major, Auteur ;
Todd R. Soderquist, Auteur ;
Andrea L. Wilson, Auteur ;
Michael Bedward, Auteur
The pace and magnitude of biodiversity loss has led to wide recognition that efforts to conserve individual species must be complemented by assessment and planning at community and ecosystem levels. Emerging protocols for assessing the conservat[...]
Article
Mo Fatemi, Auteur ;
C. L. Gross, Auteur
Wind-facilitated migration of new genotypes into small, geographically disjunct populations should buffer them against local extinction. Bertya ingramii, a monoecious, wind-pollinated shrub, is restricted to three populations in a 4 km(2) area i[...]
Article
Elke Schuettler, Auteur ;
Reinhard Klenke, Auteur ;
Steven McGehee, Auteur ;
Ricardo Rozzi, Auteur ;
Kurt Jax, Auteur
Biological invasions constitute one of the most important threats to biodiversity. This is especially true for "naive" birds that have evolved in the absence of terrestrial predators in island ecosystems. The American mink (Mustela vison) has re[...]
Article
Aline Kuehl, Auteur ;
Natasha Balinova, Auteur ;
Elena Bykova, Auteur ;
Yuri N. Arylov, Auteur ;
Alexander Esipov, Auteur ;
Anna A. Lushchekina, Auteur ;
E. J. Milner-Gulland, Auteur
Effective conservation of exploited species requires an understanding of the motivations experienced by resource users. When use is illegal, it can be particularly difficult to distinguish users from non-users. The attitudes of local people are [...]
Article
Lisa M. Schloegel, Auteur ;
Angela M. Picco, Auteur ;
A. Marm Kilpatrick, Auteur ;
Angela J. Davies, Auteur ;
Alex D. Hyatt, Auteur ;
Peter Daszak, Auteur
Amphibians are globally threatened by anthropogenic habitat loss, the wildlife trade and emerging diseases. Previous authors have hypothesized that the spread of the amphibian disease chytridiomycosis (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) and amphibi[...]
Article
Jennifer M. Psyllakis, Auteur ;
Michael P. Gillingham, Auteur
Forest managers require an understanding of how vertebrate species respond and persist within the dynamics of changing forest environments so that management strategies can retain and recruit structural aspects necessary for the persistence of p[...]
Article
Dolors Armenteras, Auteur ;
Nelly Rodriguez, Auteur ;
Javier Retana, Auteur
There is general agreement regarding the importance of analysing the territories' roles under different biodiversity management figures in order to support better decision making in the management of natural resources in tropical countries. in t[...]
