| Titre : | Biological Conservation 143(1) - JAN 2010 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
Vanessa Stelzenmueller, Auteur ;
Jim R. Ellis, Auteur ;
Stuart I. Rogers, Auteur
Management of human activities in the marine environment increasingly requires spatially explicit risk assessments that link the occurrence and magnitude of a pressure to information on the sensitivity of the environment. We developed a marine s[...]
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Jeffrey C. Mangel, Auteur ;
Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto, Auteur ;
Koen Van Waerebeek, Auteur ;
Celia Caceres, Auteur ;
Stuart Bearhop, Auteur ;
Matthew J. Witt, Auteur ;
Brendan J. Godley, Auteur
We detail the first direct, at sea monitoring of small cetacean interactions with Peruvian artisanal drift gillnet and longline fisheries. A total of 253 small cetaceans were captured during 66 monitored fishing trips (Gillnet: 46 trips; Longlin[...]
Article
George F. Wilhere, Auteur ;
Mark Goering, Auteur
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Nicola Koper, Auteur ;
Kristin E. Mozel, Auteur ;
Darcy C. Henderson, Auteur
Tall-grass prairies are a critically endangered ecosystem in North America. Our objectives were to evaluate potential roles of prairie patch structure (defined in terms of prairie patch area, matrix type, and edge effects) in explaining changes [...]
Article
Henrik Broseth, Auteur ;
Oystein Flagstad, Auteur ;
Cecilia Wardig, Auteur ;
Malin Johansson, Auteur ;
Hans Ellegren, Auteur
Noninvasive genetic monitoring has the potential to estimate vital rates essential for conservation and management of many species. In a long-term genetic capture-mark-recapture study using scats we evaluated temporal variation in adult survival[...]
Article
Lochran W. Traill, Auteur ;
Barry W. Brook, Auteur ;
Richard R. Frankham, Auteur ;
Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Auteur
To ensure both long-term persistence and evolutionary potential, the required number of individuals in a population often greatly exceeds the targets proposed by conservation management. We critically review minimum population size requirements [...]
Article
Petra Lindemann-Matthies, Auteur ;
Xenia Junge, Auteur ;
Diethart Matthies, Auteur
The conservation of biodiversity critically depends on the value that humans attach to it. Apart from an ecological and economic value, an aesthetic value has often been assigned to biodiversity. However, it is not known whether lay people appre[...]
Article
Miguel Ângelo Marini, Auteur ;
Morgane Barbet-Massin, Auteur ;
Jaime Martinez, Auteur ;
Nemora P. Prestes, Auteur ;
Frédéric Jiguet, Auteur
The Red-spectacled Amazon (Amazona pretrei) is an endangered, small range and migratory parrot threatened by habitat destruction and pet trade. We modelled its geographical distribution with the objective of predicting its historical, current an[...]
Article
Pati Vitt, Auteur ;
Kayri Havens, Auteur ;
Andrea T. Kramer, Auteur ;
David Sollenberger, Auteur ;
Emily Yates, Auteur
Rapid climate change has the potential to alter the location of bioclimatic envelopes for a significant portion of the world's flora. Plant species will respond variously via phenotypic plasticity, evolutionary adaptation, migration, or extincti[...]
Article
Andres Baeza, Auteur ;
Cristián F. Estades, Auteur
Protected areas are the most important tool for the conservation of biodiversity. However. many species are area-demanding and their populations seldom meet their space requirements in reserves. In this context, the unprotected exterior becomes [...]
Article
Francesco de Bello, Auteur ;
Sandra Lavorel, Auteur ;
Pille Gerhold, Auteur ;
Ulle Reier, Auteur ;
Meelis Partel, Auteur
Comprehensive and standardized biodiversity monitoring schemes are needed to build scientifically sound decision-making tools for biodiversity conservation. Based on a thorough review of published literature, we propose a novel biodiversity moni[...]
Article
Marieke Lettink, Auteur ;
Grant Norbury, Auteur ;
Alison Cree, Auteur ;
Philip J. Seddon, Auteur ;
Richard P. Duncan, Auteur ;
Carl J. Schwarz, Auteur
Exotic predators can have detrimental impacts on indigenous fauna. Lethal predator control is commonly used to reduce predator impacts, but is not always feasible, effective or ethical. A promising non-lethal alternative is refuge supplementatio[...]
Article
Clinton N. Jenkins, Auteur ;
Lucas Joppa, Auteur
Article
Grant Brearley, Auteur ;
Adrian Bradley, Auteur ;
Sarah Bell, Auteur ;
Clive McAlpine, Auteur
The primary impacts of urban development on biodiversity are loss and fragmentation of habitat, and changes in the structure, composition and function of remnant native ecosystems. Forest dependent species, including arboreal mammals, are partic[...]
Article
Daniel B. Segan, Auteur ;
Josie Carwardine, Auteur ;
Carissa Klein, Auteur ;
Hedley Grantham, Auteur ;
Robert L. Pressey, Auteur
Article
Chris A. M. Van Turnhout, Auteur ;
Ruud P. B. Foppen, Auteur ;
Rob S. E. W. Leuven, Auteur ;
Arco van Strien, Auteur ;
Henk Siepel, Auteur
Predicting relative extinction risks of animals has become a major challenge in conservation biology. Identifying life-history and ecological traits related to the decline of species helps understand what causes population decreases and sets pri[...]
Article
Anthony Amend, Auteur ;
Zhendong Fang, Auteur ;
Cui Yi, Auteur ;
Will C. McClatchey, Auteur
Matsutake mushrooms are among the most prized and expensive mushrooms on earth. Since the 1980s NW Yunnan Province has become the largest exporter of Matsutake in China, and money from their sale has become crucial to local livelihoods and to th[...]
Article
Yolanda van Heezik, Auteur ;
Amber Smyth, Auteur ;
Amy Adams, Auteur ;
Joanna Gordon, Auteur
We assessed the impact of domestic cats on population persistence of native and exotic urban bird populations using a model adjusted for habitat-specific catch rates, cat ownership and hunting activity data. GPS-derived home ranges of 32 cats an[...]
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Plantation rows as dispersal routes: A test with didelphid marsupials in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil
Jayme A. Prevedello, Auteur ;
Marcus V. Vieira, Auteur
Anecdotal observations suggest that some vertebrates follow plantation rows when crossing between habitat patches in fragmented landscapes, but the frequency of such behavior was never formally tested despite its potential implications for lands[...]
Article
Heiko U. Wittmer, Auteur ;
Robert N. M. Ahrens, Auteur ;
Bruce N. McLellan, Auteur
Population viability analyses (PVA) are frequently employed to develop recovery plans and inform management of endangered species. Translating results from PVA into meaningful management recommendations often depends on an understanding of how p[...]
Article
Mark N. H. Seabrook-Davison, Auteur ;
Weihong J. Ji, Auteur ;
Dianne H. Brunton, Auteur
in terms of managing biodiversity, a third of the land area of New Zealand is included in a conservation estate of national parks, reserves and sanctuaries. Administration of this large natural heritage asset is by 13 separate Department of Cons[...]
Article
Kendi F. Davies, Auteur ;
Brett A. Melbourne, Auteur ;
Craig D. James, Auteur ;
Ross B. Cunningham, Auteur
The expansion of the artificial water-point network and livestock grazing in and and semi-arid Australia has significantly increased access to water by water limited herbivores and thus has potential to seriously negatively affect the unique end[...]
Article
Gustavo M. Martins, Auteur ;
Richard C. Thompson, Auteur ;
Ana I. Neto, Auteur ;
Stephen J. Hawkins, Auteur ;
Stuart R. Jenkins, Auteur
It is widely recognised that microhabitats are important for a variety of marine organisms, yet this knowledge has rarely been applied in the construction of engineered structures as a means of enhancing biodiversity or populations of species at[...]
Article
Rohan J. Bilney, Auteur ;
Raylene Cooke, Auteur ;
John G. White, Auteur
In Australia, numerous small mammal species have suffered extinction or severe declines in distribution and abundance following European settlement. The extent of these declines from forested areas of southeastern Australia, however, remains poo[...]
Article
A. Majic, Auteur ;
A. J. Bath, Auteur
Against a background of an evolving wolf policy process we carried out personal structured interviews with residents of three regions within Croatian wolf range in 1999 (n = 1209) and repeated the study, using the same methodology in 2003 (n = 1[...]
Article
Derric N. Pennington, Auteur ;
James R. Hansel, Auteur ;
David L. Gorchov, Auteur
Understanding how urban land-use structure contributes to the abundance and diversity of riparian woody species can inform management and conservation efforts. Yet, previous studies have focused on broad-scale (e.g., urban to exurban) land-use t[...]
Article
Robert Steinmetz, Auteur ;
Wanlop Chutipong, Auteur ;
Naret Seuaturien, Auteur ;
Erb Chirngsaard, Auteur ;
Montri Khaengkhetkarn, Auteur
Large ungulate populations in Southeast Asia have collapsed due to commercial poaching, but little is known about patterns of population recovery after poaching has been controlled. Using a sign-based index of abundance, we measured 6-year trend[...]
Article
Marieke M. van Katwijk, Auteur ;
Arthur R. Bos, Auteur ;
Peer Kennis, Auteur ;
Rob de Vries, Auteur
A semi-annual eelgrass (Zostera marina L) population became extinct in 2004. it had flourished for many decades at Terschelling in the western Wadden Sea, one of the most eutrophied locations where seagrass growth has been recorded. Semi-annual [...]
Article
Clifton S. Meek, Auteur ;
David M. Richardson, Auteur ;
Ladislav Mucina, Auteur
Riparian zones are important for the many ecosystem services they supply. In settled areas, the vegetation of such zones is shaped by human land-use; this often creates conditions under which alien plant species thrive. Alien plants have been sh[...]
Article
Patricia J. Faria, Auteur ;
Cock van Oosterhout, Auteur ;
Joanne Cable, Auteur
Reintroduction of captive-bred individuals for supplementation or re-establishment of wild populations has become increasingly important to prevent the extinction of many endangered species. Despite the importance of reintroductions for conserva[...]
Article
Stuart H. M. Butchart, Auteur ;
Jeremy P. Bird, Auteur
Species are classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List if there is inadequate information to make an assessment of their extinction risk based on distribution and/or population status. Data Deficient is probably the most controversial and[...]
Article
C. A. Portillo-Quintero, Auteur ;
G. A. Sanchez-Azofeifa, Auteur
This paper shows the results of an assessment on the current extent of Neotropical dry forests based on a supervised classification of MODIS surface reflectance imagery at 500-m resolution. Our findings show that tropical dry forests extend for [...]
Article
Lauren Coad, Auteur ;
Neil D. Burgess, Auteur ;
Colby Loucks, Auteur ;
Lucy Fish, Auteur ;
Joern P. W. Scharlemann, Auteur ;
Lisa Duarte, Auteur ;
Charles Besancon, Auteur
