| Titre : | Biological Conservation 143(6) - JUN 2010 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Craig A. DeMars, Auteur ;
Daniel K. Rosenberg, Auteur ;
Joseph B. Fontaine, Auteur
With recent emphasis on sustainable agriculture, conservation of native biota within agricultural systems has become a priority. Remnant trees have been hypothesized to increase biological diversity in agro-ecosystems. We investigated how remnan[...]
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Konjev Desender, Auteur ;
Wouter Dekoninck, Auteur ;
Marc Dufrene, Auteur ;
Dirk Maes, Auteur
Twenty years ago, Desender and Turin (1989) analysed the changes in the composition of carabid beetles in four NW European countries between the periods
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Ruchira Somaweera, Auteur ;
Nilusha Somaweera, Auteur ;
Richard Shine, Auteur
Members of the general public interact with wildlife in many ways, and an inability to distinguish between species can have significant implications for conservation. For example, attempts by environmentally-concerned private citizens to control[...]
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Caroline A. Sullivan, Auteur ;
Micheline Sheehy Skeffington, Auteur ;
Mike J. Gormally, Auteur ;
John A. Finn, Auteur
The identification and protection of High Nature Value (HNV) farmland is an objective of the European Rural Development policy which has yet to be met by Member States. Remote sensing and models based on farm statistics are commonly used to iden[...]
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X. Leng, Auteur ;
C. J. M. Musters, Auteur ;
G. R. de Snoo, Auteur
The issue of what conservation strategies to apply in agricultural landscape for the most effective protection of biodiversity has been debated for some years. The creation and maintenance of nature reserves is often hampered by both ecological [...]
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Ondine Filippi-Codaccioni, Auteur ;
Vincent Devictor, Auteur ;
Yves Bas, Auteur ;
Romain Julliard, Auteur
In order to face the large and worrying biodiversity decline in agricultural landscapes, important policy instruments like agri-environmental schemes (AES) have been implemented. Studies that have examined the ecological effects of AES are now n[...]
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Robert Arlinghaus, Auteur ;
Shuichi Matsumura, Auteur ;
Ulf Dieckmann, Auteur
Traditional fisheries management theory supports aggressive exploitation of old and large fish to maximize a stock's biomass production and yield. Here we present an age-structured fish population model with multidimensional density-dependence t[...]
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Colin A. Simpfendorfer, Auteur ;
Tonya R. Wiley, Auteur ;
Beau G. Yeiser, Auteur
Understanding the movement and habitat use patterns of threatened species is essential to effective conservation planning. Modern tracking techniques such as active tracking and passive acoustic monitoring can be useful tools in elucidating this[...]
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Alba Ardura, Auteur ;
Ana Rosa Linde, Auteur ;
Josino C. Moreira, Auteur ;
Eva Garcia-Vazquez, Auteur
DNA barcoding is used to assign a biological specimen to a species. DNA-based procedure has become the preferred forensic tool for criminal prosecution in cases involving the sale of incorrectly identified food. The aim of this work was to devel[...]
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S. Jha, Auteur ;
J. H. Vandermeer, Auteur
Though it is undoubted that tropical bees are influenced by habitat composition, few studies have investigated the relative importance of both local and landscape-level habitat parameters in supporting large and diverse bee communities. The cons[...]
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Carlos Carroll, Auteur
Although well-studied vertebrates such as the Northern Spotted Owl (NSO) are often used as focal species in regional conservation plans, range shifts associated with climate change may compromise this role. I used the Maxent (maximum entropy) me[...]
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Joern Fischer, Auteur ;
Jenny Stott, Auteur ;
Bradley S. Law, Auteur
Scattered trees are declining in agricultural landscapes worldwide. They are considered keystone structures because their effect on ecosystem functioning is believed to be disproportionate relative to the small area occupied by any individual tr[...]
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Mingxia Zhang, Auteur ;
John R. Fellowes, Auteur ;
Xuelong Jiang, Auteur ;
Wei Wang, Auteur ;
Bosco P. L. Chan, Auteur ;
Guopeng Ren, Auteur ;
Jianguo Zhu, Auteur
The Hainan gibbon (Nomascus hainanus) is one of the most endangered primates in the world, confined to mature natural forest in Hainan Island, China. We assessed changes in habitat condition on the island between 1991 and 2008, using vegetation [...]
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Adriana Herrera-Montes, Auteur ;
Nicholas Brokaw, Auteur
In some areas of the tropics forests are recovering on abandoned cattle pastures. These secondary forests may be important habitats for conserving biodiversity, but we know little about their species composition over the long term. We studied he[...]
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Satoshi Chiba, Auteur
Although a large number of studies have shown that rats have a serious effect on island ecosystems, questions remain regarding how their invasion alters native species diversity and assemblage patterns on islands. In particular, a long history o[...]
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Antoine Fouquet, Auteur ;
Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Auteur ;
Amanda Haigh, Auteur ;
Neil Gemmell, Auteur
Leiopelma hochstetteri is an endangered New Zealand frog now confined to isolated populations scattered across the North Island. A better understanding of its past, current and predicted future environmental suitability will contribute to its co[...]
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Anu Sang, Auteur ;
Tiit Teder, Auteur ;
Aveliina Helm, Auteur ;
Meelis Paertel, Auteur
Habitat loss often leads to a substantial decline in species richness. However, the extinction of species is typically not instant, but rather involves a time lag. Species richness in recently disturbed habitats is therefore expected to reflect [...]
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Charles J. Marsh, Auteur ;
Owen T. Lewis, Auteur ;
Ishaka Said, Auteur ;
Robert M. Ewers, Auteur
The Comoro Islands are a hotspot of endemicity and are of global conservation importance. However, despite rapid and ongoing loss of the remaining natural forest habitats, no terrestrial protected areas have been established. Here, we investigat[...]
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Michael Powell, Auteur ;
Arnon Accad, Auteur ;
Mike P. Austin, Auteur ;
Samantha Low Choy, Auteur ;
Kristen J. Williams, Auteur ;
Alison Shapcott, Auteur
Habitat models are widely used in ecology, however there are relatively few studies of rare species, primarily because of a paucity of survey records and lack of robust means of assessing accuracy of modelled spatial predictions. We investigated[...]
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Odile T. Bruggisser, Auteur ;
Martin H. Schmidt-Entling, Auteur ;
Sven Bacher, Auteur
In annual crops, where disturbance intensities are generally high, numerous investigations demonstrated beneficial effects of organic and other extensive farming practices on biodiversity. It is however unclear if organic farming has the same be[...]
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Jessie L. Knowlton, Auteur ;
Catherine H. Graham, Auteur
Climate change and habitat destruction are widely recognized as major threats to species' survival. As a result of these anthropogenic impacts, species are often forced into novel landscapes where their persistence is difficult to predict. Knowl[...]
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Andrzej Zalewski, Auteur ;
Aleksandra Michalska-Parda, Auteur ;
Magdalena Bartoszewicz, Auteur ;
Michal Kozakiewicz, Auteur ;
Marcin Brzeziński, Auteur
Genetic diversity of feral and ranch American mink was studied in order to understand the processes of invasion and the possible influence of multiple introductions on the feral mink population in Poland. Tissue samples obtained from feral mink [...]
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Saija Sirkia, Auteur ;
Andreas Linden, Auteur ;
Pekka Helle, Auteur ;
Ari Nikula, Auteur ;
Jonas Knape, Auteur ;
Harto Linden, Auteur
In Finland, Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) populations have a history of serious decrease starting from the mid-20th century. The decline is temporally in line with the expansion of modern forestry practices that created major changes in the la[...]
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MOLLY J. DICKENS, Auteur ;
David J. Delehanty, Auteur ;
L. Michael Romero, Auteur
As the number and diversity of animal species meriting conservation intervention increases, improving the success of translocation efforts is vital and understanding the role of physiological stress in translocation failure is essential. Though [...]
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David B. Lindenmayer, Auteur ;
Gene E. Likens, Auteur
We provide a broad overview of the underlying philosophy of ecological monitoring. We argue that the major characteristics of effective monitoring programs typically include: (1) Good questions. (2) A conceptual model of an ecosystem or populati[...]
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Ana Benítez-López, Auteur ;
Rob Alkemade, Auteur ;
Pita A. Verweij, Auteur
Biodiversity is being lost at an increased rate as a result of human activities. One of the major threats to biodiversity is infrastructural development. We used meta-analyses to study the effects of infrastructure proximity on mammal and bird p[...]
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Alberto Prado, Auteur ;
Julie A. Hawkins, Auteur ;
Chris Yesson, Auteur ;
Rolando T. Barcenas, Auteur
The Baja California Peninsula is home to 85 species of cacti, of which
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Perrine Gauthier, Auteur ;
Max Debussche, Auteur ;
John D. Thompson, Auteur
We propose a method to establish regional-level priorities for plant species that is based on three criteria. These involve two main criteria associated with species rarity, (a) small range size and thus regional responsibility and (b) low popul[...]
