| Titre : | Biological Conservation 144(12) - DEC 2011 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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David Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Auteur ;
Bastian Bomhard, Auteur ;
Stuart H. M. Butchart, Auteur ;
Matthew N. Foster, Auteur
Through the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the world's governments recently adopted a target to protect "at least 17% of terrestrial and inland water areas" by 2020. One of the CBD's thematic programmes of work focuses on mountains, g[...]
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Richard B. Taylor, Auteur ;
Mark A. Morrison, Auteur ;
Nick T. Shears, Auteur
Local ecological knowledge is a potentially valuable, but mostly untapped, resource for evaluating decadal-scale shifts in abundances of organisms. In this study, recollections of long-term divers were quantified to assess changes in underwater [...]
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Jonah Piovia-Scott, Auteur ;
Karen L. Pope, Auteur ;
Sharon P. Lawler, Auteur ;
Esther M. Cole, Auteur ;
Janet E. Foley, Auteur
The fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which causes the disease chytridiomycosis, has been associated with declines and extinctions of montane amphibians worldwide. To gain insight into factors affecting its distribution and pr[...]
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Osmar J. Luiz, Auteur ;
Alasdair J. Edwards, Auteur
Detecting and determining the validity of local extinctions is an important conservation measure in order to uncover management failures. There are quantitative and qualitative methods that estimate extinction probability based on past sighting [...]
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A. O. Kamins, Auteur ;
O. Restif, Auteur ;
Y. Ntiamoa-baidu, Auteur ;
R. Suu-Ire, Auteur ;
D. T. S. Hayman, Auteur ;
A. A. Cunningham, Auteur ;
J. L. N. Wood, Auteur ;
J. M. Rowcliffe, Auteur
Harvesting, consumption and trade of bushmeat are important causes of both biodiversity loss and potential zoonotic disease emergence. In order to identify possible ways to mitigate these threats, it is essential to improve our understanding of [...]
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Oriol Lapiedra, Auteur ;
Anna Ponjoan, Auteur ;
Anna Gamero, Auteur ;
Gerard Bota, Auteur ;
Santi Mañosa, Auteur
Cereal pseudo-steppes hold the largest proportion of declining bird species in Europe. Understanding how this process of decline is driven is essential for designing adequate management practices. The little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) is one of suc[...]
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K. E. Moseby, Auteur ;
J. L. Read, Auteur ;
D. C. Paton, Auteur ;
P. Copley, Auteur ;
B. M. Hill, Auteur ;
H. A. Crisp, Auteur
Ten reintroduction attempts were conducted in and around the Arid Recovery Reserve in northern South Australia between 1998 and 2008. Five locally-extinct mammal species and one reptile species were reintroduced into a fenced Reserve where cats,[...]
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The objective was to test the application of a novel, non-destructive photo-method estimating the larval encystment of one of the highly threatened unionid mussels, the freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) on the gills of its ho[...]
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Todd C. Atwood, Auteur ;
Julie K. Young, Auteur ;
Jon P. Beckmann, Auteur ;
Stewart W. Breck, Auteur ;
Jennifer Fike, Auteur ;
Olin E. Rhodes, Auteur ;
Kirby D. Bristow, Auteur
Landscape features such as rivers, mountains, desert basins, roads, and impermeable man-made structures may influence dispersal and gene flow among populations, thereby creating spatial structure across the landscape. In the US-Mexico borderland[...]
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Therese M. Donovan, Auteur ;
Mark Freeman, Auteur ;
Hanem Abouelezz, Auteur ;
Kimberly Royar, Auteur ;
Alan Howard, Auteur ;
Ruth Mickey, Auteur
We demonstrate how home range and habitat use analysis can inform landscape-scale conservation planning for the bobcat, Lynx rufus, in Vermont USA. From 2005 to 2008, we outfitted fourteen bobcats with GPS collars that collected spatially explic[...]
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Niels Strange, Auteur ;
Bo Jellesmark Thorsen, Auteur ;
Jesper Bladt, Auteur ;
Kerrie A. Wilson, Auteur ;
Carsten Rahbek, Auteur
Biodiversity conservation policies focus on securing the survival of species and habitats according to their current distribution. This basic premise may be inappropriate for halting biodiversity decline under the dynamic changes caused by clima[...]
Article
Stephen M. Pawson, Auteur ;
Eckehard G. Brockerhoff, Auteur ;
Michael S. Watt, Auteur ;
Raphael K. Didham, Auteur
Forest management practices can be detrimental to the long-term persistence of native species in exotic tree plantations. Knowledge of population recovery times post-harvest and dispersal capabilities of native species are critical to the develo[...]
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A. P. Moller, Auteur ;
T. A. Mousseau, Auteur
The explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on 26 April 1986 released vast amounts of radioactive material over an area of 200,000 km(2) in eastern and central Europe, affecting all living organisms. The biological impacts including the c[...]
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Xingli Giam, Auteur ;
Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, Auteur ;
Sheema Abdul Aziz, Auteur ;
Kwek Yan Chong, Auteur ;
Jukka Miettinen, Auteur
Traditional biodiversity conservation approaches emphasize the protection of pristine forests. However, it has become increasingly difficult to secure large tracts of undisturbed forests, particularly in the developing tropics. This has led some[...]
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Enrico Caprio, Auteur ;
Dan E. Chamberlain, Auteur ;
Marco Isaia, Auteur ;
Antonio Rolando, Auteur
There is a paucity of research on the wider landscape-level effects of ski-piste construction on alpine fauna. In this study, the response of alpine bird communities to the landscape changes induced by the construction of ski-pistes was investig[...]
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Petra Dieker, Auteur ;
Claudia Drees, Auteur ;
Thorsten Assmann, Auteur
Uphill shifts of alpine species have been associated with climate warming; however, land-use change can act simultaneously. We surveyed two related alpine burnet moth species in the Pyrenees to determine whether there was an uphill shift in the [...]
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Sebastian Selge, Auteur ;
Anke Fischer, Auteur ;
Rene van der Wal, Auteur
The potential of invasive non-native species to modify ecosystems is well established. Yet, the resulting visibility of the field of invasion biology and its growing influence on policy decisions has led to the development of persistent critique[...]
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Darren M. Evans, Auteur ;
Michael J. O. Pocock, Auteur ;
Joanna Brooks, Auteur ;
Jane Memmott, Auteur
Whilst considerable research effort in Europe has linked agricultural intensification with dramatic declines of seed-feeding birds, surprisingly little is known about the wider importance of seeds in animal food-webs. Moreover, understanding the[...]
Article
Martin D. Robards, Auteur ;
Randall R. Reeves, Auteur
The killing and consumption of marine mammals fuels tense global struggles between advocates of sustainable use and advocates of complete protection for these animals. However, reporting on the extent and character of marine mammal consumption b[...]
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Fabien Quetier, Auteur ;
Sandra Lavorel, Auteur
Habitat loss through development is one of the major causes of biodiversity loss. The increasingly common legal requirement to first avoid, then reduce and, if necessary, offset impacts of plans and projects on biodiversity has however not alway[...]
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Jaana Kekkonen, Auteur ;
Ilpo K. Hanski, Auteur ;
Henrik Jensen, Auteur ;
Risto A. Vaisanen, Auteur ;
Jon E. Brommer, Auteur
A drastic decline in abundance prompts conservation measures, even though a species may still be common, partly because such a decline may be associated with loss of genetic variability. Longitudinal evidence (i.e. repeated measures across time)[...]
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Çagan H. Sekercioglu, Auteur ;
Sean Anderson, Auteur ;
Erol Akcay, Auteur ;
Rasit Bilgin, Auteur ;
Ozgun Emre Can, Auteur ;
Gurkan Semiz, Auteur ;
Cagatay Tavsanoglu, Auteur ;
Mehmet Baki Yokes, Auteur ;
Anil Soyumert, Auteur ;
Kahraman Ipekdal, Auteur ;
İsmail K. Sağlam, Auteur ;
Mustafa Yuecel, Auteur ;
H. Nuzhet Dalfes, Auteur
Turkey (Turkiye) lies at the nexus of Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa. Turkey's location, mountains, and its encirclement by three seas have resulted in high terrestrial, fresh water, and marine biodiversity. Most of Turkey's la[...]
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Margaret E. Andrew, Auteur ;
Michael A. Wulder, Auteur ;
Nicholas C. Coops, Auteur
Productivity is an important driver of broad-scale diversity gradients and community composition. Surprisingly, it is rarely used as a biodiversity proxy in protected area network assessments. In this research, we evaluate if biases exist in the[...]
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Perpetua A. M. Turner, Auteur ;
Jamie B. Kirkpatrick, Auteur ;
Emma J. Pharo, Auteur
Maintenance of old growth forest has been argued to be important for the future of many bryophyte species, but there has been no empirical test of this proposition. Bryophytes constitute much of the plant biodiversity in Tasmanian tall open-fore[...]
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Diederik Strubbe, Auteur ;
Francois Chiron, Auteur ;
Assaf Shwartz, Auteur
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Matt M. Sommerville, Auteur ;
E. J. Milner-Gulland, Auteur ;
Julia P. G. Jones, Auteur
Payments for environmental services (PES) aim to improve the supply of environmental services by making payments to service providers, which are conditional on the provision of those services. Payments cannot be conditional unless the service ca[...]
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Sabrina Kumschick, Auteur ;
Wolfgang Nentwig, Auteur
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Ake Berg, Auteur ;
Karin Ahrne, Auteur ;
Erik Ockinger, Auteur ;
Roger Svensson, Auteur ;
Bo Soderstrom, Auteur
Remaining patches of semi-natural grasslands are hot spots for biodiversity in modern agricultural landscapes. In Sweden semi-natural pastures cover approximately 500,000 ha. However, power-line corridors, road verges and clear-cuts cover larger[...]
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Nathan D. Jackson, Auteur ;
Lenore Fahrig, Auteur
Roads can have two important effects on populations that impact genetic variation: reduced gene flow and reduced abundance. Reduced gene flow ("barrier effects") due to road avoidance behavior or road mortality can lead to reduced genetic divers[...]
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F. E. Matheson, Auteur ;
C. J. Lundquist, Auteur ;
C. E. C. Gemmill, Auteur ;
C. A. Pilditch, Auteur
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Eric M. Wood, Auteur ;
Anna M. Pidgeon, Auteur ;
Claudio Gratton, Auteur ;
Timothy T. Wilder, Auteur
The federally endangered Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides samuelis) is the focal species for a conservation plan designed to create and maintain barrens habitats. We investigated whether habitat management for Karner blue butterflies influences [...]
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Mark J. Costello, Auteur ;
C. Scott Baker, Auteur
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Masashi Ohsawa, Auteur ;
Toshio Shimokawa, Auteur
We studied the effects of extending the rotation period (long-rotation) and related ecological variables on the biodiversity of six beetle families in larch (Larix kaempferi) plantations. Beetle diversity in the forest understory and the canopy [...]
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Diane L. Larson, Auteur ;
J. B. Bright, Auteur ;
Pauline Drobney, Auteur ;
Jennifer L. Larson, Auteur ;
Nicholas Palaia, Auteur ;
Paul A. Rabie, Auteur ;
Sara Vacek, Auteur ;
Douglas Wells, Auteur
Tallgrass prairie restoration has been practiced for more than 75 years, yet few studies have systematically tested restoration methods over large geographic regions with the intent of refining methodology. In this study, we used three planting [...]
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Lionel Cavin, Auteur ;
Anne Kemp, Auteur
The recognition of phylogenetic information for evaluating conservation priorities has stressed the importance of basal taxa. The "Evolutionary Distinctiveness" index (ED) is a species-specific index that includes branch length expressed as an a[...]
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Vanessa Hull, Auteur ;
Weihua Xu, Auteur ;
Wei Liu, Auteur ;
Shiqiang Zhou, Auteur ;
Andres Vina, Auteur ;
Jindong Zhang, Auteur ;
Mao-Ning Tuanmu, Auteur ;
Jinyan Huang, Auteur ;
Marc Linderman, Auteur ;
Xiaodong Chen, Auteur ;
Yan Huang, Auteur ;
Zhiyun Ouyang, Auteur ;
Hemin Zhang, Auteur ;
Jianguo Liu, Auteur
Protected areas worldwide are facing increasing pressures to co-manage human development and biodiversity conservation. One strategy for managing multiple uses within and around protected areas is zoning, an approach in which spatial boundaries [...]
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Kevin J. Walker, Auteur ;
Clare E. Pinches, Auteur
In England Pulsatilla vulgaris is a threatened herb that declined from 130 to 33 sites between 1750 and the 1960s due to ploughing-up of calcareous grassland. We examined the subsequent fate of these populations using documentary evidence and fi[...]
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Jessica A. Lyons, Auteur ;
Daniel J. D. Natusch, Auteur
Wildlife breeding farms have been promoted to aid biodiversity conservation by alleviating the pressure of harvest on wild populations. There is, however, growing concern that many breeding farms are being used to launder illegally caught wildli[...]
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Aleksandra Majic, Auteur ;
Agnese Marino Taussig de Bodonia, Auteur ;
Duro Huber, Auteur ;
Nils Bunnefeld, Auteur
Successful carnivore conservation depends on public attitudes and acceptance levels of carnivores, and these are likely to change as circumstances change. Attitude studies repeated in time that can demonstrate such change are rare. Our study sur[...]
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Fernando Rosas, Auteur ;
Mauricio Quesada, Auteur ;
Jorge A. Lobo, Auteur ;
Victoria L. Sork, Auteur
Fragmentation of tropical forest represents a major threat to some tree populations by reducing local population size and gene flow from other populations. Both processes can decrease outcrossing rates and genetic variation in remnant stands. De[...]
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Jenny Mattisson, Auteur ;
John Odden, Auteur ;
Erlend B. Nilsen, Auteur ;
John D. C. Linnell, Auteur ;
Jens Persson, Auteur ;
Henrik Andren, Auteur
Semi-domestic reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) are the main prey for lynx (Lynx lynx) in northern Scandinavia. This causes large, but poorly documented, losses of reindeer. Although the compensation schemes differ between Norway and Sweden, there is[...]
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In countries with high human populations, using agricultural areas as multifunctional systems to produce food for humans and retain wildlife may be an efficient conservation strategy for many species. Inclusion of natural habitat and species req[...]
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Orly Razgour, Auteur ;
Julia Hanmer, Auteur ;
Gareth Jones, Auteur
Although spatial scale is important for understanding ecological processes and guiding conservation planning, studies combining a range of scales are rare. Habitat suitability modelling has been used traditionally to study broad-scale patterns o[...]
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Genetic and morphological divergence in island and mainland birds: Informing conservation priorities
Rachael Y. Dudaniec, Auteur ;
Beth E. Schlotfeldt, Auteur ;
Terry Bertozzi, Auteur ;
Stephen C. Donnellan, Auteur ;
Sonia Kleindorfer, Auteur
Evolutionary processes can complicate conservation efforts for species with uncertain taxonomic classifications and discrete geographic populations. Discordant morphological and genetic patterns across the geographic range of species further cal[...]
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Takuya Furukawa, Auteur ;
Kazue Fujiwara, Auteur ;
Samuel K. Kiboi, Auteur ;
Patrick B. Chalo Mutiso, Auteur
Detailed patterns and preferences of informal wood extraction were investigated in an urban forest used by slum inhabitants of Nairobi, Kenya, as such information determines the sustainability of resource use. Instead of asking the people what t[...]
