| Titre : | Biological Conservation 149(1) - MAY 2012 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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M. F. Schmitz, Auteur ;
D. G. G. Matos, Auteur ;
I. De Aranzabal, Auteur ;
D. Ruiz-Labourdette, Auteur ;
F. D. Pineda, Auteur
Specific land uses, many of them considered as traditional practices, have contributed to nature conservation in that they have given rise to a valued landscape and a high degree of biological and cultural diversity. The result is the rural cult[...]
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Jaume Forcada, Auteur ;
Philip N. Trathan, Auteur ;
Peter L. Boveng, Auteur ;
Ian L. Boyd, Auteur ;
Jennifer M. Burns, Auteur ;
Daniel P. Costa, Auteur ;
Michael Fedak, Auteur ;
Tracey L. Rogers, Auteur ;
Colin J. Southwell, Auteur
The compound effects of changing habitats, ecosystem interactions, and fishing practices have implications for the management of Antarctic krill and conservation of its predators. For Antarctic pack-ice seals, an important group of krill predato[...]
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E. Safont, Auteur ;
T. Vegas-Vilarrubia, Auteur ;
V. Rull, Auteur
Pantepui is a biogeographical province composed of a group of approximately 50 tabular mountain summits, or tepuis, in the southeast of Venezuela. This region, also known as Guayana Highlands (GH), lies between 1500 and 3014 m elevation and has [...]
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Thomas Merckx, Auteur ;
Ruth E. Feber, Auteur ;
Daniel J. Hoare, Auteur ;
Mark S. Parsons, Auteur ;
Caroline J. Kelly, Auteur ;
Nigel A. D. Bourn, Auteur ;
David W. Macdonald, Auteur
Although intensive forestry practices have greatly reduced the biodiversity of native woodland, sympathetic management offers much potential to reverse these negative trends. We tested, using a species-rich group, whether woodland conservation m[...]
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Rodrigo Farias Silva Regueira, Auteur ;
Enrico Bernard, Auteur
Illegal wildlife trade is a widespread activity with direct impacts on biodiversity and street markets are frequently pointed out as hotspots in the wildlife trade route. However, due to its illegal character, it is difficult to accurately estim[...]
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Christopher P. Barber, Auteur ;
Mark A. Cochrane, Auteur ;
Carlos Souza, Auteur ;
Adalberto Verissimo, Auteur
Recognizing the importance of preserving biodiversity and ecosystem services, human society has established extensive protected area networks to conserve these resources in recent decades. Are protected areas working as expected? Empirical coars[...]
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Rolf A. Ims, Auteur ;
John-Andre Henden, Auteur
Rapid, but contrasting, changes in the extent of erect thicket-forming shrubs is presently seen in the Arctic, either resulting from a warmer climate (increasing extent) or intensified herbivory (decreasing extent). We investigated the impact of[...]
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Pedro Cardoso, Auteur ;
Paulo A. V. Borges, Auteur ;
Kostas A. Triantis, Auteur ;
Miguel A. Ferrandez, Auteur ;
Jose L. Martin, Auteur
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Sebastian Schuch, Auteur ;
Karsten Wesche, Auteur ;
Matthias Schaefer, Auteur
Landscapes in Central Europe have changed considerably during the last five decades, while nature reserves have been less affected. However, there is growing concern that species richness and population size of animals in reserves may decrease e[...]
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Romane H. Cristescu, Auteur ;
Celine Frere, Auteur ;
Peter B. Banks, Auteur
Restoration of degraded land has been identified as a top research priority in conservation. Fauna plays a critical role in the re-establishment of a functional ecosystem, yet fauna recolonization of restored areas is less studied than flora. We[...]
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Yvonne I. Verkuil, Auteur ;
Natalia Karlionova, Auteur ;
Eldar N. Rakhimberdiev, Auteur ;
Joop Jukema, Auteur ;
Jan J. Wijmenga, Auteur ;
Jos C. E. W. Hooijmeijer, Auteur ;
PAVEL Pinchuk, Auteur ;
Eddy Wymenga, Auteur ;
Allan J. Baker, Auteur ;
Theunis Piersma, Auteur
The fuelling performance of long-distance migrants at staging areas indicates local conditions and determines the viability of migration routes. Here we present a first case study where long-term fuelling performance was documented along two mig[...]
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Alessandro Gimona, Auteur ;
Laura Poggio, Auteur ;
Iain Brown, Auteur ;
Marie Castellazzi, Auteur
Landscape adaptation to climate change requires policies that facilitate species dispersal, to counteract the effects of fragmentation and allow tracking of a species' 'climatic niche'. Expanding existing ecological networks is often proposed as[...]
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Luke Collins, Auteur ;
Ross A. Bradstock, Auteur ;
Elizabeth M. Tasker, Auteur ;
Robert J. Whelan, Auteur
Log hollows provide important habitat for a range of vertebrate fauna. Despite this, little is known about the impact fire regimes have on this resource, or the role topography may play in preserving hollows through the mitigation of fire intens[...]
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Ben Collen, Auteur ;
Monika Boehm, Auteur
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Susan G. W. Laurance, Auteur ;
Claudia Baider, Auteur ;
F. B. Vincent Florens, Auteur ;
Shyamduth Ramrekha, Auteur ;
Jean-Claude Sevathian, Auteur ;
David S. Hammond, Auteur
Wetlands are biologically important elements of landscapes and among the most threatened ecosystems on Earth. On the island of Mauritius, many remaining wetlands are being rapidly converted and fragmented by intense land-use demands. We surveyed[...]
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Pia E. Lentini, Auteur ;
Tara G. Martin, Auteur ;
Philip Gibbons, Auteur ;
Joern Fischer, Auteur ;
Saul A. Cunningham, Auteur
Pollination has received attention recently due to reported sharp declines of Apis mellifera in several locations, and it has been proposed that diverse native bee communities may be key for continued pollination of economically important crops.[...]
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Lucas N. Joppa, Auteur ;
Jon Hutton, Auteur
