| Titre : | Biological Conservation 152 - AUG 2012 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/09/2012 |
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David Lindenmayer, Auteur ;
Jeff Wood, Auteur ;
Rebecca Montague-Drake, Auteur ;
Damian Michael, Auteur ;
Mason Crane, Auteur ;
Sachiko Okada, Auteur ;
Chris MacGregor, Auteur ;
Phil Gibbons, Auteur
Do sites managed under an agri-environment scheme support significantly more biodiversity than sites managed in accordance with traditional agricultural practices? This is a key question underpinning agri-environment schemes worldwide, including[...]
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R. M. Guillem, Auteur
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Kevin L. Stierhoff, Auteur ;
Melissa Neuman, Auteur ;
John L. Butler, Auteur
In 2001, the white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) became the first marine invertebrate to be listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Low densities and recruitment failure due to Allee effects were identified as being the major[...]
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Tobias Wuenscher, Auteur ;
Stefanie Engel, Auteur
The lack of incentive flows between local producers of global biodiversity-related ecosystem services and global service beneficiaries calls for a mechanism to avoid the under-provision of biodiversity services. Payments for ecosystem services ([...]
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Alba Estrada, Auteur ;
Beatriz Arroyo, Auteur
Predicting distribution has become a fundamental component in conservation or wildlife management. Modelling is increasingly used to identify important areas (e.g., those areas more suitable for a species or more likely to hold high densities). [...]
Article
Isabel B. Schmidt, Auteur ;
Tamara Ticktin, Auteur
Sustainable harvest of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) can play an important role in biodiversity conservation and livelihoods. However, harvesting policy intended to promote conservation are frequently either ineffective or too complicated. [...]
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Andres Ordiz, Auteur ;
Ole-Gunnar Stoen, Auteur ;
Solve Saebo, Auteur ;
Jonas Kindberg, Auteur ;
Miguel Delibes, Auteur ;
Jon E. Swenson, Auteur
Behavioral effects of living under predation risk may influence the dynamics of prey species more than direct demographic effects. Human recreation, especially hunting, can also force prey to increase their vigilance and can influence distributi[...]
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Andre Braga Junqueira, Auteur ;
Charles R. Clement, Auteur
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Teresa Vegas-Vilarrubia, Auteur ;
Sandra Nogue, Auteur ;
Valenti Rull, Auteur
Current global average temperatures are 2 degrees C cooler than during the last interglacial period. The expected increase in temperature during the 21st century will be most stressful for cold-adapted and stenothermic mountain species, forcing [...]
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Vincenzo Gervasi, Auteur ;
Paolo Ciucci, Auteur ;
John Boulanger, Auteur ;
Ettore Randi, Auteur ;
Luigi Boitani, Auteur
When dealing with small populations of elusive species, capture-recapture methods suffer from sampling and analytical limitations, making abundance assessment particularly challenging. We present an empirical and theoretical evaluation of multip[...]
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Jordi Lopez-Pujol, Auteur ;
Nuria Garcia-Jacas, Auteur ;
Alfonso Susanna, Auteur ;
Roser Vilatersana, Auteur
Natural hybridization can be a serious threat to rare and endangered species because of the risk of extensive genetic swamping or assimilation. Hybridization, however, can be beneficial for rare species as it increases their genetic diversity, w[...]
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Ramiro Aguilar, Auteur ;
Lorena Ashworth, Auteur ;
Ana Calvino, Auteur ;
Mauricio Quesada, Auteur
Prosopis caldenia (calden) is a commercially valuable tree endemic to Central Argentina, a region that holds one of the highest estimates of deforestation rates worldwide. Calden woodlands within Cordoba province currently remain as a highly fra[...]
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Dagmar Cizkova, Auteur ;
Veronika Javurkova, Auteur ;
Jocelyn Champagnon, Auteur ;
Jakub Kreisinger, Auteur
The genetic integrity of natural populations can be threatened through large-scale introduction of farmed stocks with different genetic or geographic origin. Huge numbers of farm-reared mallard (Anas platyrhynchos, Anatidae) have been introduced[...]
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Benjamin Kraemer, Auteur ;
Dominik Poniatowski, Auteur ;
Thomas Fartmann, Auteur
Habitat size and isolation are considered important drivers for the persistence of insects in fragmented landscapes. In contrast, habitat quality and the composition of the landscape matrix have only recently received more attention. To investig[...]
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Cameron W. Barrows, Auteur ;
Michelle L. Murphy-Mariscal, Auteur
Predicting ecological responses to a changing climate is becoming a critical tool to inform natural resource management efforts. Within Joshua Tree National Park (JTNP), Joshuatrees (Yucca brevifolia) reach their southern-most distribution. Prev[...]
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Aniko Kovacs-Hostyanszki, Auteur ;
Andras Baldi, Auteur
Economic pressures from increased commodity prices and the growing demand for land for biomass plantations led to the abolition of compulsory set-aside fields in the European Union in 2008, affecting ca. 10% of total agricultural area. This area[...]
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Adam W. Schapaugh, Auteur ;
Andrew J. Tyre, Auteur
The fundamental goal of conservation planning is biodiversity persistence, yet most reserve selection methods prioritize sites using occurrence data. We describe a method that integrates correlates of persistence for multiple species into a sing[...]
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Kristine L. Preston, Auteur ;
Richard A. Redak, Auteur ;
Michael F. Allen, Auteur ;
John T. Rotenberry, Auteur
Multiple processes are increasingly recognized as being responsible for species' extinctions. We evaluated population extinctions between 1930 and 1998 for the endangered Quino checkerspot (Euphydryas editha quino) butterfly relative to agricult[...]
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Katherine S. LaCommare, Auteur ;
Solange Brault, Auteur ;
Caryn Self-Sullivan, Auteur ;
Ellen M. Hines, Auteur
Accurate monitoring is a critical step in evaluating the conservation and management needs of endangered species. We evaluated a low cost, effective survey method for monitoring West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) in Belize, Centra[...]
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Liang Song, Auteur ;
Wen-Yao Liu, Auteur ;
Nalini M. Nadkarni, Auteur
Interest in the potential effects of global climatechange on forest ecosystems is increasing, but little is known about their effects on canopy communities, even though their reliance on atmospheric moisture and nutrients suggest that they are s[...]
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Angie Haslem, Auteur ;
Sarah C. Avitabile, Auteur ;
Rick S. Taylor, Auteur ;
Luke T. Kelly, Auteur ;
Simon J. Watson, Auteur ;
Dale G. Nimmo, Auteur ;
Sally A. Kenny, Auteur ;
Kate E. Callister, Auteur ;
Lisa M. Spence-Bailey, Auteur ;
Andrew F. Bennett, Auteur ;
Michael F. Clarke, Auteur
Tree hollows are a critical, yet potentially limiting habitat resource for many animal species. Fire influences hollow availability, and the associated indirect effects on fauna can threaten the persistence of hollow-dependent species in fire-pr[...]
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Andrew J. Kroll, Auteur ;
Steven D. Duke, Auteur ;
Matthew E. Hane, Auteur ;
Josh R. Johnson, Auteur ;
Mike Rochelle, Auteur ;
Matthew G. Betts, Auteur ;
Edward B. Arnett, Auteur
Landscape composition may have a substantial influence on species use of habitat at local scales and effectiveness of structural enrichment practices (e.g., augmenting existing amounts of snags or downed logs). If sufficient mature (i.e., cavity[...]
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James Catlin, Auteur ;
Roy Jones, Auteur ;
Tod Jones, Auteur
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Luis M. Carrascal, Auteur ;
Luis Cayuela, Auteur ;
David Palomino, Auteur ;
Javier Seoane, Auteur
Identification of species-specific traits that make a species a better surrogate of biodiversity is a need in order to implement successful conservation programmes in the face of limited data and resources. This study analyzes the relationship b[...]
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Jean-Yves Humbert, Auteur ;
Jaboury Ghazoul, Auteur ;
Nina Richner, Auteur ;
Thomas Walter, Auteur
Semi-natural grasslands require regular harvesting (cutting) or grazing to avoid vegetation succession, and this is well known to promote plant diversity. However, recent studies have shown that meadow harvesting has a severe direct negative imp[...]
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R. C. Buckley, Auteur ;
J. G. Castley, Auteur
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Ryan C. J. Walker, Auteur ;
Nathan Whitmore, Auteur ;
Tsilavo H. Rafeliarisoa, Auteur ;
Sarah Hamylton, Auteur
Pyxis arachnoides inhabits the dry, coastal forests of southwest Madagascar; a biologically unique ecoregion severely threatened by unsustainable small scale agricultural practices. Using remotely sensed data we established vegetation loss remai[...]
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Jeanine M. Refsnider, Auteur ;
Fredric J. Janzen, Auteur
How are organisms responding to climate change? The rapidity with which climate is changing suggests that, in species with long generation times, adaptive evolution may be too slow to keep pace with climate change, and that alternative mechanism[...]
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Jos Barlow, Auteur ;
Luke Parry, Auteur ;
Toby A. Gardner, Auteur ;
Alexander C. Lees, Auteur ;
Carlos A. Peres, Auteur
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Graeme R. Gillespie, Auteur ;
Eddie Ahmad, Auteur ;
Berjaya Elahan, Auteur ;
Alice Evans, Auteur ;
Marc Ancrenaz, Auteur ;
Benoit Goossens, Auteur ;
Michael P. Scroggie, Auteur
The impact of degradation of Southeast Asian rainforests and conversion to oil palm plantations on amphibians is unknown. To assess the relativevalue of secondary forests, oil palm plantations and other non-forest habitats for amphibianconservat[...]
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Barbara Q. C. Zimbres, Auteur ;
Pedro De Podesta Uchoa de Aquino, Auteur ;
Ricardo B. Machado, Auteur ;
Leandro Silveira, Auteur ;
Anah T. A. Jacomo, Auteur ;
Rahel Sollmann, Auteur ;
Natalia M. Torres, Auteur ;
Mariana M. Furtado, Auteur ;
Jader Marinho-Filho, Auteur
The planning of protected areas take into consideration the current distributions of target species, disregarding possible future range shifts under climate change. This study tested potential shifts in the distribution of three xenarthran speci[...]
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Caitriona E. McInerney, Auteur ;
A. Louise Allcock, Auteur ;
Mark P. Johnson, Auteur ;
Paulo A. Prodoehl, Auteur
Ecological coherence is a multifaceted conservation objective that includes some potentially conflicting concepts. These concepts include the extent to which the network maximises diversity (including genetic diversity) and the extent to which p[...]
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Carly R. Muletz, Auteur ;
Jillian M. Myers, Auteur ;
Rickie J. Domangue, Auteur ;
James B. Herrick, Auteur ;
Reid N. Harris, Auteur
Amphibians worldwide are declining in part due to the disease chytridiomycosis caused by the cutaneous fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). While several experimental disease mitigation strategies are currently being tested, no p[...]
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Joseph M. Tilghman, Auteur ;
Shane W. Ramee, Auteur ;
David M. Marsh, Auteur
Terrestrial salamander abundance in North American forests is closely associated with forest characteristics, and salamander populations typically decline following timber removal. However, salamander responses to timber harvest vary considerabl[...]
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Urs Kormann, Auteur ;
Felix Gugerli, Auteur ;
Nicolas Ray, Auteur ;
Laurent Excoffier, Auteur ;
Kurt Bollmann, Auteur
Connectivity and dispersal are key components determining the persistence of fragmented populations. However, the assessment of dispersal rates and landscape factors affecting functional connectivity remains problematic for species living in sma[...]
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Carlos Zamorano-Elgueta, Auteur ;
Luis Cayuela, Auteur ;
Mario Gonzalez-Espinosa, Auteur ;
Antonio Lara, Auteur ;
Manuel R. Parra-Vazquez, Auteur
Notwithstanding the increasing cattle activity on the South American temperate forests, its impacts on the forests regeneration are yet poorly understood. We investigated the influence of cattle on the regeneration of monkey puzzle tree (Araucar[...]
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Irene Guerrero, Auteur ;
Manuel B. Morales, Auteur ;
Juan J. Onate, Auteur ;
Flavia Geiger, Auteur ;
Frank Berendse, Auteur ;
Geert De Snoo, Auteur ;
Sonke Eggers, Auteur ;
Tomas Part, Auteur ;
Jan Bengtsson, Auteur ;
Lars W. Clement, Auteur ;
Wolfgang W. Weisser, Auteur ;
Adam Olszewski, Auteur ;
Piotr Ceryngier, Auteur ;
Violetta Hawro, Auteur ;
Jaan Liira, Auteur ;
Tsipe Aavik, Auteur ;
Christina Fischer, Auteur ;
Andreas Flohre, Auteur ;
Carsten Thies, Auteur ;
Teja Tscharntke, Auteur
European farmland bird populations have decreased dramatically in recent decades and agricultural intensification has been identified as the main cause contributing to these declines. Identifying which specific intensification pressures are driv[...]
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Nan Lu, Auteur ;
Chen-Xi Jia, Auteur ;
Huw Lloyd, Auteur ;
Yue-Hua Sun, Auteur
Habitat fragmentation assessment is quite important for the endangered risk assessing and conservation management for threatened animals. Note that even sympatric species may differ in habitat fragmentation, due to the various ecological niche r[...]
