| Titre : | Biological Conservation 153 - SEP 2012 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
Luke Collins, Auteur ;
Ross A. Bradstock, Auteur ;
Elizabeth M. Tasker, Auteur ;
Robert J. Whelan, Auteur
Structurally complex forest provides important habitat for a diverse array of vertebrate fauna. Frequent fire can simplify forest structure, though topographic mitigation of fire effects could potentially preserve structurally more complex habit[...]
Article
Heather F. Armitage, Auteur ;
Andrea J. Britton, Auteur ;
Rene van der Wal, Auteur ;
Sarah J. Woodin, Auteur
High grazing pressures and elevated atmospheric nitrogen deposition are considered to be causing widespread degradation of upland plant communities including Racomitrium heath, the UK's most extensive near-natural alpine habitat. Management stra[...]
Article
Tomasz Wesolowski, Auteur
Numerous forest organisms rely on non-excavated tree-holes, which are often limited in managed European woods. Holes' supply depends on formation rates and persistence times. I use 30 years of data from a primeval forest (strictly protected rese[...]
Article
Astrid J. A. Van Teeffelen, Auteur ;
Claire C. Vos, Auteur ;
Paul Opdam, Auteur
Habitat dynamics (habitat turnover due to natural perturbations or human activity) are commonplace, particularly in intensively used landscapes. Conservation planning requires an understanding of how spatio-temporal habitat dynamics and species [...]
Article
Shonil A. Bhagwat, Auteur ;
Sandra Nogue, Auteur ;
Katherine J. Willis, Auteur
There is growing recognition that the fate of the world's terrestrial biodiversity depends on the management of human-dominated tropical forest landscapes. While global environmental change is transforming the ecology of tropical forests, a numb[...]
Article
Otars Opermanis, Auteur ;
Brian MacSharry, Auteur ;
Ainars Aunins, Auteur ;
Zelmira Sipkova, Auteur
We studied the spatial connectedness of Natura 2000 site boundaries and the functional connectivity of the Natura 2000 network across the 34 terrestrial borders of the European Union. Connectivity was measured by the dispersal success of 192 rep[...]
Article
Laurence Fazan, Auteur ;
Markus Stoffel, Auteur ;
David J. Frey, Auteur ;
Stergios Pirintsos, Auteur ;
Gregor Kozlowski, Auteur
The knowledge of the age of individual trees and of population age structure is of great importance for conservation purposes. In Mediterranean areas, however, trees are rarely used for dendroecological studies as ring growth is strongly perturb[...]
Article
Jason I. Ransom, Auteur ;
Petra Kaczensky, Auteur ;
Bruce C. Lubow, Auteur ;
Oyunsaikhan Ganbaatar, Auteur ;
Nanjid Altansukh, Auteur
Accurately estimating abundance of wildlife is critical for establishing effective conservation and management strategies. Aerial methodologies for estimating abundance are common in developed countries, but they are often impractical for remote[...]
Article
Raquel Vasconcelos, Auteur ;
Jose Carlos Brito, Auteur ;
Silvia B. Carvalho, Auteur ;
Salvador Carranza, Auteur ;
D. James Harris, Auteur
Genetic diversity is critical for conservation of endemic populations. It enhances adaptation to rapid environmental changes and persistence over evolutionary time-scales. In small and isolated populations, such as on islands, this is even more [...]
Article
Zhigang Mei, Auteur ;
Shiang-Lin Huang, Auteur ;
Yujiang Hao, Auteur ;
Samuel T. Turvey, Auteur ;
Weiming Gong, Auteur ;
Ding Wang, Auteur
The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) is now the only cetacean species in the Yangtze River following the probable extinction of the baiji (Lipotes vexillifer). However, population abundance estimates and gen[...]
Article
David M. Wright, Auteur ;
Andrew J. Tanentzap, Auteur ;
Olivier Flores, Auteur ;
Sean W. Husheer, Auteur ;
Richard P. Duncan, Auteur ;
Susan K. Wiser, Auteur ;
David A. Coomes, Auteur
Introduced browsing animals negatively impact New Zealand's indigenous ecosystems. Eradicating introduced browsers is currently unfeasible at large scales, but culling since the 1960s has successfully reduced populations to a fraction of their e[...]
Article
Elisa Fuentes-Montemayor, Auteur ;
Dave Goulson, Auteur ;
Liam Cavin, Auteur ;
Jenny M. Wallace, Auteur ;
Kirsty J. Park, Auteur
As a consequence of long-term deforestation, woodland cover has been drastically reduced in the United Kingdom. The remaining woodland consists mainly of small, highly fragmented woodland patches within farmland. A number of agri-environment sch[...]
Article
Richard A. Griffiths, Auteur ;
Marcileida Dos Santos, Auteur
Since the 1990s the number of papers published by four mainstream conservation journals (Conservation Biology, Biological Conservation, Biodiversity and Conservation and Oryx) has increased by 133%. The main subject areas of research have not ch[...]
Article
Nandini Velho, Auteur ;
Jayashree Ratnam, Auteur ;
Umesh Srinivasan, Auteur ;
Mahesh Sankaran, Auteur
Logging is one of the most pervasive threats to biodiversity in tropical forests. In this study, we concurrently examined the responses of the avian frugivore community and the community of fruiting trees to past logging in a tropical forest in [...]
Article
Clive R. McMahon, Auteur ;
Robert Harcourt, Auteur ;
Patrick Bateson, Auteur ;
Mark A. Hindell, Auteur
Wildlife scientists are increasingly encountering difficulties conducting research on wild animals due to opposition from animal welfare proponents. Given the current biodiversity crisis, research into animal biology and ecology is urgently need[...]
Article
Christopher Jones, Auteur ;
Mandy Barron, Auteur ;
Bruce Warburton, Auteur ;
Morgan Coleman, Auteur ;
Philip O'B Lyver, Auteur ;
Graham Nugent, Auteur
Introduced brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) cause significant damage to biodiversity values in New Zealand native forests, but their fur and skins also represent an economic resource, particularly to small, predominantly rural Maori (in[...]
Article
Richard Frankham, Auteur ;
Jonathan D. Ballou, Auteur ;
Michele R. Dudash, Auteur ;
Mark D. B. Eldridge, Auteur ;
Charles B. Fenster, Auteur ;
Robert C. Lacy, Auteur ;
Joseph R. Mendelson, Auteur ;
Ingrid J. Porton, Auteur ;
Katherine Ralls, Auteur ;
Oliver A. Ryder, Auteur
The 26 definitions of species often yield different numbers of species and disparate groupings, with financial, legal, biological and conservation implications. Using conservation genetic considerations, we demonstrate that different species con[...]
Article
Enrico Di Minin, Auteur ;
Atte Moilanen, Auteur
Target-based planning is an integral component of systematic conservation planning. Using empirical data, we investigate a prior conceptual proposition that target-based planning may lead to lower average protection levels across biodiversity fe[...]
Article
Grace D. Lee Jenni, Auteur ;
M. Nils Peterson, Auteur ;
Fred W. Cubbage, Auteur ;
Jessica Katz Jameson, Auteur
Conflict over endangered species conservation on military lands is becoming increasingly important as militaries attempt to balance an increased operational tempo with endangered species conservation. Successfully managing this conflict has majo[...]
Article
Elisa Cabrera-Guzman, Auteur ;
Michael R. Crossland, Auteur ;
Richard Shine, Auteur
An invasive species is less likely to flourish if it is vulnerable to the predators it encounters in its newly-colonised range. The success of cane toads (Rhinella marina) in invading Australia has been attributed to the toads' powerful chemical[...]
Article
Martin J. Westgate, Auteur ;
Don A. Driscoll, Auteur ;
David B. Lindenmayer, Auteur
Quantifying functional connectivity is essential for understanding factors that limit or promote animal dispersal in fragmented landscapes. Topography is a major factor influencing the movement behavior of many animal species, and therefore the [...]
Article
Andrea Holzschuh, Auteur ;
Jan-Hendrik Dudenhoeffer, Auteur ;
Teja Tscharntke, Auteur
More than 70% of the leading global food crops, accounting for 35% of the global food production, are affected by pollination of flower-visiting animals, but the main pollinators - managed honey bees and wild bees - are currently declining in ma[...]
Article
Nestor Fernandez, Auteur ;
Nuria Selva, Auteur ;
Carmen Yuste, Auteur ;
Henryk Okarma, Auteur ;
Zbigniew Jakubiec, Auteur
The utility of habitat models for species conservation relies on the integration of ecological knowledge into the modeling process. However, this practice is often limited by incomplete information on the study species requirements and insuffici[...]
Article
Maxine Zylberberg, Auteur ;
Kelly A. Lee, Auteur ;
Kirk C. Klasing, Auteur ;
Martin Wikelski, Auteur
Avian pox virus (APV), a pathogen implicated as a major factor in avian declines and extinctions in Hawaii, was introduced to the Galapagos in the late 1890s. While APV is thought to have increased in prevalence in recent years, no study has car[...]
Article
Peter J. Meffert, Auteur ;
Frank Dziock, Auteur
Bird species of cultivated landscapes have been declining dramatically for decades. The main cause for this decline is intensified agricultural practice. At the same time, worldwide urbanisation increases and has severe impacts on land use. Urba[...]
Article
Martin Gilbert, Auteur ;
Chea Sokha, Auteur ;
Priscilla H. Joyner, Auteur ;
Robert L. Thomson, Auteur ;
Colin Poole, Auteur
Demand for captive wild animals for the purposes of religious or 'merit' release has led to establishment of a large commercial trade in many parts of East and South Asia. The practice is associated with a number of risks to the integrity of wil[...]
Article
Christian C. Voigt, Auteur ;
Ana G. Popa-Lisseanu, Auteur ;
Ivo Niermann, Auteur ;
Stephanie Kramer-Schadt, Auteur
Wind turbines are increasingly established throughout Europe and North America with often fatal consequences for wildlife, most importantly bats and birds. Yet, it is often unknown over what geographical distances wind farms are affecting animal[...]
Article
William F. Laurance, Auteur ;
Harko Koster, Auteur ;
Monique Grooten, Auteur ;
Anthony B. Anderson, Auteur ;
Pieter A. Zuidema, Auteur ;
Steve Zwick, Auteur ;
Roderick J. Zagt, Auteur ;
Antony J. Lynam, Auteur ;
Matthew Linkie, Auteur ;
Niels P. R. Anten, Auteur
Conservation scientists and practitioners share many of the same goals. Yet in a majority of cases, we argue, research conducted by academic conservation scientists actually makes surprisingly few direct contributions to environmental conservati[...]
Article
Ming-Gang Zhang, Auteur ;
Zhe-Kun Zhou, Auteur ;
Wen-Yun Chen, Auteur ;
J. W. Ferry Slik, Auteur ;
Charles H. Cannon, Auteur ;
Niels Raes, Auteur
Part of the Himalayan biodiversity hotspot, Yunnan province in China is a highly diverse terrestrial region, particularly in the wide range of natural forest types. These forests are under considerable conversion pressure as land use intensifies[...]
Article
Margaret J. Grose, Auteur
Plant colour has not been specifically considered as part of biological diversity. The absence of visual attributes in discussions of biodiversity and its conservation appears to have arisen due to the confinement of conservation to the discipli[...]
Article
Veronika Braunisch, Auteur ;
Robert Home, Auteur ;
Jerome Pellet, Auteur ;
Raphaël Arlettaz, Auteur
A wide gap between research and practice hinders the implementation of biodiversity conservation recommendations. As subjects studied by conservation scientists might bear little relevance for implementation, surveys have identified and framed r[...]
Article
Federico Montesino Pouzols, Auteur ;
Mark A. Burgman, Auteur ;
Atte Moilanen, Auteur
We develop methods for conservation resource allocation, to help with decisions about targeting of protection, habitat management, maintenance and restoration or biodiversity offsetting. We construct a framework, where conservation actions have [...]
Article
Eva Mosner, Auteur ;
Sascha Liepelt, Auteur ;
Birgit Ziegenhagen, Auteur ;
Ilona Leyer, Auteur
In Central Europe, floodplain fragmentation by dykes and river regulation by dams has led to a fundamental loss of riparian softwood forests and dramatically restricted natural regeneration of the Salicaceae species involved. As a consequence, r[...]
Article
Jacki Schirmer, Auteur ;
Stephen Dovers, Auteur ;
Helena Clayton, Auteur
Choosing effective policy instruments to achieve conservation goals has many challenges. We explore the challenge of instrument choice in the context of landscape-scale conservation on private land, where the challenge is to select instruments t[...]
