| Titre : | Biological Conservation 161 - MAY 2013 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
Kerry A. Brown, Auteur ;
Steig E. Johnson, Auteur ;
Katherine E. Parks, Auteur ;
Sheila M. Holmes, Auteur ;
Tonisoa Ivoandry, Auteur ;
Nicola K. Abram, Auteur ;
Kira E. Delmore, Auteur ;
Reza Ludovic, Auteur ;
Hubert E. Andriamaharoa, Auteur ;
Tracy M. Wyman, Auteur ;
Patricia C. Wright, Auteur
Ecosystems services are threatened by the rapid degradation of tropical rainforests. In light of these threats, questions remain about how societies on the forest fringe who depend on provisioning services affect plant functional traits. This st[...]
Article
Sarah M. Emery, Auteur ;
Patrick J. Doran, Auteur
Invasive alien plants represent a global threat to biodiversity at multiple trophic levels, including arthropod communities which represent an important group of organisms in any ecosystem. Because of complex interactions among organisms, it bec[...]
Article
Peter C. le Roux, Auteur ;
Tshililo Ramaswiela, Auteur ;
Jesse M. Kalwij, Auteur ;
Justine D. Shaw, Auteur ;
Peter G. Ryan, Auteur ;
Anne M. Treasure, Auteur ;
Gregory T. W. McClelland, Auteur ;
Melodie A. McGeoch, Auteur ;
Steven L. Chown, Auteur
Despite concerns about the richness of plant invaders on islands, and their likely effects on local systems, impacts of these species seem to be small. However, this may be due to an absence of information on impacts, including changing species [...]
Article
Arne Bjorge, Auteur ;
Mette Skern-Mauritzen, Auteur ;
Marjorie C. Rossrnan, Auteur
Using data collected during 2006-2008 from a monitored segment (18 vessels) of the Norwegian coastal fleet (vessels
Article
Isla S. Fishburn, Auteur ;
Alison G. Boyer, Auteur ;
Peter Kareiva, Auteur ;
Kevin J. Gaston, Auteur ;
Paul R. Armsworth, Auteur
While numerous scientific publications have used biological data and sometimes decision theory to identify where conservation funds should be invested, studies that examine where money for conservation actually has been spent and how investment [...]
Article
Claire Christian, Auteur ;
David Ainley, Auteur ;
Megan Bailey, Auteur ;
Paul Dayton, Auteur ;
John Hocevar, Auteur ;
Michael LeVine, Auteur ;
Jordan Nikoloyuk, Auteur ;
Claire Nouvian, Auteur ;
Enriqueta Velarde, Auteur ;
Rodolfo Werner, Auteur ;
Jennifer Jacquet, Auteur
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) was created as a conservation tool - intended to provide "the best environmental choice in seafood" to consumers and to create positive incentives that would improve the status and management of fisheries. Du[...]
Article
Laura S. Farwell, Auteur ;
John M. Marzluff, Auteur
Human conversion of land cover alters biotic communities and sets the stage for ongoing change as species interact within new environments. We studied the response of a native forest specialist, the Pacific wren (Troglodytes pacificus), to immed[...]
Article
Scattered trees are highly visible reminders of lost vegetation in many intensively managed agricultural landscapes globally. Despite fragmentation, these trees provide important ecosystem services but are rapidly declining and expected to disap[...]
Article
Jonas Geldmann, Auteur ;
Megan Barnes, Auteur ;
Lauren Coad, Auteur ;
Ian D. Craigie, Auteur ;
Marc Hockings, Auteur ;
Neil D. Burgess, Auteur
Protected Areas (PAs) are a critical tool for maintaining habitat integrity and species diversity, and now cover more than 12.7% of the planet's land surface area. However, there is considerable debate on the extent to which PAs deliver conserva[...]
Article
N. Lloyd, Auteur ;
A. Moehrenschlager, Auteur ;
D. H. V. Smith, Auteur ;
D. Bender, Auteur
Understanding limiting factors affecting population growth for imperilled species is crucial for conservation and management. This research investigates whether black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludoyicianus) populations are food limited on thei[...]
Article
Stefan H. Foord, Auteur ;
Ansie S. Dippenaar-Schoeman, Auteur ;
Eduard M. Stam, Auteur
The inclusion of spiders in conservation planning initiatives is confounded by several factors. Surrogates could facilitate their incorporation. In this paper we investigate the performance of a number of surrogate measures, such as higher taxa [...]
Article
Archi Rastogi, Auteur ;
Gordon M. Hickey, Auteur ;
Ruchi Badola, Auteur ;
Syed Ainul Hussain, Auteur
Biodiversity conservation often involves contentious and complex decision-making dilemmas that do not have clear solutions yet need urgent attention. Such problems typically involve stakeholders with divergent viewpoints and interests, leading t[...]
Article
Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Auteur ;
David M. J. S. Bowman, Auteur ;
Nick R. Bond, Auteur ;
Brett P. Murphy, Auteur ;
Andrew D. Moore, Auteur ;
Damien A. Fordham, Auteur ;
Richard Thackway, Auteur ;
Michael J. Lawes, Auteur ;
Hamish Mccallum, Auteur ;
Stephen D. Gregory, Auteur ;
Ram C. Dalal, Auteur ;
Matthias M. Boer, Auteur ;
A. Jasmyn J. Lynch, Auteur ;
Ross A. Bradstock, Auteur ;
Barry W. Brook, Auteur ;
Beverley K. Henry, Auteur ;
Leigh P. Hunt, Auteur ;
Diana O. Fisher, Auteur ;
David Hunter, Auteur ;
Christopher N. Johnson, Auteur ;
David A. Keith, Auteur ;
Edward C. Lefroy, Auteur ;
Trent D. Penman, Auteur ;
Wayne S. Meyer, Auteur ;
James R. Thomson, Auteur ;
Craig M. Thornton, Auteur ;
Jeremy VanDerWal, Auteur ;
Richard J. Williams, Auteur ;
Lucy Keniger, Auteur ;
Alison Specht, Auteur
Pricing greenhouse gas emissions is a burgeoning and possibly lucrative financial means for climate change mitigation. Emissions pricing is being used to fund emissions-abatement technologies and to modify land management to improve carbon seque[...]
Article
Boris Leroy, Auteur ;
Mauro Paschetta, Auteur ;
Alain Canard, Auteur ;
Michel Bakkenes, Auteur ;
Marco Isaia, Auteur ;
Frederic Ysnel, Auteur
Our view of the future of biodiversity remains limited to a restricted number of taxa, and some taxa, such as spiders, have been largely omitted. Here we provide the first assessment of effects of global change on threatened spiders using a red-[...]
Article
Sergio Garcia-Tejero, Auteur ;
Angela Taboada, Auteur ;
Reyes Tarrega, Auteur ;
Jose M. Salgado, Auteur
Traditional management practiced over centuries in Mediterranean cultural landscapes has led to singular agrosilvopastoral ecosystems such as dehesas. Recent abandonment of dehesa management has resulted in shrub encroachment, habitat homogenisa[...]
Article
Kristen M. Hart, Auteur ;
David G. Zawada, Auteur ;
Ikuko Fujisaki, Auteur ;
Barbara H. Lidz, Auteur
Use of existing marine protected areas (MPAs) by far-ranging marine turtles can be determined using satellite telemetry. Because of a lack of information on MPA use by marine turtles in the Gulf of Mexico, we used satellite transmitters in 2010 [...]
Article
Simon Tollington, Auteur ;
Carl G. Jones, Auteur ;
Andrew Greenwood, Auteur ;
Vikash Tatayah, Auteur ;
Claire Raisin, Auteur ;
Terry Burke, Auteur ;
Deborah A. Dawson, Auteur ;
Jim J. Groombridge, Auteur
Threatened populations of birds are often restored after bottleneck events by using reintroduction techniques. Whilst population numbers are often increased by using such measures, the long-term genetic effects of reintroductions and post-releas[...]
Article
Gail Schofield, Auteur ;
Rebecca Scott, Auteur ;
Alexandra Dimadi, Auteur ;
Sabrina Fossette, Auteur ;
Kostas A. Katselidis, Auteur ;
Drosos Koutsoubas, Auteur ;
Martin K. S. Lilley, Auteur ;
John D. Pantis, Auteur ;
Amalia D. Karagouni, Auteur ;
Graeme C. Hays, Auteur
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) now form an important part of marine conservation and fisheries management; hence, there is broad interest in developing procedures that optimize their design. We used data collected over a 10-year period (2003-2012[...]
Article
Lea-Anne Henry, Auteur ;
Juan Moreno Navas, Auteur ;
Sebastian J. Hennige, Auteur ;
Laura C. Wicks, Auteur ;
Johanne Vad, Auteur ;
J. Murray Roberts, Auteur
We provide a case study to demonstrate how a key ecosystem function of coral reefs (habitat provision) co-benefits both sharks and humans. Spawning grounds of the blackmouth catshark Galeus melastomus were discovered using seabed and video surve[...]
Article
Peng-Fei Fan, Auteur ;
Guo-Peng Ren, Auteur ;
Wei Wang, Auteur ;
Matthew B. Scott, Auteur ;
Chang-Yong Ma, Auteur ;
Han-Lan Fei, Auteur ;
Lin Wang, Auteur ;
Wen Xiao, Auteur ;
Jian-Guo Zhu, Auteur
The cao vit gibbon (Nomascus nasutus) is among the most endangered primates in the world. The only surviving population lives in a karst forest patch along the China-Vietnam border. In this study, we used high-resolution satellite images to eval[...]
Article
Denis A. Saunders, Auteur ;
Brendan A. Wintle, Auteur ;
Peter R. Mawson, Auteur ;
Rick Dawson, Auteur
Birds use a number of environmental cues to time their breeding season to maximise their chances of raising young when food is most abundant. Such cues include photoperiod, temperature and rainfall. In very arid regions, birds may start egg-layi[...]
Article
Maria Danise de Oliveira Alves, Auteur ;
Ralf Schwamborn, Auteur ;
Joao Carlos Gomes Borges, Auteur ;
Miriam Marmontel, Auteur ;
Alexandra Fernandes Costa, Auteur ;
Carlos Augusto Franca Schettini, Auteur ;
Maria Elisabeth de Araujo, Auteur
The objective of the present study was to analyze the distribution of manatees, dolphins and sea turtles off northeastern Brazil through aerial surveys, relating them to specific habitats and human activities, with emphasis on marine protected a[...]
Article
Dong He, Auteur ;
Qing-Gang Wang, Auteur ;
Scott B. Franklin, Auteur ;
Ming-Xi Jiang, Auteur
Transient dynamics is a growing concern in population biology and is particularly relevant for rare species that colonize ecotones. Euptelea pleiospermum is a threatened species endemic to eastern Asia and a common component in riparian forests.[...]
Article
Cristina Pornaro, Auteur ;
Manuel K. Schneider, Auteur ;
Stefano Macolino, Auteur
Cessation of agricultural management and subsequent natural forest succession has been the primary land use change in the Southern Alps over the past 50 years. It is generally assumed that early stages of succession host more plant species than [...]
