| Titre : | Biological Conservation 169 - JAN 2014 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
Michael B. Mascia, Auteur ;
Sharon Pallier, Auteur ;
Michele L. Thieme, Auteur ;
Andy Rowe, Auteur ;
Madeleine C. Bottrill, Auteur ;
Finn Danielsen, Auteur ;
Jonas Geldmann, Auteur ;
Robin Naidoo, Auteur ;
Andrew S. Pullin, Auteur ;
Neil D. Burgess, Auteur
Article
A. Malcolm Gill, Auteur ;
Jason Sharples, Auteur ;
Glenn Johnstone, Auteur
When a parcel of land, a reserve, is isolated from its fire-prone landscape context, its fire interval can potentially be altered simply due to diminished access to external fire. A model is developed to depict this situation. Cutting off the ex[...]
Article
Jesse Senko, Auteur ;
Agnese Mancini, Auteur ;
Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Auteur ;
Volker Koch, Auteur
Evaluating mortality of rare marine megafauna is crucial for conservation planning, but logistically difficult to undertake at sea. From 2006 to 2008 we assessed mortality of endangered green turtles (Chelonia mydas) through surveys of beaches a[...]
Article
M. S. Iftekhar, Auteur ;
J. G. Tisdell, Auteur ;
L. Gilfedder, Auteur
Conservation covenanting has become an important policy tool in promoting biodiversity conservation on private lands. Existing studies to date have focused either on the economic performance of specific programs or the ecological performances of[...]
Article
Graham Robertson, Auteur ;
Carlos Moreno, Auteur ;
Javier A. Arata, Auteur ;
Steven G. Candy, Auteur ;
Kieran Lawton, Auteur ;
Jose Valencia, Auteur ;
Barbara Wienecke, Auteur ;
Roger Kirkwood, Auteur ;
Phil Taylor, Auteur ;
Cristian G. Suazo, Auteur
Black-browed albatrosses (Thalassarche melanophrys) are a common victim of incidental mortality in commercial fishing operations. Chile holds globally important populations of black-browed albatrosses and grey-headed (Thalassarche chrysostoma) a[...]
Article
Morena Mills, Auteur ;
Jorge G. Alvarez-Romero, Auteur ;
Ken Vance-Borland, Auteur ;
Philippa Cohen, Auteur ;
Robert L. Pressey, Auteur ;
Angela M. Guerrero, Auteur ;
Henrik Ernstson, Auteur
Social networks play an important role in facilitating effective and sustained connections between people responsible for regional conservation plans and those responsible for local conservation actions. Yet, few studies have utilized social net[...]
Article
Barbara Moser, Auteur ;
Ken Thompson, Auteur
Calcareous grasslands are considered as hotspots of plant and invertebrate diversity but little is known about the potential of their main dominants to migrate as a response to climate change. Although it is generally acknowledged that climate w[...]
Article
Jennifer M. Lucey, Auteur ;
Noel Tawatao, Auteur ;
Michael J. M. Senior, Auteur ;
Chey Vun Khen, Auteur ;
Suzan Benedick, Auteur ;
Keith C. Hamer, Auteur ;
Paul Woodcock, Auteur ;
Robert J. Newton, Auteur ;
Simon H. Bottrell, Auteur ;
Jane K. Hill, Auteur
In Southeast Asia, large-scale conversion of rainforest to oil palm plantations is one of the major causes of biodiversity declines. Recommendations for reducing species losses and increasing the sustainability of palm oil production advocate th[...]
Article
Brian L. Sullivan, Auteur ;
Jocelyn L. Aycrigg, Auteur ;
Jessie H. Barry, Auteur ;
Rick E. Bonney, Auteur ;
Nicholas Bruns, Auteur ;
Caren B. Cooper, Auteur ;
Theo Damoulas, Auteur ;
Andre A. Dhondt, Auteur ;
Tom Dietterich, Auteur ;
Andrew Farnsworth, Auteur ;
Daniel Fink, Auteur ;
John W. Fitzpatrick, Auteur ;
Thomas Fredericks, Auteur ;
Jeff Gerbracht, Auteur ;
Carla Gomes, Auteur ;
Wesley M. Hochachka, Auteur ;
Marshall J. Iliff, Auteur ;
Carl Lagoze, Auteur ;
Frank A. La Sorte, Auteur ;
Matthew Merrifield, Auteur ;
Will Morris, Auteur ;
Tina B. Phillips, Auteur ;
Mark Reynolds, Auteur ;
Amanda D. Rodewald, Auteur ;
Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Auteur ;
Nancy M. Trautmann, Auteur ;
Andrea Wiggins, Auteur ;
David W. Winkler, Auteur ;
Weng-Keen Wong, Auteur ;
Christopher L. Wood, Auteur ;
Jun Yu, Auteur ;
Steve Kelling, Auteur
Citizen-science projects engage volunteers to gather or process data to address scientific questions. But citizen-science projects vary in their ability to contribute usefully for science, conservation, or public policy. eBird has evolved from a[...]
Article
Arno Thomaes, Auteur ;
Luc De Keersmaeker, Auteur ;
Pieter Verschelde, Auteur ;
Kris Vandekerkhove, Auteur ;
Kris Verheyen, Auteur
The limited dispersal and recruitment of ancient forest plant species (AFS) hampers the restoration of herb layer communities in post-agricultural forests. Recruitment limitation is often caused by the high availability of soil nutrients, in par[...]
Article
Samuel T. Turvey, Auteur ;
Cristina Fernandez-Secades, Auteur ;
Jose M. Nunez-Mino, Auteur ;
Tom Hart, Auteur ;
Pedro Martinez, Auteur ;
Jorge L. Brocca, Auteur ;
Richard P. Young, Auteur
Local ecological knowledge is an increasingly used, cost-effective source of data for conservation research and management. However, untrained observers are more likely to provide meaningful information on species that are charismatic and easily[...]
Article
Asko Lohmus, Auteur ;
Kadri Runnel, Auteur
The ongoing European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) dieback can pose a threat to the biodiversity dependent on ash trees, but the field evidence is scarce. We monitored epiphytic lichens (notably Lobaria pulmonaria) confined to ash trees in an Estonia[...]
Article
David Troupin, Auteur ;
Yohay Carmel, Auteur
Threats to biodiversity are often enhanced in human-dominated and densely-populated regions. The prospects for establishing new protected areas are generally more limited in such regions, due to competition with other land-uses. Improving the co[...]
Article
Yi Hui Soh, Auteur ;
Luis Roman Carrasco, Auteur ;
Dale G. Miquelle, Auteur ;
Jinsong Jiang, Auteur ;
Jun Yang, Auteur ;
Emma J. Stokes, Auteur ;
Jirong Tang, Auteur ;
Aili Kang, Auteur ;
Peiqi Liu, Auteur ;
Madhu Rao, Auteur
Livestock depredation by highly endangered Amur tigers is a major source of human-tiger conflict in Northeast China. We model livestock depredation risk to understand factors shaping the spatial distribution of depredation conflicts using Hunchu[...]
Article
Patric Brandt, Auteur ;
David J. Abson, Auteur ;
Dominick A. DellaSala, Auteur ;
Robert Feller, Auteur ;
Henrik Von Wehrden, Auteur
Forests produce a myriad of ecosystem related benefits known as ecosystem services. Maximizing the provision of single goods may lead to the overexploitation of ecosystems that negatively affects biodiversity and causes ecosystem degradation. We[...]
Article
Nirmal K. Bhagabati, Auteur ;
Taylor Ricketts, Auteur ;
Thomas Barano Siswa Sulistyawan, Auteur ;
Marc Conte, Auteur ;
Driss Ennaanay, Auteur ;
Oki Hadian, Auteur ;
Emily McKenzie, Auteur ;
Nasser Olwero, Auteur ;
Amy Rosenthal, Auteur ;
Heather Tallis, Auteur ;
Stacie Wolny, Auteur
Ecosystem services have clear promise to help identify and protect priority areas for biodiversity. To leverage them effectively, practitioners must conduct timely analyses at appropriate scales, often with limited data. Here we use simple spati[...]
Article
Lucretia E. Olson, Auteur ;
Joel D. Sauder, Auteur ;
Nathan M. Albrecht, Auteur ;
Ray S. Vinkey, Auteur ;
Samuel A. Cushman, Auteur ;
Michael K. Schwartz, Auteur
Climate change impacts many species through shifts in habitat. The intensity of this impact will depend on the dispersal rates of the species, the patchiness of the environment, and the velocity of habitat change. Here we examine how dispersal a[...]
Article
Petra Kaczensky, Auteur ;
Yadamsuren Adiya, Auteur ;
Henrik Von Wehrden, Auteur ;
Batmunkh Mijiddorj, Auteur ;
Chris Walzer, Auteur ;
Denise Guethlin, Auteur ;
Dulamtseren Enkhbileg, Auteur ;
Richard P. Reading, Auteur
Wild Bactrian camels (Camela ferns) are listed as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and only persist in some of the most remote locations in northern China and southern Mongolia. Although the spec[...]
Article
Amy L. Whitehead, Auteur ;
Philip O'B Lyver, Auteur ;
Christopher J. Jones, Auteur ;
Peter J. Bellingham, Auteur ;
Catriona J. Macleod, Auteur ;
Morgan Coleman, Auteur ;
Brian J. Karl, Auteur ;
Keven Drew, Auteur ;
David Pairman, Auteur ;
Andrew M. Gormley, Auteur ;
Richard P. Duncan, Auteur
Accurate estimates of breeding population size are essential for detecting change and guiding conservation management and sustainable use. In New Zealand, the grey-faced petrel (Pterodroma macroptera gouldi) now breeds predominantly on offshore [...]
Article
Susan E. W. De la Cruz, Auteur ;
John M. Eadie, Auteur ;
A. Keith Miles, Auteur ;
Julie Yee, Auteur ;
Kyle A. Spragens, Auteur ;
Eric C. Palm, Auteur ;
John Y. Takekawa, Auteur
Wide-ranging marine birds rely on multiple habitats for wintering, breeding, and migrating, and their conservation may be dependent on protecting networks of key areas. Urbanized estuaries are critical wintering and stopover areas for many decli[...]
Article
Livia Dorneles Audino, Auteur ;
Julio Louzada, Auteur ;
Liza Comita, Auteur
Tropical forest restoration is becoming increasingly more applied to offset biodiversity loss and maintain ecosystem processes, but knowledge about its efficacy is still limited. We evaluated the success of tropical forest active restoration usi[...]
Article
Kristopher J. Winiarski, Auteur ;
David L. Miller, Auteur ;
Peter W. C. Paton, Auteur ;
Scott R. McWilliams, Auteur
There are currently no offshore wind energy developments (OWEDs) in North America, although numerous OWEDs have been proposed along the Atlantic Coast. Development pressure has been a catalyst for marine spatial planning (MSP) to identify suitab[...]
Article
Tom P. Bregman, Auteur ;
Çagan H. Sekercioglu, Auteur ;
Joseph A. Tobias, Auteur
The fragmentation of forests is a dominant human impact worldwide with major implications for the conservation and management of ecosystems. Although many studies have assessed the effects of fragmentation on biodiversity at local scales, our un[...]
Article
Robert McCleery, Auteur ;
Jeffrey A. Hostetler, Auteur ;
Madan K. Oli, Auteur
The critical question for the success of all captive breeding and release programs (CBRPs) is the same: will the benefit of augmenting or reestablishing a population with captive animals outweigh the loss of taking individuals from the wild? Yet[...]
Article
Sacha Jellinek, Auteur ;
Libby Rumpff, Auteur ;
Don A. Driscoll, Auteur ;
Kirsten M. Parris, Auteur ;
Brendan A. Wintle, Auteur
Decisions affecting the management of natural resources in agricultural landscapes are influenced by both social and ecological factors. Models that integrate these factors are likely to better predict the outcomes of natural resource management[...]
Article
Justus P. Deikumah, Auteur ;
Clive A. McAlpine, Auteur ;
Martine Maron, Auteur
Globally, relatively low-contrast matrices are being converted to high-contrast through increases in land uses such as surface mining. Such conversion affects biodiversity not only at the impact site, but also potentially in adjacent remnant hab[...]
Article
M. P. D. Garratt, Auteur ;
D. J. Coston, Auteur ;
C. L. Truslove, Auteur ;
M. G. Lappage, Auteur ;
C. Polce, Auteur ;
R. Dean, Auteur ;
J. C. Biesmeijer, Auteur ;
S. G. Potts, Auteur
Insect pollinated mass flowering crops are becoming more widespread and there is a need to understand which insects are primarily responsible for the pollination of these crops so conservation measures can be appropriately targeted in the face o[...]
Article
Forest loss or management intensification? Identifying causes of mammal decline in cacao agroforests
Camila Righetto Cassano, Auteur ;
Jos Barlow, Auteur ;
Renata Pardini, Auteur
Changes in biodiversity and ecosystem services in terrestrial systems are being driven by the synergistic interactions between the loss of native vegetation and land-use intensification. Disentangling the influence of these two processes on spec[...]
Article
Abishek Harihar, Auteur ;
Mousumi Ghosh-Harihar, Auteur ;
Douglas C. MacMillan, Auteur
Resettlement of people for conservation is a contentious issue, but remains an important policy for conserving species like tigers which require vast, inviolate habitats. Recommendations to resettle communities should ideally be supported with c[...]
Article
Katrina M. Brickner, Auteur ;
Martin B. Grenier, Auteur ;
Adrienne E. Crosier, Auteur ;
Jonathan N. Pauli, Auteur
The extirpation of black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) from the wild resulted from the rangewide decline of prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.) brought about by poisoning campaigns, the arrival of an exotic disease, and habitat loss. It is widely ac[...]
Article
Getachew Tadesse, Auteur ;
Erika Zavaleta, Auteur ;
Carol Shennan, Auteur
Land-use changes threaten biodiversity and ecosystem services. Some of the last remaining forest fragments in Ethiopia, and the world's only habitats that retain genetically diverse wild Arabica coffee populations, have experienced rapid recent [...]
Article
Kimberly L. VanderWaal, Auteur ;
Edward R. Atwill, Auteur ;
Lynne A. Isbell, Auteur ;
Brenda McCowan, Auteur
Multi-host wildlife pathogens are an increasing concern for both wildlife conservation and livestock husbandry. Here, we combined social network theory with microbial genetics to assess patterns of interspecific pathogen transmission among ten s[...]
Article
Ryan D. Phillips, Auteur ;
Rod Peakall, Auteur ;
Michael F. Hutchinson, Auteur ;
Celeste C. Linde, Auteur ;
Tingbao Xu, Auteur ;
Kingsley W. Dixon, Auteur ;
Stephen D. Hopper, Auteur
Understanding the limitations to persistence and formation of populations is critical to the conservation of rare species. Engaging in specialized ecological interactions may constrain a species' distribution and abundance through limiting the a[...]
Article
Charles A. Bettigole, Auteur ;
Therese M. Donovan, Auteur ;
Robert Manning, Auteur ;
John Austin, Auteur ;
Robert Long, Auteur
The conversion of natural lands to developed uses may pose the single greatest human threat to global terrestrial biodiversity. Continued human growth and development over the next century will further exacerbate these effects of habitat loss an[...]
Article
Laura E. Dee, Auteur ;
Stephanie S. Horii, Auteur ;
Daniel J. Thornhill, Auteur
Trade in ornamental coral reef wildlife supports a multi-million dollar industry but in some places threatens vulnerable coral reef species and ecosystems due to unsustainable practices and lack of effective regulation. To supply this trade, fis[...]
Article
Teri D. Allendorf, Auteur ;
Jodi S. Brandt, Auteur ;
Jian M. Yang, Auteur
Sacred natural sites have played important social and cultural roles in many cultures around the world for centuries. More recently, scientists have shown that sacred sites act as de facto protected areas. However, the potential for sacred sites[...]
Article
Charles A. Bettigole, Auteur ;
Therese M. Donovan, Auteur ;
Robert Manning, Auteur ;
John Austin, Auteur
The conversion of natural lands to developed uses poses a great threat to global terrestrial biodiversity. Natural resource managers, tasked with managing wildlife as a public trust, require techniques for predicting how much and where wildlife [...]
Article
Jeffrey E. Lovich, Auteur ;
Charles B. Yackulic, Auteur ;
Jerry Freilich, Auteur ;
Mickey Agha, Auteur ;
Meaghan Austin, Auteur ;
Katherine P. Meyer, Auteur ;
Terence R. Arundel, Auteur ;
Jered Hansen, Auteur ;
Michael S. Vamstad, Auteur ;
Stephanie A. Root, Auteur
While demographic changes in short-lived species may be observed relatively quickly in response to climate changes, measuring population responses of long-lived species requires long-term studies that are not always available. We analyzed data f[...]
Article
Michael B. Mascia, Auteur ;
Sharon Pallier, Auteur ;
Roopa Krithivasan, Auteur ;
Volha Roshchanka, Auteur ;
David Burns, Auteur ;
McCard Joseph Mlotha, Auteur ;
Dana Roeber Murray, Auteur ;
Naiying Peng, Auteur
National parks, nature reserves, and other protected areas (PAs) are the centerpiece of efforts to conserve biodiversity. Conservation policy and practice assume that PAs are permanent institutions, but scattered evidence suggests widespread PA [...]
Article
R. Lindborg, Auteur ;
J. Plue, Auteur ;
K. Andersson, Auteur ;
S. A. O. Cousins, Auteur
The extensive transformation of agricultural landscapes worldwide has led to a decrease in grassland species related to traditional low-intensive farming. To properly manage and protect species, habitats and ecosystems in any of these landscapes[...]
Article
Cameron D. Siler, Auteur ;
Andres Lira-Noriega, Auteur ;
Rafe M. Brown, Auteur
Despite rampant coastal development throughout Southeast Asia and the Pacific, studies of conservation genetics and ecology of vulnerable, coastal species are rare. Large bodied vertebrates with highly specialized habitat requirements may be at [...]
Article
T. Ranius, Auteur ;
A. Caruso, Auteur ;
M. Jonsell, Auteur ;
A. Juutinen, Auteur ;
G. Thor, Auteur ;
J. Rudolphi, Auteur
Negative consequences of human activities for biodiversity may be mitigated by compensation measures. Although the interest in applying compensation measures is generally increasing, such measures have rarely been applied in forestry. Many borea[...]
Article
Viktoriia Radchuk, Auteur ;
Karin Johst, Auteur ;
Juergen Groeneveld, Auteur ;
Camille Turlure, Auteur ;
Volker Grimm, Auteur ;
Nicolas Schtickzelle, Auteur
The importance of a careful choice of the appropriate scale for studying ecological phenomena has been stressed repeatedly. However, issues of spatial scale in metapopulation dynamics received much more attention compared to temporal scale. More[...]
Article
Shannon E. Pittman, Auteur ;
Michael S. Osbourn, Auteur ;
Raymond D. Semlitsch, Auteur
Movement is a fundamental process of all organisms that has strong consequences for individual fitness, gene flow, natural selection, adaptation, population persistence, metapopulation dynamics, and species distributions. Yet, a lack of understa[...]
