| Titre : | Biological Conservation 178 - OCT 2014 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
Marcus Elfstrom, Auteur ;
Marie L. Davey, Auteur ;
Andreas Zedrosser, Auteur ;
Martin Mueller, Auteur ;
Marta De Barba, Auteur ;
Ole-Gunnar Stoen, Auteur ;
Christian Miquel, Auteur ;
Pierre Taberlet, Auteur ;
Klaus Hacklaender, Auteur ;
Jon E. Swenson, Auteur
Large carnivores that approach human settlements are usually considered a threat to human property and safety. The prevailing paradigm, that such 'problem' animals approach settlements in search of food, ignores their social organization. Based [...]
Article
Jérôme Bourjea, Auteur ;
Sandra Clermont, Auteur ;
Alicia Delgado, Auteur ;
Hilario Murua, Auteur ;
Jon Ruiz, Auteur ;
Stephane Ciccione, Auteur ;
Pierre Chavance, Auteur
Bycatch of endangered marine turtles is a growing issue for the management of all fisheries, including the oceanic purse-seine fishery. The aim of this study was to assess the spatial and temporal variation in bycatch rates of these species in t[...]
Article
J. W. Bull, Auteur ;
E. J. Milner-Gulland, Auteur ;
K. B. Suttle, Auteur ;
N. J. Singh, Auteur
Biodiversity offsets are interventions that compensate for ecological losses caused by economic development, seeking 'no net loss' (NNL) of biodiversity overall. Calculating the ecological gains required to achieve NNL is non-trivial, with vario[...]
Article
Francine Madden, Auteur ;
Brian McQuinn, Auteur
Unaddressed or poorly addressed conflicts present increasingly difficult obstacles to effective conservation and management of many wildlife species around the world. The material, visible manifestations of such conflicts are often rooted in les[...]
Article
Matthew R. Falcy, Auteur ;
Brent J. Danielson, Auteur
The spatial configuration of habitat and the frequency of disturbances through time could have interacting effects on population viability. With this in mind, we assessed the rate of post-hurricane recovery and long term viability of the Alabama[...]
Article
Fabian Borchard, Auteur ;
Sascha Buchholz, Auteur ;
Felix Helbing, Auteur ;
Thomas Fartmann, Auteur
Semi-natural habitats such as heathland ecosystems are important for the conservation of biodiversity. Due to land use changes, these valuable ecosystems have become highly threatened. Nowadays, their management and restoration is of special rel[...]
Article
Joleah B. Lamb, Auteur ;
James D. True, Auteur ;
Srisakul Piromvaragorn, Auteur ;
Bette L. Willis, Auteur
Recreational diving and snorkeling on coral reefs is one of the fastest growing tourism sectors globally. Damage associated with intensive recreational tourist use has been documented extensively on coral reefs, however other impacts on coral he[...]
Article
Anand M. Osuri, Auteur ;
M. D. Madhusudan, Auteur ;
Vijay S. Kumar, Auteur ;
Sannuvanda K. Chengappa, Auteur ;
Chepudira G. Kushalappa, Auteur ;
Mahesh Sankaran, Auteur
Although the potential for community-conserved areas (CCAs) to extend conservation beyond formal protected areas is widely acknowledged, the scarcity of conservation assessments and monitoring hinders the rigorous evaluation of their effectivene[...]
Article
L. R. Carrasco, Auteur ;
T. P. L. Nghiem, Auteur ;
T. Sunderland, Auteur ;
L. P. Koh, Auteur
The reconciliation of biodiversity conservation, ecosystem service provision and agricultural production in tropical landscapes requires recognition of the trade-offs between competing land-uses. It is especially relevant for conservation planni[...]
Article
Riho Marja, Auteur ;
Irina Herzon, Auteur ;
Eneli Viik, Auteur ;
Jaanus Elts, Auteur ;
Marika Maend, Auteur ;
Teja Tscharntke, Auteur ;
Péter Batáry, Auteur
Farmland biodiversity dramatically declined in Europe during the 20th century. Agri-environment schemes (AES) were introduced in the late 1980s in European Union countries as a solution to combat biodiversity decline. We examined the effectivene[...]
Article
Sarah K. Carter, Auteur ;
Nicholas S. Keuler, Auteur ;
Anna M. Pidgeon, Auteur ;
Volker C. Radeloff, Auteur
Conservation plans are a common management tool, but are rarely evaluated for their influence on conservation actions. We assessed four statewide conservation plans and 371 local land protection projects developed by a state land management agen[...]
Article
Zhongqiu Li, Auteur ;
Guy Beauchamp, Auteur ;
Michael S. Mooring, Auteur
Relaxed selection following extirpation of predators or as a consequence of captive breeding may result in the loss of adaptive antipredator behavior. We propose that it is equally possible for relaxed selection to result in the loss or reduced [...]
Article
Brett G. Dickson, Auteur ;
Luke J. Zachmann, Auteur ;
Christine M. Albano, Auteur
With ongoing global change, there is an urgent need to expand existing networks of important conservation areas around the world. In the western United States, vast areas of public land, including those administered by the Bureau of Land Managem[...]
Article
Y. Y. Neo, Auteur ;
J. Seitz, Auteur ;
R. A. Kastelein, Auteur ;
H. V. Winter, Auteur ;
C. ten Cate, Auteur ;
H. Slabbekoorn, Auteur
Human activities in and around waters generate a substantial amount of underwater noise, which may negatively affect aquatic life including fish. In order to better predict and assess the consequences of the variety of anthropogenic sounds, it i[...]
Article
Aliah Adams Knopff, Auteur ;
Kyle H. Knopff, Auteur ;
Mark S. Boyce, Auteur ;
Colleen Cassady St Clair, Auteur
Large carnivore populations are imperiled worldwide through habitat loss, insufficient prey, and intolerance by people, promoting concerns that their populations will persist only in protected areas and remote regions. This assumption is challen[...]
Article
Erin L. Koen, Auteur ;
Jeff Bowman, Auteur ;
Jillian L. Lalor, Auteur ;
Paul J. Wilson, Auteur
Interspecific hybridization and introgression are of conservation concern because they can lead to lower fitness, and in some cases, extinction of the parental population or species. Alternatively, hybridization can lead to increased fitness (i.[...]
Article
Amy J. Dickman, Auteur ;
Leela Hazzah, Auteur ;
Chris Carbone, Auteur ;
Sarah M. Durant, Auteur
Resolving human-wildlife conflict is a conservation priority, but effective mitigation requires in-depth understanding of the complexity and relative importance of conflict drivers. We conducted 262 semi-structured interviews with villagers arou[...]
Article
Maurizio Sara, Auteur
Sicily hosts the largest European population of the endangered lanner falcon, a poorly known species which needs conservation planning based on habitat preferences. A distribution model on 10 x 10 km cells of Sicily was described using Generaliz[...]
Article
A. Canadas, Auteur ;
J. A. Vazquez, Auteur
Links between atypical mass strandings of beaked whales and military manoeuvres have been demonstrated in several parts of the Mediterranean, including the Alboran Sea. Herein, information on the distribution and abundance of Cuvier's beaked wha[...]
Article
M. Hebblewhite, Auteur ;
D. G. Miquelle, Auteur ;
H. Robinson, Auteur ;
D. G. Pikunov, Auteur ;
Y. M. Dunishenko, Auteur ;
V. V. Aramilev, Auteur ;
I. G. Nikolaev, Auteur ;
G. P. Salkina, Auteur ;
I. V. Seryodkin, Auteur ;
V. V. Gaponov, Auteur ;
M. N. Litvinov, Auteur ;
A. V. Kostyria, Auteur ;
P. V. Fomenko, Auteur ;
A. A. Murzin, Auteur
Wild tiger numbers continue to decline despite decades of conservation action. Identification, conservation and restoration of tiger habitat will be a key component of recovering tiger numbers across Asia. To identify suitable habitat for tigers[...]
