| Titre : | Biological Conservation 187 - JUL 2015 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Alain Dejean, Auteur ;
Regis Cereghino, Auteur ;
Maurice Leponce, Auteur ;
Vivien Rossi, Auteur ;
Olivier Roux, Auteur ;
Arthur Compin, Auteur ;
Jacques H. C. Delabie, Auteur ;
Bruno Corbara, Auteur
The fire ant Solenopsis saevissima is a major pest frequent in human-disturbed areas of its native range where it forms 'supercolonies'. We determined that its natural habitat in French Guiana is likely the sporadically flooded riparian forest a[...]
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S. Guareschi, Auteur ;
D. T. Bilton, Auteur ;
J. Velasco, Auteur ;
A. Millán, Auteur ;
P. Abellán, Auteur
Protected area networks represent one of the mainstays of global conservation polices and are therefore central to current efforts to maintain biodiyersity. However, a major limitation of most conservation strategies is their bias towards partic[...]
Article
Maira Benchimol, Auteur ;
Carlos A. Peres, Auteur
Hydropower projects are rapidly expanding across lowland Amazonia, driving the conversion of large tracts of once-continuous forests into archipelagos embedded within a vast open-water matrix. Forest vertebrate populations thus become stranded i[...]
Article
J. Berton C. Harris, Auteur ;
Jonathan M. H. Green, Auteur ;
Dewi M. Prawiradilaga, Auteur ;
Xingli Giam, Auteur ;
Giyanto, Auteur ;
Desy Hikmatullah, Auteur ;
Chairunas A. Putra, Auteur ;
David S. Wilcove, Auteur
The wildlife trade involves thousands of vertebrate species and now rivals habitat loss as an extinction driver in some regions. However, its impacts are poorly known because field monitoring of wild populations is expensive, localized, and requ[...]
Article
Varun Varma, Auteur ;
Jayashree Ratnam, Auteur ;
Vinatha Viswanathan, Auteur ;
Anand M. Osuri, Auteur ;
Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Auteur ;
M. D. Madhusudan, Auteur ;
Mahesh Sankaran, Auteur ;
Meghna Krishnadas, Auteur ;
Deepak Barua, Auteur ;
Megha Budruk, Auteur ;
Kavita Isvaran, Auteur ;
Rajah Jayapal, Auteur ;
Jahnavi Joshi, Auteur ;
Krithi K. Karanth, Auteur ;
Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Auteur ;
Raman Kumar, Auteur ;
Shomita Mukherjee, Auteur ;
Harini Nagendra, Auteur ;
Madhura Niphadkar, Auteur ;
Nisha Owen, Auteur ;
Navendu Page, Auteur ;
Soumya Prasad, Auteur ;
Suhel Quader, Auteur ;
R. Nandini, Auteur ;
V. V. Robin, Auteur ;
Steven M. Sait, Auteur ;
Manzoor A. Shah, Auteur ;
Hema Somanathan, Auteur ;
Umesh Srinivasan, Auteur ;
Bharath Sundaram, Auteur
We report on the results of a country-wide survey of people's perceptions of issues relating to the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems in India. Our survey, mainly conducted online, yielded 572 respondents, mostly among educated, urban [...]
Article
A. Benítez-López, Auteur ;
F. Casas, Auteur ;
F. Mougeot, Auteur ;
J. T. Garcia, Auteur ;
C. A. Martin, Auteur ;
L. Tatin, Auteur ;
A. Wolff, Auteur ;
J. Vinuela, Auteur
Survival and the underlying causes of mortality are key demographic parameters for understanding animal population dynamics and identifying conservation needs. Here we use a large data set of tagged wild pin-tailed sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata)[...]
Article
M. D. Madhusudan, Auteur ;
Narayan Sharma, Auteur ;
R. Raghunath, Auteur ;
N. Baskaran, Auteur ;
C. M. Bipin, Auteur ;
Sanjay Gubbi, Auteur ;
A. J. T. Johnsingh, Auteur ;
Jayant Kulkarni, Auteur ;
Honnavalli N. Kumara, Auteur ;
Prachi Mehta, Auteur ;
Rajeev Pillay, Auteur ;
Raman Sukumar, Auteur
Karnataka state in southern India supports a globally significant and the country's largest population of the Asian elephant Elephas maximus. A reliable map of Asian elephant distribution and measures of spatial variation in their abundance, bot[...]
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F. Jay Breidt, Auteur ;
Michael C. Gavin, Auteur ;
Sara G. Lewis, Auteur
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H. E. Johnson, Auteur ;
S. W. Breck, Auteur ;
S. Baruch-Mordo, Auteur ;
D. L. Lewis, Auteur ;
C. W. Lackey, Auteur ;
K. R. Wilson, Auteur ;
J. Broderick, Auteur ;
J. S. Mao, Auteur ;
J. P. Beckmann, Auteur
As landscapes across the globe experience increasing human development, it is critical to identify the behavioral responses of wildlife to this change given associated shifts in resource availability and risk from human activity. This is particu[...]
Article
Jordan-Laine Calder, Auteur ;
Graeme S. Cumming, Auteur ;
Kristine Maciejewski, Auteur ;
H. Dieter Oschadleus, Auteur
Urbanisation often has profound impacts on ecological processes. Management of these impacts is central to urban conservation efforts. We used data from 6591 individually ringed weaver birds from 42 ringing locations to investigate the influence[...]
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Aidan M. Keane, Auteur ;
Ana Nuno, Auteur ;
Freya A. V. St John, Auteur
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Michael J. Case, Auteur ;
Joshua J. Lawler, Auteur ;
Jorge A. Tomasevic, Auteur
Climate change affects plants and animals in myriad ways and to different degrees. Therefore, Managing species in the face of climate change will require an understanding of which species will be most sensitive to future climatic changes and wha[...]
Article
Andrea Davalos, Auteur ;
Victoria Nuzzo, Auteur ;
Bernd Blossey, Auteur
Multiple biotic and abiotic factors, operating at several stages may affect plant demography and recruitment. Across forests in North America increased white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) abundance, non-native earthworms and non-native pl[...]
Article
Blake R. Hossack, Auteur ;
William R. Gould, Auteur ;
Debra A. Patla, Auteur ;
Erin Muths, Auteur ;
Rob Daley, Auteur ;
Kristin Legg, Auteur ;
Paul Stephen Corn, Auteur
Despite prevalent awareness of global amphibian declines, there is still little information on trends for many widespread species. To inform land managers of trends on protected landscapes and identify potential conservation strategies, we colle[...]
Article
D. E. Bowler, Auteur ;
P. Haase, Auteur ;
I. Kroencke, Auteur ;
O. Tackenberg, Auteur ;
H. G. Bauer, Auteur ;
C. Brendel, Auteur ;
R. W. Brooker, Auteur ;
M. Gerisch, Auteur ;
K. Henle, Auteur ;
T. Hickler, Auteur ;
C. Hof, Auteur ;
S. Klotz, Auteur ;
I. Kuehn, Auteur ;
S. Matesanz, Auteur ;
R. O'Hara, Auteur ;
D. Russell, Auteur ;
O. Schweiger, Auteur ;
F. Valladares, Auteur ;
E. Welk, Auteur ;
M. Wiemers, Auteur ;
K. Boehning-Gaese, Auteur
Advances in phenology and pole- and up-ward shifts in geographic ranges are well-documented signs that species are responding to climate change. A deeper understanding of such responses across ecologically different species groups will help to a[...]
Article
Thomas J. Wood, Auteur ;
John M. Holland, Auteur ;
Dave Goulson, Auteur
In order to reverse declines in pollinator populations, numerous agri-environment schemes have been implemented across Europe, predominantly focused on increasing the availability of floral resources. Whilst several studies have investigated how[...]
Article
Daniel W. S. Challender, Auteur ;
Stuart R. Harrop, Auteur ;
Douglas C. MacMillan, Auteur
International trade in wildlife is a major threat to biodiversity conservation. CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, is the primary mechanism for maintaining sustainability in international [...]
Article
Daniel E. Holt, Auteur ;
Carol E. Johnston, Auteur
In order for an acoustic signal to be an effective source of communication, the signal must be successfully detected and interpreted by the intended receiver. One potential barrier to acoustic communication is background noise. Lotic systems con[...]
Article
Joern Buse, Auteur ;
Martin Slachta, Auteur ;
Frantisek X. J. Sladecek, Auteur ;
Markus Pung, Auteur ;
Thomas Wagner, Auteur ;
Martin H. Entling, Auteur
Habitat area and continuity are both key issues in conservation biology, for example in the choice and design of areas used as nature reserves. We analyzed how grazing continuity and pasture area affect species richness, functional groups and re[...]
Article
Francisco J. Bonet-Garcia, Auteur ;
Antonio J. Perez-Luque, Auteur ;
Ricardo A. Moreno-Llorca, Auteur ;
Ramon Perez-Perez, Auteur ;
Carolina Puerta-Pinero, Auteur ;
Regino Zamora, Auteur
The socioeconomic impact of protected areas, crucial to conservation, has been investigated mainly in low-income, highly biodiverse, contexts. However, studies are needed on the impact of protected areas in high-income places managed for millenn[...]
Article
Ana Sanz-Aguilar, Auteur ;
Jose Antonio Sanchez-Zapata, Auteur ;
Martina Carrete, Auteur ;
Jose Ramon Benitez, Auteur ;
Enrique Avila, Auteur ;
Rafael Arenas, Auteur ;
Jose Antonio Donazar, Auteur
Large body-sized avian scavengers, including the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), are globally threatened due to human-related mortality so guidelines quantifying the efficacy of different management approaches are urgently needed. We u[...]
Article
Chrystal S. Mantyka-Pringle, Auteur ;
Piero Visconti, Auteur ;
Moreno Di Marco, Auteur ;
Tara G. Martin, Auteur ;
Carlo Rondinini, Auteur ;
Jonathan R. Rhodes, Auteur
Climate change and land-cover change will have major impacts on biodiversity persistence worldwide. These two stressors are likely to interact, but how climate change will mediate the effects of land-cover change remains poorly understood. Here [...]
Article
Devcharan Jathanna, Auteur ;
K. Ullas Karanth, Auteur ;
N. Samba Kumar, Auteur ;
Varun R. Goswami, Auteur ;
Divya Vasudev, Auteur ;
Krithi K. Karanth, Auteur
Reliable estimation of elephant population abundance and density assumes great importance in the context of massive threats from illegal hunting and habitat loss. However, available estimates of elephant populations, particularly in Asia, are of[...]
Article
Justine Alexander, Auteur ;
Pengju Chen, Auteur ;
Peter Damerell, Auteur ;
Wang Youkui, Auteur ;
Joelene Hughes, Auteur ;
Kun Shi, Auteur ;
Philip Riordan, Auteur
In this paper, we assess local perceptions towards snow leopards in North West China using a framework depicting key conflict domains. We describe the perceived threats posed to humans by the snow leopard and set them within beliefs and attitude[...]
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Whitney M. Holden, Auteur ;
Shane M. Hanlon, Auteur ;
Douglas C. Woodhams, Auteur ;
Timothy M. Chappell, Auteur ;
Heather L. Wells, Auteur ;
Samantha M. Glisson, Auteur ;
Valerie J. McKenzie, Auteur ;
Rob Knight, Auteur ;
Matthew J. Parris, Auteur ;
Louise A. Rollins-Smith, Auteur
An important concern for conservation biologists is the continuing loss of global biodiversity. This is especially true for amphibians, which are disappearing at an alarming rate. The emerging fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd)[...]
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Piotr Skorka, Auteur ;
Magdalena Lenda, Auteur ;
Dawid Moron, Auteur ;
Rafal Martyka, Auteur ;
Piotr Tryjanowski, Auteur ;
William J. Sutherland, Auteur
Collisions with cars are an important mortality factor for many wild animals. Measures to mitigate road mortality are costly so should be implemented using cost-effective measures in locations where the road mortality is consistently highest and[...]
Article
Joel Ralston, Auteur ;
David I. King, Auteur ;
William V. DeLuca, Auteur ;
Gerald J. Niemi, Auteur ;
Michale J. Glennon, Auteur ;
Judith C. Scarl, Auteur ;
J. Daniel Lambert, Auteur
Continental-scale monitoring programs with standardized survey protocols play an important role in conservation science by identifying species in decline and prioritizing conservation action. However, rare, inaccessible, or spatially fragmented [...]
Article
Claudia L. Jolls, Auteur ;
Julie E. Marik, Auteur ;
Samara I. Hamze, Auteur ;
Kayri Havens, Auteur
An understanding of plant population dynamics in response to natural and anthropogenic influences is critical for rare species management. We present a long-term study and population viability analysis of a federally threatened monocarpic, Cirsi[...]
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Caragh G. Threlfall, Auteur ;
Ken Walker, Auteur ;
Nicholas S. G. Williams, Auteur ;
Amy K. Hahs, Auteur ;
Luis Mata, Auteur ;
Nigel Stork, Auteur ;
Stephen J. Livesley, Auteur
Networks of urban green space can provide critical resources for wild bees, however it is unclear which attributes of green spaces provide these resources, or how their management can be improved to benefit a diversity of bee species. We examine[...]
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Maria Paniw, Auteur ;
Roberto Salguero-Gomez, Auteur ;
Fernando Ojeda, Auteur
Fire-prone Mediterranean heathlands are biodiversity hotspots and home to a multitude of fire-dependent species. Fire-suppression policies worldwide have increased the risk of extinction of such species or have delegated relative prominence to o[...]
Article
Sean Hoban, Auteur ;
Allan Strand, Auteur
Collecting seed from natural plant populations is a key tool for conservation, ecological restoration, assisted migration, studying plant mating systems, and crop breeding. Many collections rely on simple, broadly-applied rules-of-thumb for mini[...]
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Mauricio M. Nunez-Regueiro, Auteur ;
Lyn Branch, Auteur ;
Robert J. Fletcher, Auteur ;
Gustavo A. Maras, Auteur ;
Enrique Derlindati, Auteur ;
Andres Talamo, Auteur
Deforestation is a major cause of biodiversity loss, and the predominant factor driving deforestation is expansion of agriculture. A key step toward successful conservation in agricultural areas is maximizing biodiversity value of remaining fore[...]
