| Titre : | Biological Conservation 191 - NOV 2015 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
Dépouillements
Article
Simon Jakobsson, Auteur ;
Regina Lindborg, Auteur
A vast majority of European farmers are dependent on EU subsidies, which makes subsidy regulations through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) powerful tools in shaping agricultural landscapes. Unfortunately, steering recommendations are someti[...]
Article
Jana C. Riemann, Auteur ;
Serge H. Ndriantsoa, Auteur ;
Noromalala R. Raminosoa, Auteur ;
Mark-Oliver Roedel, Auteur ;
Julian Glos, Auteur
Forest fragmentation often causes biodiversity loss, but there is no consistent pattern on species' reactions. Considering the alarming rate of deforestation in the tropics, and the fact, that large areas of protected continuous forest are limit[...]
Article
Ann-Marie K. Osterback, Auteur ;
Danielle M. Frechette, Auteur ;
Sean A. Hayes, Auteur ;
Scott A. Shaffer, Auteur ;
Jonathan W. Moore, Auteur
Over the last century, human activities have altered coastal ecosystems by fishing through the marine food web and increasing anthropogenic resources (e.g. landfills), both of which may alter native predator-prey interactions. We conducted a 100[...]
Article
Kurt Jax, Auteur ;
Ulrich Heink, Auteur
With the growing popularity of the ecosystem services concept, the question of how biodiversity and ecosystem services are related to one another has increasingly been raised. Among other things, this entails asking whether or not biodiversity i[...]
Article
Stephanie N. Spehar, Auteur ;
Brent Loken, Auteur ;
Yaya Rayadin, Auteur ;
J. Andrew Royle, Auteur
Accurate information on the density and abundance of animal populations is essential for understanding species'. ecology and for conservation planning, but is difficult to obtain. The endangered orangutan (Pongo spp.) is an example; due to its e[...]
Article
Jordi Boada, Auteur ;
Rohan Arthur, Auteur ;
Simone Farina, Auteur ;
Yaiza Santana, Auteur ;
Oriol Mascaro, Auteur ;
Javier Romero, Auteur ;
Teresa Alcoverro, Auteur
The Mediterranean Sea has sustained historically high levels of fishing since pre-Roman times. This once-abundant sea has witnessed major declines in apex predators, now largely restricted to isolated pockets within marine reserves. This depleti[...]
Article
Article
Tim Lynch, Auteur ;
Mark Green, Auteur ;
Claire Davies, Auteur
Spotted handfish are a critically endangered anglerfish. Monitoring of the species has, in the past, been undertaken via underwater visual census (UVC) parameterised with fixed length 100 m x 3m strip transects measured with reel lines. However,[...]
Article
James S. Pryke, Auteur ;
Michael J. Samways, Auteur ;
Kathleen De Saedeleer, Auteur
Freshwaters are highly threatened ecosystems, with agro-forestry being a major threat to sub-tropical wetlands. In the Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany global biodiversity hotspot of South Africa, large-scale ecological networks (ENs) of remnant vege[...]
Article
Jooke Robbins, Auteur ;
Amy R. Knowlton, Auteur ;
Scott Landry, Auteur
The impacts of human activities on cryptic marine species can be difficult to assess. The North Atlantic right whale is an endangered species numbering just over 500 individuals. Entanglement in fishing gear is one documented source of injury an[...]
Article
Vicente Garcia-Navas, Auteur ;
Timothee Bonnet, Auteur ;
Dominique Waldvogel, Auteur ;
Peter Wandeler, Auteur ;
Glauco Camenisch, Auteur ;
Erik Postma, Auteur
Genetic monitoring has emerged as a useful tool to better understand evolutionary processes acting within and among natural populations. Longitudinal studies allow the examination of temporal changes in neutral genetic patterns in relation to de[...]
Article
Alessio Mortelliti, Auteur ;
Mason Crane, Auteur ;
Sachiko Okada, Auteur ;
David B. Lindenmayer, Auteur
We quantified changes in forest-dependent mammal populations when the habitat in which they live remains intact but the surrounding matrix is converted from open grazed land to closed pine plantation forest. This situation is increasingly common[...]
Article
Philip Cafaro, Auteur
Article
Ignacio Munilla, Auteur ;
Alberto Velando, Auteur
Article
Norman Wagner, Auteur ;
Valentin Mingo, Auteur ;
Ulrich Schulte, Auteur ;
Stefan Loetters, Auteur
Environmental contamination is supposed to be a reason for population declines in reptiles. Especially intensification and expansion of agriculture are leading to increased pesticide exposure risks for wildlife. In the European Union, Special Ar[...]
Article
Claire F. R. Wordley, Auteur ;
Mahesh Sankaran, Auteur ;
Divya Mudappa, Auteur ;
John D. Altringham, Auteur
To conserve biodiversity it is imperative that we understand how different species respond to land use change, and determine the scales at which habitat changes affect species' persistence. We used habitat suitability models (HSMs) at spatial sc[...]
Article
Grant L. Norbury, Auteur ;
Roger P. Pech, Auteur ;
Andrea E. Byrom, Auteur ;
John Innes, Auteur
The relationship between the density of a pest and its impact on a valued resource is critical for cost-effective management. Despite their simplistic representation of dynamic and often complex systems, density-impact functions (DIFs) are appea[...]
Article
Sandra Bibiana Correa, Auteur ;
Joisiane K. Araujo, Auteur ;
Jerry M. F. Penha, Auteur ;
Catia Nunes da Cunha, Auteur ;
Pablo R. Stevenson, Auteur ;
Jill T. Anderson, Auteur
Defaunation is disrupting plant-animal interactions worldwide. The overhunting of frugivores disrupts seed dispersal and diminishes plant regeneration, yet investigations of frugivore overexploitation neglect an ancient guild: fruit-eating fish.[...]
Article
Jessica L. Neumann, Auteur ;
Graham J. Holloway, Auteur ;
Rufus B. Sage, Auteur ;
Andrew N. Hoodless, Auteur
The management of pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) in pens and their subsequent release within woodland for game shoots is widely practised in Britain. With the exception of ground flora and songbirds, the impacts on other taxa have not been well[...]
Article
Neal R. Haddaway, Auteur ;
Helen R. Bayliss, Auteur
Methods for reviewing research, such as systematic reviews and syntheses, are becoming increasingly common in conservation. It is widely recognised that grey literature, research not published in traditional academic journals, forms a vital part[...]
Article
Christopher Baraloto, Auteur ;
Paula Alverga, Auteur ;
Sufer Baez Quispe, Auteur ;
Grenville Barnes, Auteur ;
Nino Bejar Chura, Auteur ;
Izaias Brasil da Silva, Auteur ;
Wendeson Castro, Auteur ;
Harrison da Souza, Auteur ;
Iracema Elisabeth de Souza Moll, Auteur ;
Jim Del Alcazar Chilo, Auteur ;
Hugo Duenas Linares, Auteur ;
Jorge Garate Quispe, Auteur ;
Dean Kenji, Auteur ;
Matthew Marsik, Auteur ;
Herison Medeiros, Auteur ;
Skya Murphy, Auteur ;
Cara Rockwell, Auteur ;
Galia Selaya, Auteur ;
Alexander Shenkin, Auteur ;
Marcos Silveira, Auteur ;
Jane Southworth, Auteur ;
Guido H. Vasquez Colomo, Auteur ;
Stephen Perz, Auteur
Road construction demonstrably accelerates deforestation rates in tropical forests, but its consequences for forest degradation remain less clear. We estimated a series of forest value metrics including components of biodiversity, carbon stocks,[...]
Article
Lucimar S. Araujo, Auteur ;
Atte Komonen, Auteur ;
Cristiano Lopes-Andrade, Auteur
Brazilian Atlantic forest ecosystem is a global biodiversity hotspot We studied the effects of area, connectivity and habitat quality of conservation areas on the diversity of beetles associated with basidiomes of wood-decaying fungi. Moreover, [...]
Article
Jose W. Valdez, Auteur ;
Michelle P. Stockwell, Auteur ;
Kaya Klop-Toker, Auteur ;
Simon Clulow, Auteur ;
John Clulow, Auteur ;
Michael J. Mahony, Auteur
Although human-modified habitats often result in a loss of biodiversity, some have been found to serve as habitat refuges for threatened species. Given the globally declining status of amphibians, understanding why some species are found in heav[...]
Article
Luis E. Escobar, Auteur ;
Muhammad Naeem Awan, Auteur ;
Huijie Qiao, Auteur
Habitat loss is a critical factor driving extinction of biodiversity worldwide, with models of future land use anticipating increases in rates of destruction of native habitats worldwide. The Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus) is a red-listed s[...]
Article
Sebastian Seibold, Auteur ;
Claus Baessler, Auteur ;
Roland Brandl, Auteur ;
Martin M. Gossner, Auteur ;
Simon Thorn, Auteur ;
Michael D. Ulyshen, Auteur ;
Joerg Mueller, Auteur
The importance of dead wood for biodiversity is widely recognized but strategies for conservation exist only in some regions worldwide. Most strategies combine knowledge from observational and experimental studies but remain preliminary as many [...]
Article
Stuart E. Newson, Auteur ;
Hazel E. Evans, Auteur ;
Simon Gillings, Auteur
In many countries, bats have high conservation prioritisation owing to their trophic position, habitat associations and threat level, and many have dedicated management plans. However, poor knowledge of species' ecology, identification issues an[...]
Article
Wayne E. Thogmartin, Auteur ;
Carol A. Sanders-Reed, Auteur ;
Jennifer A. Szymanski, Auteur ;
Patrick C. McKann, Auteur ;
Lori Pruitt, Auteur ;
R. Andrew King, Auteur ;
Michael C. Runge, Auteur ;
Robin E. Russell, Auteur
Article
Jonas Geldmann, Auteur ;
Lauren Coad, Auteur ;
Megan Barnes, Auteur ;
Ian D. Craigie, Auteur ;
Marc Hockings, Auteur ;
Kathryn Knights, Auteur ;
Fiona Leverington, Auteur ;
Ivon C. Cuadros, Auteur ;
Camilo Zamora, Auteur ;
Stephen Woodley, Auteur ;
Neil D. Burgess, Auteur
Protected area coverage has reached over 15% of the global land area. However, the quality of management of the vast majority of reserves remains unknown, and many are suspected to be "paper parks". Moreover, the degree to which management can b[...]
Article
N. Stoeckl, Auteur ;
T. Chaiechi, Auteur ;
M. Farr, Auteur ;
D. Jarvis, Auteur ;
J. G. Alvarez-Romero, Auteur ;
M. J. Kennard, Auteur ;
V. Hermoso, Auteur ;
R. L. Pressey, Auteur
On-farm conservation programmes require land managers to pursue both market and non-market objectives. If one can identify objectives that are complementary (co-benefits) and competitive (trade-offs) so that co-benefits can be pursued and trade-[...]
Article
Zhenhua Luo, Auteur ;
Shichao Wei, Auteur ;
Wei Zhang, Auteur ;
Mian Zhao, Auteur ;
Hua Wu, Auteur
Species richness, endemism, and threat status represent different biodiversity attributes important in identifying biodiversity hotspots and conservation priorities. Global distributions of areas with the most species overall, most endemic speci[...]
Article
Aitor Arrizabalaga-Escudero, Auteur ;
Inazio Garin, Auteur ;
Juan Luis Garcia-Mudarra, Auteur ;
Antton Alberdi, Auteur ;
Joxerra Aihartza, Auteur ;
Urtzi Goiti, Auteur
Conservation efforts for endangered animals commonly focus on the protection of foraging habitats, aiming to ensure sufficient food availability. However, the diet of many species is based on animals that undergo habitat shifts across ontogeneti[...]
Article
Linda R. Harris, Auteur ;
Ronel Nel, Auteur ;
Herman Oosthuizen, Auteur ;
Michael Meyer, Auteur ;
Deon Kotze, Auteur ;
Darrell Anders, Auteur ;
Steven McCue, Auteur ;
Santosh Bachoo, Auteur
Threatened species are dependent on conservation, with strategic approaches underpinned by the principle of complementarity to find efficient solutions. But are paper-efficient designs always field-effective? After 51 years of monitoring a 56-km[...]
Article
Dave Goulson, Auteur ;
William O. H. Hughes, Auteur
Bees naturally suffer from a broad range of parasites, including mites, protozoans, bacteria, fungi and viruses. Some appear to be host-specific, but most appear able to infect multiple bee species, and some are found in insects outside of the H[...]
Article
Mwangi Githiru, Auteur ;
Matthew Wilburn King, Auteur ;
Paola Bauche, Auteur ;
Cecilia Simon, Auteur ;
Jane Boles, Auteur ;
Cornelia Rindt, Auteur ;
Ray Victurine, Auteur
Since the Convention on Biological Diversity was agreed upon at the Rio Earth Summit, global Protected Area (PA) coverage has increased whereas commensurable financial commitments to manage PAs have not. Here, we question whether biodiversity of[...]
Article
M. H. L. Duarte, Auteur ;
R. S. Sousa-Lima, Auteur ;
R. J. Young, Auteur ;
A. Farina, Auteur ;
M. Vasconcelos, Auteur ;
M. Rodrigues, Auteur ;
N. Pieretti, Auteur
The sound produced by human-made machinery (technophony) is known to exert negative effects on animal communication and well-being. Mining is an important economic activity in Brazil, which is often conducted close to forested areas and produces[...]
Article
Susan Jarvis, Auteur ;
Hannah Fielder, Auteur ;
John Hopkins, Auteur ;
Nigel Maxted, Auteur ;
Simon Smart, Auteur
Many crop species suffer from a lack of genetic diversity which reduces the ability of cultivars to withstand new pests or environmental stresses. The wild relatives of crop plants are an important source of genetic variation and can be used to [...]
Article
Jay Ruffell, Auteur ;
John Innes, Auteur ;
Craig Bishop, Auteur ;
Todd Landers, Auteur ;
Jade Khin, Auteur ;
Raphael K. Didham, Auteur
Improving decision-making about where and how invasive species management is conducted requires a better understanding of spatial variation in pest abundance and the extent to which different pest control regimes reduce those abundances. We meas[...]
Article
Janna R. Willoughby, Auteur ;
Mekala Sundaram, Auteur ;
Bhagya K. Wijayawardena, Auteur ;
Steven J. A. Kimble, Auteur ;
Yanzhu Ji, Auteur ;
Nadia B. Fernandez, Auteur ;
Jennifer D. Antonides, Auteur ;
Maureen C. Lamb, Auteur ;
Nicholas J. Marra, Auteur ;
J. Andrew DeWoody, Auteur
Genetic diversity is necessary for evolutionary response to changing environmental conditions such as those facing many threatened and endangered species. To investigate the relationship between genetic diversity and conservation status, we cond[...]
Article
Javier Nori, Auteur ;
Priscila Lemes, Auteur ;
Nicolas Urbina-Cardona, Auteur ;
Diego Baldo, Auteur ;
Julian Lescano, Auteur ;
Rafael Loyola, Auteur
Amphibians are undergoing a global conservation crisis, and they are one of the most underrepresented groups of vertebrates in the global network of protected areas (PM). In this study, we evaluated the ability of the world's PAs to represent ex[...]
Article
Diogo Verissimo, Auteur ;
Brian Campbell, Auteur
Conservation conflicts often involve tensions between human stakeholders. One highly topical conflict is that around migratory bird hunting in the Mediterranean, particularly in Malta. Here, tensions between hunters and anti-hunting groups have [...]
Article
Patricia B. Lima, Auteur ;
Liliane F. Lima, Auteur ;
Braulio A. Santos, Auteur ;
Marcelo Tabarelli, Auteur ;
Carmen S. Zickel, Auteur
Understanding the response of tropical plant communities to human disturbance is critical for conserving biodiversity in a changing world. Here we examine the shifts experienced by understory herb-assemblages while inhabiting small forest fragme[...]
Article
Shawn J. Leroux, Auteur ;
Chris Brimacombe, Auteur ;
Shahira Khair, Auteur ;
Jamie Benidickson, Auteur ;
C. Scott Findlay, Auteur
Protected area legislation provides the statutory authority for the establishment and management of protected areas. Yet few studies have investigated the relationship between protected area legislation and those attributes of protected areas th[...]
Article
Jamie R. Crait, Auteur ;
Eric V. Regehr, Auteur ;
Merav Ben-David, Auteur
Nonnative species threaten ecosystems throughout the world including protected reserves. In Yellowstone National Park, river otters Lontra canadensis depend on native cutthroat trout as prey. However, nonnative lake trout and whirling disease ha[...]
Article
Jesus Hernandez-Pliego, Auteur ;
Manuela de Lucas, Auteur ;
Antonio-Roman Munoz, Auteur ;
Miguel Ferrer, Auteur
To study the potential impact of wind turbines and associated structures on Montagu's harriers Circus pygargus, we located 111 nests over five years (18-28 nests per year) and compared their distances to several features (natural and anthropogen[...]
Article
Andres Lira-Noriega, Auteur ;
Veronica Aguilar, Auteur ;
Jesus Alarcon, Auteur ;
Melanie Kolb, Auteur ;
Tania Urquiza-Haas, Auteur ;
Laura Gonzalez-Ramirez, Auteur ;
Wolke Tobon, Auteur ;
Patricia Koleff, Auteur
Freshwater ecosystems are key to maintaining biological diversity and for human well-being. Despite their importance, these ecosystems have suffered severe transformations due to anthropogenic activity. Here we present the first priority assessm[...]
Article
Jorge G. Alvarez-Romero, Auteur ;
Vanessa M. Adams, Auteur ;
Robert L. Pressey, Auteur ;
Michael Douglas, Auteur ;
Allan P. Dale, Auteur ;
Amelie A. Auge, Auteur ;
Derek Ball, Auteur ;
John Childs, Auteur ;
Michael Digby, Auteur ;
Rebecca Dobbs, Auteur ;
Niilo Gobius, Auteur ;
David Hinchley, Auteur ;
Ian Lancaster, Auteur ;
Mirjam Maughan, Auteur ;
Ian Perdrisat, Auteur
Pursuing development and conservation goals often requires thinking and planning across terrestrial, freshwater and marine realms because many threats and social-ecological processes transcend realm boundaries. Consequently, effective conservati[...]
Article
Angela Luciana de Avila, Auteur ;
Ademir Roberto Ruschel, Auteur ;
Joao Olegario Pereira de Carvalho, Auteur ;
Lucas Mazzei, Auteur ;
Jose Natalino Macedo Silva, Auteur ;
Jose do Carmo Lopes, Auteur ;
Maristela Machado Araujo, Auteur ;
Carsten F. Dormann, Auteur ;
Juergen Bauhus, Auteur
Managed forests are important landscape components in tropical regions and may contribute to biodiversity conservation. Yet, managing tropical forests sustainably requires an understanding of ecosystem responses to silvicultural interventions. W[...]
Article
Rickard Abom, Auteur ;
Wayne Vogler, Auteur ;
Lin Schwarzkopf, Auteur
Invasive grasses are among the worst threats to native biodiversity, but the mechanisms causing negative effects are poorly understood. To investigate the impact of an invasive grass on reptiles, we compared the reptile assemblages that used nat[...]
Article
Anika Sieber, Auteur ;
Nikolai V. Uvarov, Auteur ;
Leonid M. Baskin, Auteur ;
Volker C. Radeloff, Auteur ;
Brooke L. Bateman, Auteur ;
Alexey B. Pankov, Auteur ;
Tobias Kuemmerle, Auteur
Land-use change can strongly affect wildlife populations, typically via habitat loss and degradation where land use expands, and also via increasing potentially available habitat where land use ceases. Large mammals are particularly sensitive to[...]
Article
Terra R. Kelly, Auteur ;
Bruce A. Rideout, Auteur ;
Jesse Grantham, Auteur ;
Joseph Brandt, Auteur ;
L. Joseph Burnett, Auteur ;
Kelly J. Sorenson, Auteur ;
Daniel George, Auteur ;
Alacia Welch, Auteur ;
David Moen, Auteur ;
James Rasico, Auteur ;
Matthew Johnson, Auteur ;
Cane Battistone, Auteur ;
Christine K. Johnson, Auteur
We investigated threats to the California condor (Gymnogyps californians), a flagship endangered species, using individual data on survival during a 20 year period of intensive recovery efforts. Over the two decades of reintroductions, condors i[...]
Article
Nicolas Lieury, Auteur ;
Max Gallardo, Auteur ;
Cecile Ponchon, Auteur ;
Aurélien Besnard, Auteur ;
Alexandre Millon, Auteur
In a context of increasing concern for biodiversity conservation but decreasing resources devoted to species management, measuring the impact of actions is critically needed so as to optimise conservation practices. Long-term longitudinal data c[...]
Article
Eleanor E. Dormontt, Auteur ;
Markus Boner, Auteur ;
Birgit Braun, Auteur ;
Gerhard Breulmann, Auteur ;
Bernd Degen, Auteur ;
Edgard Espinoza, Auteur ;
Shelley Gardner, Auteur ;
Phil Guillery, Auteur ;
John C. Hermanson, Auteur ;
Gerald Koch, Auteur ;
Soon Leong Lee, Auteur ;
Milton Kanashiro, Auteur ;
Anto Rimbawanto, Auteur ;
Darren Thomas, Auteur ;
Alex C. Wiedenhoeft, Auteur ;
Yafang Yin, Auteur ;
Johannes Zahnen, Auteur ;
Andrew J. Lowe, Auteur
The prosecution of illegal logging crimes is hampered by a lack of available forensic timber identification tools, both for screening of suspect material and definitive identification of illegally sourced wood. Reputable timber traders are also [...]
Article
Katie O'Connor, Auteur ;
Michael Powell, Auteur ;
Catherine Nock, Auteur ;
Alison Shapcott, Auteur
Habitat fragmentation is a leading threat to biodiversity, with extinction rates increasing as anthropogenic alteration of the environment increases. Crop to wild hybridisation is a threat to biodiversity resulting from native vegetation being r[...]
Article
David M. Watson, Auteur ;
Maggie J. Watson, Auteur
In most urban and agricultural landscapes, remnants of native vegetation are surrounded by an inhospitable matrix. Although vagile species come and go, many reptiles, amphibians and small mammals are effectively stranded and declining towards lo[...]
Article
Darren S. Le Roux, Auteur ;
Karen Ikin, Auteur ;
David B. Lindenmayer, Auteur ;
Adrian D. Manning, Auteur ;
Philip Gibbons, Auteur
Land development contributes to the clearance of large trees that are sometimes offset with many smaller trees as compensatory wildlife habitat. But are many smaller trees a valid biodiversity offset for the loss of a single large tree? To answe[...]
Article
Jordan Jessop, Auteur ;
Greg Spyreas, Auteur ;
Geoffrey E. Pociask, Auteur ;
Thomas J. Benson, Auteur ;
Michael P. Ward, Auteur ;
Angela D. Kent, Auteur ;
Jeffrey W. Matthews, Auteur
Land management decisions frequently involve choices that reflect tradeoffs among ecosystem services. These tradeoffs are not always apparent, and land managers unknowingly may make decisions that diminish the value of some services while enhanc[...]
Article
K. E. Moseby, Auteur ;
D. E. Peacock, Auteur ;
J. L. Read, Auteur
Introduced predators have been implicated in the decline of many fauna populations around the world and are the main factor responsible for the failure of numerous fauna reintroduction programs. As a result, control of introduced predators is a [...]
Article
Megan C. Evans, Auteur ;
Ayesha I. T. Tulloch, Auteur ;
Elizabeth A. Law, Auteur ;
Keren G. Raiter, Auteur ;
Hugh P. Possingham, Auteur ;
Kerrie A. Wilson, Auteur
The conservation benefit of a management action depends on what would have happened in the absence of an intervention, and whether the conservation objective is to maintain the existing biodiversity values, orto restore those that have been lost[...]
Article
Nerea Abrego, Auteur ;
Claus Baessler, Auteur ;
Morten Christensen, Auteur ;
Jacob Heilmann-Clausen, Auteur
Among the factors that affect the conservation efficiency of protected areas, lack of connectivity is considered as one of the main problems. In this study, we assessed the influence of connectivity of European beech forest reserves on wood-inha[...]
Article
Raul Costa-Pereira, Auteur ;
Mauro Galetti, Auteur
Article
Timothy R. Kuiper, Auteur ;
Andrew J. Loveridge, Auteur ;
Daniel M. Parker, Auteur ;
Paul J. Johnson, Auteur ;
Jane E. Hunt, Auteur ;
Brent Stapelkamp, Auteur ;
Lovemore Sibanda, Auteur ;
David W. Macdonald, Auteur
Livestock depredation frequently results in retaliatory killing of carnivores by people. An understanding of the ecological and sociological factors that precipitate this conflict is essential to mitigation. We investigated the seasonality of li[...]
Article
A. Gasc, Auteur ;
S. Pavoine, Auteur ;
L. Lellouch, Auteur ;
P. Grandcolas, Auteur ;
J. Sueur, Auteur
Rapid acoustic surveys aim to estimate biodiversity based on the diversity of sounds produced by animal communities, and interest in this approach among conservation planners is increasing. Several indices of acoustic diversity have been propose[...]
Article
Michela Pacifici, Auteur ;
Piero Visconti, Auteur ;
Edoardo Scepi, Auteur ;
Anna Hausmann, Auteur ;
Fabio Attorre, Auteur ;
Rina Grant, Auteur ;
Carlo Rondinini, Auteur
Fire is a key ecosystem driver in savannahs and it can have large impacts on species distribution and density. A re-examination of fire management in Kruger National Park is currently under review with the objective to maintain natural ecosystem[...]
Article
Craig M. Costion, Auteur ;
Lalita Simpson, Auteur ;
Petina L. Pert, Auteur ;
Monica M. Carlsen, Auteur ;
W. John Kress, Auteur ;
Darren Crayn, Auteur
Species inhabiting tropical mountaintops may be most at risk from the detrimental effects of climate change. Yet few regional assessments have critically assessed the degree of threat to species in these habitats. Here we model under three clima[...]
Article
Sasha Vasconcelos, Auteur ;
Patricia Rodrigues, Auteur ;
Luis Palma, Auteur ;
Luis F. Mendes, Auteur ;
Agostinho Palminha, Auteur ;
Luis Catarino, Auteur ;
Pedro Beja, Auteur
The cultivation of perennial cash crops is fast expanding in the tropics, but for most crops and regions there is very limited understanding about their biodiversity impacts. This is the case of cashew nut cultivation, which is occupying ever la[...]
Article
Masayuki Senzaki, Auteur ;
Yuichi Yamaura, Auteur ;
Futoshi Nakamura, Auteur
Given the global reduction in biodiversity, conservation actions must occur even with only a partial understanding of the distribution and abundance of species in various locales. The concept of surrogate species, those whose protection affords [...]
Article
Roberto Muriel, Auteur ;
Virginia Morandini, Auteur ;
Miguel Ferrer, Auteur ;
Javier Balbontin, Auteur
Reintroductions have been increasingly used for species restoration and it seems that this conservation tool is going to be more used in the future. Consequently a better knowledge of consequences of this kind of management is needed. Several au[...]
Article
Yaelle Bouyer, Auteur ;
Gilles San Martin, Auteur ;
Pascal Poncin, Auteur ;
Roseline C. Beudels-Jamar, Auteur ;
John Odden, Auteur ;
John D. C. Linnell, Auteur
Eurasian lynx are often regarded as being particularly sensitive to human land-use. However, in the European context where human influence is pervasive, the conservation of lynx requires that they be integrated into the human-dominated landscape[...]
Article
A. B. Giroldo, Auteur ;
A. Scariot, Auteur
Human activities may determine the demography and the conservation of non-timber forest products (NTFP) in the tropics. The response of plant populations to anthropogenic factors can be assessed on plant demography at landscape level and used fo[...]
Article
Mohammad S. Farhadinia, Auteur ;
Mohsen Ahmadi, Auteur ;
Elmira Sharbafi, Auteur ;
Sadegh Khosravi, Auteur ;
Hossein Alinezhad, Auteur ;
David W. Macdonald, Auteur
Ranging across montane areas of west Asia, the endangered Persian leopard Panthera pardus saxicolor is a flagship species for biodiversity conservation in the Caucasus Eco-region. Despite recent reduction in occupancy and number within the range[...]
Article
Tobias J. Smith, Auteur ;
Margaret M. Mayfield, Auteur
Countryside landscapes are composed of a range of human-dominated ecosystems that now dominate the earth's terrestrial regions. In the tropics, the creation of these landscapes has shadowed the destruction of rainforests. Most studies of diversi[...]
Article
Jinzhe Qi, Auteur ;
Quanhua Shi, Auteur ;
Guiming Wang, Auteur ;
Zhilin Li, Auteur ;
Quan Sun, Auteur ;
Yan Hua, Auteur ;
Guangshun Jiang, Auteur
The Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) is highly elusive, rare species, critically threatened with extinction worldwide. In this study, we conducted camera-trap surveys of an Amur leopard population in Jilin Province, northeast China. We [...]
Article
Karen Bourgeois, Auteur ;
Sylvain Dromzée, Auteur ;
Eric Vidal, Auteur
Seabirds are one of the most threatened animal taxa worldwide as they have to deal with threats both at sea and on their breeding grounds. One of these threats is the loss and deterioration of their nesting habitat Here, we evaluated the long-te[...]
Article
Maria Vidal, Auteur ;
Jesus Dominguez, Auteur
The NW Iberian Kentish Plover population inhabits sparsely vegetated beaches for foraging, roosting, nesting and rearing young. The lifestyle of this population makes them particularly vulnerable to oil spill pollution. We analyzed long-term dat[...]
Article
Cedric Haverkamp, Auteur ;
Lynda D. Prior, Auteur ;
Bruno Fogliani, Auteur ;
Laurent L'Huillier, Auteur ;
Marion Anquez, Auteur ;
Quan Hua, Auteur ;
David M. J. S. Bowman, Auteur
New Caledonia is a global biodiversity hotspot and an epicentre for Gondwanan conifers, many of which are threatened by mining and by altered fire regimes. We studied the distribution, abundance and demography of the endangered Callitris sulcata[...]
Article
Implementation of a framework for multi-species, multi-objective adaptive management in Delaware Bay
CONOR P. McGOWAN, Auteur ;
David R. Smith, Auteur ;
James D. Nichols, Auteur ;
James E. Lyons, Auteur ;
John Sweka, Auteur ;
Kevin Kalasz, Auteur ;
Lawrence J. Niles, Auteur ;
Richard Wong, Auteur ;
Jeffrey Brust, Auteur ;
Michelle Davis, Auteur ;
Braddock Spear, Auteur
Decision analytic approaches have been widely recommended as well suited to solving disputed and ecologically complex natural resource management problems with multiple objectives and high uncertainty. However, the difference between theory and [...]
Article
Daniel O. Hunter, Auteur ;
Thomas Britz, Auteur ;
Menna Jones, Auteur ;
Mike Letnic, Auteur
Restoring missing ecological interactions by reintroducing locally extinct species or ecological surrogates for extinct species has been mooted as an approach to restore ecosystems. Australia's apex predator, the dingo, is subject to culling in [...]
Article
Yanping Wang, Auteur ;
Daniel H. Thornton, Auteur ;
Dapeng Ge, Auteur ;
Siyu Wang, Auteur ;
Ping Ding, Auteur
Identifying the ecological and life-history traits that render species vulnerable to fragmentation is an important prerequisite for the development of effective conservation strategies to minimize future biodiversity losses. When determining how[...]
Article
Gwen Maggs, Auteur ;
Malcolm Nicoll, Auteur ;
Nicolas Zuel, Auteur ;
Patrick J. C. White, Auteur ;
Edward Winfield, Auteur ;
Sandra Poongavanan, Auteur ;
Vikash Tatayah, Auteur ;
Carl G. Jones, Auteur ;
Ken Norris, Auteur
Invasive species are a major threat for island biodiversity, causing species decline and extinction globally. Of all invasive mammals rats are one of the most detrimental and have been the target of numerous control and eradication programmes. I[...]
Article
Deborah M. Visco, Auteur ;
Nicole L. Michel, Auteur ;
W. Alice Boyle, Auteur ;
Bryan J. Sigel, Auteur ;
Stefan Woltmann, Auteur ;
Thomas W. Sherry, Auteur
Tropical forest understory birds are declining globally for unknown reasons, indicating an urgent need to understand the causes. We review and synthesize studies investigating causes of these declines focusing on the Sarapiqui region of the Cari[...]
Article
Mats Dynesius, Auteur
Clear-cutting followed by even-aged forestry is transforming forests around the globe. There is growing concern that considerable parts of the native forest biodiversity will not be able to re-colonize these new stands before the next clear-cutt[...]
Article
Steffen Mumme, Auteur ;
Malte Jochum, Auteur ;
Ulrich Brose, Auteur ;
Noor Farikhah Haneda, Auteur ;
Andrew D. Barnes, Auteur
Tropical land-use intensification is rapidly increasing in regions that harbour high levels of biodiversity, thus posing a serious threat to the stability and resilience of tropical ecosystems and the important ecosystem services that they provi[...]
Article
Julia Laube, Auteur ;
Tim H. Sparks, Auteur ;
Claus Baessler, Auteur ;
Annette Menzel, Auteur
Recent studies suggest that invasive plant species have colonised mountains to previously unobserved elevations, possibly due to ongoing climate change. Thus, they might pose new threats to high-elevation ecosystems, which are often of high cons[...]
Article
Paul R. Lintott, Auteur ;
Nils Bunnefeld, Auteur ;
Kirsty J. Park, Auteur
The rapid rate of urbanisation over the past century has occurred over a relatively small proportion of the earth's surface, yet it has had considerable ecological impact at a global scale. Urban waterways have historically been regarded as a di[...]
Article
Van Butsic, Auteur ;
Matthias Baumann, Auteur ;
Anja Shortland, Auteur ;
Sarah Walker, Auteur ;
Tobias Kuemmerle, Auteur
Tropical forests provide critical ecosystem services worldwide. Nonetheless, ongoing agricultural expansion, timber extraction, and mining continue to jeopardize important forest resources. In addition, many tropical forests reside in countries [...]
Article
Antonio Hernández-Matías, Auteur ;
Joan Real, Auteur ;
Francesc Pares, Auteur ;
Roger Pradel, Auteur
Electrocution on power lines negatively affects a wide range of groups of birds. Nevertheless, the overall demographic consequences of electrocution are still poorly understood. Typically, little demographic data is available for endangered spec[...]
Article
Alexander K. Fremier, Auteur ;
Michael Kiparsky, Auteur ;
Stephan Gmur, Auteur ;
Jocelyn Aycrigg, Auteur ;
Robin Kundis Craig, Auteur ;
Leona K. Svancara, Auteur ;
Dale D. Goble, Auteur ;
Barbara Cosens, Auteur ;
Frank W. Davis, Auteur ;
J. Michael Scott, Auteur
A crucial gap exists between the static nature of the United States' existing protected areas and the dynamic impacts of 21st century stressors, such as habitat loss and fragmentation and climate change. Connectivity is a valuable element for br[...]
Article
Marisa K. Lipsey, Auteur ;
Kevin E. Doherty, Auteur ;
David E. Naugle, Auteur ;
Sean Fields, Auteur ;
Jeffrey S. Evans, Auteur ;
Stephen K. Davis, Auteur ;
Nicola Koper, Auteur
Rapid expansion of cropland threatens grassland ecosystems across western North America and broad-scale planning can be a catalyst motivating individuals and agencies to accelerate conservation. Sprague's Pipit (Anthus spragueii) is an imperiled[...]
Article
Vincenzo Gervasi, Auteur ;
Henrik Broseth, Auteur ;
Erlend B. Nilsen, Auteur ;
Hans Ellegren, Auteur ;
Oystein Flagstad, Auteur ;
John D. C. Linnell, Auteur
In wide ranging species, portions of the same population often fall within different administrative jurisdictions; where different regulations apply. The same species can be fully protected or heavily harvested on different sides of a border. Th[...]
Article
Elise F. Zipkin, Auteur ;
Brian P. Kinlan, Auteur ;
Allison Sussman, Auteur ;
Diana Rypkema, Auteur ;
Mark Wimer, Auteur ;
Allan F. O'Connell, Auteur
Estimating patterns of habitat use is challenging for marine avian species because seabirds tend to aggregate in large groups and it can be difficult to locate both individuals and groups in vast marine environments. We developed an approach to [...]
Article
David J. T. Douglas, Auteur ;
Graeme M. Buchanan, Auteur ;
Patrick Thompson, Auteur ;
Arjun Amar, Auteur ;
Debbie A. Fielding, Auteur ;
Steve M. Redpath, Auteur ;
Jeremy D. Wilson, Auteur
Burning for habitat management is globally widespread. Burning over carbon-rich soils is a global environmental concern due to the potential contribution to climate change. In the UK upland heath and blanket bog, so-called 'moorland', often over[...]
Article
Peter J. McDonald, Auteur ;
Anthony D. Griffiths, Auteur ;
Catherine E. M. Nano, Auteur ;
Chris R. Dickman, Auteur ;
Simon J. Ward, Auteur ;
Gary W. Luck, Auteur
The challenges of sampling rare fauna limit efforts to understand and mitigate the factors that restrict their distribution. Camera traps have become a standard technique for sampling large mammals, but their utility for sampling small, rare spe[...]
Article
K. Sainsbury, Auteur ;
N. D. Burgess, Auteur ;
F. Sabuni, Auteur ;
C. Howe, Auteur ;
E. Puis, Auteur ;
R. Killenga, Auteur ;
E. J. Milner-Gulland, Auteur
Critical evaluation of the impact of conservation actions is essential to meet the challenges posed by the biodiversity crisis. Conservationists need to understand which interventions work or fail, and how to improve them in order to invest limi[...]
Article
Martin R. Perrow, Auteur ;
Andrew J. P. Harwood, Auteur ;
Eleanor R. Skeate, Auteur ;
Emilie Praca, Auteur ;
Sarah M. Eglington, Auteur
Designating Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is seen to be fundamental to future seabird conservation. In accordance with European Union legislation, the UK proposes to extend Special Protection Areas (SPAs) into the offshore zone for seabirds. Thi[...]
Article
Fidelis A. Atuo, Auteur ;
Timothy J. O'Connell, Auteur ;
Peter U. Abanyam, Auteur
Several species of wildlife are hunted around the world for the perceived potency of certain parts of their bodies in traditional medicine and in fetish practices. In Africa, many cultures require animal parts for a wide range of traditional and[...]
Article
Anne Villemey, Auteur ;
Inge van Halder, Auteur ;
Annie OUIN, Auteur ;
Luc Barbaro, Auteur ;
Julie Chenot, Auteur ;
Pauline Tessier, Auteur ;
Francois Calatayud, Auteur ;
Hilaire Martin, Auteur ;
Philip Roche, Auteur ;
Frederic Archaux, Auteur
In agricultural landscapes, permanent grassy habitats are often fragmented and partly composed of linear elements. landscape-level connectivity of both grassland patches and grassy linear elements actively contributes to biodiversity conservatio[...]
Article
M. D'Amico, Auteur ;
J. Roman, Auteur ;
L. de los Reyes, Auteur ;
E. Revilla, Auteur
Road-kill is the most recognized impact of traffic and an important threat for biodiversity. Nevertheless, most research on this topic deals with particular species or with road features, describing proximate correlates and rarely making inferen[...]
Article
Benjamin Bleyhl, Auteur ;
Taras Sipko, Auteur ;
Sergej Trepet, Auteur ;
Eugenia Bragina, Auteur ;
Pedro J. Leitão, Auteur ;
Volker C. Radeloff, Auteur ;
Tobias Kuemmerle, Auteur
In an increasingly human-dominated world, conservation requires the mitigation of conflicts between large mammals and people. Conflicts are particularly problematic when resources are limited, such as at wintering sites. Such conflicts have frag[...]
