| Titre : | Biological Conservation 132(4) - OCT 2006 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
Graham Robertson, Auteur ;
Malcolm McNeill, Auteur ;
Neville Smith, Auteur ;
Barbara Wienecke, Auteur ;
Steven Candy, Auteur ;
Frederique Olivier, Auteur
Longline fisheries have been responsible for the deaths of large numbers of seabirds worldwide. TWO of the most difficult seabird species to deter from baited hooks are the white-chinned petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis) and sooty shearwater ([...]
Article
Rod Peakall, Auteur ;
David Lindenmayer, Auteur
We investigated the mechanism of population recovery in the Australian bush rat, Rattus fuscipes, following experimental perturbation in a fragmented landscape. Our study involved genetic monitoring over 24 months following the removal of animal[...]
Article
Sandra E. Abell, Auteur ;
Paul A. Gadek, Auteur ;
Ceridwen A. Pearce, Auteur ;
Bradley C. Congdon, Auteur
This study highlights the importance of considering how seasonality of rainfall affects availability of resources and consequently species distributions within tropical ecosystems. The endangered northern bettong, Bettongia tropica Wakefield is [...]
Article
Luciano Cagnolo, Auteur ;
Marcelo Cabido, Auteur ;
Graciela Valladares, Auteur
The Chaco Serrano Woodland from central Argentina has been dramatically reduced during the past 30 years, and is currently confined to several isolates of different size. In this study, we evaluated the effects of forest size, isolation and edge[...]
Article
Yussuf Adan Wato, Auteur ;
Geoffrey M. Wahungu, Auteur ;
Moses Makonjio Okello, Auteur
Habitat loss and hunting are currently the twin threats to wildlife across the world. Hunting is such a threat across the tropics that some recent studies have estimated wildlife extraction at six times the sustainable rate in parts of Africa. T[...]
Article
S. J. Watson-Jones, Auteur ;
N. Maxted, Auteur ;
B. V. Ford-Lloyd, Auteur
The Convention on Biological Diversity and the subsequent International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture have proved a watershed in plant genetic resources (PGR) conservation and consequent initiatives have set various [...]
Article
George R. Hess, Auteur ;
Rebecca A. Bartel, Auteur ;
Allison K. Leidner, Auteur ;
Kristen M. Rosenfeld, Auteur ;
Matthew J. Rubino, Auteur ;
Sunny B. Snider, Auteur ;
Taylor H. Ricketts, Auteur
The use of indicator taxa for conservation planning is common, despite inconsistent evidence regarding their effectiveness. These inconsistencies may be the result of differences among species and taxonomic groups studied, geographic location, o[...]
Article
Claire Carvell, Auteur ;
David B. Roy, Auteur ;
Simon M. Smart, Auteur ;
Richard F. Pywell, Auteur ;
Chris D. Preston, Auteur ;
Dave Goulson, Auteur
We assessed national scale changes in the forage plants of bumblebees in Britain, as a means of providing quantitative evidence for the likely principal cause of declines in bumblebee species. We quantified the relative value of native and long-[...]
Article
Mariana Reissig, Auteur ;
Carolina Trochine, Auteur ;
Claudia Queimalinos, Auteur ;
Esteban Balseiro, Auteur ;
Beatriz Modenutti, Auteur
Patagonia fishless ponds have been stocked with fishes for recreational purposes since early in the 20th century. We carried out a summer plankton sampling in 18 Patagonian lakes; 12 fishless, 5 with introduced fishes and 1 with endemic fish fau[...]
Article
Mai Yasue, Auteur ;
Philip Dearden, Auteur
Waders leave nests and conduct distractive displays when approached by people. The time taken for waders to return to nests depends on numerous factors that affect the costs and benefits of incubation and anti-predator behavior. Understanding th[...]
Article
Aaron M. Haines, Auteur ;
Michael E. Tewes, Auteur ;
Linda L. Laack, Auteur ;
Jon S. Horne, Auteur ;
John H. Young, Auteur
Strategies are needed to recover the ocelot Leopardus pardalis from the endangered species list. Recently, a population viability analysis (PVA) was developed which concluded that combinations of different recovery strategies were needed to effe[...]
Article
Philip D. Roberts, Auteur ;
Gavin B. Stewart, Auteur ;
Andrew S. Pullin, Auteur
Review articles are important sources of information and often the only source of evidence used by decision makers in conservation and environmental management to assess effectiveness and impact of interventions and other actions. Recent develop[...]
