| Titre : | Biological Conservation 135(1) - FEB 2007 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Georgianne J. K. Griffiths, Auteur ;
Linton Winder, Auteur ;
John M. Holland, Auteur ;
C. F. George Thomas, Auteur ;
Eirene Williams, Auteur
At the farm-scale, hedgerow, degraded hedgerow and fence field boundary types were sampled for overwintering carabid and staphylinid beetles. Distinct beetle assemblages were evident and the structural and botanical characteristics of the bounda[...]
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Ralph Grundel, Auteur ;
Noel B. Pavlovic, Auteur
Determination of which aspects of habitat quality and habitat spatial arrangement best account for variation in a species' distribution can guide management for organisms such as the Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis), a federall[...]
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Jeremiah D. Groom, Auteur ;
Lloyd B. McKinney, Auteur ;
Lianne C. Ball, Auteur ;
Clark S. Winchell, Auteur
Off-highway vehicle (OHV) recreation impacts species and ecosystems around the world, and is particularly prevalent in the United States. Our study examines the impact of OHVs on one of several species restricted within the United States to the [...]
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Peter S. Grimbacher, Auteur ;
Carla P. Catterall, Auteur
Reforestation has been suggested as a way to mitigate the effects of tropical rain forest loss. However, factors influencing the successful colonisation of biota into newly created rainforest are poorly understood. We assessed beetle species ass[...]
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Renata Medeiros, Auteur ;
Jaime A. Ramos, Auteur ;
Vitor H. Paiva, Auteur ;
Ana Almeida, Auteur ;
Patricia Pedro, Auteur ;
Sandra Antunes, Auteur
This study evaluated the influence of human disturbance in nesting success of little tern (Sterna albifrons) and its interaction with the intrinsic seasonal variation in the birds'breeding biology. During 2003-200S we studied little tern nesting[...]
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Luisa Amo, Auteur ;
Pilar Lopez, Auteur ;
Jose Martin, Auteur
We analyzed whether habitat deterioration due to ski slopes affected lizards' behavior, and whether these changes in behavior had consequences for the body condition and health state of lizards. Results suggested that habitat deterioration in sk[...]
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Niklas Franc, Auteur ;
Frank Gotmark, Auteur ;
Bjorn Okland, Auteur ;
Bjorn Norden, Auteur ;
Heidi Paltto, Auteur
The influence of environmental factors on species richness and species composition may be manifested at different spatial levels. Exploring these relationships is important to understand at which spatial scales certain species and organism group[...]
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John H. Roe, Auteur ;
Arthur Georges, Auteur
While the importance of nearby terrestrial habitats is gaining recognition in contemporary wetland management strategies, it is rarely recognized that different wetlands are often diverse in their functions of meeting the annual or life-cycle re[...]
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William H. Satterthwaite, Auteur ;
Karen D. Holl, Auteur ;
Grey F. Hayes, Auteur ;
Adelia L. Barber, Auteur
Although conservation and restoration practitioners have focused on maximizing above-ground population size and seed set of rare plants, a clear understanding of seed bank dynamics is crucial to managing these species. Santa Cruz tarplant (Holoc[...]
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Jon Loman, Auteur ;
Gunilla Andersson, Auteur
The two brown frogs Rana arvalis and Rana temporaria were monitored at
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Nicholas J. Souter, Auteur ;
C. Michael Bull, Auteur ;
Mark R. Lethbridge, Auteur ;
Mark N. Hutchinson, Auteur
The pygmy bluetongue lizard, Tiliqua adelaidensis, occupies spider burrows as home sites. It is an endangered species, known from only 19 small natural grassland sites in the midnorth of South Australia, all on privately owned land. Habitat requ[...]
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Theresa Sinicrope Talley, Auteur ;
Erica Fleishman, Auteur ;
Marcel Holyoak, Auteur ;
Dennis D. Murphy, Auteur ;
Adam Ballard, Auteur
Reflecting the lack of critical information for most protected species, recovery plans for organisms listed as threatened or endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act tend to oversimplify habitat descriptions. Here we present our approach[...]
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Astrid V. Stronen, Auteur ;
Ryan K. Brook, Auteur ;
Paul C. Paquet, Auteur ;
Stephane Mclachlan, Auteur
The potential for disease transmission between wild and domestic animals may interfere with wildlife and habitat conservation on lands surrounding protected areas. Recently, possible transmission of bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis) from[...]
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Roland A. Knapp, Auteur ;
Daniel M. Boiano, Auteur ;
Vance T. Vredenburg, Auteur
The mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) was once a common inhabitant of the Sierra Nevada (California, USA), but has declined precipitously during the past century due in part to the introduction of normative fish into naturally fishless [...]
