| Titre : | Biological Conservation 173 - MAY 2014 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
Mariane S. Sousa-Baena, Auteur ;
Leticia Couto Garcia, Auteur ;
A. Townsend Peterson, Auteur
Methods for evaluating risk of biodiversity loss are linked closely to decisions about species' conservation status, which in turn depend on data documenting species' distributions, population status, and natural history. In Brazil, the scientif[...]
Article
Tomas J. Bird, Auteur ;
Amanda E. Bates, Auteur ;
Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Auteur ;
Nicole A. Hill, Auteur ;
Russell J. Thomson, Auteur ;
Graham J. Edgar, Auteur ;
Rick D. Stuart-Smith, Auteur ;
Simon Wotherspoon, Auteur ;
Martin Krkosek, Auteur ;
Jemina F. Stuart-Smith, Auteur ;
Gretta T. Pecl, Auteur ;
Neville Barrett, Auteur ;
Stewart Frusher, Auteur
Networks of citizen scientists (CS) have the potential to observe biodiversity and species distributions at global scales. Yet the adoption of such datasets in conservation science may be hindered by a perception that the data are of low quality[...]
Article
Tharsila Carranza, Auteur ;
Andrea Manica, Auteur ;
Valerie Kapos, Auteur ;
Andrew Balmford, Auteur
Protected areas are one of the most widely adopted approaches to conservation, and assessment of their management effectiveness has become a widespread way of evaluating their performance. However, few studies examine how well qualitative manage[...]
Article
Jose R. Ferrer-Paris, Auteur ;
Ada Sánchez-Mercado, Auteur ;
Kathryn M. Rodriguez-Clark, Auteur ;
Jon Paul Rodriguez, Auteur ;
Gustavo A. Rodríguez, Auteur
Documenting changes in distribution is necessary for understanding species' response to environmental changes, but data on species distributions are heterogeneous in accuracy and resolution. Combining different data sources and methodological ap[...]
Article
Mark J. Costello, Auteur ;
Ward Appeltans, Auteur ;
Nicolas Bailly, Auteur ;
Walter G. Berendsohn, Auteur ;
Yde de Jong, Auteur ;
Martin Edwards, Auteur ;
Rainer Froese, Auteur ;
Falk Huettmann, Auteur ;
Wouter Los, Auteur ;
Jan Mees, Auteur ;
Hendrik Segers, Auteur ;
Frank A. Bisby, Auteur
Scientists should ensure that high quality research information is readily available on the Internet so society is not dependant on less authoritative sources. Many scientific projects and initiatives publish information on species and biodivers[...]
Article
Alessandro Galli, Auteur ;
Mathis Wackernagel, Auteur ;
Katsunori Iha, Auteur ;
Elias Lazarus, Auteur
In October 2010, world leaders gathered in Nagoya, Japan, for the CBD COP10 and agreed on the adoption of new biodiversity targets and new indicators for the period 2011-2020. This represents a positive development. But given the previous failur[...]
Article
Kristina O. Kvile, Auteur ;
Gerald H. Taranto, Auteur ;
Tony J. Pitcher, Auteur ;
Telmo Morato, Auteur
Seamounts are ubiquitous habitats of the deep-sea, collectively forming an area as large as Europe. Their characteristics have led marine scientists to hypothesize a series of 'seamount effects' enhancing numbers of endemic species, rates of pro[...]
Article
Andrea Pino-Del-Carpio, Auteur ;
Arturo H. Arino, Auteur ;
Ana Villarroya, Auteur ;
Jordi Puig, Auteur ;
Rafael Miranda, Auteur
The knowledge of biodiversity within an area is vital if we want to develop adequate conservation strategies. Biosphere Reserves are purposefully established for the sustainable use of their resources, and therefore their biodiversity should be [...]
Article
Sergej Olenin, Auteur ;
Aleksas Narscius, Auteur ;
Dan Minchin, Auteur ;
Matej David, Auteur ;
Bella Galil, Auteur ;
Stephan Gollasch, Auteur ;
Agnese Marchini, Auteur ;
Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Auteur ;
Henn Ojaveer, Auteur ;
Anastasija Zaiko, Auteur
Biological invasions attract increasing attention from scientists, policy makers and various management authorities. Consequently, the knowledge-base on non-indigenous species (NIS) continuously expands and so the number and availability of web [...]
Article
Mark J. Costello, Auteur ;
John Wieczorek, Auteur
There is increasing pressure from the scientific community, including funding agencies, journals and peers, for authors to publish the biodiversity data used in published articles and other scientific literature. This enables reproducibility of [...]
Article
Alyssa H. Rosemartin, Auteur ;
Theresa M. Crimmins, Auteur ;
Carolyn A. F. Enquist, Auteur ;
Katharine L. Gerst, Auteur ;
Jherime L. Kellermann, Auteur ;
Erin E. Posthumus, Auteur ;
Ellen G. Denny, Auteur ;
Patricia Guertin, Auteur ;
Lee Marsh, Auteur ;
Jake F. Weltzin, Auteur
Changes in the timing of plant and animal life cycle events, in response to climate change, are already happening across the globe. The impacts of these changes may affect biodiversity via disruption to mutualisms, trophic mismatches, invasions [...]
Article
Donald Hobern, Auteur ;
Ward Appeltans, Auteur ;
Mark John Costello, Auteur
Article
Raymond A. Moranz, Auteur ;
Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Auteur ;
David M. Engle, Auteur
Although grasslands often require periodic disturbance to prevent woody plant invasion, some grassland-obligate butterfly species respond negatively to disturbance agents such as fire and grazing. We examined the effects of time since fire, graz[...]
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Evaluation of IUCN spatial distribution metrics for a migratory species, Fraser River Sockeye salmon
Louise de Mestral, Auteur ;
Michael J. Bradford, Auteur
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has developed criteria to assess extinction risk; the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) is an independent agency that assesses the vulnerability of Canadi[...]
Article
Timothy H. Tear, Auteur ;
Bradford N. Stratton, Auteur ;
Edward T. Game, Auteur ;
Matthew A. Brown, Auteur ;
Colin D. Apse, Auteur ;
Rebecca R. Shirer, Auteur
Environmental conservation activities must continue to become more efficient and effective, especially in Africa where development and population growth pressures continue to escalate. Recently, prioritization of conservation resources has focus[...]
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Sea level rise and prescribed fire management: Implications for seaside sparrow population viability
Rebecca A. Kern, Auteur ;
W. Gregory Shriver, Auteur
In the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, unusually high rates of sea level rise threaten endemic tidal marsh birds, while prescribed burning benefits these bird populations. Effective conservation of tidal marsh birds requires that management actions be[...]
Article
Antonios D. Mazaris, Auteur ;
Vasiliki Almpanidou, Auteur ;
Bryan P. Wallace, Auteur ;
John D. Pantis, Auteur ;
Gail Schofield, Auteur
Although the number and extent of protected areas (PAs) are continuously increasing, their coverage of global biodiversity, as well as criteria and targets that underline their selection, warrants scrutiny. As a case study, we use a global datas[...]
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Andres Ordiz, Auteur ;
Jonas Kindberg, Auteur ;
Solve Saebo, Auteur ;
Jon E. Swenson, Auteur ;
Ole-Gunnar Stoen, Auteur
Large carnivores adjust their daily movement patterns in response to environmental factors and/or human disturbance, and often respond differently across their distribution range. Whether such behavioral plasticity is due to environmental or ant[...]
