| Titre : | Biological Conservation 177 - SEP 2014 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
Weizhe Zhang, Auteur ;
Eben Goodale, Auteur ;
Jin Chen, Auteur
The widening gap between humans and nature, driven by urbanization, seems to be an indisputable fact in the modern world. Such a gap may breed apathy towards environmental concerns and wildlife, which would not bode well for the future of biodiv[...]
Article
Denis A. Saunders, Auteur ;
Peter R. Mawson, Auteur ;
Rick Dawson, Auteur
The loss of hollow-bearing trees and lack of replacements are important issues throughout the world where development of intensive agriculture has resulted in the reduction and fragmentation of natural woodlands. Many species of animal depend on[...]
Article
Rachel J. Standish, Auteur ;
Richard J. Hobbs, Auteur ;
Margaret M. Mayfield, Auteur ;
Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Auteur ;
Katherine N. Suding, Auteur ;
Loretta L. Battaglia, Auteur ;
Valerie Eviner, Auteur ;
Christine V. Hawkes, Auteur ;
Vicky M. Temperton, Auteur ;
Viki A. Cramer, Auteur ;
James A. Harris, Auteur ;
Jennifer L. Funk, Auteur ;
Peter A. Thomas, Auteur
Increasingly, the success of management interventions aimed at biodiversity conservation are viewed as being dependent on the 'resilience' of the system. Although the term 'resilience' is increasingly used by policy makers and environmental mana[...]
Article
Jason T. Fisher, Auteur ;
Chris Pasztor, Auteur ;
Amanda Wilson, Auteur ;
John P. Volpe, Auteur ;
Bradley R. Anholt, Auteur
The reintroduction and recolonization of species extirpated from former ranges are key components of species conservation. Resource availability affects recolonization success and resulting distribution patterns, but top-down processes may also [...]
Article
Uttam Babu Shrestha, Auteur ;
Kamaljit S. Bawa, Auteur
Harvesting of Chinese caterpillar fungus, one of the most expensive biological commodities in the world, has become an important livelihood strategy for mountain communities of Nepal. However, very little is known about the role of Chinese cater[...]
Article
Canjun Xia, Auteur ;
Jie Cao, Auteur ;
Hefan Zhang, Auteur ;
Xingyi Gao, Auteur ;
Weikang Yang, Auteur ;
David Blank, Auteur
Przewalski's horse reintroductions to Xinjiang, China were initiated in 1985. Here, we present the first data on population development and current problems of the Przewalski's horse in both captive and released populations in Xinjiang. From 198[...]
Article
Sean Sloan, Auteur ;
Clinton N. Jenkins, Auteur ;
Lucas N. Joppa, Auteur ;
David L. A. Gaveau, Auteur ;
William F. Laurance, Auteur
The biodiversity hotspots are 35 biogeographical regions that have both exceptional endemism and extreme threats to their vegetation integrity, and as such are global conservation priorities. Nonetheless, prior estimates of natural intact vegeta[...]
Article
Stephen F. Siebert, Auteur ;
Jill M. Belsky, Auteur
International conservation efforts have ignored the role and importance of historic disturbance regimes, both natural and anthropogenic, in creating and maintaining biodiversity. In this article we focus on historic livelihoods and land uses whi[...]
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CONOR P. McGOWAN, Auteur ;
Daniel H. Catlin, Auteur ;
Terry L. Shaffer, Auteur ;
Cheri L. Gratto-Trevor, Auteur ;
Carol Aron, Auteur
Listing a species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and developing a recovery plan requires U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to establish specific and measurable criteria for delisting. Generally, species are listed because they face (or are [...]
Article
Varun R. Goswami, Auteur ;
Sachin Sridhara, Auteur ;
Kamal Medhi, Auteur ;
A. Christy Williams, Auteur ;
Ravi Chellam, Auteur ;
James D. Nichols, Auteur ;
Madan K. Oli, Auteur
Global conservation policy is increasingly debating the feasibility of reconciling wildlife conservation and human resource requirements in land uses outside protected areas (PAs). However, there are few quantitative assessments of whether or to[...]
Article
Peter K. Molnar, Auteur ;
Andrew E. Derocher, Auteur ;
Gregory W. Thiemann, Auteur ;
Mark A. Lewis, Auteur
Article
Neda Behdarvand, Auteur ;
Mohammad Kaboli, Auteur ;
Mohsen Ahmadi, Auteur ;
Elham Nourani, Auteur ;
Abdolrassoul Salman Mahini, Auteur ;
Marzieh Asadi Aghbolaghi, Auteur
Human-carnivore conflict is hampering carnivore conservation worldwide. Conflicts between humans and wolves (Canis lupus) in western Iran, especially Hamedan province (HP), occur in the form of livestock depredation and predatory attacks on peop[...]
Article
Alexander Royan, Auteur ;
David M. Hannah, Auteur ;
S. James Reynolds, Auteur ;
David G. Noble, Auteur ;
Jonathan P. Sadler, Auteur
There is growing evidence that as a consequence of climate change the frequency of extreme hydrological events will increase. Predicting the impacts of these extreme events on ecological systems is a major research challenge. It is predicted tha[...]
Article
Mindy M. Syfert, Auteur ;
Lucas Joppa, Auteur ;
Matthew J. Smith, Auteur ;
David A. Coomes, Auteur ;
Steven P. Bachman, Auteur ;
Neil A. Brummitt, Auteur
Characterising a species' geographical extent is central to many conservation assessments, including those of the IUCN Red List of threatened species. The IUCN recommends that extent of occurrence (EOO) to be quantified by drawing a minimum conv[...]
Article
Benjamin Homberger, Auteur ;
Lukas Jenni, Auteur ;
Jerome Duplain, Auteur ;
Michael Lanz, Auteur ;
Michael Schaub, Auteur
Reintroducing locally extinct species is an increasingly used conservation tool. However, many reintroductions fail to establish self-sustaining populations. The quality of the individuals released may crucially affect reintroduction success, bu[...]
Article
Chris J. Johnson, Auteur ;
Don E. Russell, Auteur
Caribou and reindeer (Rangifer spp.) are known to respond negatively to human activities. Disturbance stimuli can result in short-term behavioural responses or the abandonment of portions of seasonal range. There is relatively little understandi[...]
Article
Christopher P. Barber, Auteur ;
Mark A. Cochrane, Auteur ;
Carlos M. Souza, Auteur ;
William F. Laurance, Auteur
Roads have a major impact on Amazon deforestation. However, the effects of the rapidly growing network of illegal or unofficial roads in the Amazon are usually not considered. We assessed relationships between past deforestation and existing net[...]
Article
Andrea Santangeli, Auteur ;
Enrico Di Minina, Auteur ;
Beatriz Arroyo, Auteur
Expensive active management programs are increasing worldwide, while resources for conservation remain scarce. There is a need to evaluate management actions, so that scarce resources are used more cost-effectively. We evaluate the effectiveness[...]
Article
Miguel Delibes-Mateos, Auteur ;
Marek Giergiczny, Auteur ;
Jesus Caro, Auteur ;
Javier Viñuela, Auteur ;
Pere Riera, Auteur ;
Beatriz Arroyo, Auteur
In southern Europe, traditional hunting has been frequently replaced by models based on more intensive management. These systems include Management strategies like the release of farm-reared animals that can cause harmful effects on biodiversity[...]
Article
Hong-Xiang Zhang, Auteur ;
Ming-Li Zhang, Auteur
Plant species play an important role in maintaining the stability of arid ecosystems. Due to low biodiversity, species distribution patterns and richness are infrequently investigated in arid lands. Here, we take the Xinjiang Urgur Autonomous Re[...]
Article
Emily S. Khazan, Auteur
Deforestation and forest fragmentation are important drivers of global biodiversity loss and negatively impact ecosystem health and landscape continuity. One approach to reducing these impacts is the establishment of biological corridors. Studie[...]
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Genetic and environmental influences on fitness-related traits in an endangered shorebird population
Sarah P. Saunders, Auteur ;
Francesca J. Cuthbert, Auteur
Adaptation depends on the additive genetic variance for fitness and its component traits. Yet estimating additive genetic variance and heritability for wild populations is challenging because determining relatedness of individuals is difficult. [...]
Article
Sean Hoban, Auteur ;
Scott Schlarbaum, Auteur
As habitat loss accelerates, there is pressing need to preserve plant genetic diversity in ex situ conservation collections. Population structure (i.e. subdivision), which is common in plants, may be an important consideration when planning such[...]
Article
Joerg Mueller, Auteur ;
Manfred Woelfl, Auteur ;
Sybille Woelfl, Auteur ;
Dennis W. H. Mueller, Auteur ;
Torsten Hothorn, Auteur ;
Marco Heurich, Auteur
The Bohemian Forest harbours one of the largest lynx populations in Central Europe, which arose from animals reintroduced in two adjacent national parks. Despite an increasing number of population modelling approaches, the differences between po[...]
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Pascal Marchand, Auteur ;
Mathieu Garel, Auteur ;
Gilles Bourgoin, Auteur ;
Dominique Dubray, Auteur ;
Daniel Maillard, Auteur ;
Anne Loison, Auteur
Human disturbance is of growing concern owing to the increase of human activities in natural areas. Animal responses are manifold (immediate and/or delayed, short and/or long-lasting, with numerous behaviors affected) so that comprehensive studi[...]
Article
Mathieu Leblond, Auteur ;
Christian Dussault, Auteur ;
Martin-Hugues St-Laurent, Auteur
The long-term persistence of boreal caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) is threatened by the negative impacts of human activities, including industrial development. The vast geographical distribution and behavioural variability of caribou warran[...]
