| Titre : | Biological Conservation 179 - NOV 2014 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Katharina A. M. Engelhardt, Auteur ;
Michael W. Lloyd, Auteur ;
Maile C. Neel, Auteur
All available evidence suggests that genetic diversity is important for ecological performance and resilience through the expression and variance of phenotypic traits. Genetic diversity is a multiscalar variable; it includes heterozygosity at th[...]
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Ashleigh E. Crompton, Auteur ;
Martyn E. Obbard, Auteur ;
Stephen D. Petersen, Auteur ;
Paul J. Wilson, Auteur
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Leo R. Douglas, Auteur ;
Kelvin Alie, Auteur
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Richard B. Primack, Auteur ;
Andrew Pullin, Auteur
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G. Balme, Auteur
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Vincent Nijman, Auteur
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Zhi-Gao Zeng, Auteur ;
Jun-Huai Bi, Auteur ;
Shu-Ran Li, Auteur ;
Shao-Yong Chen, Auteur ;
David A. Pike, Auteur ;
Yuan Gao, Auteur ;
Wei-Guo Du, Auteur
Habitat alteration has major impacts on biodiversity, but we do not fully understand how changes in vegetation structure alter community interactions among vertebrate predators and their prey. Desertification is a major threat to degraded steppe[...]
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Byron du Preez, Auteur ;
Andrew J. Loveridge, Auteur ;
David W. Macdonald, Auteur
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Matthew J. Butler, Auteur ;
Kristine L. Metzger, Auteur ;
Grant Harris, Auteur
Focusing conservation strategies requires identifying the demographic parameters and environmental conditions affecting the growth of animal populations most. Therefore, we examined relationships between population demographics and winter drough[...]
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J. Mattisson, Auteur ;
J. Odden, Auteur ;
J. D. C. Linnell, Auteur
Conserving large carnivores in multi-use landscape is a global challenge. In northern Norway the presence of Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) conflicts greatly with the current ways of keeping free-grazing, unguarded livestock in large carnivore habita[...]
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Ana Teresa Marques, Auteur ;
Helena Batalha, Auteur ;
Sandra Rodrigues, Auteur ;
Hugo Costa, Auteur ;
Maria Joao Ramos Pereira, Auteur ;
Carlos Fonseca, Auteur ;
Miguel Mascarenhas, Auteur ;
Joana Bernardino, Auteur
Bird mortality due to collisions with wind turbines is one of the major ecological concerns associated with wind farms. Data on the factors influencing collision risk and bird fatality are sparse and lack integration. This baseline information i[...]
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Koustubh Sharma, Auteur ;
Belinda Wright, Auteur ;
Tito Joseph, Auteur ;
Nitin Desai, Auteur
Poaching, prey depletion and habitat destruction have decimated the world's wild tiger population to fewer than 3200-4000. Despite focused efforts, poaching continues to be the key threat to tiger populations in India, home to more than half of [...]
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Franciele R. de Castro, Auteur ;
Natalia Mamede, Auteur ;
Daniel Danilewicz, Auteur ;
Ygor Geyer, Auteur ;
Jose Luis A. Pizzorno, Auteur ;
Alexandre N. Zerbini, Auteur ;
Artur Andriolo, Auteur
The establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs) is an important component of conservation strategies for large marine vertebrates. Thus, quantitative evaluations are necessary to assess whether their habitats are protected by these areas. In [...]
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Vincent Nijman, Auteur ;
Chris R. Shepherd, Auteur
We report on the illegal trade in ivory and elephant parts in the Special Development Zone of Mong La, Shan State, Myanmar, on the border with China. Mong La caters exclusively for the Chinese market and is best described as a Chinese enclave in[...]
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Katelyn T. Faulkner, Auteur ;
Mark P. Robertson, Auteur ;
Mathieu Rouget, Auteur ;
John R. U. Wilson, Auteur
Biosecurity schemes aim to prevent the introduction of species with a high invasion potential, without unduly restricting personal freedom and commercial activities. But invasive species risk assessments are time consuming, data intensive and ex[...]
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Ruth Kansky, Auteur ;
Andrew T. Knight, Auteur
Biodiversity conflicts, and human-wildlife conflicts (HWC) in particular, are predicted to increase. Understanding drivers of these conflicts is a prerequisite for developing strategies to achieve conservation goals. People are a part of all HWC[...]
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Gabriele Casazza, Auteur ;
Paolo Giordani, Auteur ;
Renato Benesperi, Auteur ;
Bruno Foggi, Auteur ;
Viciani Daniele, Auteur ;
Rossella Filigheddu, Auteur ;
Emmanuele Farris, Auteur ;
Simonetta Bagella, Auteur ;
Stefania Pisanu, Auteur ;
Mauro Giorgio Mariotti, Auteur
With the consensus that human activities are leading to dangerous interference in Earth's climate, there has been growing policy pressure for clear quantification and attribution of the resulting biological impacts. Despite the exceptional diver[...]
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Caitlin P. Brisson, Auteur ;
Tyler C. Coverdale, Auteur ;
Mark D. Bertness, Auteur
Coastal ecosystems, such as sand dunes, salt marshes, and mangroves, stabilize shorelines and protect coastal populations. In New England, salt marshes have experienced widespread cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) die-off and habitat loss, and i[...]
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Luis Felipe Toledo, Auteur ;
C. Guilherme Becker, Auteur ;
Celio F. B. Haddad, Auteur ;
Kelly R. Zamudio, Auteur
Anurans are endangered worldwide and declining populations are in need of urgent conservation management. Optimal conservation actions ideally rely on basic ecological and natural history data, such as population size, habitat requirements and a[...]
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Deborah S. Bower, Auteur ;
Leonie E. Valentine, Auteur ;
Anthony C. Grice, Auteur ;
Lauren Hodgson, Auteur ;
Lin Schwarzkopf, Auteur
Responsible conservation decisions are made when managers consider the benefits provided by an action in relation to the potential negative effects incurred. Some introduced grasses can be managed using fire and grazing, but experiments, replica[...]
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Matias E. Mastrangelo, Auteur ;
Michael C. Gavin, Auteur
Agricultural expansion and intensification is driving rapid landscape modification in the South American Gran Chaco, affecting biodiversity at multiple spatial scales. Research on biodiversity change in modified landscapes has focused mainly on [...]
