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Are the endemic water beetles of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands effectively protected?

David Sanchez-Fernandez, Auteur ; David T. Bilton, Auteur ; Pedro Abellan, Auteur ; Ignacio Ribera, Auteur ; Josefa Vezasco, Auteur ; Andres Millan, Auteur

Dans Biological Conservation (141(6) JUN 2008)

One of the most serious environmental problems is the current acceleration in the rate of species extinction associated with human activities, which is occurring particularly rapidly in freshwaters. Here we examine whether endemic water beetles [...]

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Preserving the evolutionary history of freshwater biota in Iberian National Parks

Pedro Abellan, Auteur ; David Sanchez-Fernandez, Auteur ; Felix Picazo, Auteur ; Andres Millan, Auteur ; Jorge M. Lobo, Auteur ; Ignacio Ribera, Auteur

Dans Biological Conservation (162 JUN 2013)

The establishment of protected areas is one of the main strategies to reduce losses of biodiversity. While a number of studies have evaluated the effectiveness of existing reserves in preserving representative samples of ecosystem and species di[...]

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Using null models to identify under-represented species in protected areas: A case study using European amphibians and reptiles

David Sanchez-Fernandez, Auteur ; Pedro Abellan, Auteur

Dans Biological Conservation (184 APR 2015)

One of the main issues in conservation biology is assessing how much biodiversity is currently represented in protected areas (PA). Traditional approaches such as 'gap analysis' require the choice of arbitrary targets and thresholds that can gre[...]

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