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Methodology to identify ecologically matching areas and its applications in conservation planning

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Identifying ecologically matching areas is both challenging and critical for understanding spatial patterns of biodiversity and advancing conservation planning. However, existing approaches often lack spatial flexibility, overlook shape and size constraints, or rely on limited environmental parameters, reducing their effectiveness in real ...
Pietro Milanesi, Alessandro Chiarucci, Alessandra Maria Bissattini, Vincenzo Buono, Gianluca Piovesan, Carlo Rondinini, Umberto Valdrè, Marco Musiani   +7 more
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Thermal performances of a bioclimatic building in hot and dry tropical climate

Revue des Énergies Renouvelables, 2013
This paper is concerned with the thermal comfort of a double-walls seven stories bioclimatic building built with local construction materials. First of all, we use a numerical code to investigate the construction materials thermal inertia effects on the ...
O. Coulibaly, A. Ouedraogo, J. Koulidiati, P. Abadie   +3 more
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Bioclimatic Characterization of Jalisco (Mexico) Based on a High-Resolution Climate Database and Its Relationship with Potential Vegetation

Remote Sensing
Bioclimatic classifications provide critical insights into the relationships between climatic variables and the geographic distribution of organisms. Advances in high-resolution climate data, geobotanical integration, and spatial analysis techniques have
Norma-Yolanda Ochoa-Ramos, Miguel Ángel Macías-Rodríguez, Joaquín Giménez de Azcárate, Ramón Álvarez-Esteban, Ángel Penas, Sara del Río   +5 more
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Leveraging urban greenspaces to bolster regional conservation priorities

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
This article demonstrates that urban greenspaces currently excluded from the San Francisco Bay Area's regional conservation plan offer significant, measurable conservation value. We found these overlooked areas host vital biodiversity and critically improve habitat connectivity, highlighting that incorporating urban greenspaces will be key in meeting ...
Cesar O. Estien, Avery P. Hill, Tom Robinson, Rebecca F. Johnson, Christopher J. Schell, Christine E. Wilkinson   +5 more
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Change in habitat over time for the rare, endemic Pediocactus paradinei

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Pediocactus paradinei is a rare endemic cactus on the Colorado Plateau that may be increasingly vulnerable to ongoing ecological and climatic change. In 2022, we resampled ecological monitoring plots originally surveyed in 2005 to assess changes in vegetation, habitat conditions, and characteristics related to pollinator habitat across the species ...
Sarah C. Colombo, Sara Souther, Karen A. Haubensak, Clare E. Aslan   +3 more
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Generation Rather Than Sex Shapes Wing Morphology in Cydalima perspectalis (Lepidoptera, Crambidae): Insights From Geometric Morphometrics and Climate‐Based Projections

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
An integrated framework combining geometric morphometrics and ecological niche modeling was applied to Cydalima perspectalis to assess intergenerational morphological variation, test sexual dimorphism, and predict future distribution under climate scenarios. Wing shape effectively discriminated between generations but not between sexes.
Nurver Altun, Cantekin Dursun, Serkan Gül   +2 more
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The Great Dividing Range as a driver of genetic divergence in a low‐dispersing dragonfly

Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.
Population genomic analyses revealed low genetic differentiation and no discrete population structure across the Great Dividing Range, indicating widespread gene flow in Synthemis eustalacta. Genetic divergence was associated with environmental gradients, elevation and landscape resistance rather than geographic distance, supporting isolation by ...
Aaron M. Goodman, Ethan R. Tolman, Christopher D. Beatty, Mary E. Blair, John C. Abbott, David M. Alfaro, Seth Bybee, Rhema Uche‐Dike, Dominic A. Evangelista, Paul B. Frandsen, Ellie Gamett, Lilany Garcia, Rob Guralnick, Carl P. Hulick, Manpreet K. Kohli, Liam McCarthy, Kelly Reyes, Kassandra Taveras, Vincent Wade, Akifa Zahara, Jessica L. Ware   +20 more
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Low breeding propensity in a declining Arctic‐breeding swan revealed by telemetry data

Ibis, EarlyView.
Many migratory bird populations are declining in the face of habitat degradation and climate change, making it important to identify which stages of their annual cycle are most affected in order to guide conservation measures. The Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii, an Arctic‐breeding waterfowl species, has suffered a dramatic population decline
Tohar Tal, Bart A. Nolet, Tom S.L. Versluijs, Judy Z. Shamoun‐Baranes, Götz Eichhorn, Sabine Urban, Hans Linssen   +6 more
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Geographical distribution of the Pinnated Bittern (Botaurus pinnatus): Update and seasonal movement pattern

Ibis, EarlyView.
The Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus (Ardeidae) is a widely distributed Neotropical wading bird whose distribution and seasonal status remain poorly resolved. Discrepancies among published literature, citizen science records and the range currently assumed by BirdLife International indicate that both its geographical distribution and migratory ...
Helon Simões Oliveira, Tuany Siqueira‐Silva, Sérgio Roberto Posso, Sidney Feitosa Gouveia   +3 more
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Landscape and Urban Design for improved urban microclimate

Landscape Review
In this paper, we discuss the important role of landscape architecture and urban design in implementing urban heat mitigation strategies. We discuss how these professions relate to and are considered in studies focused on urban climate and outdoor ...
Silvia Tavares, Jiawei Fu
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