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Monitoring in biodiversity offsetting

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation
Biodiversity offsetting is the process of using protection, habitat restoration and habitat maintenance to compensate for ecological damage to biodiversity caused by human activity, such as construction of infrastructure projects.
Atte Moilanen   +5 more
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Improving biodiversity monitoring [PDF]

open access: yesAustral Ecology, 2011
Effective biodiversity monitoring is critical to evaluate, learn from, and ultimately improve conservation practice. Well conceived, designed and implemented monitoring of biodiversity should:(i) deliver information on trends in key aspects of ...
Dickman, Chris R.   +81 more
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Indicators for Monitoring Soil Biodiversity [PDF]

open access: yesIntegrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 2009
A Bispo,3 D Cluzeau,4 R Creamer,1 M Dombos,I U Graefe,# PH Krogh,33 JP Sousa,44 G Peres,4 M Rutgers,11 A Winding,33 and J Rombke*II 7French Agency for Environment and Energy Management, France 8University of Rennes, France 6Teagasc, Ireland IResearch Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Hungary #Institut fur Angewandte Bodenbiologie ...
Bispo, A.   +10 more
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Biodiversity monitoring in Europe: User and policy needs

open access: yesConservation Letters, 2023
Abstract To achieve the goals of the 2030 Global Biodiversity Framework, the European Biodiversity Strategy, and the EU Green Deal, biodiversity monitoring is critical. Monitoring efforts in Europe, however, suffer from gaps and biases in taxonomy, spatial coverage, and temporal resolution, resulting in fragmented and disconnected ...
Hannah Moersberger   +28 more
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Effects of Natural Land Cover, Anthropogenic Disturbance, Space, and Climate on Oribatid Mite Communities in Canada’s Oil Sands Region

open access: yesDiversity, 2023
Soil contains a diverse fauna and microflora that are vital for maintaining healthy soils and their various ecosystem services. Oribatid mites are typically highly abundant arthropods in the soil and are used as indicators for environmental monitoring ...
Lisa M. Lumley   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Repeated subsamples during DNA extraction reveal increased diversity estimates in DNA metabarcoding of Malaise traps

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2022
With increased application of DNA metabarcoding in biodiversity assessment, various laboratory protocols have been optimized, and their further evaluation is subject of current research. Homogenization of bulk samples and subsequent DNA extraction from a
Vera M. A. Zizka   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chapter Biodiversity smart monitoring guided by historical analysis of coastal evolution

open access: yes, 2022
The present work focuses on the preparatory phase of the design of the biodiversity monitoring network. The preliminary results of this first phase are then presented, starting from the formation of a cognitive framework based on previous knowledge of ...
Lotito, Adriana Maria   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Satellite Time Series and Google Earth Engine Democratize the Process of Forest-Recovery Monitoring over Large Areas

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2021
Contemporary forest-health initiatives require technologies and workflows that can monitor forest degradation and recovery simply and efficiently over large areas.
Jennifer N. Hird   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

National Inventory of Landscapes in Sweden (NILS) - scope, design, and experiences from establishing a multiscale biodiversity monitoring system [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The landscape-level and multiscale biodiversity monitoring program National Inventory of Landscapes in Sweden (NILS) was launched in 2003. NILS is conducted as a sample-based stratified inventory that acquires data across several spatial scales, which is
Lagerqvist, Kjell   +27 more
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Biodiversity monitoring protocols for REDD+: can a one-size-fits-all approach really work? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Development of a standard monitoring protocol for assessing the impacts of REDD+ (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) projects on biodiversity is desirable.
Boonman, Arjan   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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