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Ecological criteria for evaluation candidate sites for marine reserves [PDF]

, 2003
Several schemes have been developed to help select the locations of marine reserves. All of them combine social, economic, and biological criteria, and few offer any guidance as to how to prioritize among the criteria identified.
Andelman, S., Branch, G., Bustamante, R.H., Castilla, J.C., Dugan, J, Halpern, B.S., Lafferty, K.D., Leslie, H., Lubchenco, J., McArdle, D., Possingham, H.P., Roberts, C.M., Ruckleshaus, M., Warner, R.W.   +13 more
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Precipitation and tree biomass correlate with the diversity and functional composition of tropical rainforest cricket assemblages across climate and disturbance gradients

Ecography, EarlyView.
Disturbance‐driven changes in rainforest structure and environmental conditions can alter ecosystem functioning, yet the consequences for invertebrate communities – key contributors to decomposition, herbivory, and trophic interactions – are not fully understood, particularly in relation to structural changes in vegetation.
Charlotte E. Raven, Andy G. Howe, David C. F. Rentz, Emma J. Mackintosh, Andrew R. Marshall, Helen F. Nahrung   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of Approaches to Management of Large Marine Areas [PDF]

, 2010
In order to learn more about the different approaches to managing large-scale marine areas, their comparative merits, and the synergies and overlaps between them, Conservation International (CI) commissioned this independent analysis of several widely ...
Hugh Kirkman, Robert Bensted-Smith
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Movement decisions reflect compromised statewide connectivity for mountain lions in California

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
Human‐induced habitat fragmentation threatens connectivity for populations of wide‐ranging species by compromising long‐distance dispersal. We evaluated movement‐based resource selection of dispersing mountain lions (Puma concolor) to identify specific landscape conditions influencing movement decisions and connectivity between populations across the ...
Kyle D Dougherty, Justin A Dellinger, Bogdan Cristescu, Daniel J Gammons, David K Garcelon, J Mark Higley, Phillip Johnston, Quinton E Martins, John F Randolph, Seth PD Riley, Jeff A Sikich, Trish Smith, Thomas R Stephenson, T Winston Vickers, Greta M Wengert, Christopher C Wilmers, Heiko U Wittmer, John F Benson   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Little Divergence Among Mitochondrial Lineages of Prochilodus (Teleostei, Characiformes)

Frontiers in Genetics, 2018
Evidence that migration prevents population structure among Neotropical characiform fishes has been reported recently but the effects upon species diversification remain unclear.
Bruno F. Melo, Bruno F. Melo, Beatriz F. Dorini, Fausto Foresti, Claudio Oliveira   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Future Range Shifts and Diversity Patterns of Antarctic Lecideoid Lichens Under Climate Change Scenarios

Global Change Biology Communications, EarlyView.
Modeling of current and future spatial distribution of Antarctic lecideoid lichens shows that warming will strongly increase the potential habitat. Under three climate‐change scenarios, most fungal and algal partners are projected to expand inland. Overall, climate change drives widespread range shifts and promotes colonization of interior Antarctica ...
Anna Götz, Mikhail Andreev, Robert R. Junker, Lea Maislinger, Leopoldo G. Sancho, Wolfgang Trutschnig, Ulrike Ruprecht   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) of Honduras : a checklist with description of a new ochlerine genus [PDF]

, 2003
Through collecting, surveys of museum collections, and search of the literature, we are able to list 181 species of Pentatomidae as occurring within the boundaries of the Republic of Honduras.
Arismendi, Nolberto, Thomas, Donald B.
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Warming‐Mediated Decreases in Nectar Quality Translate Into Lower Energy Reserves of the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

Global Change Biology Communications, EarlyView.
Warming caused a significant decrease in monarch fat mass, likely due to an observed reduction in sucrose concentration caused by warming of the nectar. Since sucrose fuels fall migration and overwintering, our results suggest climate warming may reduce migration success and overwinter survival.
Katherine Peel, Greg W. Mitchell, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Heather M. Kharouba   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Canadian boreal forest greening and browning trends: an analysis of biogeographic patterns and the relative roles of disturbance versus climate drivers

Environmental Research Letters, 2018
Recent studies have used satellite-derived normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) time series to explore geographic patterns in boreal forest greening and browning. A number of these studies indicate that boreal forests are experiencing widespread
Damien Sulla-Menashe, Curtis E Woodcock, Mark A Friedl   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Population connectivity among Dry Tortugas, Florida, and Caribbean populations of mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis), inferred from multiple microsatellite loci [PDF]

, 2009
Determining patterns of population connectivity is critical to the evaluation of marine reserves as recruitment sources for harvested populations. Mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis) is a good test case because the last known major spawning aggregation in U.
Burton, Michael L., McCartney, Michael A., Shulzitski, Kathryn   +2 more
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