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Taxonomic notes on Grosourdya muriculata (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Vandeae: Aeridinae), a little known endemic orchid from the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2019
Grosourdya muriculata (Rchb.f.) R. Rice (Orchidaceae) is a little known epiphytic, endemic orchid from the Andaman & Nicobar Islands in India.  The present article provides the detailed taxonomy, ecology, distribution, conservation status, and ...
Sanjay Mishra, C. P. Vivek, Gautam Anuj Ekka, Lal Ji Singh   +3 more
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Use of the nucleotide diversity in COI mitochondrial gene as an early diagnostic of conservation status of animal species

Conservation Letters, 2020
Species assessed as threatened by the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) show evidence of declining population sizes. Genetic diversity is lost by this decline, which reduces the adaptive potential of the species and increases its ...
Natalia Petit-Marty, M. Vázquez‐Luis, I. Hendriks   +2 more
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Challenging the Scientific Foundations for an IUCN Red List of Ecosystems [PDF]

, 2014
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is currently discussing the development of a Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) that would mirror the categories and criteria used to assess the conservation status of species.
BOITANI, Luigi, Mace, Georgina M., RONDININI, CARLO   +2 more
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Updated Conservation Status of Protected Minnesota Caddisflies [PDF]

, 2018
Seven of the 13 Minnesota Trichoptera species with official protected status were located in the state during 1997-2001, including four species – Agapetus tomus, Asynarchus rossi, Hydroptila novicola, and Polycentropus milaca – not collected in nearly 40
Holzenthal, Ralph W, Houghton, David C
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Conservation status assessment and a new method for establishing conservation priorities for freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River drainage

Aquatic conservation, 2020
1. The freshwater mussel (Unionida) fauna of the Yangtze River is among the most diverse on Earth. In recent decades, human activities have caused habitat degradation in the river, and previous studies estimated that up to 80% of the mussel species in ...
Xiongjun Liu, X. Yang, D. Zanatta, M. Lopes‐Lima, A. Bogan, A. Zieritz, S. Ouyang, Xiaoping Wu   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Conservation status, species composition, and distribution of Avian Community in Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary, India

Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2017
Birds are among the best indicators of environmental changes. Given the significance of birds for conservation planning and environmental assessments, there is a need to develop a better ecological understanding of avian community structure. In southeast
Mohd. Shahnawaz Khan, Anjana Pant
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Distribution update, conservation status and color in life of the rare Amazonian snake, Eutrachelophis papilio Zaher and Prudente 2019 (Serpentes: Xenodontini) [PDF]

Acta Amazonica
The rare Amazonian snake Eutrachelophis papilio is known from only five individuals, from four localities, belonging to its type-series, the more recent collected over 10 years ago.
Nathalie CITELI, Mariana DE-CARVALHO, Reuber BRANDÃO   +2 more
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Spatial Relation of Bumblebees (Hymenoptera-Apidae) with Host-Plant and their Conservation Issues: An Outlook from Urban Ecosystem of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal [PDF]

, 2019
Ecology and conservation status of bumblebee species remains poorly understood, especially in rapidly degrading urban ecosystems, which is important considering the role of bumblebees in the pollinations. We collected more than 200 bumblebee (Bombus
Baniya, Pratikshya, Bhusal, Daya Ram, Dulal, Sabina, Ghimire, Kishor Chandra, Thakuri, Sudeep   +4 more
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Conservation status of Italian coastal dune habitats in the light of the 4th Monitoring Report (92/43/EEC Habitats Directive)

, 2020
Coastal dunes are among habitats with the worst conservation status on a global, European and national scale. Monitoring and reporting are of strategic importance to determine the effectiveness of the implementation of Habitats Directive and to preserve ...
I. Prisco, C. Angiolini, S. Assini, G. Buffa, D. Gigante, C. Marcenó, S. Sciandrello, M. Villani, A. Acosta   +8 more
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Prioritization of fish communities with a view to conservation and restoration on a large scale European basin, the Loire (France) [PDF]

, 2008
The hierarchical organization of important sites for the conservation or the restoration of fish communities is a great challenge for managers, especially because of financial or time constraints.
A Baisez, A Das, A Ibarra, A Ibarra, A Ricciardi, A Szöllosi-Nagy, B. Bergerot, BGW Aarts, C Lévêque, C Pringle, CR Margules, D Dudgeon, D Maes, D Tetzlaff, DA Lytle, DL Galat, DL Saunders, E Lasne, E Lasne, E. Lasne, F Cuizhang, G Seegert, GH Copp, GM Kondolf, J Aronson, J Carwardine, J Heino, J Verneaux, JD Allan, JF Guégan, JK Turpie, JP Gibbs, JV Ward, JV Ward, M Huet, MC Quist, MJ Collares-Pereira, N Myers, NJ Gotelli, NL Poff, P Abellan, P Hickley, P Laffaille, P Sόlymos, P Williams, P. Laffaille, R Abell, RF Noss, RL Welcomme, S Fattorini, S Manchester, SE Lima-Junior, T Oberdorff, T Oberdorff, T Oberdorff, T Oberdorff, T. Vigneron, TP Dawson, TP Young, WRT Darwall   +59 more
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