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Tracking the impact of bottom trawling on benthic habitat status. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Bottom trawling is the most widespread physical disturbance to marine benthic habitats, yet broadscale assessments of its impact remain limited. We developed a quantitative framework to evaluate trawling effects on benthic habitats at broad spatial scales based on the sentinels of seabed (SoS) indicator.
Plaza-Morlote M, García-Alegre A, Serrano A, Fernández-Arcaya U, Punzón A, Rodríguez-Rúa A, Roman S, Magro A, Delgado M, Gil J, González-Irusta JM.   +10 more
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Integrating fossil data in ecological niche models to improve predictions of future habitat of Caribbean corals. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Ecological niche models (ENMs) are used to assess the abiotic preferences of species by linking their occurrences to the environmental conditions in which they live. We developed a fossil‐informed ENM framework that integrates mid‐Holocene and modern occurrences to test niche stability and reconstruct abiotic niche characteristics for four ...
Williams CM, Machado-Stredel F, Martindale RC, Myers CE.   +3 more
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Risks of concealing environmental degradation. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Current practice seeks to conceal the visual impact of land‐use change (i.e., development). Six percent of development impact assessments in Australia and 14% of the World Bank's assessments recommend visual impact mitigation. This mitigation results in, for example, vegetated buffer strips alongside cleared agricultural areas and earthen ...
Hayward MW, Klop-Toker K, Momtaz S, Payne E, Rebec L, Scanlon RJ, Shuttleworth CM, Valentine N, Griffin AS.   +8 more
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High Densities of Large Herbivores Rapidly Disrupt Ecosystem Integrity. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
Human‐driven increases in large herbivore populations are emerging as a widespread global change pressure on terrestrial ecosystems. Using the largest hectare‐scale herbivore density manipulation experiment conducted to date, we show that high deer densities rapidly disrupt ecosystem integrity across multiple dimensions of biodiversity and ecosystem ...
Isla J, Serrano E, Calleja JA, Hernández-Castellano C, Alcalá-Herrera R, Albanell E, Alonso C, Baraza E, Brolly M, Burnside N, Burón-Ugarte A, Capó M, Cardells J, Carvalho J, Cuerdo M, Del Olmo DG, Espadaler X, Filella I, Fuentes-Moyano L, Gambra D, Gómez A, Krumins JA, Lavín-González S, Lizana V, López-Sánchez A, Martínez-Jauregui M, Martínez-Torres H, Parra-Quesada E, Peláez M, Peñuelas J, Rello C, Renedo J, Rodríguez-Vigal C, Rossa M, Miguel AS, Torres-Blas I, Valladares-Pérez D, Wenzel-Vergas JC, Perea R.   +38 more
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Reconsidering the role of introduced species in the climate-affected and highly invaded eastern Mediterranean. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Bioinvasions are considered mostly as a biodiversity and conservation hazard, but in specific situations, introduced species can bring ecological or socioeconomic benefits. We assessed the social–ecological role of marine introduced species in the eastern Mediterranean Sea—a global hotspot of bioinvasions and extirpations—and their potential ...
Katsanevakis S, Belmaker J, Rilov G, Yeruham E, Konstantinidis A, Papazekou M, Giakoumi S, Mazaris AD.   +7 more
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Dietary resilience of coral reef fishes to habitat degradation. [PDF]

J Anim Ecol
Metabarcoding of gut contents shows that two common benthic‐feeding reef fishes with different feeding stratgies—a butterflyfish (Chaetodon capistratus) and a hamlet (Hypoplectrus puella)—shift diets on degraded reefs. These shifts mirror contrasting patterns in body condition: butterflyfish showed strong individual variation, whereas condition was ...
Clever F, Preziosi RF, Nguyen B, De Gracia B, Quintero Arrieta H, McMillan WO, Altieri AH, O'Dea A, Knowlton N, Leray M.   +9 more
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Effectiveness of protected areas in the Caucasus Mountains in preventing rangeland degradation. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract As land use intensifies globally, it increasingly exerts pressure on protected areas. Despite open, nonforested landscapes comprising up to 40% of protected areas globally, assessments have predominately focused on forests, overlooking the major pressures on rangelands from livestock overgrazing and land conversion.
Ghoddousi A, Pratzer M, Lewinska KE, Eggers J, Bleyhl B, Ambarli H, Arakelyan M, Askerov E, Butsic V, Ghazaryan A, Lortkipanidze B, Radeloff VC, Kuemmerle T.   +12 more
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Mapping illegal trade routes of live cheetahs from the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Less than 7000 cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) persist in Africa. Although human–wildlife conflict, habitat degradation, and loss of prey are major threats to cheetah populations, illegal trade in live cubs for pets may have the most significant impact on populations in the Horn of Africa.
Evangelista PH, Young NE, Schulte DK, Tricorache PD, Luizza MW, Durant SM, Jones KW, Mitchell N, Maule T, Ali AH, Tesfai RT, Engelstad PS.   +11 more
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Role of protected areas in mitigating range loss and local extinctions of terrestrial mammals. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Protected areas (PAs) are a major tool in biodiversity conservation, but the extent to which they mitigate species declines is often unclear. We evaluated the effectiveness of PAs in mitigating range contraction and local extinction for 483 terrestrial mammal species.
Cristiano A, Pillay R, Ramírez-Delgado JP, Watson JEM, Venter O, Pacifici M.   +5 more
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Implications of global distributive justice principles for implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract In the era of the sixth mass extinction, reversing global biodiversity loss is of vital importance for life on Earth. In 2022, parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), a strategic plan with 23 action‐oriented targets to be achieved by 2030.
Lehmann I, Kok M, Immerzeel R, Marques A.   +3 more
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