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Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, and Land Use: Comparing Three Federal Policies [PDF]

open access: yes
Natural ecosystems provide a variety of benefits to society, known as “ecosystem services.” Fundamental to the provision of ecosystem services in a region is its underlying biodiversity, i.e., the wealth and variety of plants, animals, and microorganisms.
Riddle, Anne, Walls, Margaret
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Conservation Easements as Tools to Achieve Regulatory Environmental Goals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Wayburn talks about conservation easements as tools to achieve regulatory environmental goals. The traditional approach to protecting public-trust resources, such as wildlife found on private lands, is predominantly regulatory and proscriptive ...
Wayburn, Laurie A.
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Economic associations among causes of species endangerment in the United States. [PDF]

open access: yes
Associations among causes of species endangerment in the United States reflect the integration of economic sectors, supporting the theory and evidence that economic growth proceeds at the competitive exclusion of nonhuman species in the aggregate ...
Czech, Brian   +2 more
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The Sad Story of the Northern Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf Reintroduction Program [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
A reflection on the past, present and future of environmental law in this 20th Anniversary Edition offers an opportunity to revisit the Endangered Species Act, particularly the Northern Rocky Mountain States federal wolf reintroduction program ...
Babcock, Hope M.
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Genetic diversity and population structure of an insect‐pollinated and bird‐dispersed dioecious tree Magnolia kwangsiensis in a fragmented karst forest landscape

open access: yesEcology and Evolution
This study combined population genetics and parentage analysis to obtain foundational data for the conservation of Magnolia kwangsiensis. M. kwangsiensis is a Class I tree species that occurs in two disjunct regions in a biodiversity hotspot in southwest
Yanfang Lin   +6 more
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Threatened bryophytes of the neotropical rain forest : a status report [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
Tropical deforestation, inevitably, leads to the local loss of bryophyte species. Recent studies show that the degree of species loss may vary considerably and depends on the scale or amount of habitat change that has occurred.
Gradstein, Stephan Robbert
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Population size, habitat and conservation status of an Endangered species, Macrozamia johnsonii (Zamiaceae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Macrozamia johnsonii D. Jones & K. Hill is a locally endemic cycad (family Zamiaceae) with a restricted occurrence in north-eastern New South Wales and currently listed as Endangered.
Binns, Doug L., Meek, P.
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