Results 11 to 20 of about 130 (108)

Protected area coverage of vulnerable regions to conserve functional diversity of birds

Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 6, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Global‐change drivers are increasing the rates of species extinction worldwide, posing a serious threat to ecosystem functioning. Preserving the functional diversity of species is currently a priority to mitigate abrupt biodiversity loss in the coming decades.
Carlos Martínez‐Núñez, Ricardo Martínez‐Prentice, Vicente García‐Navas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE U.S. WITHDRAWAL, TALIBAN TAKEOVER, AND ONTOLOGICAL (IN)SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN

World Affairs, Volume 186, Issue 1, Page 105-134, Spring 2023., 2023
Security discussions of the Taliban's second takeover of Afghanistan center on physical security threats, neglecting the ontological aspect related to how security entails the metaphysics of life—being, feeling alive, or having a sense of self. This article examines this ontological threat to the Afghan people to complement the security discussion and ...
Thomas Ameyaw‐Brobbey
wiley   +1 more source

A roadmap for ladybird conservation and recovery

Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 1, February 2023., 2023
Abstract Ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) provide services that are critical to food production, and they fulfill an ecological role as a food source for predators. The richness, abundance, and distribution of ladybirds, however, are compromised by many anthropogenic threats.
António O. Soares, Danny Haelewaters, Olga M. C. C. Ameixa, Isabel Borges, Peter M. J. Brown, Pedro Cardoso, Michiel D. de Groot, Edward W. Evans, Audrey A. Grez, Axel Hochkirch, Milada Holecová, Alois Honěk, Ján Kulfan, Ana I. Lillebø, Zdenka Martinková, J. P. Michaud, Oldřich Nedvěd, Omkar, Helen E. Roy, Swati Saxena, Apoorva Shandilya, Arnaud Sentis, Jiri Skuhrovec, Sandra Viglášová, Peter Zach, Tania Zaviezo, John E. Losey   +26 more
wiley   +1 more source

Novedades florísticas para el Santuario de Fauna y Flora de Iguaque y sus zonas de influencia como única área protegida de la provincia de Ricaurte (Boyacá, Colombia)

Caldasia, 2021
La flora del Santuario de Fauna y Flora de Iguaque, única área protegida de la provincia de Ricaurte, Boyacá, Colombia, representa la extraordinaria diversidad vegetal de la Cordillera Oriental colombiana.
Favio González, Natalia Pabón-Mora
doaj   +1 more source

Parsondes y Nánaro: una mirada griega sobre los conflictos de poder en la corte del Gran Rey

Emerita
Este artículo explora uno de los relatos conservados más sugestivos de las Historias de Persia de Ctesias, el de Parsondes de Persia y Nánaro de Babilonia, articulando el análisis alrededor de los tópicos literarios que estructuran la narración ...
Carmen Sánchez-Mañas
doaj   +1 more source

Biología y conservación del Cóndor Andino (Vultur gryphus) en Argentina

El Hornero, 2007
El Cóndor Andino (Vultur gryphus) se distribuye actualmente por el oeste de América del Sur. Aunque está catalogado como una especie cercana a la amenaza e incluido en CITES I, ha sido poco estudiada y, en la actualidad, aún se desconocen muchos ...
Sergio A. Lambertucci
doaj   +1 more source

Overlap of nonbreeding wandering albatrosses with fisheries and implications for colony‐specific population trajectories at South Georgia

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 4, August 2026.
Abstract Bycatch in fisheries is one of the most serious threats to pelagic seabirds, causing major population declines. Mitigation measures can reduce bycatch substantially, but many fisheries fail to apply best practices, and seabird mortality remains high.
V. Warwick‐Evans, E. J. Pearmain, R. A. Phillips   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biodiversidad de las aves en México

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2013
Se presenta un análisis del listado actualizado de las aves de México, con enfoques taxonómicos actuales y abarcando todas aquellas especies que tengan registros recientes e históricos de presencia dentro del territorio nacional.
Adolfo Gerardo Navarro Sigüenza, Maria Fanny Rebón Gallardo, Alejandro Gordillo Martínez, Townsend Peterson, Humberto Berlanga García, Luis Sánchez González   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long‐term comparison shows protected and non‐protected forests differ in harvesting, but not in wildfires or drought‐driven dieback

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 2, February 2026.
Lower forest harvesting in Natura 2000 sites may align with socio‐economic barriers often claimed by local communities, but protection does not influence vulnerability to other disturbances. In a general scenario of reduced forest harvesting in the region, we argue that differences in harvesting due to protection are statistically significant but ...
Josep Maria Espelta, Alba Viana‐Soto, Roberto Molowny‐Horas, Miquel de Caceres, Miriam Selwyn, Mireia Banqué, Lluís Brotons, Francisco Lloret, Jordi Martínez‐Vilalta, Miriam Piqué, Cornelius Senf   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Domestic cat penetrability into rural and natural habitats of the Iberian Peninsula

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 6, Issue 3, July–September 2025.
Free‐roaming domestic cats in the Iberian Peninsula regularly venture into rural and natural areas, with some individuals travelling over 2 km from their homes. Our GPS tracking data from 64 cats reveal that younger, neutered and owned cats show larger home ranges and greater penetration into natural habitats, raising concerns for native biodiversity ...
Francisco Palomares, Ariadna Sanglas
wiley   +1 more source