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Disease, habitat fragmentation and conservation [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2002
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) No abstract provided.
Hamish Ian McCallum, Andrew P Dobson
exaly   +4 more sources

Monitoring diversity and abundance of mammals with camera-traps: a case study of Manas National Park, Assam, India [PDF]

Check List, 2022
Information on the status and distribution of species within a geographical area is vital for developing effective conservation plans. We conducted camera-trapping (n = 473) to determine diversity, species composition, relative abundance index, sampling ...
Urjit Bhatt, B.S. Adhikari, Salvador Lyngdoh   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Age-specific survival and reproductive rates of Mediterranean monk seals at the Cabo Blanco Peninsula, West Africa

Endangered Species Research, 2021
We provide the first complete set of survival rate estimates for the Endangered Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus from birth into adulthood, as well as the first age-specific reproductive rates for the species.
P Fernández de Larrinoa, JD Baker, MA Cedenilla, AL Harting, MO Haye, M Muñoz, H M’Bareck, A M’Bareck, F Aparicio, S Centenera, LM González   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seventy-two models of large mammal connectivity across Panama: insights into a critical biogeographic linkage zone

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
AimThe goal of this study was to evaluate consistency among multiple connectivity models for jaguar and puma across Panama to evaluate the plausible current patterns of habitat connectivity for these and potentially other species in this critical ...
Samuel A. Cushman, Kimberly A. Craighead, Milton Yacelga, Zaneta M. Kaszta, Zaneta M. Kaszta, Ho Yi Wan, David W. Macdonald   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conservation planning for pollinators in the U.S. Great Plains: considerations of context, treatments, and scale

Ecosphere, 2021
Populations of many species of grassland‐associated butterflies, moths, and bumblebees in the Great Plains of North America are experiencing steep declines due to habitat loss and degradation—primarily conversion of grasslands to row‐crop agriculture and
Neal D. Niemuth, Brian Wangler, Jaymi J. LeBrun, David Dewald, Scott Larson, Todd Schwagler, Curtis W. Bradbury, Ronald D. Pritchert, Rich Iovanna   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Land use land cover change in and around Chebera Churchura National Park, Southwestern Ethiopia: implications for management effectiveness

Environmental Systems Research, 2022
Background Land use-land cover change (LULCC) resulting from anthropogenic activities has been one of the major causes of loss of biodiversity globally.
Temesgen Yadeta, Zewdu Kelkay Tessema, Fanuel Kebede, Girma Mengesha, Addisu Asefa   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tricolored bats at a southern range edge exhibit partial migration northward in autumn

Movement Ecology, 2022
Background Animal migration is a widespread global adaptation by which individuals move in response to environmental conditions to reach more favorable conditions.
Lisa M. Smith, Jeffery A. Gore, Terry J. Doonan, Caitlin J. Campbell   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Future of Thailand's captive elephants: commentary on Baker & Winkler on elephant rewilding [PDF]

, 2020
Removal from natural habitat and commodification as private property compromise elephants’ broader societal value. Although we support Baker & Winkler’s (2020) plea for a new community-based rewilding conservation model focused on mahout culture, we ...
Bates, Lucy, Henley, Michelle, Slotow, Rob, van de Water, Antoinette   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Grassland intactness outcompetes species as a more efficient surrogate in conservation design

Conservation Science and Practice, 2023
Mapped representations of species−habitat relationships often underlie approaches to prioritize area‐based conservation strategies to meet conservation goals for biodiversity.
Jason D. Tack, Andrew F. Jakes, Paul F. Jones, Mark Hebblewhite, David E. Naugle, Kevin E. Doherty, Marisa K. Sather, Brian H. Martin, Ronald Pritchert   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

A mass rearing cost calculator for the control of Culex quinquefasciatus in Hawaiʻi using the incompatible insect technique

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background Hawaiʻi’s native forest avifauna is experiencing drastic declines due to climate change-induced increases in temperature encroaching on their upper-elevation montane rainforest refugia.
Adam E. Vorsino, Zhiyong Xi
doaj   +1 more source