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Towards the Computational Assessment of the Conservation Status of a Habitat

2023
We propose methods to automatically assess the conservation status of a habitat. Habitat monitoring is usually performed by botanists and other specialists in their field work, searching for the presence or lack of typical plant species (Evans D, Arvela M (2011) Assessment and reporting under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive. Explanatory Notes &
Manh X. H., Gigante D., Angiolini C., Bagella S., Caccianiga M., Angelini F., Garabini M., Remagnino P.   +7 more
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Landscape–stream interactions and habitat conservation for amphibians

Ecological Applications, 2011
Semiaquatic organisms depend on the features of both water bodies and landscapes; the interplay between terrestrial and aquatic systems might influence the semiaquatic communities, determining the scale at which management would be more effective. However, the consequences of such interplay are not frequently quantified, particularly at the community ...
G.F. Ficetola, L. Marziali, B. Rossaro, F. De Bernardi, E. Padoa Schioppa   +4 more
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Minimizing Landscape Resistance for Habitat Conservation

2017
Modeling ecological connectivity is an area of increasing interest amongst biologists and conservation agencies. In the past few years, different modeling approaches have been used by experts in the field to understand the state of wildlife distribution. One of these approaches is based on modeling land as a resistive network.
Diego de Uña, Graeme Gange, Peter Schachte, Peter J. Stuckey   +3 more
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Mitigation of Habitat “Take”: Application to Habitat Conservation Planning

Conservation Biology, 1997
One of the most important provisions of the U.S. Endangered Species Act precludes the “taking” of listed species on both public and private land. In past Endangered Species Act litigation, take has been broadly interpreted to include the destruction or modification of habitats as well as the direct killing of animals.
Bruce B. Bingham, Barry R. Noon
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Taxa and Habitat Conservation

2017
Mudskippers are distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical Indo-West Pacific, with only one species, Periophthalmus barbarus, present in the eastern central Atlantic. Mudskippers have been proposed as potential bioindicators of pollutants in mangrove and other coastal areas.
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Accounting for Habitat Dynamics in Conservation Planning

2009
Abstract The ‘conservation prioritization problem’ has traditionally been formulated as a static problem (Chapter 3). This involves determining the priority of different planning units under the assumption that most of the high-priority planning units will eventually be added to the reserve network, and the low priority planning units ...
Possingham, Hugh, Moilanen, Atte, Wilson, Kerrie   +2 more
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Three Paradoxes of Habitat Conservation Plans

Environmental Management, 2009
Habitat conservation plans (HCPs) are enabled under section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act. The substantial increase since 1994 in the number of HCPs has motivated numerous critiques of nearly every aspect of HCPs. These critiques have overlooked several paradoxes that expose fundamental shortcomings of section 10(a) or its implementation. I refer
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Distribution, Habitats and Conservation

2015
Grasses are found on all continents, including Antarctica (Convey 2001), and exhibit remarkable ecological diversity. Species occur in deep shade of tropical forests, in full sun in deserts, from near the poles to the equator, and from sea level to high altitudes.
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Adaptive Management in Habitat Conservation Plans

Conservation Biology, 2002
Abstract: Habitat conservation plans ( HCPs) allow incidental take of threatened or endangered species in exchange for conservation measures that minimize and mitigate such taking. Habitat conservation plans entail a compromise between regulatory certainty and scientific uncertainty.
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Wildlife Habitat Conservation Needs in Florida: Updated Recommendations for Strategic Habitat Conservation Areas

2009
Advances in technological capabilities, revised habitat data, and more extensive species-occurrence data allowed us to reassess Florida’s biodiversity protection status. Additionally, advances in population-viability modeling techniques allowed us to examine the security of species given their current distribution, habitat needs, and the amount and ...
Endries, Mark, Stys, Beth, Mohr, Gary, Kratimenos, Georgia, Langley, Susan, Root, Karen, Kautz, Randy   +6 more
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