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Limits of stakeholder participation in sustainable development : "where facts are few, experts are many" [PDF]

, 2005
Extract from: The Mediterranean coastal areas from watershed to the sea : interactions and changes / by L.F. Cassar ... [et al.]. Proceedings of the MEDCORE International conference, Florence, 10th-14th November 2005The notion of including stakeholders ...
10.1400/61591, Cassar, Louis F., Conrad, Elisabeth, Griffiths, G.H., Morse, S.   +4 more
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The Case of the Missing Green Iguana Predators: Reviews of Ecological Literature Should Go Beyond Google Scholar

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
Abstract Knowing about species interactions is essential for ecological research, conservation efforts, resource management, and maintaining healthy ecosystems, but many of these, such as reports of predation, may not always be published in easily located resources—if they are published at all.
Matthijs P. van den Burg, Hinrich Kaiser
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Flow Regulation on Channel Geomorphic Unit (CGU) Composition in the Soča River, Slovenia. [PDF]

, 2005
This paper sets out to examine the effects of flow regulation on the size, spatial distribution and connectivity of physical habitats or channel geomorphic units (CGU) of an upland river system in Slovenia.
Hill, Graham, Maddock, Ian, Smolar-Žvanut, N.   +2 more
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Major roads have a negative impact on the Tawny Owl Strix aluco and the Little Owl Athene noctua populations [PDF]

, 2012
The increasing road networks threaten ecosystems by direct effects such as increased mortality due to collision with vehicles and by various indirect effects leading to road avoidance.
Godinho, Sérgio, Gomes, Edgar, Lourenço, Rui, Medinas, Denis, Mira, António, Neves, Vânia, Rabaça, João, Sabino-Marques, Helena, Silva, Carmo, Silva, Clara   +9 more
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A review of the historic and present ecological role of aquatic and shoreline wood, from forest to deep sea

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ecology of forests, their losses, and terrestrial wood decomposition dynamics have been intensively studied and reviewed. In the aquatic realm, reviews have concentrated on large wood (LW) in rivers and the transition from freshwater to marine environments in the Pacific Northwest of North America. However, a comprehensive global synthesis
Jon Dickson, Ellen Wohl, Laura L. Govers, Oscar Franken, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Han Olff, Britas Klemens Eriksson, Maryann S. Watson, Luísa M.S. Borges, Tjisse van der Heide   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the umbrella value of a range-wide conservation network for Jaguars (Panthera onca) [PDF]

, 2016
Umbrella species are employed as conservation short-cuts for the design of reserves or reserve networks. However, empirical data on the effectiveness of umbrellas is equivocal, which has prevented more widespread application of this conservation strategy.
Adriaensen, Alan Rabinowitz, Andelman, Angelo, Beier, Beier, Bifolchi, Branton, Branton, Brodie, Brodie, Brooks, Carlo Rondinini, Caro, Caro, Carroll, Carroll, Che-Castaldo, Christopher Burdett, Crooks, Crooks, Cushman, Daniel Thornton, Epps, Fleishman, Fleishman, Gardner, Groves, Heller, Howard Quigley, Hughes, Hurme, Kathy Zeller, Kevin Crooks, Lindenmayer, Luigi Boitani, Mac Nally, Minor, Noss, Oliver, Petracca, Pressey, Pöyry, Rabinowitz, Rabinowitz, Roberge, Robles, Rondinini, Rondinini, Rondinini, Saetersdal, Sanderson, Sattler, Schooley, Sergio, Sergio, Simberloff, Thorne, Tobler, Torres, Wiens, Zeller, Zeller   +62 more
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Long‐term trends in parasite diversity and infection levels: approaches and patterns

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Parasites exist in every ecosystem, affecting nearly all organisms and playing a complex role in human societies. On the one hand, they contribute substantially to biodiversity and support ecosystem stability by performing essential ecological functions.
Cyril Hammoud, Juan Antonio Balbuena, Isabel Blasco‐Costa, Katie O'Dwyer, Rachel A. Paterson, Tomáš Scholz, Christian Selbach, Bernd Sures, David W. Thieltges   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shaping research in marine functional connectivity for integrated and effective marine science and management

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Effective knowledge of ecological connectivity at sea and at the land–sea interface is key to supporting global policy goals to conserve and restore ocean biodiversity and function. However, a persistent lack of commonality in terminology and understanding around the concept of connectivity in marine ecological studies hampers its integration ...
Audrey M. Darnaude, Susanne E. Tanner, Andreu Blanco, Anna M. Sturrock, Yael Teff Seker, Angel Pérez‐Ruzafa, Jonne Kotta, Tamar Guy‐Haim, Francisco R. Barboza, Manuel Hidalgo, Katell Guizien, Jerneja Penca, Lucía López‐López, Maria Beger, Federica Costantini, Sophie Arnaud‐Haond, Cynthia Riginos, Kris Hostens, Gil Rilov, Stelios Katsanevakis, Ewan Hunter   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

POLICIES TO REDUCE FOREST FRAGMENTATION: COMBINING ECONOMETRIC MODELS WITH GIS-BASED LANDSCAPE SIMULATIONS [PDF]

Forest fragmentation is a primary threat to terrestrial biodiversity. We combine a parcel-level econometric model of land-use transitions with spatially-explicit landscape simulations to predict the empirical distribution of fragmentation outcomes under ...
Lewis, David J., Plantinga, Andrew J.
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Habitat fragmentation and species richness [PDF]

Journal of Biogeography, 2015
AbstractIn a recent article in this journal, Fahrig (2013,Journal of Biogeography,40, 1649–1663) concludes that variation in species richness among sampling sites can be explained by the amount of habitat in the ‘local landscape’ around the sites, while the spatial configuration of habitat within the landscape makes little difference.
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