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Actual or virtual habitats? Commentary to “Manual for monitoring species and habitats of EC interest (Directive 92/43/CEE) in Italy: habitats”

open access: yesForest@, 2016
This is a letter sent recently to the authors of the “Manuals for monitoring species and habitats of EC interest (Directive 92/43/CEE) in Italy: habitats”.
Urbinati C, Iorio G
doaj   +1 more source

Four ideas to boost EU conservation policy as 2020 nears

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2019
The European Union (EU) committed to halt the loss of biodiversity in its 2020 Biodiversity Strategy. However, all reports show conservation efforts are falling short of their objectives and the status of biodiversity in the EU continues to decline. Here,
Virgilio Hermoso   +3 more
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Embedding Chemistry and Pharmacy Into Sustainability

open access: yesAngewandte Chemie International Edition, EarlyView.
Chemistry and pharmacy provide products and processes that are indispensable for our high living standard. To understand their relationship with sustainability is important to allow them to contribute to sustainability in a sustainable manner. An integrated overview of green, circular, and sustainable chemistry and pharmacy is given and how they have t
Klaus Kümmerer
wiley   +1 more source

NATURA 2000 IN ROMANIA - A DECADE OF GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Geography, 2017
Prior to Romania’s joining the European Union in 2007, the Romanian government assumed the responsibility to fully implement Community legislation in the field of nature conservation. This led to a rapid increase of protected surface areas (from 7% in
Steluta Manolache   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Monitoring under the EU habitats directive

open access: yesProceedings of the 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology, 2018
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openaire   +1 more source

Pearl's causality for integrating ecological datasets: A case study on Myricaria germanica in northern Italy

open access: yesApplications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Applied ecology can significantly influence policy decisions on environmental issues. Therefore, research in this field should be as transparent and reproducible as possible. Existing expertise from a broad range of disciplines should also be integrated into ecological research to allow researchers to maximize understanding of complex ...
Kailin Weitkämper   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Habitats Directive species lists: urgent need of revision [PDF]

open access: yesInsect Conservation and Diversity, 2011
Abstract.  1. The European Habitats Directive is the main legislative work regarding Europe’s nature conservation policy. It lists the protected habitats and species in the European Union. The species lists include 122 arthropods. 2.
openaire   +2 more sources

Turning a new leaf: PhenoVision provides leaf phenology data at the global scale

open access: yesApplications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Plant phenology dictates many aspects of community function and ecosystem dynamics. Yet, global phenology data are still limited, especially in areas lacking monitoring programs. Here we present a new data resource, PhenoVision–Leaf, which extends a computer vision pipeline utilizing iNaturalist digital image vouchers to produce global‐
Erin L. Grady   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Finite element analysis of feeding in red and gray squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris and Sciurus carolinensis)

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Invasive gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) have replaced the native red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) across much of Great Britain over the last century. Several factors have been proposed to underlie this replacement, but here we investigated the potential for dietary competition in which gray squirrels have better feeding performance than ...
Philip G. Cox, Peter J. Watson
wiley   +1 more source

Guidelines for the monitoring of Lucanus cervus

open access: yesNature Conservation, 2017
Lucanus cervus is one of the most charismatic saproxylic beetles, widely distributed in Europe. The species is typical of mature deciduous forests, especially oak woodlands. Loss and fragmentation of suitable habitats is one of the major threats for this
Marco Bardiani   +8 more
doaj   +3 more sources

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