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Towards a better understanding of the genus Scelimena (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae, Scelimeninae): New insights and notes on the taxonomy, ecology, and physiology of the genus in Peninsular Malaysia [PDF]

Journal of Orthoptera Research, 2023
One of the two Scelimena Serville, 1838 species described from Peninsular Malaysia, Scelimena gombakensis Muhammad, Tan & Skejo, 2018 occupies a wide distributional range across the country, contrary to the range described in the original ...
Amira Aqilah Muhammad, Maks Deranja, Karmela Adžić, Nurul Ashikin Abdullah   +3 more
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Firefly tourism: Advancing a global phenomenon toward a brighter future

Conservation Science and Practice, 2021
Fireflies are charismatic beetles with attractive bioluminescent courtship displays that have recently been swept onto the global stage of nature tourism.
Sara M. Lewis, Anchana Thancharoen, Choong Hay Wong, Tania López‐Palafox, Paola Velasco Santos, Chiahsiung Wu, Lynn Faust, Raphaël De Cock, Avalon C. S. Owens, R. Harvey Lemelin, Hum Gurung, Wan F. A. Jusoh, Daniel Trujillo, Vor Yiu, Pablo Jaramillo López, Soraya Jaikla, J. Michael Reed   +16 more
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Island mysteries in the spotlight: Barbitistes kaltenbachi and Rhacocleis buchichii, the only bush-cricket species endemic to Croatia (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2020
Hvar Saw Bush-cricket Barbitistes kaltenbachi Harz, 1965 (Phaneropterinae: Barbitistini) and Lesina Bush-cricket Rhacocleis buchichii Brunner von Wattenwyl in Herman 1874 (Tettigoniinae: Platycleidini) are flightless orthopterans restricted to a narrow ...
Rob Felix, Klaus-Gerhard Heller, Baudewijn Odé, Fran Rebrina, Josip Skejo   +4 more
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CONSERVATION STATUS OF THREE RARE AND ENDEMIC SPECIES FROM TURKEY (Kalidium wagenitzii, Muscari adilii Verbascum gypsicola)

Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences, 2020
In this study, we aimed to determine the population size and distribution areas and to re-evaluate IUCN threat categories of Kalidium wagenitzii (Aellen) Freitag amp; G. Kadereit, Muscari adilii M.B. Güner amp; H.
Ahmet Emre Yaprak, Gül Ayyıldız, Merve Yıldırım, Gül Nilhan Tuğ, Ali Murat Keser   +4 more
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Comparative Study of Postage Stamps with the Theme of Endangered Animal Species in Iran and the World, Based on the IUCN List (Case Study: Eight Animal Species) [PDF]

پیکره, 2023
Problem Definition: One of the long-standing media that displays the pride, symbols, and rituals of nations is postage stamps, which, in addition to prestige, also show the cultural, economic, and social concerns of nations.
Hossein Jelodar
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Rediscovery of the endangered lichen Pseudocyphellaria aurata (Lobariaceae, Ascomycota) in mainland Spain

Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 2020
Lichens, as well as other organisms, should be considered important biodiversity components for the establishment of priorities in conservation biology.
Ibai Olariaga, Graciela Paz-Bermúdez, Javier Calvo, Javier Etayo, María Prieto   +4 more
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Measuring the Impact of Conservation: The Growing Importance of Monitoring Fauna, Flora and Funga

Diversity, 2022
Many stakeholders, from governments to civil society to businesses, lack the data they need to make informed decisions on biodiversity, jeopardising efforts to conserve, restore and sustainably manage nature.
P. J. Stephenson, Maria Cecilia Londoño-Murcia, Paulo A. V. Borges, Louw Claassens, Heidrun Frisch-Nwakanma, Nicholas Ling, Sapphire McMullan-Fisher, Jessica J. Meeuwig, Kerrigan Marie Machado Unter, Judith L. Walls, Ian J. Burfield, Danilo do Carmo Vieira Correa, Gary N. Geller, Irina Montenegro Paredes, Leonard K. Mubalama, Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu, Ignacio Roesler, Francesco Rovero, Yash Pal Sharma, Nara Wisesa Wiwardhana, Jun Yang, Luca Fumagalli   +21 more
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A regulation-based classification system for marine protected areas: A response to Dudley et al. [9] [PDF]

, 2017
Dudley et al. [9] commented on our paper [11], arguing that the current IUCN objective-based categorization of protected areas, which is also used in marine protected areas (MPAs), should not be abandoned and replaced by the new regulation-based ...
Agardy, Al-Abdulrazzak, Anthony Caro, Barbara Horta e Costa, Boonzaier, Carr, Costello, Day, Devillers, Dudley, Emanuel J. Gonçalves, Fitzsimons, Gustavo Franco, Horta e Costa, Joachim Claudet, Karim Erzini, Kearney   +16 more
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Guiding action on invasive alien species towards meeting the EU's Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 [PDF]

NeoBiota
Invasive alien species (IAS) are a major threat to global biodiversity. The total cost of biological invasions across all European Union member states has been estimated at 129.9 billion US dollars between 1960 and 2020.
Randall R. Jiménez, Kevin G. Smith, Thomas M. Brooks, Riccardo Scalera, Louise Mair, Ana L. Nunes, Katie E. Costello, Nicholas B. W. Macfarlane   +7 more
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The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems: motivations, challenges, and applications [PDF]

, 2015
In response to growing demand for ecosystem-level risk assessment in biodiversity conservation, and rapid proliferation of locally tailored protocols, the IUCN recently endorsed new Red List criteria as a global standard for ecosystem risk assessment ...
Adler, Akçakaya, Alvarez-Filip, Austin, Boitani, Brooks, Burgman, Burns, Butchart, Cardinale, Carwardine, Costanza, Council of the European Communities, Dallimer, Einstein, Estes, Faber-Langendoen, Folke, Gaston, Gorrod, Green, Hobbs, Hobday, Hooper, IUCN, Jennings, Jerde, Keith, Keith, Keith, Keith, Keith, Knapp, Kontula, Kuczera, Lester, Levins, Lindenmayer, Lindgaard, Mace, Mackey, Mant, Margules, Marshall, Martin, May, Micklin, Nicholson, Nicholson, Noss, Pisanu, Plagányi, Preston, Ramirez-Llodra, Regan, Republic of South Africa, Riecken, Rodrigues, Rodriguez, Rodriguez, Rodrıguez, Sabo, Schmitz, Scott, Sutherland, Tozer, Weston, Wiens, Williams, Wunder   +69 more
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