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The urban island: climatic suitability of Linepithema humile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and the role of cities in the invasion of the Western Palearctic

open access: yesIntegrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Urban environments provide favorable conditions for the introduction and spread of nonnative and invasive species like the Argentine ant, which exploit ecological and climatic homogenization in cities to overcome natural barriers. Monitoring the expansion of such species can be achieved through potential distribution models, which in this study ...
Diego LÓPEZ‐COLLAR   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Applying habitat and population-density models to land-cover time series to inform IUCN Red List assessments. [PDF]

open access: yesConserv Biol, 2019
Santini L   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Leveraging Synteny to Generate Reference Genomes for Conservation: Assembling the Genomes of Hector's and Māui Dolphins

open access: yesMolecular Ecology Resources, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Escalating concern regarding the impacts of reduced genetic diversity on the conservation of endangered species has spurred efforts to obtain chromosome‐level genomes through consortia such as the Vertebrate Genomes Project. However, assembling reference genomes for many threatened species remains challenging due to difficulties obtaining ...
S. Alvarez‐Costes   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Threatened and Rare Ornamental Plants

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 2007
The application of IUCN criteria and Red List Categories was done for ornamental plants. Main sources of the study were Glen’s book, Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa (Glen, 2002) and the Red List of Threatened Plants, IUCN (2001).
Korous Khoshbakht, Karl Hammer
doaj  

The underrepresentation and misrepresentation of invertebrates in the IUCN Red List [PDF]

open access: yesBiological Conservation, 2012
Cardoso, P.   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Opposite effects of climate and land‐use/cover change on Mediterranean herpetofauna: Insights from the southern Apennines

open access: yesAnimal Conservation, EarlyView.
Climate change (CC) and land‐use/cover change (LUCC) are threatening species worldwide, with amphibians and reptiles being particularly vulnerable. In Cilento, a highly biodiverse Mediterranean area in the southern Appenine protected by a National Park and 30 Natura 2000 Network sites, 11 amphibians and 16 reptiles could disappear in the future ...
D. Biancolini, L. De Riso, A. Romano
wiley   +1 more source

A NEW RECORD OF THE RESTINGA TYRANNULET Phylloscartes kronei (AVES, RYNCHOCYCLIDAE) AT ILHA DO CARDOSO STATE PARK, SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL (SCIENTIFIC NOTE)

open access: yesRevista do Instituto Florestal, 2014
During an expedition to Ilha do Cardoso State Park, in Cananéia, São Paulo, Brazil, two individuals of the Restinga Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes kronei, Aves: Rynchocyclidae) were captured with a 36 mm mesh mist net in a restinga area (25o 12.243’S and 47o
Augusto João Piratelli   +1 more
doaj  

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