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Green Plants in the Red: A Baseline Global Assessment for the IUCN Sampled Red List Index for Plants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Plants provide fundamental support systems for life on Earth and are the basis for all terrestrial ecosystems; a decline in plant diversity will be detrimental to all other groups of organisms including humans. Decline in plant diversity has been hard to
Albuquerque, S   +54 more
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A method for making Red List assessments with herbarium data and distribution models for species‐rich plant taxa: Lessons from the Neotropical genus Guatteria (Annonaceae)

open access: yesPlants, People, Planet, 2023
Societal Impact Statement Despite its importance, biodiversity is declining rapidly. To adequately prioritise conservation efforts, we need to know how threatened species actually are.
Nadja Verspagen, Roy H. J. Erkens
doaj   +1 more source

Flagging a species as threatened : the case of Eptesicus taddeii, an endemic bat from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
A Lista Vermelha da IUCN é uma importante ferramenta conservacionista. Embora seus critérios sejam mundialmente usados, na maior parte dos casos o processo de classificação per se é restrito a um grupo de especialistas, com pouca ou nenhuma participação ...
Aguiar, Ludmilla Moura de Souza   +2 more
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Global and Regional IUCN Red List Assessments: 17 [PDF]

open access: yesItalian Botanist
In this contribution, the conservation status assessment of three vascular plants according to IUCN categories and criteria are presented. It includes the assessment of Campanula bergomensis F.Mangili & L.Mangili, Iris hippolyti (Vved.) Kamelin ...
Giuseppe Fenu   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Global and Regional IUCN Red List Assessments: 18 [PDF]

open access: yesItalian Botanist
In this contribution, the conservation status assessment of four vascular plants according to IUCN categories and criteria are presented. It includes the assessment of Phlomis nubilans Zakirov and Phlomoides anisochila (Pazij & Vved.) Salmaki at ...
Simone Orsenigo   +8 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Refining area of occupancy to address the modifiable areal unit problem in ecology and conservation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The ‘modifiable areal unit problem’ is prevalent across many aspects of spatial analysis within ecology and conservation. The problem is particularly manifest when calculating metrics for extinction risk estimation, for example, area of occupancy (AOO ...
Bachman   +28 more
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Co-extinct and critically co-endangered species of parasitic lice, and conservation-induced extinction: should lice be reintroduced to their hosts? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The co - extinction of parasitic taxa and their host species isconsideredacommon phenomenon inthecurrent global extinction crisis. However, information about the conservation status of parasitic taxa is scarce.
Rózsa, Lajos, Vas, Zoltán
core   +1 more source

Estimation and rapid identification of later stages during embryonic development of the oviparous lizard Sceloporus aeneus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae)

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Stages of embryonic development for reptiles have been presented in tables that may include all or part of embryonic development. When oviposition occurs in some lizards, embryos are already in the later stages of development; likewise, the size of the eggs increases as incubation time progresses.
Nivia Rocio Antonio‐Rubio   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Eugenia membranifolia: a long-forgotten Brazilian Atlantic rainforest Myrtaceae [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Eugenia membranifolia Niedenzu, a forgotten name in Brazilian Myrtaceae and presently known only from one isotype, is reported as the correct name for most of the gatherings until now identified as Eugenia bocainensis.
A Mazine Capelo   +3 more
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Origin, evolution and biogeographic dynamics of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Southwestern Europe

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Pleistocene is a key period for understanding the evolutionary history and palaeobiogeography of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). The species was first documented in southeastern Iberia at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene and appears to have rapidly spread throughout Southwestern Europe, where it was found in numerous ...
Maxime Pelletier
wiley   +1 more source

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