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Towards Detecting Swath Events in TerraSAR-X Time Series to Establish NATURA 2000 Grassland Habitat Swath Management as Monitoring Parameter

Remote Sensing, 2011
Spatial monitoring tools are necessary to respond to the threat of global biodiversity loss. At the European scale, remote sensing tools for NATURA 2000 habitat monitoring have been requested by the European Commission to fulfill the obligations of the ...
Iftikhar Ali, Peter Lohmann, Annett Frick, Michael Förster, Birgit Kleinschmit, Christian Schuster   +5 more
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Codesigning synergies among ecological, social, and economic benefits with landscape‐scale agri‐environmental schemes

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Global farmland biodiversity is declining rapidly, threatening both natural ecosystems and agricultural production. Although agri‐environmental schemes incentivize farmers to adopt environmentally friendly measures, the spatial mismatch between their local implementation and the landscape‐scale habitat requirements of farmland species has been
Annika L. Hass, Isabelle Arimond, Stefan Schüler, Tobias Plieninger, Sebastian Lakner, Catrin Westphal   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cetacean Conservation in the Pelagos Sanctuary: Status and Proposal for Its Improvement

Diversity
The Pelagos Sanctuary hosts eight resident cetacean species. Genetically different from Atlantic populations, their conservation is essential to preserve the whole biodiversity of the Ligurian Sea.
Erica Stoppa, Francesca Grossi, Léa David, Nathalie Di-Meglio, Marine Roul, Antonella Arcangeli, Eugenia Pasanisi, Ilaria Campana, Miriam Paraboschi, Alberto Castelli, Eleonora Pignata, Massimiliano Rosso, Aurelie Moulins, Paola Tepsich   +13 more
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Tourism and Biodiversity in Natura 2000 Sites. Case Study: Natura 2000 Valea Roșie (Red Valley) Site, Bihor County, Romania

Études Caribéennes, 2017
The paper focuses on investigation of the importance of nature and development of tourism in protected areas. Therefore, in this context a new challenge is emerging: the need to conserve and protect bio and geo diversity, as well as the economic ...
Dorina Camelia Ilieș, Grigore Herman, Alexandru Ilies, Ștefan Baias, Olivier Dehoorne, Sorin Buhaș, Răzvan Dumbravă, Raluca Buhaș, Ioana Josan, Horia Carțiș, Mihaela Ungureanu   +10 more
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D4.1.1 Report on the characterization of the selected Natura 2000 sites

, 2019
ECOSS project (Observing System in the Adriatic Sea: oceanographic observations for biodiversity) is an EU 2014–2020 Interreg V-A Italy-Croatia CBC programme ID number ...
Markov, Martina, Partnership, The ECOSS
openaire   +1 more source

The management of Natura 2000 Network sites: a discrete choice experiment approach [PDF]

One of the main problems that public institutions face in the management of protected areas, such as the European Natura 2000 network, is how to design and implement sustainable management plans accounting both for the social cost and benefits of ...
Etxano Gandariasbeitia, Iker, Mariel Chladkova, Petr, Pascual, Unai, Garmendia Oleaga, Eneko, Hoyos Ramos, David   +4 more
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Exploiting Native Biodiversity for Invasive Species Management: The Case of Exorista larvarum as a Natural Enemy of the Invasive Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
The investigations evaluated the performance of the native parasitoid Exorista larvarum (L.) on last instar Cydalima perspectalis (Walker) larvae, using the factitious host Galleria mellonella (L.) as a control. Laboratory bioassays were conducted using no‐choice and choice (1:1 and 5:5) experimental designs.
Serena Gallizia, Santolo Francati, Maria Luisa Dindo, Chiara Ferracini   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Management Plans for Natura 2000 Sites and the Wider Planning System: Imperfect Advancements from Sardinia (Italy). [PDF]

Natura 2000 is a European coherent network of areas to be protected for their ecological importance, established under the Habitats Directive (HD) and under the Birds Directive (BD); it is aimed at protecting biodiversity and especially habitats and ...
Sabrina Lai
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Exploring the exploration: implications of leaving or remaining at the natal site during the early stages of independence in a partially migratory bird

Ibis, EarlyView.
Despite being an important fraction of any animal population, juveniles are a severely understudied group. Juveniles often need to learn an array of skills that allow them to survive independently and do so while undertaking decisions that may impact their fitness, recruitment and survival, having therefore relevant demographic implications.
Manuela S. Rodrigues, Afonso D. Rocha, João P. Silva, Carlos Carrapato, Jaime A. Ramos, Pedro M. Araújo, José A. Alves   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Red Natura 2000: margen de apreciación estatal, evaluación de la importancia comunitaria de los lugares y situación actual de la red en Gipuzkoa

Revista Vasca de Administración Pública, 2013
Natura 2000 is the European ecologic network designed by the Habitats Directive and it pursues the objective of conservation of natural habitats and species. In its creation, several stages are to be distinguished.
Juan José Pérez Pérez
doaj   +1 more source