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Evaluating the use of taxonomy in the IUCN Red List

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Taxonomy defines the units that conservationists strive to preserve for future generations. However, the discovery of new species and the taxonomic revision of existing species affect conservation efforts. Despite the importance of taxonomy for a species’ conservation, there is currently no overview of how those leading species extinction risk
Stephen T. Garnett, Claire E. Johnston, Phil Bowles, Les Christidis, Stijn Conix, J. W. Duckworth, Aaron Lien, Frank E. Zachos, Joeri Witteveen   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Role of funders in embedding tests in conservation practice

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Effective conservation practice requires decisions based on reliable and relevant evidence, but significant gaps in the evidence base exist. Incorporating well‐designed tests of the effectiveness of interventions for biodiversity in conservation projects is one of the best ways to scale up the rate of evidence generation.
Rebecca K. Smith, Nancy Ockendon, Nida Al‐Fulaij, Alessandro Badalotti, Rachel Beattie, James Byrne, Sophia Cooke, Tiago de Zoeten, Winifred F. Frick, Stephan M. Funk, Douglas Gibbs, Lauren Gupta, Tatiana Hendrix, Becky Holmes, Nicola Johnstone, James Kinghorn, Simon Mickleburgh, Florence Miller, Matthew Muir, Jacob R. Owens, Danni Parks, Victoria Reilly‐Pinion, Hannah Reid, Kevin Seely, Julien Semelin, Taylor Shaw, Ruth D. Swetnam, Lisa Wheeler, William J. Sutherland   +28 more
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Utilizing Insects as Bioindicators: An Approximation for Conservation in Urban Lentic Ecosystems in Central Chile

Insects
This study considered using insect families as bioindicators to establish the health status of an ecosystem of lentic bodies. The water quality in urban lentic bodies in the Metropolitan Region, Chile, was evaluated from aquatic insect family assemblages
Sebastián Rodríguez, Amanda Huerta, Álvaro Palma, Francisco Vicencio, Jaime E. Araya   +4 more
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Plant communities of high-Andean bofedal wetlands across a trans-Andean transect in southern Peru [PDF]

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS)
Aims: Ecosystems of the Tropical Andes include plant communities above 4,000 m in elevation, associated with wetlands known as bofedales. To enhance our understanding of them, we surveyed bofedal plant communities in the Peruvian Andes.
Mónica Maldonado-Fonkén, Héctor Chuquillanqui, Bruno Vildoso, Reynaldo Linares-Palomino   +3 more
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Características y enfoques de los proyectos sobre cambio climático en Costa Rica de 2011 a 2022

Tecnología en Marcha, 2022
Con el fin de contribuir a una mejor toma de decisiones para enfrentar el cambio climático, la UICN analizó 43 proyectos sobre cambio climático en Costa Rica cuyo periodo de ejecución va del 2012 a 2022.
Melissa Marín-Cabrera
doaj   +1 more source

Scientists’ warning on the global destruction of rock outcrop ecosystems

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Rock outcrops are geological formations that harbor a highly specialized biota adapted to harsh environmental conditions that differ from their surrounding landscapes. They are globally distributed, especially in old, highly weathered landscapes, and can function as habitat islands containing high levels of endemism and distinct evolutionary ...
Luiza F. A. de Paula, Lucas N. Perillo, Gianluigi Ottaviani, Flávio F. Carmo, Mandar N. Datar, Katherine C. Enebeli‐Ekwutoziam, Bruno Fogliani, Stephen D. Hopper, Aboli Kulkarni, Hans Lambers, Rafael F. Magalhães, Frederico S. Neves, Jean‐François Ponge, Stefan Porembski, Bruno H. P. Rosado, Fernando M. G. Santos, Elycée Tindano, Bram Vanschoenwinkel, Aparna Watve, Fernando A. O. Silveira   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Payment for Ecosystem Services: institutional arrangements for a changing climate in the Chilean Mediterranean Region

npj Climate Action
Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) can promote different types of governance arrangements to address the triple challenge of biodiversity loss, climate change and air pollution.
Anahí Ocampo-Melgar, Pilar Barría, Claudia Cerda, Alejandro Venegas-González, Javiera Fernández, Raúl Díaz-Vasconcellos, Javier Zamora   +6 more
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Identifying hotspots of faunal data deficiency to direct urgent research and monitoring

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Data deficiency is a substantial challenge for extinction risk assessments because incomplete data means we cannot accurately identify priority protected areas for conservation. Here, we use the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) distributions of amphibians, sharks and rays, fish, mammals, birds, and reptiles to identify ...
Matt W. Hayward, Danielle Verdon‐Kidd, K. Colyvas, Ellen Saxon, Andrea S. Griffin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Notas sobre la variación de briófitas entre un bosque pantanoso de Amomyrtus luma y una pradera antropogénica húmeda de Juncus procerus

Gayana: Botanica, 2020
The bryophyte richness was evaluated in the understory of a swamp forest of Amomyrtus luma and an anthropogenic wet prairie of Juncus procerus. Bryophyte richness, and growth and life forms changed between both wetlands.
Víctor Ardiles, Alvaro Promis, Daniela Cortés   +2 more
doaj  

Rural transformation and differential vulnerability: Exploring adaptation strategies to water scarcity in the Aculeo Lake basin (Chile)

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
The way of life of agricultural rural territories and their long-term capacity to adapt to changes will be challenged not only by the impacts of climate change; but by increased vulnerability stemming from previous inadequate climate adaptations and ...
Anahi Ocampo-Melgar, Pilar Barria, Cristian Chadwick, Raúl Diaz-Vasconcellos   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source