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Dactylorhiza elata, Stately Dactylorhiza [PDF]

, 2017
Mediterranean regional assessment: Near Threatened (NT) The species is found from southwestern Europe and northwestern Africa. In two countries within the Mediterranean distribution (France and Portugal) populations or habitat of this species have ...
Pinto-Cruz, Carla, Tison, J.-M., Vela, E.V.   +2 more
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Assessment of herpetofauna and mammals in the Leyte Sab-a Basin Peatland, Philippines [PDF]

Mires and Peat
Reliable biodiversity baseline data are needed to support the monitoring of faunal responses to human activities and the development of species conservation strategies in the Leyte Sab-a Basin Peatland (LSBP).
Libertine A.F. Densing, Heremerose E. Matutes   +1 more
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Performance of weak species in the simplest generalization of the rock-paper-scissors model to four species [PDF]

Phys. Rev. E 101, 062312 (2020), 2020
We investigate the problem of the predominance and survival of "weak" species in the context of the simplest generalization of the spatial stochastic rock-paper-scissors model to four species by considering models in which one, two, or three species have a reduced predation probability.
arxiv   +1 more source

Eight new species of Cestrum (Solanaceae) from Mesoamerica

PhytoKeys, 2012
As part of the preparation of a taxonomic revision of Cestrum (Solanaceae) for Flora Mesoamericana eight hitherto undescribed species from Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Panama were identified.
Alex Monro
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of civil war on forest wildlife in West Africa: Mammals in Gola Forest, Sierra Leone [PDF]

, 2011
Human conflicts may sometimes benefit wildlife by depopulating wilderness areas but there is evidence from Africa that the impacts tend to be negative. The forested states of West Africa have experienced much recent human conflict but there have been no ...
Klop, E., Lindsell, J.A., Siaka, A.M.
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Prevalence of sustainable and unsustainable use of wild species inferred from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Conservation Biology, 2021
Unsustainable exploitation of wild species represents a serious threat to biodiversity and to the livelihoods of local communities and Indigenous peoples.
S. Marsh, M. Hoffmann, N. Burgess, T. Brooks, D. Challender, P. Cremona, C. Hilton‐Taylor   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mulitlocus sequence analyses of the near threatened Semi-collared flycatcher (Ficedula semitorquata) and a comparison with three other Ficedula flycatcher species

, 2008
The Semi-collared flycatcher (Ficedula semitorquata) is a member of the black-and-white flycatcher species complex. It is poorly studied, rare, and is currently classified as “near threatened”, in the IUCN red lists of threatened species. The Semi-collared flycatcher has a patchy distribution in Europe and part of the Middle East.
Silje Hogner
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Estimating ecological metrics for holistic conservation management in a biodiverse but information‐poor tropical region

Conservation Science and Practice, 2020
Conservation ecologists face the dual challenge of working with difficult‐to‐study species and providing ecological metrics that support conservation management at global, regional, and local levels.
Christian Devenish, Elio Nuñez Cortez, Graeme Buchanan, Graham R. Smith, Stuart J. Marsden   +4 more
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Current State of Conservation Knowledge on Threatened Amphibian Species in Peru [PDF]

, 2008
This study documents the current state of conservation knowledge on threatened amphibian species in Peru. Following the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classification system, we considered species in the following categories ...
Angulo, Ariande, Brown, Jason L., Carrillo, Jorge, Catenazzi, Alessandro, Chavez, German, Cordova, Jesus H., Curo, Aleyda, Delgado, Amanda, Enciso, Marco A., Gutierrez, Roberto, Lehr, Edgar, Martinez, Jorge L., Medina-Muller, Margarita, Miranda, Alfonso, Neira, Daniel R., Ochoa, Jose A., Quiroz, Aaron J., Rodriguez, Daniel A., Rodriguez, Lily O., Salas, Antonio W., Seimon, Anton, Seimon, Tracie, Siu-Ting, Karen, Suarez, Juana, Torres, Claudia, Twomey, Evan, von May, Rudolf   +26 more
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What is a tree in the mediterranean basin hotspot? A critical analysis [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Tree species represent 20% of the vascular plant species worldwide and they play a crucial role in the global functioning of the biosphere. The Mediterranean Basin is one of the 36 world biodiversity hotspots, and it is estimated that forests
Arroyo Marín, Juan, Bacchetta, Gianluigi, Barina, Zoltán, Dimopoulos, Panayotis, Monnet, Anne Christine, Médail, Frédéric, Nikolic̈, Toni, Pavon, Daniel   +7 more
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