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Tourist Traffic Significantly Affects Microbial Communities of Sandstone Cave Sediments in the Protected Landscape Area “Labské Pískovce” (Czech Republic): Implications for Regulatory Measures

, 2018
In the Protected Landscape Area “Labske piskovce” (Czech Republic), there are many sandstone caves accessible by permission only and where climbing equipment is commonly required.
Jaroslav Kukla, M. Holec, J. Trögl, Diana Holcová, Dagmar Hofmanová, P. Kurán, J. Popelka, J. Pacina, Sylvie Kříženecká, S. Usťak, R. Honzík   +10 more
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Persistence and vulnerability: Retaining biodiversity in the landscape and in protected areas

Journal of Biosciences, 2002
An objective of biodiversity conservation activities is to minimize the exposure of biodiversity features to threatening processes and to ensure, as far as possible, that biodiversity persists in the landscape. We discuss how issues of vulnerability and persistence can and should be addressed at all stages of the conservation planning and ...
Gaston, K. J., Pressey, R. L., Margules, C. R.   +2 more
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Forest visitors’ opinion of recreational facilities and trails in forests in the Blaník Protected Landscape Area - a case study

, 2018
Currently, recreation is the most common use of protected areas and there are scarce data on the users and their opinion. The research was focused on visitors to the Blanik Protected Landscape Area (hereafter referred to as PLA), a well-known ...
A. Drábková, L. Šišák
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Herpetofauna of the Podkielecki Landscape Protection Area

Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, 2019
Abstract The study was conducted in 2016-2017 in the Podkielecki Landscape Protection Area (area 26,485 ha). It was focused on the occurrence and distribution of amphibians and reptiles, the biology of the selected species and the existing threats.
Wojdan, Dariusz, Zeber-Dzikowska, Ilona, Barbara Gworek, Bielczyńska, Aleksandra, Chmielewski, Jarosław   +4 more
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Protected water habitats in the landscape area “Augšdaugava”

Innovative and Applied Research in Biology : Proceedings, 2022
The “Augšdaugava” protected landscape area was established already in 1990, but the elaboration of the environment protection plan for this largest landscape area in Latvia is still in progress. The nature park “Daugavas loki” as part of this landscape area was established in 1990 and the nature park already has the protection and management plan (2010–
Elmīra Boikova, Lelde Eņģele, Vita Līcīte, Uvis Suško   +3 more
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Can a large‐landscape conservation vision contribute to achieving biodiversity targets?

Conservation Science and Practice, 2022
Founded in 1993, the Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) vision was one of the earliest large‐landscape conservation visions. Despite growing recognition of large‐landscape conservation strategies, there have been few tests to date of conservation gains achieved ...
Mark Hebblewhite, Jodi A. Hilty, Sara Williams, Harvey Locke, Charles Chester, David Johns, Gregory Kehm, Wendy L. Francis   +7 more
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Integrative adaptive management to address interactions between biological invasions and protected area connectivity: a Canadian perspective

FACETS, 2023
Expanding and creating protected area networks has become a central pillar of global conservation planning. In the management and design of protected area networks, we must consider not only the positive aspects of landscape connectivity but also how ...
Stuart W. Livingstone, Josie Hughes, Richard Pither, Marie-Josée Fortin   +3 more
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Parasitofauna of Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) in the Protected Landscape Area CHKO — Poľana

, 2016
During the years 2015—2016 we obtained 15 samples of faeces of brown bears (Ursus arctos) and 2 samples of gastrointestinal (GI) tracts of young female brown bears for helminthological examinations. The samples of faeces were collected from various sites
T. Orosová, M. Goldová, J. Ciberej, G. Štrkolcová   +3 more
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The efficacy of landscape-level conservation in Changbai Mountain Biosphere Reserve, China. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Anthropogenic landscape alteration is rather common in many protected areas (PAs), jeopardizing the efficacy of PAs conservation. However, the general consensus is that PAs still remain effective in habitat conservation.
Jianliang Zhang, Fangzheng Liu, Guofa Cui   +2 more
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Comparison of spatial dispersion of epigeic fauna between alluvial forests in an agrarian and Dunajské luhy protected landscape area, southern Slovakia

Central European Forestry Journal
The spatial distribution of the epigeic fauna of floodplain ecosystems (willow-poplar floodplain forest, regenerated poplar forest), in the conditions of the natural environment of the Dunajské luhy Protected Landscape Area (PLA, hereinafter) and ...
V. Langraf, K. Petrovičová, Stanislav David, V. Brygadyrenko   +3 more
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