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Conserving freshwater species in protected areas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Freshwater species are those species that would disappear if inland (non-marine) habitats, disappeared or were severely degraded. These habitats include rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, and aquifers.
Pittock, Jamie, Turak, Eren
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Understanding heterogeneous preference of tourists for big game species: implications for conservation and management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The ‘Big Five’ charismatic megafauna concept is considered key for financial competitiveness of protected areas in South Africa. However, this Western colonial concept is also leading to an underappreciation of wider biodiversity and the recovery of ...
MacMillan, Douglas C.   +3 more
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List of sensitive species nationally protected In Sweden [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Species are classified is based on current threats at different protection levels. Records of the listed species are protected from public view i.e. details like exact location, date, name of observer etc. are hidden.
SLU Swedish Species Information Centre
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Management costs for small protected areas and economies of scale in habitat conservation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Protected area management must be resourced adequately to achieve its conservation objectives. The variability in management costs across candidate sites for protection therefore should inform conservation planning.
Armsworth, Paul R.   +9 more
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Opportunities for cost-sharing in conservation: variation in volunteering effort across protected areas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Efforts to expand protected area networks are limited by the costs of managing protected sites. Volunteers who donate labor to help manage protected areas can help defray these costs.
Mark Parnell (286657)   +20 more
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First record of the common sun star Crossaster papposus (L., 1767) in the Baltic Sea in over 100 years

open access: yesOceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, 2022
The rare in the German North and Baltic Sea waters and strictly protected sea star Crossaster papposus was found in 2019 and 2021 during monitoring activities in a marine protected area. This unique observation was achieved by using towed camera platform
Romoth Katharina   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human Impacts on Forest Biodiversity in Protected Walnut-Fruit Forests in Kyrgyzstan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
We used a spatially explicit model of forest dynamics, supported by empirical field data and socioeconomic data, to examine the impacts of human disturbances on a protected forest landscape in Kyrgyzstan.
Jennifer Birch (539193)   +15 more
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Ecological and physiological parameters of Myotis dasycneme (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in the Urals

open access: yesNature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2023
Understanding the evolution of bat homeostasis and the formation of an adaptive strategy of animals to climatic fluctuations and pathogens determine the need for further laboratory and modelling studies devoted to the ecology and physiology of bats. This
Liudmila A. Kovalchuk   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying corridors for Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) in a part of Eastern Himalayas, India

open access: yesFrontiers in Conservation Science
The Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus), classified as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List, is an important mammal species found in the state of Sikkim, India.
Malyasri Bhattacharya   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Community Forest Management of the Virola Jatobá Sustainable Development Project:

open access: yesBiodiversidade Brasileira, 2021
 Community forest management, if guided on sustainable bases, can guarantee the conservation of Vouacapoua americana  Aublet, commonly called "acapu", combined with economic gain for traditional Amazonian communities.
Mayra PiloniMaestri   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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