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Assessing Risks to Wildlife from Free-Roaming Hybrid Cats: The Proposed Introduction of Pet Savannah Cats to Australia as a Case Study

Animals, 2019
Hybrid cats—created by crossing different species within the family Felidae—are popular pets, but they could potentially threaten native species if they escape and establish free-roaming populations.
Christopher R. Dickman, Sarah M. Legge, John C. Z. Woinarski   +2 more
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Status, distribution and use of threatened tree species in the walnut-fruit forests of Kyrgyzstan [PDF]

, 2014
Information is lacking on the status of threatened tree species in Central Asia. This paper aims to provide preliminary information for 10 fruit and nut tree species of Kyrgyzstan. A field survey was conducted throughout the range of walnut-fruit forests
Buttenschon RM, Cantarello E, Carter J, Carter J, Gottschling H, Hemery GE, Newton AC   +6 more
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Far eastern curlew and whimbrel prefer flying low - wind support and good visibility appear only secondary factors in determining migratory flight altitude

Movement Ecology, 2021
Background In-flight conditions are hypothesized to influence the timing and success of long-distance migration. Wind assistance and thermal uplift are thought to reduce the energetic costs of flight, humidity, air pressure and temperature may affect the
Batbayar Galtbalt, Amanda Lilleyman, Jonathan T. Coleman, Chuyu Cheng, Zhijun Ma, Danny I. Rogers, Bradley K. Woodworth, Richard A. Fuller, Stephen T. Garnett, Marcel Klaassen   +9 more
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Spatial diversity and habitat characteristics of seagrass meadows with management recommendations in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, a geographically remote region, harbor a diverse island ecosystem. Limited exploration has hindered our understanding of marine floral biodiversity in this area.
Swapnali Gole, Sumit Prajapati, Nehru Prabakaran, Himansu Das, Sivakumar Kuppusamy, Jeyaraj Antony Johnson   +5 more
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Can anthropogenic variables be used as threat proxies for South African plant richness?

Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation, 2007
Human demographic and socio-economic measures (anthropogenic variables) reflect the detrimental impact of humans on plant diversity globally. The Pretoria (PRE) Computerised Information System (PRECIS) of the South African National Biodiversity Institute
M. Keith, M. Warren
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Distribution and habitat attributes associated with the Himalayan red panda in the westernmost distribution range

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
The Himalayan red panda (Ailurus fulgens), a recently confirmed distinct species in the red panda genus, is distributed in Nepal, India, Bhutan, and south Tibet. Nepal represents the westernmost distribution of the Himalayan red panda. This study aims to
Saroj Shrestha, Arjun Thapa, Damber Bista, Natasha Robinson, Ang Phuri Sherpa, Krishna Prasad Acharya, Shant Raj Jnawali, Sonam Tashi Lama, Sony Lama   +8 more
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Ex situ conservation of threatened higher plants in Chinese botanical gardens

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022
Ex situ conservation of botanical gardens is one of the important approaches to protect threatened plants. Through 52 investigated botanical gardens which had the major function of ex situ conservation, we analyzed the status and problems of ex situ ...
Xiao Zhao, Hui Chen, Jianyong Wu, Hai Ren, Jianhe Wei, Pengcheng Ye, Qin Si   +6 more
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Vascular epiphytes in the cloud forests of the Serra da Mantiqueira, Southeastern Region of Brazil [PDF]

Rodriguésia, 2022
Vascular epiphytes represent a remarkable characteristic of the tropical cloud forests. The Serra da Mantiqueira (SM) represents one of the main highland areas of Brazil harboring vegetation remnants, and highlighting the cloud forests.
Samyra Gomes Furtado, Luiz Menini Neto
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Prioritising species of special concern for monitoring in Table Mountain National Park: The challenge of a species-rich, threatened ecosystem

Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2011
Conservation requires that species are monitored to ensure the persistence of species and ecosystem processes. In areas with large numbers of threatened species, this can be a major challenge.
Tony G. Rebelo, Stefanie Freitag, Chad Cheney, Melodie A. McGeoch   +3 more
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Will future extinctions occur at the same places where the past ones did? A review involving mammals and the IUCN Red List

Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2023
Eighty-five mammal species are classified worldwide as Extinct on the IUCN Red List. In this study, we aimed to assess to which Orders these species belong, when they became extinct and the factors that led to their extinction.
Matheus C. Drago, Davor Vrcibradic
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