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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

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

open access: yes, 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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Vegetation structure and ground cover attributes describe the occurrence of a newly discovered carnivorous marsupial on the Tweed Shield Volcano caldera, the endangered black‐tailed dusky antechinus (Antechinus arktos)

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2020
The black‐tailed dusky antechinus (Antechinus arktos) is a recently discovered, endangered, carnivorous marsupial mammal endemic to the Tweed Shield Volcano caldera, straddling the border between Queensland and New South Wales in eastern Australia.
Caitlin E. Riordan   +4 more
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What is a tree in the mediterranean basin hotspot? A critical analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +7 more
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Skinks in Zoos: A global approach on distribution patterns of threatened Scincidae in zoological institutions

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2021
To manage populations of threatened species according to the IUCN’s One Plan Approach, knowledge about both in situ and ex situ populations is required. To enhance the conservation of threatened skinks and to gain an overview which skink species are kept
Anna Wahle   +5 more
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The threatened status of restricted-range coral reef fish species [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Coral reefs are the most diverse ecosystem in the sea. Throughout the world they are being overfished, polluted and destroyed, placing biodiversity at risk.
Clark, V, Hawkins, J P, Roberts, C M
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Assessment of Missouri River floodplain invertebrates during historic inundation: implications for river restoration

open access: yesKnowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2014
Floodplain connectivity is important to aquatic organisms in large rivers. Anthropogenic alterations regulating the Missouri River have limited connectivity and negatively affected native fauna.
Gosch N.J.C.   +5 more
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A conservation genomics workflow to guide practical management actions

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2021
Owing to decreasing costs and increased efficiency, it is now conceivable that conservation genomic information can be used to improve the effectiveness of recovery programs for many, if not most, threatened plants. We suggest that a simple genomic study
Maurizio Rossetto   +9 more
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Dactylorhiza elata, Stately Dactylorhiza [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +2 more
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Blood concentrations of lactate, glucose and corticosterone in dispersing hatchling sea turtles

open access: yesBiology Open, 2012
Summary Natal dispersal of sea turtles is an energetically demanding activity that is fuelled primarily by aerobic metabolism. However, during intense exercise reptiles can use anaerobic metabolism to supplement their energy requirements.
Carla M. Pereira   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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