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Prioritising species of special concern for monitoring in Table Mountain National Park: The challenge of a species-rich, threatened ecosystem

open access: yesKoedoe: 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Adaptive altruistic strategy in cyclic models during an epidemic [PDF]

open access: yesEurophysics Letters,140, 57001 (2022), 2022
We investigate a cyclic game system where organisms face an epidemic beyond being threatened by natural enemies. As a survival strategy, individuals of one out of the species usually safeguard themselves by approaching the enemies of their enemies and performing social distancing to escape contamination when an outbreak affects the neighbourhood.
arxiv   +1 more source

A Look at Threatened Species [PDF]

open access: yesOryx, 1960
To preserve the last surviving remnants of gravely endangered species of fauna and flora from total extinction becomes more urgent every day, as the spread of civilization takes over their native habitat. In 1931, when the American Committee for International Wild Life Protection was established, it focused attention on the need for gathering ...
openaire   +1 more source

Plant Translocation for Threatened Species Conservation [PDF]

open access: yesStand Alone Papers 2022, 2022
A training school on Plant Translocation—Theory and Techniques was held on 24–26 March 2021 organized virtually at the Botanic Garden of Rome, Italy. The aim of the course was to train budding scientists in the field of threatened plant restoration and conservation.
Anurag Dhyani, Thomas Abeli
openaire   +3 more sources

Toward integrated conservation of North America's crop wild relatives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
North America harbors a rich native flora of crop wild relatives—the progenitors and closely related species of domesticated plants—as well as a range of culturally significant wild utilized plants.
Greene, Stephanie L.   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Differential population trends align with migratory connectivity in an endangered shorebird

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, 2022
Migratory connectivity describes the extent to which migratory species' populations are connected throughout the annual cycle. While recognized as critical for understanding the population dynamics of migratory species and conserving them, empirical ...
Zaine N. Morrick   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Collating biodiversity occurrence data for conservation

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Plant and animal checklists, with conservation status information, are fundamental for conservation management. Historical field data, more recent data of digital origin and data-sharing platforms provide useful sources for collating species locality ...
Dian Spear   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

DeepVerge: Classification of Roadside Verge Biodiversity and Conservation Potential [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
Open space grassland is being increasingly farmed or built upon, leading to a ramping up of conservation efforts targeting roadside verges. Approximately half of all UK grassland species can be found along the country's 500,000 km of roads, with some 91 species either threatened or near threatened.
arxiv  

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
core   +1 more source

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