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Dorstenia triseriata (Moraceae) a new and endangered species from Brazil

PhytoKeys, 2014
A new species of Moraceae is described, illustrated and compared to its close morphological relatives. Dorstenia triseriata presents similarities with Dorstenia turnerifolia but distinguished by size of peduncle, diameter of receptacle, number of bract ...
Anderson Machado, Jorge Fontella Pereira, Pedro P. Carauta   +2 more
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The medicinal plants of Myanmar

PhytoKeys, 2018
A comprehensive compilation is provided of the medicinal plants of the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar (formerly Burma). This contribution, containing 123 families, 367 genera, and 472 species, was compiled from earlier treatments, monographs, books ...
Robert A. DeFilipps, Gary A. Krupnick
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The need for IUCN species distribution update—The case from takin (Budorcas taxicolor) in Southwest China

Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Species distributions are one of the fundamental factors needed for understanding and conserving wildlife. While the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is the primary applied reference for biodiversity conservation, limitations in data availability and ...
Guan Tianpei, Jacob R. Owens, Yang Kong, Yang Jian, Gu Xiaodong, Song Yanling   +5 more
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of the forest-restricted Cretan subspecies of Hanak's bat (Pipistrellus hanaki creticus), an IUCN Vulnerable species

Open Research Europe
Hanak’s bat ( Pipistrellus hanaki Hulva and Benda 2004) is one of the most range restricted mammals in Europe, since it occurs only in Cyrenaica, Libya, and Crete (Greece). It is currently classified as ‘Vulnerable’ on the IUCN Red List, with its foraging habitat threatened by a number of ...
Georgakakis, Panagiotis, Karakasi, Danae, Lymberakis, Petros, Papadimitrakis, Manolis, Stratakis, Manos, Bitzilekis, Eleftherios, Poulakakis, Nikolaos, Böhne, Astrid, Monteiro, Rita, Fernández, Rosa, Escudero, Nuria, Genoscope Sequencing Team, Moussy, Alice, Cruaud, Corinne, Labadie, Karine, Demirdjian, Lola, Mangenot, Sophie, Belser, Caroline, Wincker, Patrick, Oliveira, Pedro H., Aury, Jean-Marc, Haggerty, Leanne, Sinha, Swati, Martin, Fergal, Bortoluzzi, Chiara   +24 more
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Records of threatened bird and mammal species in Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil

Data in Brief, 2018
We conducted a detailed review of threatened bird and mammal occurrence records obtained from surveys across Mato Grosso do Sul, midwestern region of Brazil which has an extent of 357,145 km2, aiming to support environmental and biodiversity conservation
Sylvia Torrecilha, Jose Manuel Ochoa-Quintero, Rudi Ricardo Laps, Danilo Bandini Ribeiro   +3 more
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus), an IUCN Vulnerable species

Open Research Europe
The Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus , is the only pinniped that lives in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the rarest marine mammals in the world. The species was recently classified as “vulnerable” by the IUCN, considering an improvement in its overall status. However, the species’
Tereza Manousaki, Panagiotis Dendrinos, Katerina Vasileiadou, Xenia Sarropoulou, Costas S. Tsigenopoulos, Thanos Dailianis, Eleni Tounta, Nikitas Vogiatzis, Anastasia Komnenou, Astrid Böhne, Rita Monteiro, Rosa Fernández, Nuria Escudero, Ignas Bunikis, Christian Tellgren-Roth, Mai-Britt Mosbech, Guilherme B. Dias, Olga Vinnere Pettersson, Chiara Bortoluzzi   +18 more
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How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen, Mohamed Khalil Meliane, Zachery B. Holmes, Karl E. Miller, William J. Barichivich, Emilie Dedeban, Alex Furst, Miranda Imeri, Peyton E. Niebanck, Samantha Nunn, Kailee Pearson, Nicole Rita, Brier Ryver, Dakotah Shaffer, Susan C. Walls, E. Hance Ellington   +15 more
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A conservation priority index to rank fish species within IUCN Red List categories: A case study of marine fishes from Réunion Island

Global Ecology and Conservation
Although the IUCN Red List is a crucial tool for assessing the extinction risk of species, further ranking species within each IUCN category is needed to refine conservation priorities.
Clara Laugier, David Roos, Patricia Belloeil, Kélig Mahé, Amélie Nithard, Tévamie Rungassamy, Dominique Pelletier, Emmanuel Tessier, Isaac Trindade-Santos, Marianne Robert, Fabien Leprieur, Matthew McLean, Camille Albouy, Arnaud Auber   +13 more
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Should the Endangered Status of the Giant Panda Really Be Reduced? The Case of Giant Panda Conservation in Sichuan, China

Animals, 2018
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reduced the threat status of the giant panda from “endangered” to “vulnerable” in September 2016.
Ben Ma, Shuo Lei, Qin Qing, Yali Wen
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The evidence base for ranger patrol effectiveness in conservation and how to improve it

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ranger patrols are a cornerstone of wildlife protection efforts around the world and occur across all ecological governance systems. Evidence that patrols reduce threats to wildlife and enable their recovery has not been systematically examined previously.
Trina Rytwinski, Robert S. A. Pickles, Matthew J. Muir, Steven J. Cooke, Joseph R. Bennett, Lisa A. Kelly, Adrienne Smith, Cynthia Cadet, Dwi N. Adhiasto, Inés Arroyo Quiroz, Mark D. Booton, Daphne P. Carlson, Drew T. Cronin, Anthony Dancer, Meredith L. Gore, Jennifer R. B. Miller, Stephen F. Pires, Amy Pokempner, James Slade, Andrew M. Lemieux   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source