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Do the roadkills of different mammal species respond the same way to habitat and matrix?

open access: yesNatureza & Conservação, 2022
While road network expansion connects human settlements between themselves, it also leads to deforestation and land use changes, reducing the connectivity between natural habitat patches, and increasing roadkill risk.
Douglas William Cirino   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

First record of the Vulnerable Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle, Notochelys platynota (Gray 1834) (Reptilia, Testudines, Geoemydidae), in Belitung, Indonesia [PDF]

open access: yesCheck List, 2023
The Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle, Notochelys platynota (Gray 1834), is a freshwater turtle endemic across Southeast Asia and is categorized as Vulnerable according to the IUCN Red list.
Veryl Hasan, Josie South
doaj   +3 more sources

Are the current IUCN category and CITES listing appropriate for the conservation and management of shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, in the North Pacific Ocean?

open access: yesMarine Policy, 2021
In 2018, the ISC conducted a benchmark stock assessment with a future projection and concluded that the latest stock status of North Pacific shortfin mako was healthy and that its stock abundance would gradually increase within 10 years.
M. Kai
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Interaction between dietary and habitat niche breadth influences cetacean vulnerability to environmental disturbance

open access: yesEcosphere, 2021
Ecosystems are experiencing elevated levels of disturbance, and species with narrower niches are often more vulnerable to disturbances. Niche breadth is often measured in terms of either diet or habitat use but diet and spatial use are infrequently ...
Carl S. Cloyed   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Short Communication: DNA barcoding reveals vulnerable and not evaluated species of sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea and Stichopodidae) from Kepulauan Seribu reefs, Indonesia

open access: yes, 2017
Madduppa H, Taurusman AA, Subhan B, Anggraini NP, Fadillah R, Tarman K. 2017. DNA barcoding reveals vulnerable and not evaluated species of sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea and Stichopodidae) from Kepulauan Seribu reefs, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 18: 893-898.
H. Madduppa   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Resolving taxonomic uncertainty in vulnerable elasmobranchs: are the Madeira skate (Raja maderensis) and the thornback ray (Raja clavata) distinct species?

open access: yesConservation Genetics, 2016
Skates and rays constitute the most speciose group of chondrichthyan fishes, yet are characterised by remarkable levels of morphological and ecological conservatism.
Rachel E. Ball   +14 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mammalian communities as indicators of disturbance across Indonesian Borneo

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2016
Using camera traps at eight grids across Indonesian Borneo we show how mammalian species assemblages can provide reliable information about how disturbance affects a forest.
Susan M. Cheyne   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Green plants in the red : a baseline global assessment for the IUCN Sampled Red List Index for Plants

open access: yes, 2015
Plants provide fundamental support systems for life on Earth and are the basis for all terrestrial ecosystems; a decline in plant diversity will be detrimental to all other groups of organisms including humans. Decline in plant diversity has been hard to
Vanessa Coldwell   +171 more
core   +1 more source

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

open access: yesPhytoKeys, 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The medicinal plants of Myanmar

open access: yesPhytoKeys, 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
doaj   +3 more sources

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