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Biodiversity and Conservation

Issue 4/2018

Content (14 Articles)

Review Paper

Cryobiotechnology of forest trees: recent advances and future prospects

Jing-Wei Li, Elif Aylin Ozudogru, Jiao Li, Min-Rui Wang, Wen-Lu Bi, Maurizio Lambardi, Qiao-Chun Wang

Original Paper

Biogeography and priority areas for the conservation of bats in the Brazilian Cerrado

Daiana Cardoso Silva, Thiago Bernardi Vieira, Joaquim Manoel da Silva, Karina de Cassia Faria

Original Paper

Environmental drivers of spider community composition at multiple scales along an urban gradient

E. C. Lowe, C. G. Threlfall, S. M. Wilder, D. F. Hochuli

Original Paper

Influence of tree hollow characteristics on saproxylic beetle diversity in a managed forest

Bastian Schauer, Manuel J. Steinbauer, Lionel S. Vailshery, Jörg Müller, Heike Feldhaar, Elisabeth Obermaier

Original Paper

Anthropogenic disturbance induces opposing population trends in spotted hyenas and African lions

D. S. Green, L. Johnson-Ulrich, H. E. Couraud, K. E. Holekamp

Original Paper

Identifying population thresholds for flowering plant reproductive success: the marsh gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe) as a flagship species of humid meadows and heathland

Simon Pierce, Alberto Spada, Elisabetta Caporali, Filippa Puglisi, Andrea Panzeri, Alessandra Luzzaro, Simona Cislaghi, Lia Mantegazza, Elisa Cardarelli, Massimo Labra, Andrea Galimberti, Roberta M. Ceriani

Open Access Original Paper

Comparing and contrasting threat assessments of plant species at the global and sub-global level

Ross Mounce, Malin Rivers, Suzanne Sharrock, Paul Smith, Samuel Brockington

Original Paper

Interactive impacts of by-catch take and elite consumption of illegal wildlife

R. L. Stirnemann, I. A. Stirnemann, D. Abbot, D. Biggs, R. Heinsohn

Original Paper

Changes in landuse alter ant diversity, assemblage composition and dominant functional groups in African savannas

Evans V. Mauda, Grant S. Joseph, Colleen L. Seymour, Thinandavha C. Munyai, Stefan H. Foord

Original Paper

Patterns of success in game bird introductions in the United States

Michael P. Moulton, Wendell P. Cropper Jr., Andrew J. Broz, Salvador A. Gezan

Original Paper

Spider communities in urban green patches and their relation to local and landscape traits

Carina I. Argañaraz, Gonzalo D. Rubio, Raquel M. Gleiser

Original Paper

Diversity patterns in sandy forest-steppes: a comparative study from the western and central Palaearctic

Zoltán Bátori, László Erdős, András Kelemen, Balázs Deák, Orsolya Valkó, Róbert Gallé, Tatyana M. Bragina, Péter János Kiss, György Kröel-Dulay, Csaba Tölgyesi

Commentary

The wildlife snaring crisis: an insidious and pervasive threat to biodiversity in Southeast Asia

Thomas N. E. Gray, Alice C. Hughes, William F. Laurance, Barney Long, Anthony J. Lynam, Hannah O’Kelly, William J. Ripple, Teak Seng, Lorraine Scotson, Nicholas M. Wilkinson

Letter to the Editor

A new strategy for giant panda protection

Dongwei Kang, Junqing Li