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Biodiversity and Conservation

Issue 5/2019

Content (18 Articles)

Original Paper

Red List Index application for vascular flora along an altitudinal gradient

Antonio J. Mendoza-Fernández, Francisco J. Pérez-García, Fabián Martínez-Hernández, Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez, Agustín Lahora, María E. Merlo, Juan F. Mota

Original Paper

Back to the future: conserving functional and phylogenetic diversity in amphibian-climate refuges

Ricardo Lourenço-de-Moraes, Felipe S. Campos, Rodrigo B. Ferreira, Mirco Solé, Karen H. Beard, Rogério P. Bastos

Original Paper

Congruent spatial patterns of ant and tree diversity in Neotropical savannas

Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Jonas B. Maravalhas, Karen C. Neves, Renata Pacheco, Jésica Vieira, Flávio C. Camarota, Thiago J. Izzo, Glein M. Araújo

Original Paper

Forest cover drives leaf litter ant diversity in primary rainforest remnants within human-modified tropical landscapes

Diana A. Ahuatzin, Erick J. Corro, Armando Aguirre Jaimes, Jorge E. Valenzuela González, Rodrigo Machado Feitosa, Milton Cezar Ribeiro, Juan Carlos López Acosta, Rosamond Coates, Wesley Dáttilo

Original Paper

Invasive feral swine damage to globally imperiled steephead ravine habitats and influences from changes in population control effort, climate, and land use

Richard M. Engeman, Erica Laine, John Allen, Jeremy Preston, William Pizzolato, Brett Williams, Amanda Stevens Kreider, Dennis Teague

Original Paper

Quantifying and predicting multi-decadal forest cover changes in Myanmar: a biodiversity hotspot under threat

C. Sudhakar Reddy, S. Vazeed Pasha, K. V. Satish, Anjaly Unnikrishnan, Sapana B. Chavan, C. S. Jha, P. G. Diwakar, V. K. Dadhwal

Original Paper

Distributional shifts of canopy-forming seaweeds from the Atlantic coast of Southern Europe

P. Casado-Amezúa, R. Araújo, I. Bárbara, R. Bermejo, Á. Borja, I. Díez, C. Fernández, J. M. Gorostiaga, X. Guinda, I. Hernández, J. A. Juanes, V. Peña, C. Peteiro, A. Puente, I. Quintana, F. Tuya, R. M. Viejo, M. Altamirano, T. Gallardo, B. Martínez

Open Access Original Paper

Predicting hotspots for threatened plant species in boreal peatlands

Miia Saarimaa, Kaisu Aapala, Seppo Tuominen, Jouni Karhu, Mari Parkkari, Anne Tolvanen

Original Paper

Effects of grazing on plant composition, conservation status and ecosystem services of Natura 2000 shrub-grassland habitat types

Vasco Silva, Filipe X. Catry, Paulo M. Fernandes, Francisco C. Rego, Paula Paes, Leónia Nunes, Ana D. Caperta, Cecília Sérgio, Miguel N. Bugalho

Original Paper

Comparing individual raptor species and coarse taxonomic groups as biodiversity surrogates in desert ecosystems

Ricardo Rodríguez-Estrella, Christian G. Estrada, Sergio Ticul Alvarez-Castañeda, Yarelys Ferrer-Sánchez

Original Paper

Habitat specialization, distribution range size and body size drive extinction risk in carabid beetles

Dorothea Nolte, Estève Boutaud, D. Johan Kotze, Andreas Schuldt, Thorsten Assmann

Commentary

Why we should let rewilding be wild and biodiverse

Luísa Genes, Jens-Christian Svenning, Alexandra S. Pires, Fernando A. S. Fernandez

Letter to the Editor

Incentives for aquaculture in protected areas: possible consequences for biodiversity and its services in southern Brazil

Jorge L. Rodrigues Filho, Débora Lugli-Bernardes, Lia Mayrink Sabinson, Rodrigo Machado, Harry Boos, Luciano Lorenzi, Marcelo Manoel Domingos, David Valença Dantas

Letter to the Editor

The Asian Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis macqueenii): on an accelerating path to extinction?

Ghulam Nabi, Rahim Ullah, Suliman Khan, Nawsherwan, Muhammad Amin, Naveed Rauf