Issue 7/2020
Content (18 Articles)
Applications of environmental DNA (eDNA) in ecology and conservation: opportunities, challenges and prospects
Kingsly C. Beng, Richard T. Corlett
Assessing the effects of payments for ecosystem services programs on forest structure and species biodiversity
Hsiang Ling Chen, Rebecca L. Lewison, Li An, Yu Hsin Tsai, Douglas Stow, Lei Shi, Shuang Yang
Habitat and host specificity of epiphytic lichens in a rural landscape: cultural heritage habitats as refugia
J. Liira, A. Suija, I. Jüriado
Identification of crucial stepping stone habitats for biodiversity conservation in northeastern Madagascar using remote sensing and comparative predictive modeling
Dominik Schüßler, Jasmin Mantilla-Contreras, Robin Stadtmann, Jonah H. Ratsimbazafy, Ute Radespiel
Phylogenomics reveals conservation challenges and opportunities for cryptic endangered species in a rapidly disappearing desert ecosystem
Daniel Rubinoff, J. Bradley Reil, Kendall H. Osborne, Christopher J. Gregory, Scott M. Geib, Julian R. Dupuis
Construction of deer fences restores the diversity of butterflies and bumblebees as well as flowering plants in semi-natural grassland
Naoyuki Nakahama, Kei Uchida, Asuka Koyama, Takaya Iwasaki, Masaaki Ozeki, Takeshi Suka
Reservoir of the European chestnut diversity in Switzerland
S. Pereira-Lorenzo, Y. Bischofberger, M. Conedera, P. Piattini, J. Crovadore, R. Chablais, A. Rudow, S. Hatt, A. M. Ramos-Cabrer, T. Barreneche, F. Lefort
Towards the conservation of Borneo’s freshwater mussels: rediscovery of the endemic Ctenodesma borneensis and first record of the non-native Sinanodonta lauta
Alexandra Zieritz, Hussein Taha, Manuel Lopes-Lima, John Pfeiffer, Kong Wah Sing, Zohrah Sulaiman, Suzanne McGowan, Khairul Adha A.Rahim
Differentiating captive and wild African lion (Panthera leo) populations in South Africa, using stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis
Alison Hutchinson, David L. Roberts
Long-term changes in the benthic macroalgal flora of a coastal area affected by urban impacts (Conero Riviera, Mediterranean Sea)
Fabio Rindi, Brigitte Gavio, Pilar Díaz-Tapia, Cristina G. Di Camillo, Tiziana Romagnoli
Ethnobotany-informed trait ecology: measuring vulnerability of timber provisioning services across forest biomes in Japan
Buntarou Kusumoto, Takayuki Shiono, Yasuhiro Kubota
Successional trajectory of dung beetle communities in a tropical grassy ecosystem after livestock grazing removal
César M. A. Correa, Lívia D. Audino, Robert Holdbrook, Rodrigo F. Braga, Rosa Menéndez, Julio Louzada
Long-term management is needed for conserving plant diversity in a Wadden Sea salt marsh
Qingqing Chen, Jan P. Bakker, Juan Alberti, Christian Smit
Environmental determinants of diving beetle assemblages (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in an urban landscape
Wenfei Liao, Stephen Venn, Jari Niemelä
Using ancient DNA to quantify losses of genetic and species diversity in seabirds: a case study of Pterodroma petrels from a Pacific island
Anicee J. Lombal, Alexander T. Salis, Kieren J. Mitchell, Alan J. D. Tennyson, Lara D. Shepherd, Trevor H. Worthy, Eric J. Woehler, Jeremy J. Austin, Christopher P. Burridge
Using fisheries data to model the oceanic habitats of juvenile silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) in the tropical eastern Atlantic Ocean
Jon Lopez, Diego Alvarez-Berastegui, Maria Soto, Hilario Murua
Understanding small-scale insect diversity patterns inside two nature reserves: the role of local and landscape factors
Britta Uhl, Mirko Wölfling, Konrad Fiedler
Habitat patch size and isolation drive the near-complete collapse of Amazonian dung beetle assemblages in a 30-year-old forest archipelago
Danielle Storck-Tonon, Ricardo José da Silva, Lucas Sawaris, Fernando Z. Vaz-de-Mello, Dionei José da Silva, Carlos A. Peres