Beyond preferences for particular species of tree, bark-foraging birds are associated with various tree characteristics such as decay stage, trunk diameter, or bark roughness. Our objectives were to study the winter foraging ecology of different …
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Gabor Ónodi, Zoltán Botta-Dukát, Dániel Winkler, Christian H. Schulze
Organismal colours have long captivated and inspired naturalists and scientists. Since colours depend on the life history of a species, it is expected that they respond to environmental changes, especially in an increasingly anthropized world.
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André Nogueira Thomas, Aline Richter, Ricardo Luís Spaniol, Milton de Souza Mendonça Jr., Cristiano Agra Iserhard
Eradication of invasive alien species (IAS) is often proposed to restore invaded ecosystems, with information on subsequent ecosystem recovery key to conservation policies. Although ants perform major ecological functions in the ecosystem, their …
Conservation and management of drylands is a global challenge. Key attributes of these ecosystems, such as dominant vegetation including shrubs, can provide a crucial mechanism to inform conservation strategies. The shrub species Ephedra …
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Ethan Owen, Mario Zuliani, Marina Goldgisser, CJ Lortie
Animal pollinators underpin the functioning and persistence of ecosystems globally. However, the vital role of pollination is being progressively eroded by the worldwide decline of pollinator species caused by human-induced environmental …
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Ratheesh Kallivalappil, Florencia Grattarola, Dilkushi de Alwis Pitts, Sheena C. Cotter, Daniel Pincheira-Donoso
Tigers are one of the most recognized and charismatic predator on earth, yet their habitats have declined, their numbers are low, and substantial threats to their survival persist. Although, tiger conservation is high priority globally and tigers …
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Amir Maharjan, Tek Maraseni, Benjamin L. Allen, Armando Apan
Rare and endangered species have narrow geographical distributions and are vulnerable to environmental changes. Studying the impact of future climate change on their distributions and identifying areas of high conservation priority are key to …
Herpetofauna are globally declining but often overlooked in conservation efforts. Since many herpetofauna are susceptible to localized road mortality, we develop the first North American herpetofauna roadkill models to inform conservation …
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Kristina Chyn, James L. Tracy, Wendy Wright, Elise Varaela Voltura, Lee A. Fitzgerald, Robert Coulson
One of the most important steps in identifying priority areas for conservation is the assessment of species richness and their extinction risks. While most species remain undescribed, the identification of cryptic lineages is frequent in …
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Diego de Medeiros Bento, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Santelmo Vasconcelos, Jamily Lorena Ramos de Lima, Guilherme Oliveira, Tiago Castro Silva, Sergio Maia Queiroz Lima
The Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) is a biodiversity hotspot of national and global significance. Prerequisites for the effective conservation of biodiversity on the QTP are the identification of biodiversity conservation hotspots and gaps in the …
River damming by hydroelectric plants interrupts the continuity of rivers and causes the flooding of adjacent terrestrial ecosystems. Assessments of the impacts of major hydroelectric dams on species and the functional responses of communities to …
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Jussara Santos Dayrell, Rafael de Fraga, Carlos A. Peres, Paulo Estefano D. Bobrowiec, William E. Magnusson, Albertina Pimentel Lima
Studying the patterns and properties of biological diversity at multiple geographic scales is essential to answering biogeographical and macroecological questions. Here, we tested the hypothesis that diversity estimates derived from stacked …
Natalia C. Roos, Priscila C. Veras, Jorge L. Gutiérrez, Fernando Z. Gibran, Hudson T. Pinheiro, Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho, Leila L. Longo, Cinthya S. G. Santos, André R. Senna, Guilherme H. Pereira-Filho
Today, most of Ethiopia’s church forests are small forest patches surrounded by a degraded and anthropogenically modified landscape, mostly arable land. Nevertheless, these forest islands may still provide valuable habitats for typical forest …
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Jan Christian Habel, Amare Gibru, Moses Mulwa, Habtamu Assaye Deffersha, Solomon Addisu, Mike Teucher, Thomas Schmitt, Werner Ulrich
The chequered skipper butterfly Carterocephalus palaemon was reintroduced to Fineshade Wood, England in 2018 as part of a Butterfly Conservation-led project following several years of planning. From 2019–2022, the population was sampled each …
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Jamie P. Wildman, Jeff Ollerton, Nigel A. D. Bourn, Susannah O’Riordan, Duncan McCollin
UNESCO designated the Moroccan Argan grove as Argan Grove Biosphere Reserve on December 8th, 1998. Thanks to its precious value, this grove is supposed to play a considerable part in promoting sustainable development. Recent studies have shown …
Since the inception of satellite remote sensing as a technology, characterization of forests has been one of its major applications. Characterization of forests at community level is essential for conservation, restoration and sustainable …
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Jayant Singhal, Ankur Rajwadi, Guljar Malek, Padamnabhi S. Nagar, G. Rajashekar, C. Sudhakar Reddy, S. K. Srivastav
Whilst the importance of foundation species for biodiversity conservation has been largely acknowledged (e.g., coral and bivalve reefs, seagrass, kelp and rhodolith beds), the role of their associated species as secondary habitat engineers has …
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Natalia C. Roos, Priscila C. Veras, Jorge L. Gutiérrez, Fernando Z. Gibran, Hudson T. Pinheiro, Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho, Leila L. Longo, Cinthya S. G. Santos, André R. Senna, Guilherme H. Pereira-Filho
Mozambique has undocumented forest patches that are cultural landscapes and locally protected as heritage sites. Using the case of Inhambane Province, in this paper, we present the status and purposes of forest patches protected by local …
To understand the effects of local landscape factors on functional species composition and phenology of butterflies across multiple spatial scales, a study was carried out in a tropical dry forest of the northern highlands of the Eastern Ghats of …