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McKay TL, Finnegan LA. Predator–prey co‐occurrence in harvest blocks: Implications for caribou and forestry. CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.12847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Zannini P, Frascaroli F, Nascimbene J, Halley JM, Stara K, Cervellini M, Di Musciano M, De Vigili F, Rocchini D, Piovesan G, Alessi N, Chiarucci A. Investigating sacred natural sites and protected areas for forest area changes in Italy. CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.12695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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- Piero Zannini
- BIOME Lab, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Bologna Italy
- LifeWatch Italy Italy
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- BIOME Lab, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Bologna Italy
- Lòm Research Rocca d'Arce (FR) Italy
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- BIOME Lab, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- Department of Biological Applications and Technology University of Ioannina Ioannina Greece
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- Department of Biological Applications and Technology University of Ioannina Ioannina Greece
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- BIOME Lab, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- BIOME Lab, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Bologna Italy
- Department of Life, Health and Environmental Science (MESVA) University of L'Aquila L'Aquila Italy
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- BIOME Lab, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- BIOME Lab, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Bologna Italy
- Spatial Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Sciences Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Praha‐Suchdol Czech Republic
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- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences (DEB) University of Tuscia Viterbo Italy
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- BIOME Lab, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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- BIOME Lab, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Bologna Italy
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Cheikh Albassatneh M, Escudero M, Monnet A, Arroyo J, Bacchetta G, Bagnoli F, Dimopoulos P, Hampe A, Leriche A, Médail F, Nikolic T, Ponger L, Vendramin GG, Fady B. Spatial patterns of genus‐level phylogenetic endemism in the tree flora of Mediterranean Europe. DIVERS DISTRIB 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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- Marwan Cheikh Albassatneh
- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB) Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN), CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles Paris France
- Aix Marseille Université, Avignon Université, CNRS, IRD IMBE Aix‐en‐Provence France
- Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Sorbonne University Paris France
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology University of Seville Seville Spain
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB) Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN), CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles Paris France
- Aix Marseille Université, Avignon Université, CNRS, IRD IMBE Aix‐en‐Provence France
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology University of Seville Seville Spain
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Cagliari Cagliari Italy
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- BIOGECO INRAE, Bordeaux University Cestas France
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- Aix Marseille Université, Avignon Université, CNRS, IRD IMBE Aix‐en‐Provence France
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- Aix Marseille Université, Avignon Université, CNRS, IRD IMBE Aix‐en‐Provence France
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- Department of Botany Faculty of Science University of Zagreb Zagreb Croatia
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- Structure et Instabilité des Génomes "Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle" (MNHN), CNRS Paris France
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- Ecology of Mediterranean Forests (URFM) INRAE Avignon France
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Ashman KR, Watchorn DJ, Whisson DA. Prioritising research efforts for effective species conservation: a review of 145 years of koala research. Mamm Rev 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/mam.12151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Kita R. Ashman
- Centre for Integrative EcologySchool of Life and Environmental SciencesDeakin University Geelong Victoria 3216 Australia
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- Centre for Integrative EcologySchool of Life and Environmental SciencesDeakin University Geelong Victoria 3216 Australia
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- Centre for Integrative EcologySchool of Life and Environmental SciencesDeakin University Burwood New South Wales 3215 Australia
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Mapping Historical Data: Recovering a Forgotten Floristic and Vegetation Database for Biodiversity Monitoring. ISPRS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION 2016. [DOI: 10.3390/ijgi5070100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Adrian C. Newton
- Centre for Conservation Ecology; Environment and Sustainability; Faculty of Science and Technology; Bournemouth University; Talbot Campus Poole Dorset BH12 5BB UK
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Borkin KM, Parsons S. Effects of clear-fell harvest on bat home range. PLoS One 2014; 9:e86163. [PMID: 24465938 PMCID: PMC3899175 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2013] [Accepted: 12/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We investigated effects of roost loss due to clear-fell harvest on bat home range. The study took place in plantation forest, inhabited by the New Zealand long-tailed bat (Chalinolobus tuberculatus), in which trees are harvested between the ages 26-32 years. We determined home ranges by radiotracking different bats in areas that had and had not been recently clear-fell harvested. Home ranges were smaller in areas that had been harvested. Adult male bats selected 20-25 year old stands within home ranges before and after harvest. Males selected edges with open unplanted areas when harvest had not occurred but no longer selected these at proportions greater than their availability post harvest, probably because they were then readily available. This is the first radiotracking study to demonstrate a change in home range size and selection concomitant with felling of large areas of plantation forest, and thus quantify negative effects of forestry operations on this speciose group. The use of smaller home ranges post-harvest may reflect smaller colony sizes and lower roost availability, both of which may increase isolation of colonies and vulnerability to local extinction.
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- Kerry M. Borkin
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Gemmell NJ, Jalilzadeh A, Didham RK, Soboleva T, Tompkins DM. The Trojan female technique: a novel, effective and humane approach for pest population control. Proc Biol Sci 2013; 280:20132549. [PMID: 24174117 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Humankind's ongoing battle with pest species spans millennia. Pests cause or carry disease, damage or consume food crops and other resources, and drive global environmental change. Conventional approaches to pest management usually involve lethal control, but such approaches are costly, of varying efficiency and often have ethical issues. Thus, pest management via control of reproductive output is increasingly considered an optimal solution. One of the most successful such 'fertility control' strategies developed to date is the sterile male technique (SMT), in which large numbers of sterile males are released into a population each generation. However, this approach is time-consuming, labour-intensive and costly. We use mathematical models to test a new twist on the SMT, using maternally inherited mitochondrial (mtDNA) mutations that affect male, but not female reproductive fitness. 'Trojan females' carrying such mutations, and their female descendants, produce 'sterile-male'-equivalents under natural conditions over multiple generations. We find that the Trojan female technique (TFT) has the potential to be a novel humane approach for pest control. Single large releases and relatively few small repeat releases of Trojan females both provided effective and persistent control within relatively few generations. Although greatest efficacy was predicted for high-turnover species, the additive nature of multiple releases made the TFT applicable to the full range of life histories modelled. The extensive conservation of mtDNA among eukaryotes suggests this approach could have broad utility for pest control.
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- Neil J Gemmell
- Centre for Reproduction and Genomics and Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, , Dunedin, New Zealand, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Otago, , Dunedin, New Zealand, School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia and CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, , Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia, Science and Risk Assessment Directorate, Ministry for Primary Industries, , PO Box 2526, Wellington, New Zealand, Landcare Research, , Private Bag 1930, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Tompkins DM, Byrom AE, Pech RP. Predicted responses of invasive mammal communities to climate-related changes in mast frequency in forest ecosystems. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS : A PUBLICATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2013; 23:1075-1085. [PMID: 23967576 DOI: 10.1890/12-0915.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Predicting the dynamics and impacts of multiple invasive species can be complex because ecological relationships, which occur among several trophic levels, are often incompletely understood. Further, the complexity of these trophic relationships exacerbates our inability to predict climate change effects on invaded ecosystems. We explore the hypothesis that interactions between two global change drivers, invasive vertebrates and climate change, will potentially make matters worse for native biodiversity. In New Zealand beech (Nothofagus spp.) forests, a highly irruptive invasive mammal community is driven by multi-annual resource pulses of beech seed (masting). Because mast frequency is predicted to increase with climate change, we use this as a model system to explore the extent to which such effects may influence invasive vertebrate communities, and the implications of such interactions for native biodiversity and its management. We build on an established model of trophic interactions in the system, combining it with a logistic probability mast function, the parameters of which were altered to simulate either contemporary conditions or conditions of more or less frequent masting. The model predicts that increased mast frequency will lead to populations of a top predator (the stoat) and a mesopredator (the ship rat) becoming less irruptive and being maintained at appreciably higher average abundances in this forest type. In addition, the ability of both current and in-development management approaches to suppress invasive mammals is predicted to be compromised. Because invasive mammals are key drivers of native fauna extinction in New Zealand, with the additional loss of associated functions such as pollination and seed dispersal, these predictions imply potentially serious adverse impacts of climate change for the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem function. Our study also highlights the importance of long-term monitoring data for assessing and managing future impacts of global change drivers.
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Welsh HH, Hodgson GR. Woodland salamanders as metrics of forest ecosystem recovery: a case study from California's redwoods. Ecosphere 2013. [DOI: 10.1890/es12-00400.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Fashing PJ, Nguyen N, Luteshi P, Opondo W, Cash JF, Cords M. Evaluating the suitability of planted forests for African forest monkeys: a case study from Kakamega forest, Kenya. Am J Primatol 2011; 74:77-90. [DOI: 10.1002/ajp.21012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2011] [Revised: 09/16/2011] [Accepted: 09/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Lindenmayer D, Hunter M. Some guiding concepts for conservation biology. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY : THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 2010; 24:1459-68. [PMID: 20586789 DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01544.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The search for generalities in ecology has often been thwarted by contingency and ecological complexity that limit the development of predictive rules. We present a set of concepts that we believe succinctly expresses some of the fundamental ideas in conservation biology. (1) Successful conservation management requires explicit goals and objectives. (2) The overall goal of biodiversity management will usually be to maintain or restore biodiversity, not to maximize species richness. (3) A holistic approach is needed to solve conservation problems. (4) Diverse approaches to management can provide diverse environmental conditions and mitigate risk. (5) Using nature's template is important for guiding conservation management, but it is not a panacea. (6) Focusing on causes not symptoms enhances efficacy and efficiency of conservation actions. (7) Every species and ecosystem is unique, to some degree. (8) Threshold responses are important but not ubiquitous. (9) Multiple stressors often exert critical effects on species and ecosystems. (10) Human values are variable and dynamic and significantly shape conservation efforts. We believe most conservation biologists will broadly agree these concepts are important. That said, an important part of the maturation of conservation biology as a discipline is constructive debate about additional or alternative concepts to those we have proposed here. Therefore, we have established a web-based, online process for further discussion of the concepts outlined in this paper and developing additional ones.
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- David Lindenmayer
- Fenner School of the Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
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