More than half of Brazil’s Cerrado has been converted to agricultural land use, threatening its rich biodiversity that includes > 200 anuran species, most of which have aquatic larvae and are thus doubly susceptible to the environmental impacts of …
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Kimberly A. With, Werther P. Ramalho, Tanner McIntosh, Luciana Signorelli
Bats are often considered to be objects of biophobia, i.e., the tendency to respond with a negative emotion, such as fear or disgust, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, existing studies have rarely compared both positive and …
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Tanja M. Straka, Joanna L. Coleman, Ewan A. Macdonald, Svea Rogge, Tigga Kingston, Maarten H. Jacobs
Some urbanization impacts on biodiversity are often underestimated such as noise pollution generated by anthropogenic activities. Birds inhabiting urban and peri-urban areas suffer anthropogenic noise that impact their communication, affecting …
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Rocío Bahía, Sergio A. Lambertucci, Karina L. Speziale
Community mobilisation is essential to prevent further biodiversity loss and protect the natural environment. This includes engaging in public- and private-sphere behaviours, and community support of relevant government policies. This purpose of …
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Kim Borg, Melissa Hatty, Christoph Klebl, Susilo Wibisono, Liam Smith, Winnifred Louis, Angela J. Dean
Climate change is causing major changes in terrestrial ecosystems and biomes around the world. This is particularly concerning in oceanic islands, considered reservoirs of biodiversity, even more in those with a significant altitudinal gradient …
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Juan José García-Alvarado, Víctor Bello-Rodríguez, Juana María González-Mancebo, Marcelino José Del Arco
Conservation efforts have traditionally focused on biodiversity hotspots, overlooking the essential ecological roles and ecosystem services provided by cold spots, the regions that harbour relatively low species diversity. In this study, we used a …
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Poonam Tripathi, Mukunda Dev Behera, Parth Sarathi Roy
Drainage ditches play a key role in the conservation of fragmented landscapes by providing refuge sites and secondary habitats for many terrestrial and aquatic organisms across various taxa. Species richness of ditches can exceed that of adjacent …
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Jelena Šeat, Attila Torma, Zoltán Bátori, Miloš Popović, Csaba Tölgyesi
The effects of land-use change on biodiversity can be idiosyncratic, varying not only across taxa and land-use type, but also between different levels and dimensions of diversity. Using a species-level phylogeny and morphological traits to build a …
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Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Karen C. Neves, Jésica Vieira, Raquel L. Carvalho
Kelp forests provide habitat for many species, but it remains uncertain whether specific kelp forest types support distinct biodiversity. Surface canopy-forming giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forests in Tasmania, Australia, have declined …
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Hunter Forbes, Elisabeth M. A. Strain, Scott Bennett, Scott D. Ling, Cayne Layton
Comparing the genetic diversity across different generations within tropical tree populations is an understudied topic. To assess the potential genetic consequences and conservation implications of contemporary disturbances, a population genomic …
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A. Phang, M.A. Niissalo, M. Ruhsam, F.F. Pezzini, W.L. Neo, D.F.R.P. Burslem, D.J. Middleton, P. Wilkie, G.S. Khew
Spatial variations in epiphytic macrolichen richness in the city of Oslo were assessed annually 1973–2019. These observations were contrasted with earlier published data from 1930 to examine how long-term changes in species richness of functional …
Human emotions had a significant impact on the survival of our ancestors throughout our evolutionary history. Nowadays, it is possible that our emotions still influence our attitudes in favor or against wildlife conservation. To analyze this …
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Nathalia M. Castillo-Huitrón, Eduardo J. Naranjo, Dídac Santos-Fita, Mateo Peñaherrera-Aguirre, Pavol Prokop, Rodrigo Cisneros, Silvia Vaca Gallegos, Zuzana Ježová
Monitoring of environmental impacts of mining activities typically focuses on the main operation footprint, neglecting exploration infrastructure like tracks, roads, and drill pads. These areas are cleared of native vegetation and impacts on the …
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Kristen Fernandes, Sophia Clark-Ioannou, Benjamin J. Saunders, Jonathan Majer, Philip W. Bateman, Michael Bunce, Paul Nevill
Changing environmental conditions and land use are threatening biodiversity on a large scale, making successful conservation and restoration essential for maintaining biodiversity. Planning of such efforts profits from information about where …
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Sven Rubanschi, Christian Hof, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Sebastian T. Meyer
The Himalaya is known for its unique and rich endemic plants. Diversity of endemic plants is considered for prioritizing areas including delineating the Biodiversity Hotspots and conservation implications. In view of limited authentic dataset on …
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Himani Tiwari, K. Chandra Sekar, Aseesh Pandey, Ashutosh Tiwari, Pooja Mehta, K. S. Kanwal, Dhani Arya
Captive breeding programs working to avoid the loss of threatened wild species are often working with a limited gene pool of founder individuals which can only be increased with difficulty. As usually hybridization with common species is seen as a …
In the aftermath of 2019’ tropical cyclones Idai and Kenneth, we assessed ground beetle communities of the Gorongosa National Park (GNP) in Mozambique. The influence of habitat shelters, namely the buffering role of closed microhabitat conditions …
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Martim Baptista, Rui Carvalho, Mário Boieiro, Marie Bartz, Sara Mendes, Sérgio Timóteo, Henrique M.V.S. Azevedo-Pereira, Joana Alves, António Alves da Silva, Maria J.I. Briones, Artur R.M. Serrano, José Paulo Sousa, Pedro Martins da Silva
Halting and reversing the ongoing insect decline requires in-depth knowledge on key drivers. Due to their sensitivity to habitat quality, butterflies are valuable indicators for grassland management intensity, including mowing. However, most …
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Toni Kasiske, Jens Dauber, Petra Dieker, Alexander Harpke, Sebastian Klimek, Elisabeth Kühn, Christian Levers, Marcel Schwieder, Josef Settele, Martin Musche
The decline of pollinator insects in various parts of the world has increased the interest in studies on bee sampling. Because pollinator management and conservation policies depend on data representing their communities, knowledge of the …
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Matteo Lezzeri, Vanessa Lozano, Giuseppe Brundu, Ignazio Floris, Michelina Pusceddu, Marino Quaranta, Alberto Satta