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From:EPRI Journal (Vol. 21, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedElectric utilities are recognizing the importance of diverse ecosystems and are launching initiatives aimed at preserving and enhancing biodiversity. Unlike conventional environmental efforts, these programs consider the...
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From:Nature (Vol. 515, Issue 7525) Peer-ReviewedBOB PRESSEY Maximize returns on conservation Professor, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University Protected areas are meant to preserve biodiversity, but...
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From:International Journal of Social Economics (Vol. 23, Issue 4-6) Peer-ReviewedPolicy reforms and proper economic devices are essential in the conservation of biodiversity. Policy reforms will eliminate the reasons for the loss of biodiversity and develop incentives for the proper use of natural...
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From:Nature (Vol. 473, Issue 7347) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Kelvin S.-H. Peh 1 Author Affiliations: (1) University of Cambridge, UK Crop failures have pushed up food prices globally (10.1038/472169d). Human well-being depends on biodiversity and natural habitats...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 6, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIdentifying environmental factors that structure intraspecific genetic diversity is of interest for both habitat preservation and biodiversity conservation. Recent advances in statistical and geographical genetics make...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 6, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedBackground The many components of conservation through biodiversity development of a large complex tropical wildland, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste (ACG), thrive on knowing what is its biodiversity and natural...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedThere is an urgent need to reduce drastically the rate at which biodiversity is declining worldwide. Phylogenetic methods are increasingly being recognised as providing a useful framework for predicting future losses,...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedWe investigated the conservation concern of Azorean forest fragments and the entire Terceira Island surface using arthropod species vulnerability as defined by the Kattan index, which is based on species rarity. Species...
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From:PeerJ (Vol. 4) Peer-ReviewedThe mid-altitude zone of the Qinling Mountains in China was once dominated by birch and pine-oak belts but are now mainly covered by secondary growth following large-scale deforestation. Assessing the recovery and...
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From:Citizen Science: Theory and Practice (Vol. 6, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe integration of citizen science into undergraduate STEM courses improves science practice skills, enables students to contribute to the global collection of species occurrence data, and may increase understanding and...
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From:BioScience (Vol. 46, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedMarine bioprospecting activities should follow the equity and compensation policies similar to the stipulation of the National Cancer Institute's 'Letter of Collection'. The letter provides royalties to nations/ethnic...
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From:PeerJ (Vol. 8) Peer-ReviewedBackground Microsatellite loci, or single sequence repeats (SSR), are widely used as powerful markers in population genetics. They represent an attractive tool for studying plants such as grasses, whose evolution is...
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From:Canadian Journal of Zoology (Vol. 97, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedJiangxi Province is a biodiversity hotspot in the People's Republic of China and has abundant land-snail species (247). Beta diversity is a key concept for understanding the functioning of ecosystems, the conservation...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): América P. Durán 1,*, Stefano Casalegno 1, Pablo A. Marquet 2,3,4,5, Kevin J. Gaston 1 Introduction Ecosystem services, the benefits that humans derive from ecosystems, are vital for sustaining human...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Matthew L. Niemiller 1, Kirk S. Zigler 2,* Introduction Caves and similar habitats are among the most unforgiving environments on the planet. Nonetheless, a taxonomically diverse fauna has been...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Sascha A. Ismail 1,*, Jaboury Ghazoul 1, Gudasalamani Ravikanth 2, Cheppudira G. Kushalappa 3, Ramanan Uma Shaanker 2,4, Chris J. Kettle 1 Introduction Tropical forests are globally important centers of...
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From:Web Ecology (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedByline: M. J. T. AssunÃ,§,Ã,£,o-Albuquerque, J. M. Rey Benayas, F. S. Albuquerque, M. Á,. Rodrí,guez To access, purchase, authenticate, or subscribe to the full-text of this article, please...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedMany macroecological patterns of biodiversity, including the relationship between latitude and species richness, are well-described. Data collected in a repeatable, standardized manner can advance the discipline beyond...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedNational ecosystem assessments provide evidence on the status and trends of biodiversity, ecosystem conditions, and the delivery of ecosystem services to society. I this study, we analyze the complex relationships...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 3, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Conventional wisdom identifies biodiversity hotspots as priorities for conservation investment because they capture dense concentrations of species. However, density of species does not necessarily imply...