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Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 10, p e76539 (2013)
Reliable evidence of trends in the illegal ivory trade is important for informing decision making for elephants but it is difficult to obtain due to the covert nature of the trade. The Elephant Trade Information System, a global database of reported
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https://doaj.org/article/73aca6ec50204385ba6cbbe955a6d94c
Autor:
Emily Nicholson, Ben Collen, Alberto Barausse, Julia L Blanchard, Brendan T Costelloe, Kathryn M E Sullivan, Fiona M Underwood, Robert W Burn, Steffen Fritz, Julia P G Jones, Louise McRae, Hugh P Possingham, E J Milner-Gulland
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 7, p e41128 (2012)
In order to influence global policy effectively, conservation scientists need to be able to provide robust predictions of the impact of alternative policies on biodiversity and measure progress towards goals using reliable indicators. We present a fr
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https://doaj.org/article/1a49a14309054757ae1692ccb0d45207
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PLoS ONE, Vol 6, Iss 9, p e24165 (2011)
Elephant poaching and the ivory trade remain high on the agenda at meetings of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Well-informed debates require robust estimates of trends, the spatial distribu
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https://doaj.org/article/267f803ec3044d499a217e75fb3f57d3
Publikováno v:
Environmental Health Perspectives. 117:797-802
Background: The widespread occurrence of feminized male fish downstream of some wastewater treatment works has led to substantial interest from ecologists and public health professionals. This concern stems from the view that the effects observed hav
Autor:
Robert W. Burn, Fiona M. Underwood
Publikováno v:
Natural Resource Modeling. 13:135-150
Statistical issues relating to a number of sampling methods which can be used to obtain estimates of the number, or density, of forest elephants are discussed. The most widely used method, distance sampling, is briefly described. A recently proposed
Autor:
J. Marcus Rowcliffe, Fiona M. Underwood, David R. Brown, Glyn Davies, Holly T. Dublin, David Wilkie, E. J. Milner-Gulland, Katrina Brandon, John E. Fa, Eric Blencowe, John G. Robinson, Guy Cowlishaw, Robert W. Burn, Elizabeth L. Bennett
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Conservation Biology. 21:884-887
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Animal Conservation. 7:353-364
The endemic pink pigeon has recovered from less than 20 birds in the mid-1970s to 355 free-living individuals in 2003. A major concern for the species' recovery has been the potential genetic problem of inbreeding. Captive pink pigeons bred for reint
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Human Ecology. 30:397-416
We studied consumption and preference of meats of wild species (bushmeat) by inhabitants of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. The aim of the study was to quantify frequency of consumption and stated preferences of the two main ethnic groups (Bubi and
Autor:
Hugh P. Possingham, Julia P. G. Jones, Fiona M. Underwood, Emily Nicholson, Alberto Barausse, Louise McRae, Julia L. Blanchard, Kathryn Michele Sullivan, Steffen Fritz, E. J. Milner-Gulland, Robert W. Burn, Brendan T. Costelloe, Ben Collen
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 7, p e41128 (2012)
PLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 7, p e41128 (2012)
In order to influence global policy effectively, conservation scientists need to be able to provide robust predictions of the impact of alternative policies on biodiversity and measure progress towards goals using reliable indicators. We present a fr
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::61f78c007e033ece0475f820bcd1f397
Publikováno v:
Oryx. 38
Concentrations of large numbers of endemic species have been singled out in prioritization exercises as significant areas for global biodiversity conservation. This paper describes bird and mammal endemicity in Indo-Pacific ecoregions. An ecoregion i