Showing papers in "Journal for Nature Conservation in 2015"

TL;DR: A global terrestrial species monitoring program will enable researchers and policymakers to better understand the status and trends of biodiversity and to develop robust models to monitor biodiversity trends over large scales.

TL;DR: The evidence suggests that man-made structures provide suitable nesting sites for a range of bird species globally, and practitioners are urged to use such structures more widely as a conservation tool for conserving endangered birds.

TL;DR: In this article, a meta-synthesis of existing academic literature with a qualitative orientation was used to review the PA staff-community relationships, and data were analyzed using an inductive qualitative approach.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a maximum entropy (Maxent) model for the endangered Gentiana lutea L. in Sardinia with the aims of guiding survey efforts, estimating SDMs utility by post-test species current/extinct localities through the Observed Positive Predictive Power (OPPP) values, and evaluating the influence of sample data addition.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors carried out systematic non-invasive genetic sampling using hair traps on power poles, as part of a capture-mark-recapture study design in order to rigorously estimate abundance and density of the Pindos bear population in Greece.

TL;DR: The authors compared the long-term changes to coral reefs that were detected by a professional and volunteer monitoring program, operated by University of Rhode Island (URI) staff and Reef Check volunteers, respectively.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted camera-trap surveys at 44 locations across farmland use gradients between October 2012 and January 2013 to estimate occupancy and relative abundance of 10 terrestrial mammals in response to farmland use in the Drakensberg Midlands, South Africa.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors set up a systematic and cumulative protocol for adding new habitat patches to a pond network and used graph modelling to include regional-scale connectivity as a criterion to be maximized.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the reintroduction of brown bears into the Italian Alps and found that the majority of released bears adapted well to the release area and this resulted in the increase of the brown bear population.

TL;DR: In this paper, a systematic analysis of 66 published studies over three decades, and on-site audit of 48 current conservation tourism enterprises was conducted to evaluate their application for conservation of African big cats.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors use camera-trap surveys to assess whether forests in Central Panama, the narrowest and most disturbed portion of the Isthmus, still have intact communities of medium-and large-bodied terrestrial mammals.

TL;DR: In this article, threat status of six endemic medicinal plant species were evaluated as per IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria 2010 version 8.1 following Guidelines for Application of International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List Criteria at Regional Levels 2003 version 3.0.

TL;DR: This work aims to demonstrate the power of data-driven decision-making to improve the quality of clinical trials and provide real-time information about adverse events such as strokes and organ failure.

TL;DR: In this article, a system dynamics model is developed that considers five components: rhino abundance, rhino demand, a price model, an income model and a supply model, and the results under the no trade scenario are similar for both the equilibrium and disequilibrium model, under the trade scenario results were sometimes quite disparate.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper examined visitors' perspective on World Heritage Sites (WHSs), the impact of WHS designation, and the fever of inscription on the World Heritage List (WHL) in China, which owns 47 WHS titles and 48 nominees on the tentative list of WHLs.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the importance of this habitat for rare and threatened species afforded priority status under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan and the characteristics of ditches that have high conservation value.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the relationship between legal international and illegal domestic trade of wild animals and found no evidence that Peru's current quota system facilitated illegal domestic trading; authorities confiscated birds regardless of their quota status, while the historic export trade did not influence market abundance.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the efforts of conservation and animal-welfare NGOs working to decrease illegal wildlife-pet trade for domestic markets in Peru and found that dual-perspective interviewees were motivated to combat the trade by concern for individual animals and populations.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors applied the choice experiment method to assess consumers' preferences for environmentally certified rice (termed "crane-friendly farming") proposed for growth in Tram Chim National Park, one of Vietnam's eight important bird areas.

TL;DR: In this article, a biological survey and a socio-economic study were implemented in western Morocco (Benslimane Province) to identify the vulnerability of different temporary pools and to determine the perceived ecosystem services obtained by local stakeholders.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on the long-term persistence of the Panthera onca (onca) across the species' distribution range.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted complementarity analysis to achieve the Aichi Biodiversity Targets with regard to species distributions of 172 terrestrial birds in Japan, using in part the results of niche modeling, and identified candidate protected areas not currently included in existing protected areas.

TL;DR: A flexible, scenario-based approach for modelling fine-scaled connectivity using graph-theory with least-cost paths for modelling connectivity at the regional scale and circuit theory at the local scale is presented.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate how remotely-operating time-lapse cameras can be used for cost-effective, large-scale monitoring in the harsh Antarctic environment, using the Adelie penguin as a case study.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight four general themes that are worth considering when initiating new citizen science projects in socioeconomically challenging settings: engaging citizens requires a combination of formal and informal support; a culture of volunteering requires education as well as building capacity and confidence; citizen science needs active integration of both national experts and local stakeholders; and successful monitoring schemes require effective leadership.

TL;DR: It is concluded that A. cervicornis may be a feasible species for restoration projects given sustained human intervention and that transplanting fragments of at least 25 cm to reefs is an effective restoration protocol that requires minimum effort to maintain a viable restored population of this key reef-building coral.

TL;DR: Some fundamental concepts in ecology that may have strong implications on the procedures carried out in conservation measures are suggested, synthesizing all in a conceptual framework.

TL;DR: For instance, this paper found that connecting messages increased caring and openness, and decreased negative affect, and by doing so elicited more conservation behaviors, while threatening messages showed no beneficial effects above a neutral comparison without an appeal.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the application of quantitative SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis for objectively evaluating candidate reintroduction areas or sites, and how results of this analysis are used for identifying the most effective and efficient management actions for promoting reintroduction success.

TL;DR: A new methodology combining the concepts of endemicity and threat in order to provide an objective and highly accurate selection of protected areas is defined in this article, which is a new method to recognize areas of endemism which combines the results yielded by NDM program, based on the optimality criterion, and those obtained using MARXAN software, designed to ensure the representation of species in the management of biodiversity.