Showing papers in "Journal for Nature Conservation in 2018"

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assessed, quantified and valued the ecosystem services of 32 coastal lagoons and found that the definitions of ecosystem services are still not generally accepted, and the quantification of ecosystem service is made in many different ways, using different units.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the relationship between dimensions of concern about environmental challenges and found that relatively distinct profiles exist, based on different interpretations of current environmental challenges, such as social class, education and gender.

TL;DR: The quantitative-based graphical outputs of the framework can valuably support decision-making for landscape planning, complement local expert opinion, and encourage appropriate stakeholders to cooperate at regional scale.

TL;DR: In this article, a questionnaire was developed and presented to inhabitants and visitors of the Mar Menor area, including a broad representation of professions and activities, to identify stakeholder perception of the environment and how they evaluate the importance of ecological processes for maintaining ecosystem functioning and goods and services provided.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on mammals of the Iguacu National Park and assess if species occupancy/detectability are spatially associated with illegal hunting, proximity to tourism infrastructure and distance from the edge, estimating the proportion of the park where these negative effects are detected.

TL;DR: The results suggest that ropes are able to transport different marine organisms and NIS as plastic bottles do, and monitoring biota on marine litter could serve as an additional tool for NIS detection.

TL;DR: The need for effective management and systematic monitoring of these five invasive alien tree species within Natura 2000 sites is emphasised.

TL;DR: What features of visual and acoustic sensors make effective tools for early detection of invasives, and suggest future potential for their use, are summarized.

TL;DR: Work carried out in conjunction with the RSPB and the University of Derby as mentioned in this paper has been published as part of a research project on the effects of climate change on the UK's air quality.

TL;DR: A large number of old and recent CTAs scarcely used in operational conservation practices are selected and included in the classic Hocking’ IUCN project management cycle, synthesized in a star-shaped conceptual framework.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an evaluation of three conservation projects that include the network bonus scheme using the criteria of ecological effectiveness, monitoring and enforcement, cost-effectiveness and dynamic incentive effects.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors critically review the EU conservation policies and suggest that some optimistic reports should be taken cautiously and that the EU policies as a general model is unlikely to be exportable world-wide and may have negative consequences for wildlife, even in Eastern Europe.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a spatially-explicit algorithm to estimate collision incidences and adopted the kernel density estimation (KDE) and the distance method with respect to EDGE and home range values for all locations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the changes in relational social capital after the participatory process developed in drafting the Natura 2000 Management Programme (2015-2020) in Slovenia.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess the attention directed towards Australian threatened species on the online social network Twitter, an increasingly common way for scientists and the general public to communicate about conservation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the main populations of several globally threatened bird species survive in Mediterranean agroecosystems, and therefore, a number of areas considered important for the conservation of these birds are currently protected by EU legislation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors applied species distribution models to project the current and future potential ranges of E. globulus plantations in Iberia, considering two representative concentration (of greenhouse gas) pathways (RCP): RCP2.6 and RCP8.5.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an easy-to-use method to rank the relative sensitivities of the larger mammals of savanna Africa to human activities in order to prioritize conservation activities.

TL;DR: The proposed early-warning system is based on the pressure-state-response approach and ecological security index and prevented the ecological disturbance in the ecosystem which plays an important role in preserving species of international importance by using technologies.

TL;DR: This study proved as an effective method for improving the conservation status of B. mollis by reintroducing saplings to the field and measuring the rate of survivability, which revealed 80% survivability.

TL;DR: There is no evidence that sustainable forest management has led to decreased biodiversity in Central Europe, but in view of climate change and increasing presence of tree diseases, Europe should avoid enlarging its ecological footprint by taking Central European forests out of management.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of climate change on plant species spatial distribution is used to prioritize conservation within IUCN categories, and a stochastic SDM incorporating data on plant dispersal, generation length, and habitat fragmentation was used to predict a range shift due to climate change according to two climatic scenarios (RCP 2.6 and 8.5).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the effects of CBCP Forest on the occurrence and abundance of two Lepidoptera species of European conservation concern (Euphydryas maturna, Eriogaster catax) as umbrella species in ten forest patches.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new method is presented for quantifying interactions between fisheries and bycatch species at high spatial and temporal resolutions, and the ability of marine protected areas to reduce bycatch is evaluated.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on the potential distribution of non-native aquatic plants in Europe, identifying environmentally suitable areas into which focal species could potentially spread; generating a combined risk map for all the focal species and for the ten most harmful species in Europe; and identifying the main physicochemical characteristics of the areas at greatest risk.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a generalized linear modeling framework to test their hypotheses that sex and season influence habitat selection in addition to habitat variables, revealing a gender difference in habitat selection: females were more restricted to areal shelter habitats and avoided the areas near roads more than did males.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focused on the Sierra Madre Oriental (SMOr), a mountain chain along Eastern Mexico that is recognized as one of the most important hotspots of vascular plant endemism in the country.

TL;DR: The fuzzy AHP method was used to overcome the shortcomings of AHP, and assign scientific and reasonable weights to each alternative for monitoring, indicating that the majority of sites need to be reconsidered.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented changes in the forest environment and addressed natural and man-made disturbances that play an important role in day-to-day management and attempted to describe differences between them from various points of view.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provided the first conservation assessment of cave-dwelling planarians in the Italian Alps and Apennines, whose status is at present Not Evaluated in IUCN categories and evaluated which environmental constraints, including potential threats, possibly affect the occurrence of the species within different cave systems.