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Aineistot 1041-1050 / 1079
Wildlife restoration needs more effort to mitigate conservation conflicts: the case of large carnivore damages in Europe
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)
After centuries of decline, numbers and ranges of large carnivores have recently increased in Europe, due to the recovery of habitats and prey populations and an increased support for conservation efforts (1). A key issue ...
Will aspen (Populus tremula) disappear from protected old-growth forest areas: long-term patterns of aspen dynamics
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)
Conservation of forest biodiversity often relies on protected areas. However, protected areas cover only a marginal proportion of land. Furthermore, their characteristics may change, for example, due to natural succession. ...
Wood ant nest mounds as biodiversity hotspots: Case studies with oribatid mites
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)
The red wood ant (Formica) nest mounds form in forest landscape diversity hotspots by hosting large amount of invertebrate ant associates. The most numerous associate group, the soil-dwelling oribatid mites, have however ...
Woodpeckers and non-excavator birds in logged sites: same problem... same solution?
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)
Piedmont forests, the lower vegetation stratum of Andean forests in NW Argentina, have been severely disturbed with ~90% of its original range transformed into agricultural, live-stock pastures, industrial, and urban areas. ...
Woodpeckers as early indicators of forest naturalness
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)
The primary aim of conservation-oriented management is the maintenance and enhancement of forest structural and compositional heterogeneity, and the creation of nesting, breeding, sheltering microhabitats for forest-dwelling ...
Working with pastoral communities to conserve threatened wild mammals
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)
In India, most of the conservation sites have local community and the policy makers as the major stake holders. However, they have been rarely involved in conservation. The alpine and subalpine meadows of Hirpora Wildlife ...
‘Nature inclusive’ agriculture requires a systemic transition of the agricultural sector
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)
European agriculture, and Dutch agriculture in particular, is at a crossroads. Due to rationalisation, including intensive use of fertilizers and pesticides, biodiversity in rural areas is declining at an unprecedented ...
“Beyond the grassland”: habitat use of extensively grazing cattle, sheep
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)
The role of extensive grazing in nature conservation is growing. The historical importance of this management type in Europe is widely acknowledged, but detailed, systematic description of the practices and of the related ...
“Blue Communities”: supporting sustainable and resilient marine management for coastal communities in SE Asia
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)
Millions of people rely on marine and coastal ecosystems for food, employment and their general well-being. In recent years, the marine environment has suffered under pressure from the multiple, and often conflicting, needs ...
“Comme ça pour le plaisir…”
(2010)
“Comme ca pour le plaisir…” is a quotation taken from The Little Prince of Antoine de Saint - Exupéry that in a few words summarizes the subjects I want to discuss. Is there only pleasure in creative activities? How much ...