ECCB 2018: viimeksi lisätyt
Aineistot 301-320 / 712
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Detecting deterrence from patrol data
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)The threat posed to protected areas (PAs) by the illegal killing of wildlife is countered principally by ranger patrols that aim to detect and deter potential offenders. Deterring poaching is a fundamental conservation ... -
Effect of traditional use on Vulture's population in Lagos,Nigeria
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Vultures are the planetary vacuum cleaner;foraging on carcass potentially reducing disease outbreaks.Unfortunately, in Lagos, Nigeria illegal trade in wildlife and traditional use of vulture parts constitutes a potential ... -
The many ways topography buffers responses to climate change
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)During climate change, populations have two survival options - they can remain in situ and tolerate the new climatic conditions ('stay'), or they can migrate to track their climatic niches elsewhere ('go'). Staying requires ... -
The role of Management Effectiveness assessments in understanding the performance of protected areas
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Setting aside land for the protection of nature is a key global strategy for halting the current loss of biodiversity. However, the extent to which PAs are safeguarding biodiversity is debated, and there is an increasing ... -
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 ... -
Faith perspectives on human-nature relationships, sustainability and well-being in cities.
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Rapid urbanisation is one of the greatest sustainability challenges facing the planet. With an extra 2.5 billion people projected to live in cities by 2050 and 60% of this urban land yet to be developed, it is essential ... -
Biodiversity offsets implementation in Sweden – a practitioner’s view
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Implementation of biodiversity offsets is increasingly being applied in Sweden - primary as an instrument to mitigate the rapid loss of natural habitats due to various exploitation projects. Being one of the leading ... -
Ecosystem Services: A bridge or a barrier for environmental management?
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Across disciplines, the concept of ecosystem services has become an accepted concept through which the complexities of the natural world and its relationships with human society are explained and embedded into global ... -
Rare or ignored? Working with the citizen science community to survey potentially endangered fungi in the UK
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)We know that there are many species of fungi in the UK (around 15000 at the last count), but for most we have little idea about where they are or even whether they still exist. Over 2000 fungal species are known only from ... -
Assessing the impact of post-fire forest management using beetles and ants as bioindicators
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Fire is one of the most frequent disturbances in forests ecosystems. Burnt forests in southern Europe are usually harvested with heavy machinery leaving very little woody biomass on-site. This second disturbance can alter ... -
Seasonal change of dung beetles in Hungarian pastures, wood-pastures and forests – knowledge for the conservation of decomposers
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae, Aphodiinae and Geotrupidae) have an important role in several ecologically and economically valuable ecosystem functions and services through dung decomposition and by improving ... -
Maintaining habitat connectivity in an urbanising world: understanding interactions in large-scale coupled habitat and settlement networks
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)For their survival, animal species depend on networks of well-connected habitat patches (i.e. habitat networks). Likewise, the well-being and economic prosperity of many human societies depend on networks of settlements ... -
Landscape structure, habitat quality and metapopulation structure as predictors of population size of the Glanville fritillary butterfly
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Spatial variation in population size is affected by many factors, which makes it hard to evaluate the appropriateness of empirical models of population sizes or range dynamics. To complicate matters further in dynamic and ... -
National and transboundary perspectives of large carnivore conservation and management in Norway
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Norway shares its populations of lynx (Lynx lynx), wolverine (Gulo gulo), brown bear (Ursus arctos), grey wolf (Canis lupus) and Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) with mainly Sweden, but also Finland and Russia. Norway and ... -
Accounting for global drivers in landscape-level assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem services
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Wood production is a pivotal provisioning ecosystem service of major economic importance, yet its intensive utilization is a key reason for species declines in the EU and globally. A transition from a fossil- to a bio-based ... -
A long-term impact of forest disturbance on spruce seedling regeneration on coarse woody debris
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Storm disturbance have huge impacts on subalpine forest ecosystems. However, long-term effects of such disturbance on regeneration of subalpine forests are poorly understood. Picea jezoensis var. hondoensis has limited and ... -
Effects of retention forestry on bats: relations between forest structure and the landscape matrix
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)With more than 1200 species worldwide and comprising roughly one fifth of all mammalian species bats are of great importance for global biodiversity. As bio-indicatorsa they are frequently selected target species for ... -
Mesopredator spatial and temporal response to large-predators and anthropogenic activities in a Central Indian Reserve
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)The survival and long-term persistence of mammalian carnivores is a key conservation challenge in developing countries like India. Many species of carnivores are forced to inhabit unprotected human-dominated landscapes ... -
Multidisciplinary assessment of European aapa mire ecosystem changes
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Fens prevail in north-boreal to subarctic regions, while bogs are more common in hemiboreal to middle boreal zones. In concordance with this pattern, the expected north-ward movement of climatic ecotones theoretically ... -
Comparative spatial behaviour and longevity in cicadas in unburnt vs. burnt forest areas with different management
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Recently burnt habitats are a challenge for the persistence of animal populations. Insects that survive the fire, for example belowground, may sometimes show behavioural plasticity and manage to find adequate resources. ...