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Large-scale conservation planning requires the identification of priority areas in which species have a high likelihood of long-term persistence. This...

Natural regeneration of forest trees in grazed pastures could potentially contribute to the conservation of tree diversity within the fragmented and a...

Given the current debate on the global food crisis, conservation in Europe is expected to shift from maximizing biodiversity at the expense of yield t...

The idea of which species are native, based on their biogeographic origin, is central to many policies and programmes. Yet definitions are contested a...

Recreational fisheries are traditionally managed at local scales, but more effective management could be achieved using a cross-scale approach. To do ...

Woody riparian vegetation (WRV) benefits benthic macroinvertebrates in running waters. However, while some functions are provided by WRV irrespective ...

Spatio-temporal fire regimes are likely to shift with changes in land use and climate. Such a shift in the disturbance regime has been proposed from r...

The ecological footprint of a road may extend for several kilometres with overlapping effects from neighbouring roads causing a nonlinear accumulation...

The simplification of agricultural landscapes through the increase in cropped area has caused the loss of habitats for many species that fulfil import...

Illegal private land deforestation threatens global biodiversity, even in areas with native habitat requirements stipulated by law. Compliance can be ...