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US wildlife trade data lack quality control necessary for accurate scientific interpretation and policy application 美国野生动物贸易数据缺乏准确的科学解释和政策应用所需的质量控制

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Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2024-02-19 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13005

Bruce J. Weissgold

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Realizing “30 × 30” in India: The potential, the challenges, and the way forward 在印度实现 "30×30"：潜力、挑战和前进之路

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Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2024-02-02 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13004

Asmita Sengupta, Manan Bhan, Saloni Bhatia, Atul Joshi, Shyama Kuriakose, K. S. Seshadri

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The biodiversity adaptation gap: Management actions for marine protected areas in the face of climate change 生物多样性适应差距：面对气候变化的海洋保护区管理行动

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Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2024-01-28 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13003

Vincenzo Corelli, Kristina Boerder, Karen L. Hunter, Isabelle Lavoie, Derek P. Tittensor

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Benchmarking fish biodiversity of seaports with eDNA and nearby marine reserves 利用 eDNA 和附近的海洋保护区为海港鱼类生物多样性设定基准

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Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2024-01-25 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13001

Stéphanie Manel, Laetitia Mathon, David Mouillot, Morgane Bruno, Alice Valentini, Gilles Lecaillon, Anais Gudefin, Julie Deter, Pierre Boissery, Alicia Dalongeville

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Advances and shortfalls in applying best practices to global tree-growing efforts 在全球植树工作中应用最佳做法的进展与不足

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Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2024-01-22 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13002

Spencer C. Schubert, Katherine E. Battaglia, Christina N. Blebea, Cole J. P. Seither, Helena L. Wehr, Karen D. Holl

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Small mice create big problems: Why Predator Free New Zealand should include house mice and other pest species 小老鼠制造大问题为什么 "无捕食者新西兰 "应包括家鼠和其他害虫物种？

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Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2024-01-11 DOI: 10.1111/conl.12996

Araceli Samaniego, Andrea E. Byrom, Markus Gronwald, John G. Innes, James T. Reardon

{"title":"Small mice create big problems: Why Predator Free New Zealand should include house mice and other pest species","authors":"Araceli Samaniego, Andrea E. Byrom, Markus Gronwald, John G. Innes, James T. Reardon","doi":"10.1111/conl.12996","DOIUrl":"10.1111/conl.12996","url":null,"abstract":"Predator Free 2050 (PF2050) is a government initiative aiming to eradicate selected invasive mammals (mustelids, rats, and possums) from New Zealand (NZ) by 2050. Selecting which of 32 introduced mammal species to include has received little evaluation, yet targeting a few species often results in perverse ecological outcomes given interactions within the invasive guild. We explore how PF2050 could be improved strategically by focusing on biodiversity outcomes instead of selectively targeting invasives, using rodents as an example. Current PF2050 targets include all rat species (Rattus exulans, R. norvegicus, and R. rattus), but not the house mouse (Mus musculus). Mice can be as damaging as rats when competition and predation are removed, negating benefits of rat removal. Multirodent eradications are more cost-effective and prevent mesopredator release. Using a case study, we show adding mice to a rat eradication would raise costs modestly, comparing favorably to independent mouse eradication later, which would be riskier and more socially and economically costly than the preceding rat eradication. Missing the opportunity to tackle all rodents simultaneously, leaving mice to multiply in numbers and impacts, could have serious environmental and socioeconomic consequences. Naïve eradication strategies neglecting ecological expertise risk biodiversity outcomes and NZ's eradication science reputation.","PeriodicalId":157,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Letters","volume":"17 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/conl.12996","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139431676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Bycatch in drift gillnet fisheries: A sink for Indian Ocean cetaceans 流刺网渔业的副渔获物：印度洋鲸目动物的沉没点

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Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2024-01-03 DOI: 10.1111/conl.12997

Brianna Elliott, Jeremy J. Kiszka, Sylvain Bonhommeau, Umair Shahid, Rebecca Lent, Lauren Nelson, Andrew J. Read

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Collaborative fisheries research reveals reserve size and age determine efficacy across a network of marine protected areas 渔业合作研究显示，保护区的大小和年龄决定着整个海洋保护区网络的功效

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Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2024-01-03 DOI: 10.1111/conl.13000

Shelby L. Ziegler, Rachel O. Brooks, Lyall F. Bellquist, Jennifer E. Caselle, Steven G. Morgan, Timothy J. Mulligan, Benjamin I. Ruttenberg, Brice X. Semmens, Richard M. Starr, Joe Tyburczy, Dean E. Wendt, Andre Buchheister, Jose R. Marin Jarrin, Christina Pasparakis, Salvador J. Jorgensen, Jennifer A. Chiu, Jordan Colby, Connor L. Coscino, Leon Davis, Francine de Castro, Jack T. Elstner, Christopher Honeyman, Erica T. Jarvis Mason, Erin M. Johnston, Sadie L. Small, Jay Staton, Grant T. Waltz, Bonnie Basnett, Erin V. Satterthwaite, Helen Killeen, Connor D. Dibble, Scott L. Hamilton

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What is the risk of overcollecting for translocation? An opportunistic assessment of a wingless grasshopper 过度采集进行转地的风险有多大？对无翅蚱蜢的机会主义评估

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Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2023-12-31 DOI: 10.1111/conl.12999

Michael R. Kearney, Hiromi Yagui, Ary A. Hoffmann, Ben L. Phillips

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The fear factor—Snakes in Africa might be at an alarming extinction risk 恐惧因素--非洲的蛇类可能面临惊人的灭绝风险

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Conservation Letters Pub Date : 2023-12-31 DOI: 10.1111/conl.12998

Harith Farooq, Jonas Geldmann

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