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Relational values shape people’s connectedness to nature in a former military protected area of Ecuador 关系价值观塑造了厄瓜多尔前军事保护区内人们与自然的联系
IF 2.7 3区 环境科学与生态学
Environmental Conservation Pub Date : 2023-12-22 DOI: 10.1017/s0376892923000322
Christian Oswaldo Asanza-Reyes, Antonio J Castro, J. M. Requena-Mullor, M. D. López-Rodríguez, C. Quintas-Soriano
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Forest loss during 2000–2019 in pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) habitats was driven by shifting agriculture 2000年至2019年期间,倭河马(Choeropsis liberiensis)栖息地的森林损失是由农业转移造成的
IF 2.7 3区 环境科学与生态学
Environmental Conservation Pub Date : 2023-12-06 DOI: 10.1017/s0376892923000310
Estefania Erazo-Mera, Nicolás Younes, Paul F Horwood, Damien Paris, Monique Paris, Nicholas Murray
{"title":"Forest loss during 2000–2019 in pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) habitats was driven by shifting agriculture","authors":"Estefania Erazo-Mera, Nicolás Younes, Paul F Horwood, Damien Paris, Monique Paris, Nicholas Murray","doi":"10.1017/s0376892923000310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0376892923000310","url":null,"abstract":"Summary The Upper Guinea Forest (UGF; West Africa), a global biodiversity hotspot, has lost more than 90% of its original area since 1900, threatening endemic species such as the endangered pygmy hippopotamus (<jats:italic>Choeropsis liberiensis</jats:italic>). However, little is known about the proximate causes of this deforestation. We classified Sentinel-2 data using the random forest algorithm to differentiate between three main human processes (shifting agriculture, intensive agriculture or urban expansion) driving deforestation between 2000 and 2019 across the pygmy hippopotamus distribution area. Out of c. 89 600 km<jats:sup>2</jats:sup> in the year 2000, 15 900 km<jats:sup>2</jats:sup> (17%) of forest were lost, primarily to shifting agriculture (14 900 km<jats:sup>2</jats:sup>). Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia accounted for 14 900 km<jats:sup>2</jats:sup> (94%) of the net area of forest lost, c. 15 times greater than deforestation in Sierra Leone and Guinea combined (953 km<jats:sup>2</jats:sup>). Forest loss inside protected areas is pervasive, and it is essential to prioritize conservation efforts in areas where deforestation is still low (e.g., Taï, Sapo and Gola Rainforest national parks). We suggest that the preservation of the UGF will face challenges associated with people’s demand for food and income. Continued landscape-scale planning and action to reduce deforestation are urgently needed to limit the impact of shifting agriculture on pygmy hippopotamus habitat.","PeriodicalId":50517,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Conservation","volume":"80 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138530612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The Ethiopian wolf can act as a flagship and umbrella species to protect the Afroalpine ecosystem and foster sustainable development 埃塞俄比亚狼可以作为保护非洲高山生态系统和促进可持续发展的旗舰和保护伞物种
3区 环境科学与生态学
Environmental Conservation Pub Date : 2023-11-13 DOI: 10.1017/s0376892923000309
Addisu Mekonnen, Peter J Fashing, Colin A Chapman, Ejigu Alemayehu Worku, Belste Fetene, Mekbib Fekadu, Awoke Guadie, Nils Chr Stenseth, Vivek V Venkataraman
{"title":"The Ethiopian wolf can act as a flagship and umbrella species to protect the Afroalpine ecosystem and foster sustainable development","authors":"Addisu Mekonnen, Peter J Fashing, Colin A Chapman, Ejigu Alemayehu Worku, Belste Fetene, Mekbib Fekadu, Awoke Guadie, Nils Chr Stenseth, Vivek V Venkataraman","doi":"10.1017/s0376892923000309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0376892923000309","url":null,"abstract":"Summary Habitat alteration and climate change are important threats to terrestrial biodiversity in the tropics. Endorsing flagship or umbrella species can help conserve sympatric biodiversity, restore degraded ecosystems and achieve United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). The Ethiopian wolf ( Canis simensis ) is a rare and endemic Ethiopian canid. It is Africa’s most endangered canid species and is restricted to several isolated patches of Afroalpine habitats. While its behavioural ecology and conservation biology have been well studied, studies of the Ethiopian wolf’s significance for the conservation of its habitat and sympatric species are lacking. Here we use geographical range overlap and geospatial modelling to evaluate the importance of the Ethiopian wolf as a flagship and/or umbrella species. We assess whether conservation interventions targeting the Ethiopian wolf could help to restore and protect Afroalpine habitat and conserve sympatric species whilst simultaneously providing a wide range of socioeconomic and environmental benefits. We found that Ethiopian wolves share their range with 73 endemic and/or threatened vertebrate species, 68 of which are Afroalpine ecosystem species, and at least 121 endemic and/or threatened plant species. Ethiopian wolves are taxonomically distinctive and charismatic species classified as Endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. Thus, they meet both the flagship and umbrella species criteria to restore Afroalpine habitats and conserve threatened sympatric species. A conservation strategy protecting and restoring Afroalpine habitat has the potential to contribute to achieving at least five of the 17 UN SDGs. The protection of flagship and umbrella species should be integrated into broader regional biodiversity and habitat conservation.","PeriodicalId":50517,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Conservation","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136347360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Tourism, international wildlife trade and the (in)effectiveness of CITES 旅游业,国际野生动物贸易和CITES的有效性
3区 环境科学与生态学
Environmental Conservation Pub Date : 2023-11-13 DOI: 10.1017/s0376892923000292
Jessica Chavez, I Nyoman Aji Duranegara Payuse, None Kuntayuni, Marco Campera, Vincent Nijman
{"title":"Tourism, international wildlife trade and the (in)effectiveness of CITES","authors":"Jessica Chavez, I Nyoman Aji Duranegara Payuse, None Kuntayuni, Marco Campera, Vincent Nijman","doi":"10.1017/s0376892923000292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0376892923000292","url":null,"abstract":"Summary There are clear links between tourism and the international wildlife trade, especially in countries with high levels of biodiversity and high numbers of international tourists. In the absence of clear regulations and implementation of existing policies, tourists can inadvertently have a negative impact on the environment, including through items bought as souvenirs. Bali is one of the world’s premier tourist destinations. We investigated legally protected species that are offered for sale specifically targeting tourists in Bali. During December 2022–June 2023, we surveyed 66 shops offering curios (skulls, bones, carvings) of animals for which the international trade is regulated by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES). We found items from &gt;500 individuals of 20 CITES-listed species, including primate skulls, ivory carvings and decorated shells. According to vendors, there would be no problem exporting these items despite the absence of CITES permits. Export records over the last two decades provided by the Indonesian authorities, mostly indicating no exports, contrast sharply with our observations in Bali. A short but effective campaign as a collaborative effort between industry, tourism operators, local and expatriate communities and government agencies could result in a drastic reduction of protected and/or CITES-listed species ending up in trade.","PeriodicalId":50517,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Conservation","volume":"4 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136347542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Conservation, uncertainty and intellectual humility 保守、不确定和知性的谦逊
3区 环境科学与生态学
Environmental Conservation Pub Date : 2023-11-09 DOI: 10.1017/s0376892923000176
Sarah Michaels, Graeme Auld, Steven J Cooke, Nathan Young, Joseph R Bennett, Jesse C Vermaire
{"title":"Conservation, uncertainty and intellectual humility","authors":"Sarah Michaels, Graeme Auld, Steven J Cooke, Nathan Young, Joseph R Bennett, Jesse C Vermaire","doi":"10.1017/s0376892923000176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0376892923000176","url":null,"abstract":"Summary Interventions in environmental conservation are intended to make things better, not worse. Yet unintended and unanticipated consequences plague environmental conservation; key is how uncertainty plays out. Insights from the intellectual humility literature offer constructive strategies for coming to terms with uncertainty. Strategies such as self-distancing and self-assessment of causal complexity can be incorporated into conservation decision-making processes. Including reflection on what we know and do not know in the decision-making process potentially reduces unintended and unanticipated consequences of environmental conservation and management decisions. An important caution is not to have intellectual humility legitimate failing to act in the face of uncertainty.","PeriodicalId":50517,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Conservation","volume":" 14","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135285842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Barriers and opportunities regarding community-based forest management in Afghanistan: considerations for fragile states 阿富汗社区森林管理的障碍和机遇:对脆弱国家的考虑
3区 环境科学与生态学
Environmental Conservation Pub Date : 2023-11-06 DOI: 10.1017/s0376892923000280
Safiullah Khurram, Mohammad Nasir Shalizi, Mujtaba Bashari, Kofi Akamani, John W Groninger
{"title":"Barriers and opportunities regarding community-based forest management in Afghanistan: considerations for fragile states","authors":"Safiullah Khurram, Mohammad Nasir Shalizi, Mujtaba Bashari, Kofi Akamani, John W Groninger","doi":"10.1017/s0376892923000280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0376892923000280","url":null,"abstract":"Summary The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA), in power during 2002–2021, initiated the process of instituting community-based forest governance and building local capacity for natural resource management. These efforts coincided with the presence of international security forces and the mobilization of civil society organizations, and they were in response to community aspirations to protect and restore often degraded local forests. Legislation was passed to enable forest protection and management, including a provision to encourage participatory management by local community user groups organized as Forest Management Associations (FMAs). By the end of the GIRoA era, c. 20 registered FMAs were operating with c. 400 others in various stages of development across Afghanistan. Our analysis of relevant policy documents revealed that the policy framework developed during the GIRoA era scores favourably on the ideal criteria for community-based resource management. Despite the change in political administration with the inception of the current Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan regime, the influence of the GIRoA era serves as a starting point and may have enduring influences on rural communities in Afghanistan and the natural resources that support them. Anecdotal evidence suggests that community-based forest management may persist under the current national leadership despite international isolation and funding constraints. The model developed in Afghanistan may be relevant to other fragile states, especially in contexts where rural forest-dependent communities have strong local institutions, such as shuras , and where forests are not prone to heavy extraction pressure.","PeriodicalId":50517,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Conservation","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135634942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Vulnerability of wilderness areas to day-use visits 野外地区对日常访问的脆弱性
3区 环境科学与生态学
Environmental Conservation Pub Date : 2023-10-19 DOI: 10.1017/s0376892923000279
T Ryan McCarley, Jocelyn L Aycrigg, Sebastián Martinuzzi, R Travis Belote, Thomas P Holmes
{"title":"Vulnerability of wilderness areas to day-use visits","authors":"T Ryan McCarley, Jocelyn L Aycrigg, Sebastián Martinuzzi, R Travis Belote, Thomas P Holmes","doi":"10.1017/s0376892923000279","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0376892923000279","url":null,"abstract":"Summary Protected areas worldwide are impacted by human activities within their boundaries. Despite having the highest level of protection in the US, wilderness areas are still vulnerable to ecological impacts. We compiled population, population growth rate, median travel time, wilderness size, wilderness proximity, relative accessibility, trail density and an amenity index to generate a Day-Use Vulnerability Index (DUVI) for 722 wilderness areas in the continuous US (CONUS). Using DUVI, we found that the Mount Timpanogos wilderness area in Utah, the Glacier View wilderness area in Washington, the J.N. Ding Darling wilderness area in Florida, the Philip Burton wilderness area in California and the Birkhead Mountains wilderness area in North Carolina were most likely to have ecological impacts from high day-use. Our findings provide a system for evaluating daily use of wilderness areas that could be paired with visitor counts in the future to improve predictions. Growing human populations and recreation are worldwide issues, suggesting that this framework could also be of interest to stakeholders outside the CONUS.","PeriodicalId":50517,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Conservation","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135729746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Mapping high-altitude peatlands to inform a landscape conservation strategy in the Andes of northern Peru 绘制高海拔泥炭地地图,为秘鲁北部安第斯山脉的景观保护战略提供信息
3区 环境科学与生态学
Environmental Conservation Pub Date : 2023-10-12 DOI: 10.1017/s0376892923000267
Giulia F Curatola Fernández, Sandro Makowski Giannoni, Ellen Delgado Florián, Piero Rengifo, Jesús Rascón, Elder Chichipe Vela, Carolina Butrich, Rolando Salas López, Manuel Oliva-Cruz, Christel Scheske
{"title":"Mapping high-altitude peatlands to inform a landscape conservation strategy in the Andes of northern Peru","authors":"Giulia F Curatola Fernández, Sandro Makowski Giannoni, Ellen Delgado Florián, Piero Rengifo, Jesús Rascón, Elder Chichipe Vela, Carolina Butrich, Rolando Salas López, Manuel Oliva-Cruz, Christel Scheske","doi":"10.1017/s0376892923000267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0376892923000267","url":null,"abstract":"Summary The wetlands of the jalca ecoregion in the Andes of northern Peru form peat and play a major role in the hydrological ecosystem services of the ecoregion. Although peat is globally valued for carbon sequestration and storage, peatlands have not yet been mapped in the jalca . In this region, the Gocta waterfall, one of the 20 highest waterfalls in the world, depends on the jalca ’s wetlands ecosystem. The local population depends on tourism to the waterfall and is concerned about preserving its drainage area. To inform conservation planning, in this study we delimited the drainage area of the Gocta waterfall and identified land tenure by applying Geographic Information System (GIS), remote sensing and participatory mapping techniques. Then, by classifying optical, radar and digital elevation models data, we mapped peatland in the jalca of the Gocta drainage area with an overall accuracy of 97.1%. Our results will inform conservation strategy in this complex area of communal, private and informal land tenure systems. At a regional level, this appears to be the first attempt at mapping peatlands using remote sensing imagery in the jalca ecoregion, and it represents a milestone for future efforts to map and conserve peatlands in other tropical mountain areas of the world.","PeriodicalId":50517,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Conservation","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135969626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Social development and biodiversity conservation synergies for the West African giraffe in a human–wildlife landscape 人类与野生动物景观中西非长颈鹿的社会发展和生物多样性保护协同效应
3区 环境科学与生态学
Environmental Conservation Pub Date : 2023-10-04 DOI: 10.1017/s0376892923000243
Kateřina Gašparová, Julien Blanco, Jenny A Glikman, Julian Fennessy, Abdoul Razack Moussa Zabeirou, Abdoul Razakou Abdou Mahamadou, Fortuné Azihou, Thomas Rabeil, Karolína Brandlová
{"title":"Social development and biodiversity conservation synergies for the West African giraffe in a human–wildlife landscape","authors":"Kateřina Gašparová, Julien Blanco, Jenny A Glikman, Julian Fennessy, Abdoul Razack Moussa Zabeirou, Abdoul Razakou Abdou Mahamadou, Fortuné Azihou, Thomas Rabeil, Karolína Brandlová","doi":"10.1017/s0376892923000243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0376892923000243","url":null,"abstract":"Summary The West African giraffe is restricted to Niger, but historically it inhabited much of the Sudano-Sahelian zone. The population is concentrated in the ‘Giraffe Zone’ (GZ), an unprotected area with a high human population density. Since the mid-1990s, the giraffe population has steadily increased mainly due to the collective social and conservation initiatives of the government, non-governmental organizations and the local community. In 2018, the first West African giraffe satellite population was established through the reintroduction of eight individuals into Gadabedji Biosphere Reserve (GBR). In this study, we aimed to describe the current state of human–giraffe coexistence, human attitudes towards giraffe and human habits of natural resources use through a questionnaire survey conducted in the GZ and GBR. Although most of the GZ respondents highlighted crop damage caused by giraffe, we also found overall positive attitudes towards the animals. Most respondents from both sites expressed positive attitudes towards giraffe, highlighting that they do not see poaching as a major current threat. However, the giraffe population continues to be directly threatened by habitat loss through firewood cutting, livestock overgrazing and agriculture expansion. Long-term conservation of the West African giraffe is dependent on better habitat protection and understanding of current human–giraffe coexistence through ensuring that giraffe presence will benefit local communities across their range.","PeriodicalId":50517,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Conservation","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135591629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Greenness and biodiversity of open spaces in primary schools and their local surroundings in England 英格兰小学开放空间及其周边环境的绿化和生物多样性
3区 环境科学与生态学
Environmental Conservation Pub Date : 2023-10-04 DOI: 10.1017/s0376892923000255
Kate Howlett, Edgar C Turner
{"title":"Greenness and biodiversity of open spaces in primary schools and their local surroundings in England","authors":"Kate Howlett, Edgar C Turner","doi":"10.1017/s0376892923000255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0376892923000255","url":null,"abstract":"Summary There is increasing disconnect between children and nature in the UK. Given that childhood nature experiences are important for the development of nature connection, well-being benefits and aspects of children’s development, mapping the existing biodiversity that children are exposed to on a daily basis in schools and their grounds is vital to identifying areas of low biodiversity and to developing strategies to increase exposure to nature. Despite children spending a large portion of time at schools, there has not yet been an in-depth, in situ assessment of the biodiversity present in school grounds. Using a sample of 14 English schools, including state-funded and non-state-funded schools, we used remote images to quantify green-space area within a 3–km buffer around (buffer greenness) and within (school greenness) each school, including the school’s grounds surrounding the buildings, and in situ images to quantify vegetation visible to children within each school’s grounds (visible vegetation). We also surveyed trees, ground plants, ground invertebrates and birds within school grounds. School greenness correlated positively with visible vegetation, but buffer greenness was not related to either school greenness or visible vegetation. Buffer greenness correlated positively with plant richness, and school greenness correlated positively with tree abundance and richness. Visible vegetation correlated positively with tree abundance and richness, maximum tree diameter at breast height, plant richness and invertebrate abundance. Non-state-funded schools had higher visible vegetation than state-funded schools. Our sample indicates that schools can support considerable biodiversity and that this is broadly consistent across state-funded and non-state-funded schools. We suggest that increasing the amount of vegetation, through planting of trees, shrubs and borders, may be the most effective method of increasing school biodiversity, as visible vegetation had effects on the greatest number of taxa.","PeriodicalId":50517,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Conservation","volume":"267 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135592592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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