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Rapid, adaptive monitoring of a declining species 对濒危物种进行快速、适应性的监测
IF 4.4 1区 环境科学与生态学
Biological Conservation Pub Date : 2025-08-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111442
Michaela L. Gustafson , Kate McGinn , Jeffrey A. Heys , Sarah C. Sawyer , Connor M. Wood
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Mapping global human presence for nature conservation using geotagged social media data 利用地理标记的社交媒体数据绘制全球人类存在的自然保护地图
IF 4.4 1区 环境科学与生态学
Biological Conservation Pub Date : 2025-08-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111404
Peixian Luo , Jiawei Yi , Yunyan Du , Sheng Huang , Nan Wang , Wenna Tu , Dingchen Hu , Haitao Wei
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Noticing nearby wildlife at home is associated with enhanced mental health and pro-conservation attitudes 注意到家里附近的野生动物与增强的心理健康和支持保护的态度有关
IF 4.4 1区 环境科学与生态学
Biological Conservation Pub Date : 2025-08-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111436
Masashi Soga , Kota Matsumoto , Masumi Hisano
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Quality of fauna studies in environmental impact assessments in Brazil's Atlantic rainforest: Trends across time periods and project types 巴西大西洋雨林环境影响评估中动物群研究的质量:跨时期和项目类型的趋势
IF 4.4 1区 环境科学与生态学
Biological Conservation Pub Date : 2025-08-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111430
Lucas Silva Azevedo , Inácio Abreu Pestana
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Influence of traffic volume on mammal beta diversity within the road effect zone 交通流量对道路影响区内哺乳动物β多样性的影响
IF 4.4 1区 环境科学与生态学
Biological Conservation Pub Date : 2025-08-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111428
Thomas J. Yamashita , David B. Wester , Zachary M. Wardle , Daniel G. Scognamillo , Landon R. Schofield , Michael E. Tewes , John H. Young Jr. , Jason V. Lombardi
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Habitat fragmentation explains the occupancy probability of the largest herbivore in the Neotropical forests 栖息地破碎化解释了新热带森林中最大食草动物的占有概率
IF 4.4 1区 环境科学与生态学
Biological Conservation Pub Date : 2025-08-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111413
André Luis Regolin , Rosane Garcia Collevatti , Larissa L. Bailey , Danilo Boscolo , Laís Lautenschlager , Gabrielle Beca , Viviane Brito Dias , Mauro Galetti
{"title":"Habitat fragmentation explains the occupancy probability of the largest herbivore in the Neotropical forests","authors":"André Luis Regolin ,&nbsp;Rosane Garcia Collevatti ,&nbsp;Larissa L. Bailey ,&nbsp;Danilo Boscolo ,&nbsp;Laís Lautenschlager ,&nbsp;Gabrielle Beca ,&nbsp;Viviane Brito Dias ,&nbsp;Mauro Galetti","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111413","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111413","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Large mammals play an important role in ecosystem functioning, yet the loss of natural vegetation cover due to conversion to agriculture and other land uses has pushed wildlife into small and impoverished habitats. Thus, it is paramount to understand how landscape structure enables large mammals to thrive in tropical rainforests. We surveyed 42 forest landscapes in the Brazilian Atlantic forest for lowland tapir (<em>Tapirus terrestris</em>) using camera traps, analyzed landscape structure based on thematic maps, and assessed the matrix vegetation heterogeneity using satellite image texture. To evaluate the multiscale effects of the predictive variables on the species' occurrence probability, we used a single-season occupancy approach. Beyond advancing the understanding of the species' habitat requirements in human-modified landscapes, we used the species as a model to test theoretical predictions about the scale of effect (SoE), which have yet to be empirically evaluated. Habitat loss and fragmentation <em>per se</em> reduced the lowland tapir's occurrence, as did matrix vegetation heterogeneity. Different landscape metrics influenced species occupancy at distinct spatial scales, and the SoE of fragmentation metrics was not smaller than habitat amount. Habitat fragmentation at a wide scale was the main predictor of species occupancy probability. Our findings highlight the critical role of habitat spatial structure in shaping the distribution of the lowland tapir in human-modified landscapes. Beyond protecting large forest remnants, it is recommended to increase landscape connectivity at a broad scale through ecosystem restoration efforts to safeguard the species' persistence in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"311 ","pages":"Article 111413"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144830962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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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Habitat loss, not fragmentation per se, drives structural changes and species turnover in plant–vertebrate pollinator networks 在植物-脊椎动物传粉媒介网络中,驱动结构变化和物种更替的不是破碎化本身,而是栖息地的丧失
IF 4.4 1区 环境科学与生态学
Biological Conservation Pub Date : 2025-08-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111419
Milena Gama , Pamela C. Santana , Paulo R. Guimarães Jr. , Eliana Cazetta
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“What's that weed on the street?” Motivation and attitude of contributors and followers in a citizen science project studying pavement plants “街上的大麻是什么?”研究路面植物的公民科学项目中贡献者和追随者的动机和态度
IF 4.4 1区 环境科学与生态学
Biological Conservation Pub Date : 2025-08-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111408
Nienke Beets , Anne M. Land-Zandstra , Tuomas Aivelo , Paul J.A. Keßler
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The hidden majority: Zoos can simultaneously engage public interest and curb taxonomic bias on social media communication 隐藏的大多数:动物园可以同时吸引公众的兴趣,并遏制社交媒体传播上的分类偏见
IF 4.4 1区 环境科学与生态学
Biological Conservation Pub Date : 2025-08-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111416
Tuan Nguyen , Maarten P.M. Vanhove , Stephan Bruns , Robert Malina
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Species nativeness as a cultural paradigm in conservation 物种原生性作为物种保护的文化范式
IF 4.4 1区 环境科学与生态学
Biological Conservation Pub Date : 2025-08-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111415
Lily M. van Eeden , Jeff Vance Martin , Jonathan Fisk , Lisa Lehnen , Erle C. Ellis , Michael C. Gavin , Adam C. Landon , Lincoln R. Larson , Kirsten M. Leong , Wayne Linklater , Christopher K. Williams , Richard E.W. Berl
{"title":"Species nativeness as a cultural paradigm in conservation","authors":"Lily M. van Eeden ,&nbsp;Jeff Vance Martin ,&nbsp;Jonathan Fisk ,&nbsp;Lisa Lehnen ,&nbsp;Erle C. Ellis ,&nbsp;Michael C. Gavin ,&nbsp;Adam C. Landon ,&nbsp;Lincoln R. Larson ,&nbsp;Kirsten M. Leong ,&nbsp;Wayne Linklater ,&nbsp;Christopher K. Williams ,&nbsp;Richard E.W. Berl","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111415","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111415","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Conservation entails cultural practices shaped by our worldviews, values, beliefs, and priorities for our interactions with nature. These inform how we categorize which species we want to occur in which landscapes. In Western conservation organizations, conceptualizations of species ‘belonging’ typically align with a dichotomy of native versus introduced species. This is a cultural paradigm, informed by biological considerations, and it is not uniformly shared across different cultures, resulting in varied conceptualizations of species belonging. These conceptualizations may continue to evolve as socio-ecological systems change over time. Thus, misalignment in perceptions of species belonging can manifest in seemingly intractable conflicts. We apply a cultural evolutionary lens to: (1) consider the social history of the native-introduced dichotomy; (2) describe social and ecological factors causing friction around the dichotomy; (3) explore how conservation can integrate diverse and changing values about species belonging, and (4) make predictions about future socio-ecological change that may shape conservation governance and our categorization of species. In doing so, we encourage conservation scientists and practitioners to practice reflexivity about the cultural nature of conservation and management of introduced species. This application of cultural evolution presents a unique lens for recognizing the inevitability of both social and ecological change and inspires critical consideration of how diverse and changing values might be integrated into, and shape, the future of conservation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"311 ","pages":"Article 111415"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144809892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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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