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Can gamification save the planet? Revolutionizing citizen science for biodiversity conservation

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Biological Conservation Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111001

Sajan KC, Anisha Sapkota

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Putting earthworm conservation on the map: Shortfalls and solutions for developing earthworm conservation

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Biological Conservation Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110911

Sylvain Gérard , Thibaud Decaëns , Kevin R. Butt , Maria J.I. Briones , Yvan Capowiez , Daniel Cluzeau , Kevin Hoeffner , Renée-Claire Le Bayon , Daniel F. Marchán , Claire Marsden , Bart Muys , Céline Pelosi , Guénola Pérès , Helen R.P. Phillips , Luca Santini , Wilfried Thuiller , Mickaël Hedde

{"title":"Putting earthworm conservation on the map: Shortfalls and solutions for developing earthworm conservation","authors":"Sylvain Gérard , Thibaud Decaëns , Kevin R. Butt , Maria J.I. Briones , Yvan Capowiez , Daniel Cluzeau , Kevin Hoeffner , Renée-Claire Le Bayon , Daniel F. Marchán , Claire Marsden , Bart Muys , Céline Pelosi , Guénola Pérès , Helen R.P. Phillips , Luca Santini , Wilfried Thuiller , Mickaël Hedde","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110911","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110911","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Earthworms are keystone organisms that influence both soil function and community assembly of other soil organisms. However, soils are increasingly threatened by global change, so there is an urgent need to consider earthworms in conservation strategies. Earthworm monitoring has been promoted in numerous European and country research programs, and the global interest in earthworm conservation is rising, resulting in a rapid increase in the availability of earthworm data. However, most research focuses on a limited number of local-scale indicators, mainly based on abundance, biomass, and species richness of assemblages along with Bouché's ecological categories. We argue that these metrics are insufficient to effectively address earthworm conservation issues. We suggest four ecological characteristics which may be more informative for the development of conservation plans. Measurement of how much a species is (i) rare or common, (ii) native/nonnative, endemic and invasive, (iii) a specialist or generalist, and (iv) a winner or loser in the Anthropocene are all promising tools to support earthworm diversity conservation. These metrics could also be applied to functional traits, but better definition of these traits is fundamental. Finally, we emphasize the need to broaden spatial scales in earthworm studies by analyzing alpha, beta and gamma components of diversity, as local diversity alone can be misleading.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"302 ","pages":"Article 110911"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143146608","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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Wetland fish in peril: A synergy between habitat loss and biological invasions drives the extinction of neglected native fauna

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Biological Conservation Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110948

Marek Šmejkal , Lukáš Kalous , Johan Auwerx , Pankaj A. Gorule , Ivan Jarić , Ondřej Dočkal , Jakub Fedorčák , Milan Muška , Kiran Thomas , Péter Takács , Árpád Ferincz , Lukáš Choleva , Dunja K. Lamatsch , Josef Wanzenböck , Jeroen Van Wichelen

{"title":"Wetland fish in peril: A synergy between habitat loss and biological invasions drives the extinction of neglected native fauna","authors":"Marek Šmejkal , Lukáš Kalous , Johan Auwerx , Pankaj A. Gorule , Ivan Jarić , Ondřej Dočkal , Jakub Fedorčák , Milan Muška , Kiran Thomas , Péter Takács , Árpád Ferincz , Lukáš Choleva , Dunja K. Lamatsch , Josef Wanzenböck , Jeroen Van Wichelen","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110948","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110948","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>European wetlands, crucial freshwater ecosystems, face multiple anthropogenic threats. For native wetland fish species (NWFS), habitat degradation and the spread of invasive non-native species (INS) are the most important, and place NWFS at increasing extinction risks. This perspective study examines the impact of these combined threats on the NWFS. Four characteristic species with the largest distribution area in the European Union were evaluated, which share the habitat requirements and susceptibility to these impacts – crucian carp (<em>Carassius carassius</em>), European weatherfish (<em>Misgurnus fossilis</em>), sunbleak (<em>Leucaspius delineatus</em>) and mudminnow (<em>Umbra krameri</em>). Here, we investigated how the interplay of habitat loss and biological invasions impacts the population and conservation status of these species. This study seeks to stimulate more conservation-oriented research leading to cross-border cooperation on conservation status monitoring and repopulation programmes. Improved knowledge of impacts and mechanisms of habitat loss and interspecific interactions with INS is vital for safeguarding the remaining populations of NWFS, allowing for repopulation measures with genetically suitable individuals in severely impacted areas.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"302 ","pages":"Article 110948"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143146617","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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Wind turbines displace bats from drinking sites

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Biological Conservation Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.110968

Carolin Scholz, Hannah Klein, Christian C. Voigt

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Five recommendations to fill the blank space in indicators at local and short-term scales

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Biological Conservation Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111007

Katherine Hébert , Maximiliane Jousse , Janaína Serrano , Dirk Nikolaus Karger , F. Guillaume Blanchet , Laura J. Pollock

{"title":"Five recommendations to fill the blank space in indicators at local and short-term scales","authors":"Katherine Hébert , Maximiliane Jousse , Janaína Serrano , Dirk Nikolaus Karger , F. Guillaume Blanchet , Laura J. Pollock","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The year 2030 is rapidly approaching. Building, monitoring, and reporting indicators to evaluate the 2030 targets in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) is a major challenge that requires, at minimum, nations to assess their progress at least once within the next five years. To effectively monitor this progress, we need indicators that capture fast-paced, on-the-ground biodiversity change at the scale of conservation action, alongside slower, more diffuse biodiversity trends at national scales. We argue that the focus on monitoring global and national biodiversity changes has left a gap in our ability to capture fine-scale changes and therefore our progress towards the GBF's Goal A targets. To fill this blank space, we recommend integrating locally sourced data into biodiversity indicators, testing indicator performance at relevant spatiotemporal scales, monitoring locally and strategically to detect changes across scales, and developing indicators of fine-scale biodiversity changes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"302 ","pages":"Article 111007"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143147173","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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Long-term trends in the extent of Pseudogymnoascus destructans infection in little brown myotis

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Biological Conservation Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110954

Marianne F. Gagnon , Gregory G. Turner , Michael R. Scafini , Kaitlyn A. Thomas , Joseph S. Johnson , Barrie E. Overton , Brent J. Sewall

{"title":"Long-term trends in the extent of Pseudogymnoascus destructans infection in little brown myotis","authors":"Marianne F. Gagnon , Gregory G. Turner , Michael R. Scafini , Kaitlyn A. Thomas , Joseph S. Johnson , Barrie E. Overton , Brent J. Sewall","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110954","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110954","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Infectious diseases pose a significant threat to wildlife, with invasive pathogens increasingly causing population declines or extinctions in naïve host species. Despite the risks, efforts to prevent or manage their emergence, spread, and impacts have been limited, and a better understanding of host-pathogen interactions is needed to inform wildlife management and policy. In particular, longitudinal studies, especially those incorporating data from the early stages of pathogen invasion, are critical for understanding disease dynamics but remain rare. The fungus <em>Pseudogymnoascus destructans</em> (<em>Pd</em>), which causes the deadly disease white-nose syndrome (WNS) in hibernating bats, is a prime example of a highly virulent invasive pathogen. Using 13 years of data from >750 bats, we examined long-term trends in <em>Pd</em> infection in <em>Myotis lucifugus</em> from the initial invasion to the widespread establishment of the pathogen in Pennsylvania. We also explored sex-based variation in infection, which may arise from differences in pathogen exposure or host susceptibility. We found an overall decline in infection extent over the years, more notably in females, which may be attributed to several possible mechanisms. Moreover, females' infection levels exceeded those of males in late hibernation, with the trend reversing by spring, suggesting more heavily infected females might be emerging earlier and/or dying at higher rates than other individuals. While the demographic consequences remain unclear, our findings reveal changing WNS disease dynamics, underscore the importance of longitudinal studies in understanding host persistence mechanisms, and highlight the value of early and continued monitoring to guide effective disease management, wildlife conservation, and policy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"302 ","pages":"Article 110954"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143146341","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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Challenges for policy and practice in meeting ambitious ecological restoration targets by 2030: A perspective from Colombia

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Biological Conservation Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.110973

Mauricio Aguilar-Garavito , Paola Isaacs-Cubides , Natalia Peña-González , Eleanor Warren-Thomas

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Enhancing coral bleaching predictive tools through integrating sensitivity to heat exposure

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Biological Conservation Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110958

Valerie J. Cornet , Neal E. Cantin , Karen E. Joyce , William Leggat , Tracy D. Ainsworth , Scott F. Heron

{"title":"Enhancing coral bleaching predictive tools through integrating sensitivity to heat exposure","authors":"Valerie J. Cornet , Neal E. Cantin , Karen E. Joyce , William Leggat , Tracy D. Ainsworth , Scott F. Heron","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110958","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110958","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Predicting coral bleaching events has been key to reef conservation management efforts. Current satellite-based bleaching prediction tools offer effective regional-scale alerts of bleaching risk, but lack reliability at the reef-scale. Bleaching models focus on predicted heat exposure during summer, omitting critical factors that influence heat stress responses and the subsequent coral reef community bleaching severity. The IPCC framework however assesses the susceptibility of a system to be harmed by climate change based on exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity. In this perspective, we propose integrating the IPCC vulnerability framework to develop a holistic coral bleaching prediction model that accounts for reef-scale exposure to heat stress, species-specific sensitivity, and adaptive capacity. We specifically recommend: 1) incorporating historical temperature metrics to account for acclimatisation responses, 2) including community composition metrics to better reflect variations in sensitivity at the reef scale, and 3) addressing environmental conditions to identify potential refugia and refine predictions. We discuss these factors and the feasibility to inform metrics for use in prediction tools. Historical temperature is identified as a primary target, with community composition and environmental drivers recommended for further exploration as data availability improves. Future assessments of these <strong>sensitivity metrics</strong> should be integrated into an <strong>experimental framework</strong> to further refine and improve prediction tools. This perspective underscores the urgency of refining coral bleaching prediction models and directly supports reef conservation efforts in the face of climate change.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"302 ","pages":"Article 110958"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143146611","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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Viable conservation of pondscapes includes the ecotones with dryland

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Biological Conservation Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110944

Rebecca A. Cawood, Michael J. Samways, James S. Pryke

{"title":"Viable conservation of pondscapes includes the ecotones with dryland","authors":"Rebecca A. Cawood, Michael J. Samways, James S. Pryke","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110944","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110944","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Marshlands are ecotones between standing water and terrestrial environments, where aquatic and terrestrial species overlap. However, little is known about the assembly rules of organisms inhabiting this ecotone, which is inherently dynamic according to the amount of available water. We separated the waterbody/dryland ecotone of 22 standing waterbodies into five zones according to plant composition, structure, and water depth. Here, the waterbodies had limited inflows and outflows, and were highly responsive to seasonal precipitation events. We then determined the extent to which insect species assemblages change across the five zones and identify environmental factors driving these changes. Each zone had a characteristic suite of plant species, which differed greatly among the standing waterbodies. Dragonflies were present across the entire ecotone, although turnover peaked at the ecotone centre, while butterflies peaked in the grassland zone, along with some marsh-associated species. Grasshoppers preferred grassland associated with the smaller waterbodies. Dragonfly, grasshopper, butterfly, and plant species compositions each responded to their own sets of both aquatic and terrestrial variables. Overall, pond ecotones had high species turnover and high conservation value for both aquatic and terrestrial species, indicating that ponds have a much larger footprint than just the extent of wet areas. The terrestrial buffer zones are required for protection of the local biota. In turn, wet areas provide increased opportunities for dryland species. Buffer zones should be determined not so much in linear metres, but rather should also include dryland, which varies among waterbodies according to micro-topography. Pondscape (all the standing waterbodies) conservation must include all the transition zones, so that the full habitat heterogeneity around such waterbodies is built into the set of functionally connected waterbodies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"302 ","pages":"Article 110944"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143147091","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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Action- or results-based payments for ecosystem services in the era of smart weeding robots?

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Biological Conservation Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.110998

Anna Massfeller , Marie Zingsheim , Alireza Ahmadi , Elin Martinsson , Hugo Storm

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