Trifolium angustifolium (narrow-leaf clover).

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fenadis Makale
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Genetic Resource ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Forage Legumes ◽  
Narrow Leaf ◽  
Western Asia ◽  
Environmental Weed

Abstract The narrow-leaf clover Trifolium angustifolium is an annual legume native to central, southern and Eastern Europe, western Asia and North Africa. It has been introduced elsewhere and is valued for forage and pasture improvement. It has become an environmental weed in a few countries such as Australia, Japan and Chile but has not been reported as an aggressive invader. It is included in the IUCN Red List (Least Concern) for its value as a genetic resource for forage legumes.

scholarly journals AVIFAUNISTIC DIVERSITY OF MERINE FOREST, NORTH-WEST ALGERIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (20) ◽  
pp. 61-71
Author(s):  
Mayssara El Bouhissi ◽  
Abdelwahab Chedad ◽  
Salah Eddine Sadine ◽  
Walid Dahmani ◽  
Mohamed Ait Hammou
Keyword(s):  
North Africa ◽  
Trophic Status ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Blue Tit ◽  
Major Objective ◽  
North West ◽  
Diversity Assessment ◽  
West Algeria ◽  
Streptopelia Turtur

This study is an avifaunistic diversity assessment was carried out in the Merine forest, Sidi Bel Abbes (Northwest Algeria). During three years (2019-2021). The major objective of our investigation is to inventory avian species and to define their phenological categories. Among the important results is a record of, 71 species of bird, belonging to 17 orders and 28 families. The Passeriformes are the most noted with 43 species, distributed across 15 families, of which the Muscicapidae is the most represented with 10 species. The phenological categories indicates that the majority of this species are resident breeders (65 %), 21% are migrant breeders and 14% are passing visitors. Depending on trophic status, 32% are polyphagous, 27% insectivorous, 17% carnivorous, 15% granivorous and 8% omnivorous. In addition, we noted that, 31 species are protected by Flat 12-235 in Algeria, with one species (Falco naumanni) protected by the Ordinance 06-05. Internationally and one species protected according of the IUCN red list (Streptopelia turtur). The Merine forest is shelter to five species endemic to North Africa: Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara), Levaillant's Woodpecker (Picus vaillantii), Moussier's Redstart (Phoenicurus moussieri), Tristram's Warbler (Sylvia deserticola), African Blue Tit (Cyanistes teneriffae).

scholarly journals A preliminary Revision of the Genus Dociostaurus, Fieb

1921 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 397-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. P. Uvarov
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Individual Variability ◽  
Natural System ◽  
Asia Minor ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Western Asia ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
Dociostaurus Maroccanus

The genus Dociostaurus, Fieb., which is synonymous with Stauronotus, Fisch., includes several species of locusts and grasshoppers injurious to agriculture in South-Eastern Europe, Central and Western Asia and North Africa, the well known Moroccan locust (Dociostaurus maroccanus, Thunb.) being one of the worst pests in Algeria, Tunisia, Asia Minor, the Caucasus and Turkestan. The systematics of the species of this genus are in a very unsatisfactory state, and this, together with the tendency of the species to individual variability, is the cause of many mistakes in their identification on the part of economic entomologists. The object of this paper is, therefore, to establish a more or less natural system of the species enabling everyone to identify them with certainty.

scholarly journals Dypsis decaryi (triangle palm).

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Angel Duenas-Lopez
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Small Area ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Ornamental Plant ◽  
Palm Tree ◽  
The World ◽  
Environmental Weed

Abstract Dypsis decaryi is a species of palm tree commonly known as the Triangle Palm, endemic to Madagascar, where it is confined (as a native species) to a small area in the southeast of the island. It has been introduced by the international horticultural trade as an ornamental plant in tropical and subtropical countries around the world (including other parts of Madagascar). It is not considered to be invasive or an agricultural or environmental weed in any of the current non-native distributions. It is described in the IUCN Red List as Vulnerable in its native distribution (IUCN, 2019), with harvesting, fire and grazing the main threats for populations outside of protected areas.

scholarly journals New observations of the ‘extinct’ Barbary sheep Ammotragus lervia ornata in Egypt

Oryx ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Wacher ◽  
Sherif Baha el Din ◽  
Gabriel Mikhail ◽  
Mindy Baha el Din
Keyword(s):  
North Africa ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Ammotragus Lervia ◽  
Barbary Sheep ◽  
South West ◽  
Iucn Red List Assessment ◽  
The Status ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
New Evidence

The Barbary sheep or aoudad Ammotragus lervia is widely distributed in the mountains of the Sahara and North Africa. The 2000 IUCN Red List assessment of the Egyptian subspecies A. l. ornata categorized this taxon as Extinct in the Wild. We present new evidence, collected during 1997–2000, that this subspecies is extant in both the extreme south-east and south-west of Egypt, and reassess the status of captive aoudad in Egypt. We recommend that the category of A. l. ornata on the IUCN Red List be changed to Critically Endangered, that conservation of wild aoudad in Egypt be prioritized, and that the subspecific status of both the wild and captive stocks in Egypt be reassessed.

scholarly journals Giant otter Pteronura brasiliensis density and abundance in Llanos Orientales de Colombia in the Orinoco basin

Oryx ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Germán Garrote ◽  
Beyker Castañeda ◽  
Jose Manuel Escobar ◽  
Laura Pérez ◽  
Brayan Marín ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Population Size ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Species Conservation ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Recreational Fishing ◽  
Pteronura Brasiliensis ◽  
Direct Counts

Abstract The giant otter Pteronura brasiliensis, categorized as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, was once widely distributed throughout South America. By the middle of the 20th century the giant otter had become locally extinct along the main rivers of the Orinoco basin. Although some populations seem to have recovered, the paucity of information available does not permit a full evaluation of the species' conservation status. The objective of this study was to estimate the abundance and density of the giant otter population along the Orinoco river in the municipality of Puerto Carreño, Vichada, Colombia, where there is important commercial and recreational fishing. Thirty-nine linear km were surveyed, repeatedly, with a total of 315 km of surveys. Population size was estimated by direct counts of individuals. All individuals detected were photographed and identified individually from their throat pelage patterns. In total, 30 otters were identified, giving a minimum density of 0.77 individuals per km, one of the highest reported for the species in Colombia. Given the high density in this well-developed area, our results highlight the importance of this population for the conservation of the species.

scholarly journals Distribution and illegal killing of the Endangered Indian pangolin Manis crassicaudata on the Potohar Plateau, Pakistan

Oryx ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tariq Mahmood ◽  
Faraz Akrim ◽  
Nausheen Irshad ◽  
Riaz Hussain ◽  
Hira Fatima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Food Web ◽  
Geographical Information System ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Illegal Hunting ◽  
Iucn Red List Assessment ◽  
Iucn Assessment ◽  
Illegal Killing

AbstractThe Endangered Indian pangolin Manis crassicaudata, a burrowing, armoured mammal, plays an important role in the food web by consuming insects and termites. In Pakistan the species’ range includes the 22,000 km2 Potohar Plateau, where it is under pressure from illegal hunting for its scales and requires conservation attention. We used a geographical information system to quantify the range of the Indian pangolin on the Plateau and to compare this with the range estimated in the IUCN Red List assessment of the species. We found that the species occupies c. 89% of the Plateau, in eight of the 10 protected areas, compared with the IUCN estimate of 71%, and we recorded the species at 40 locations on the Plateau outside the range predicted by the IUCN assessment. We collected data on the illegal capture and killing of the species, recording 412 individuals that had been killed at 48 locations between January 2011 and the end of April 2013. The highest number of killings was recorded in Chakwal District (n = 156, at 13 sites) followed by the Attock District (n = 149, at eight sites). Although the Indian pangolin's range on the Potohar Plateau is c. 18% larger than that estimated in the IUCN assessment, the species is under pressure from illegal killing and requires urgent conservation measures to save the small remaining population and avoid the extirpation of this vital insectivorous predator from the area.

Calculating population reductions of invertebrate species for IUCN Red List assessments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Reşit Akçakaya ◽  
Axel Hochkirch ◽  
Jason T. Bried ◽  
Roy H. A. van Grunsven ◽  
John P. Simaika ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Invertebrate Species
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