Agricultural intensification during the Late Holocene rather than climatic aridification drives the population dynamics and the current conservation status of Microtus cabrerae
, an endangered Mediterranean rodent

The caterpillars of the Southern Swallowtail, Papilio alexanor have been recorded in the vicinity of Trebinje, Bosnia & Herzegovina. This is the first recent observation of this species in the country and the third observation so far. Opopanax chironium is confirmed as the larval host plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was expected due to the recent observations from Croatia. Its status and distribution in the country are still not clear, and further surveys are recommended in order to reconfirm the historical records as well as to assess its current conservation status. Due to the limited extent of its occurrence, we propose to include it in the Red list of fauna of Bosnia & Herzegovina as Vulnerable (VU).

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Rediscovery of Scorzonera amasiana Hausskn. and Bornm. - A threatened endemic species in Turkey

Bangladesh Journal of Botany ◽

10.3329/bjb.v36i2.1502 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 139-144 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Fergan Karaer ◽

Ferhat Celep

Keyword(s):

Endemic Species ◽

Human Impacts ◽

Conservation Status ◽

The Other ◽

Conservation Strategies ◽

Small Populations ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Type Specimens ◽

Current Conservation ◽

Iucn Criteria

Scorzonera amasiana Hausskn. and Bornm. was described from type specimens collected by J.F.N. Bornmueller in 1889 but it was not collected again until 1993, when it was found near Amasya, Turkey. Populations of S. amasiana were quite small at that limited locations and were vulnerable to human impacts. Therefore, suitable conservation strategies should be developed immediately in order to protect the species from probable extinction. Here, an additional three small populations are reported. Brief history, morphology, habitat and ecology of this endemic species have been discussed. Its current conservation status was reevaluated with respect to the latest IUCN criteria. A key to distinguish it from the other closely related Turkish species is also provided and its distribution map is appended. Â Key words: Endangered, Rediscovery, Scorzonera, Turkey DOI = 10.3329/bjb.v36i2.1502 Bangladesh J. Bot. 36(2): 139-144, 2007 (December)

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Unveiling the conservation status of the sessile oak forest for their protection and management in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula

Mediterranean Botany ◽

10.5209/mbot.70549 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 42 ◽

pp. e70549

Author(s):

Jordi Bou ◽

Lluís Vilar

Keyword(s):

Iberian Peninsula ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Climatic Conditions ◽

Conservation Strategy ◽

Oak Forests ◽

Oak Forest ◽

Current Conservation ◽

Protection Measures ◽

Sessile Oak ◽

Characteristic Species

The sessile oak forests found on the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula are ascribed to the Lathyro-Quercetumpetraeae association and play a key role in understanding the ecology of this habitat, as this region represents its xeric limit. For this reason, we analysed the biodiversity patterns and current conservation status of the sessile oak forests in the region. To do so, we collected Braun-Blanquet inventories of 34 plots randomly distributed throughout the sessile oak forests. The results showed a relationship between the climatic conditions and the biodiversity variables. While the richness of the community increased with decreasing temperatures, the characteristic species found within the community decreased at these same temperatures. This result was due to the presence of most companion species in the cool zones at high elevations.Sessile oaks are found close to other communities, such as silver birches and Scot pine forests.On the other hand, in the warm areas at low elevations, the sessile oak community was more established, with plants typical of this type of forest. These slightly warmer zones with sessile oaks are very important in terms of conservation and more vulnerable to climate change and the thermophilization of the community, as has been studied. As such, protecting and managing these forests is key to conserving this community. Nevertheless, as current protection measures do not safeguard most of these forests, it is essential to define a conservation strategy to preserve them. Using the conservation status, we have established criteria to improve the conservation strategy for sessile oak forest on the NE Iberian Peninsula.

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Rediscovery and conservation of Linaria cossonii Bonnet & Barratte (Plantaginaceae) in Tunisia

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.423.5.2 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 423 (5) ◽

pp. 284-288

Author(s):

RIDHA EL MOKNI ◽

LORENZO PERUZZI

Keyword(s):

Population Dynamics ◽

Mediterranean Region ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Red List ◽

Northern Africa ◽

Pine Forests ◽

Annual Herb ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

Data Deficient ◽

Near Threatened

The genus Linaria Miller (1754: 272) (Plantaginaceae) is the largest of tribe Antirrhineae, including ca. 150 species native to temperate regions of Europe, northern Africa, and Asia (Sáez et al. 2004, Mabberley 2008). The diversity centre of this genus is in the Mediterranean region (Sutton 1988), where 90 species occur (see e.g., Marhold 2011+). The flora of Tunisia includes 21 Linaria species and 10 subspecies, among which 6 taxa are endemic to the country (Pottier-Alapetite 1981, Le Floc’h et al. 2010, Marhold 2011+, Dobignard & Chatelain 2013, APD 2019). Tunisian endemics are still poorly known in terms of frequency, ecology and population dynamics, making difficult to assess their conservation status. Recently, the IUCN Global Red List 2018 (Valderrábano et al. 2018) assessed about 30 Tunisian taxa as Threatened (CR, EN, VU), Near Threatened (NT), and Data Deficient (DD). Among those listed in the latter category, there is Linaria cossonii Bonnet & Barratte (1896: 317), a usually annual herb up to 150 cm tall, growing within coastal sandy pine forests in the NE of Tunisia (CB & NE sensu Pottier Alapetite 1981). This species is rare and was scarcely seen after 1883, i.e. its date of first collection as derived from the protologue.

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Shark ecology, the role of the apex predator and current conservation status

Advances in Marine Biology - Sharks in Mexico: Research and Conservation Part A ◽

10.1016/bs.amb.2019.08.005 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 61-114 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Felipe Galván-Magaña ◽

José Leonardo Castillo-Geniz ◽

Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla ◽

James Ketchum ◽

A. Peter Klimley ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Conservation Status ◽

Apex Predator ◽

Current Conservation

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Current Conservation Status of the Black Sea Turtle in Michoacán, México

10.2307/j.ctv21hrddc.15 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 263-278

Author(s):

CARLOS DELGADO TREJO ◽

JAVIER ALVARADO DÍAZ

Keyword(s):

Black Sea ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Sea Turtle ◽

The Black Sea ◽

Current Conservation

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Conservation status of mammals and birds in southwestern Australian forests. I. Is there evidence of direct links between forestry practices and species decline and extinction?

Pacific Conservation Biology ◽

10.1071/pc980296 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 296 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

M. C. Calver ◽

J. Dell

Keyword(s):

Negative Impact ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Bird Species ◽

Fire Regimes ◽

Personal Identification ◽

Base Line ◽

Mammal Species ◽

Current Conservation ◽

Forestry Practices ◽

European Settlement

Sixteen mammal species and 22 bird species whose distributions extended into southwestern Australian forests before European settlement have been listed as threatened at some time in Commonwealth legislation, State legislation, or action plans of Environment Australia or its predecessors. Confident assessment of the causes of conservation status is hampered by poor base-line data, few studies of putative impacts and a preponderance of circumstantial or anecdotal rather than experimental evidence. However, introduced foxes were Implicated In the current conservation status of 62% of the mammal species recognized, while 44% of them were negatively impacted by feral cats, 44% by agricultural clearing and 44% by changed fire regimes. Forestry practices were impllcated in the conservation status of only one mammal species. For the bird species recognized, changed fire regimes had the greatest negative impact (45% affected), agricultural clearing affected 41%, draining of wetlands affected 32% and grazing by livestock affected 22%. Forestry practices were not directly implicated in the conservation status of any bird species. While these results suggest that forestry has had minimal direct impact on the mammals and birds of the forests, the conclusion should be treated cautiously because of the poor data. While awaiting a rigorous evaluation, we argue for a strong precautionary approach to forestry in the region. With proper forest management and sound sylvicultural [sic] treatment there is no reason why there should not be built up on the wreckage of the once splendid forests of Western Australia tended forests which will yield for all time 100 cubic feet of timber per acre per year. Lane-Poole (1920). There are many reasons why Australian environmentalists would like to end logging in native forests. The preservation of wilderness, aesthetics, an almost religious identification with old growth forests and the conservation of forest wildlife figure importantly in environmental efforts to restrict logging. Wilderness and a personal identification with trees and undisturbed forests are fundamentally incompatible with logging. Recher (1996).

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Rediscovery of the extinct Tule shrew (Sorex ornatus juncencis) in the San Quintin plains: a taxonomic reevaluation after 90 years without new records

Mammalia ◽

10.1515/mammalia-2017-0133 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 83 (2) ◽

pp. 193-197 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Issac Camargo ◽

Sergio Ticul Álvarez-Castañeda

Keyword(s):

Baja California ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Original Description ◽

Genetic Distances ◽

Coastal Sage Scrub ◽

Baja California Peninsula ◽

Coastal Vegetation ◽

Sampling Effort ◽

Current Conservation ◽

San Pedro

Abstract In this study, we investigate the geographic distribution of the Tule shrew (Sorex ornatus juncensis), an endemic subspecies of the San Quintin plains associated with coastal vegetation. Records on this shrew are scarce; herein, we provide knowledge about its current conservation status and report the presence of one Tule shrew specimen, something that has not happened since 1926. The distribution of the Tule shrew is associated with coastal vegetation, limited to the San Quintin plains, with scarce records. Field trips were conducted during 2013–2015 in the San Quintin plains and San Pedro Martir range of the Baja California Peninsula. The sampling effort was 3250 trap nights. One specimen of S. o. juncensis was recorded in association with coastal sage-scrub vegetation and identified following the original description, based on its narrower skull relative to Sorex ornatus ornatus. We used a mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequence (384 bp) to confirm this identification and compare genetic distances using the Kimura’s two-parameter nucleotide substitution model vs. other populations of the ornatus group. We found a genetic divergence of less than 1.0% based on sequences from specimens collected from Sierra San Pedro Martir, El Rosario and Sierra La Laguna. In the locality of the S. o. juncensis specimen collected, the original vegetation consists of patches of coastal scrubs, which cover an area of less than 1 km2, affected by agriculture and habitat fragmentation. We reallocated the taxonomic level of the Tule shrew inhabiting the plains of San Quintin in the Baja California Peninsula to subspecies as S. o. juncensis based on geographic isolation, morphometric characteristics and coloration differences vs. S. o. ornatus. The population inhabiting San Quintin plains is subjected to strong pressure due to habitat loss.

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From global to local scale: where is the best for conservation purpose?

Biodiversity and Conservation ◽

10.1007/s10531-020-02085-4 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 183-200

Author(s):

Elena Sulis ◽

Gianluigi Bacchetta ◽

Donatella Cogoni ◽

Giuseppe Fenu

Keyword(s):

Population Dynamics ◽

Local Level ◽

Demographic Data ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Population Level ◽

Local Scale ◽

Local Analysis ◽

Vital Rates ◽

Spanish Populations ◽

Local Trend

AbstractDemographic analysis of plant populations represents an essential conservation tool allowing to identify the population trends both at global and at the local level. In this study, the population dynamics of Helianthemum caput-felis (Cistaceae) was investigated at the local level by monitoring six populations distributed in Sardinia, Balearic Islands and Ibero-Levantine coast (Alicante). Demographic data for each population were analysed by performing Integral Projection Models (IPMs). Our results showed that, although the local trend of the main basic demographic functions was similar, vital rates and demographic dynamics varied among populations indicating high variability. In fact, asymptotic growth rate in Spanish populations widely varied both between years and populations (some populations growth, decline or strongly decline), while Sardinian populations showed greater equilibrium or a slight increase. Also, the typical pattern of a long-lived species was not supported by the results at the local scale. These results indicated that different populations of the same species can present extremely different population dynamics and support the belief that, for conservation needs, local studies are more informative than global ones: the conservation status of H. caput-felis could notably vary at a small spatial scale and, accordingly, the conservation efforts must be planned at the population level and supported by local analysis.

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Pedra da Boca, Pai Mateus, and Quixadá—Three Possible Key Geoheritage Sites in Northeast Brazil

Geoheritage ◽

10.1007/s12371-020-00473-4 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Piotr Migoń ◽

Rubson Pinheiro Maia

Keyword(s):

Conservation Status ◽

Medium Size ◽

Northeast Brazil ◽

Current Conservation ◽

Different Types ◽

The Future ◽

Geomorphic Features ◽

Distinctive Type

Abstract This paper subscribes to the concept of Key Geoheritage Area (KGA) which is currently being developed. Three localities in northeast Brazil are described as possible candidates for KGA. They represent the diversity of erosional granite landscapes found in cratonic areas. Pedra da Boca is an impressive cluster of tall domes rising from the marginal escarpment of Borborema Plateau, with gigantic tafoni. Pai Mateus is located on the Borborema Plateau and consists of a group of low granite elevations (ruware, whalebacks) with residual boulders scattered on their surfaces. These boulders are hollowed out by weathering, providing another very distinctive type of tafoni. Quixadá area is an inselberg landscape, with a few dozens of bedrock hills rising from the plain. Among minor features, karren are ubiquitous. Collectively, these three sites show different types of cratonic granite scenery, a multitude of medium-size and minor geomorphic features, and illustrate pathways for inselberg formation and decay through long-term weathering and erosion. Therefore, they are considered to fit the concept of KGA. In addition, each landscape has considerable aesthetic and scenic values, with great potential for geotourism and geoeducation. Nevertheless, their current conservation status is low and geointerpretation nearly nonexistent and these challenges are to be addressed in the future.

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