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Dimensions of Human-Carnivore Conflict in the Brazilian Central-Savannah: Perspectives for Conflict Mitigation
Leandro Alécio dos Santos Abade
Wildlife Conservation Research Unit – WildCRU, University of Oxford, Tubney House, Abingdon Road, Tubney, Abingdon OX13 5QL, United Kingdom. Email: leandrosabade@yahoo.com.br
Protecting endangered species in Iran
Ali Aghili
Conservation Leadership MPhil, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EN. Email: aa650@cam.ac.uk
Study on Javan slow loris.
Ridwan Djaffar Ahmad
Centre for Biodiversity Strategies – Universitas Indonesia (CBS-UI), Dept. of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics & Science, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, 16424, Indonesia. Email: duanaud@yahoo.com
The Status of Northern Nigerian Snakes: Threatened or Endangered?
Ajagun Ebinbin
Ahmadu Bello University, Main Campus, Samaru, Zaria.800001, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Email: meajagun@gmail.com
Impact of substrate heterogeniety on plant diversity within forest layers in a rain forest from the Congo basin
Amani Ya Igugu Aimé Christian
Université Officielle de Bukavu, 01, avenue Kasongo, Bukavu, R.D. Congo B.P. 570 Bukavu/R.D. Congo. Email: chrisam225@yahoo.fr
Conservation planning in a tropical forest landscape: a case study of Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar
Harison Andriambelo
Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, Postal Box: 906 -00101- Antananarivo, Madagascar. Email: har_is_on4@yahoo.fr
Birdwatching Clubs – Building a new generation of nature conservationists in Kazakhstan
Zhanna Axartova
Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan, Beibitshilik 18/406, Astana 010000, Kazakhstan Email: zhanna.aksartova@acbk.kz
Forest Rights Act, 2006, Conservation and Livelihoods
Poorna Balaji
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur Post, Bangalore-560064, Karnataka, India Email: poornabalaji@gmail.com
Habitat fragmentation, genetic diversity and disease: a study in avian immunogenetics
Shandiya Balasubramaniam
The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia. Email: s.balasubramaniam@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
Threats for Globally Threatened bird species at Zhumai-Maishukyr lake system, Kazakhstan
Aida Bapsanova
L.N. Gumilev Eurasian National University, Munaitpasova Street 5, Astana, 010000, Republic of Kazakhstan. Email: ruslan.urazaliyev@acbk.kz
The ecology of waters surrounding seamounts targeted by deep-sea fisheries
Celia Bell
Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 4LH, UK. Email: celia.bell@worc.ox.ac.uk
Exploring the influence of climate on foraging efficiency in the American pika (Ochotona princeps)
Sabuj Bhattacharyya
Wildlife Institute of India, India and University of Colorado, Boulder,USA, Wildlife Institute of India, PO Box:18,Chandrabani, Dehradun-248001 and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado-80309-03341,USA. Email: sabuj_bhattacharyya@yahoo.co.in
Enhancing pollinator habitat in existing grass buffer strips
Robin J. Blake
Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy & Development, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6AR. Email: r.blake@reading.ac.uk
Leopard diet analysis aiding conservation
Alexander Braczkowski
Wildlife Conservation Research Unit Oxford University¹, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University School of Natural Resource Management², University of Oxford, Recanti-Kaplan Centre, Tubney House Abingdon Road, Tubney, Oxforshire¹. Saasveld Road, Saasveld, George, South Africa². Email: alex@landmarkfoundation.org.za
Woodlark in hop cultivation area
Laura Breitsameter
University of Goettingen, Department of Crop Sciences, Grassland Science, v.-Siebold-Str. 8, D-37075 Goettingen Email: laura.breitsameter@web.de
Crop diversity and resilience in urban agriculture: an Oxford case study
Emma Burnett
University of Oxford, School of Geography, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY. Email: microsqueek@gmail.com
Plover conservation in St Helena
Fiona Burns
University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY. Email: feb21@bath.ac.uk
The South African Grassland Scoring System (SAGraSS), an arthropod-based habitat integrity index for endangered grasslands.
Falko Theo Buschke
Centre for Environmental Management (67), University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 9300 Email: buschkeft@ufs.ac.za
Measuring conservation effects in Brazil: lessons from a megadiverse region
Tharsila Carranza
Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing St, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ. Email: tharsilat@gmail.com
Agriculture Modifies the Seasonal Decline in Reproductive Success in a Tropical Wild Bird Population
Samantha Cartwright
University of Reading, PO Box 237, Reading, RG6 6AR, UK. Email: s.j.cartwright@reading.ac.uk
Conservation of the critically endangered Pacific Goliath Grouper in Colombia
Gustavo Adolfo Castellanos-Galindo
Leibniz-Zentrum für Marine Tropenökologie (ZMT), Fahrenheitstraße 6, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Email: gcastellanos@uni-bremen.de
Functional diversity assessment: a tool to manage and restore Tropical Dry Forests in the Colombian Caribbean
Carolina Castellanos-Castro
School of Applied Sciences. Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, Dorset, England. BH12 5 BB Email: ccastro@bournemouth.ac.uk
Participation of the local community in saving the critically-endangered river terrapins: How do we measure success?
Pelf Nyok Chen
Turtle Conservation Centre, 56-2/1, Pangsapuri Cerong Lanjut, Jalan Cerong Lanjut, 20300 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. Email: chenpn@gmail.com
Key issues and conservation strategies for biodiversity conservation in China
Chen Ying
College of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Mailbox 998, Beijing Forestry University, 35 Tsinghua-east Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China Email: chying0621@sina.com
Overabundant deer impact on songbird
Chollet Simon
cefe-cnrs, 1919 route de Mende, 34293 Montellier cedex 5 Email: simon.chollet@cefe.cnrs.fr
Mangu Stream – Chitila Wetland (Romania)
Cobzaru Ioana
Institute of Biology Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 296, sector 6, 060031, Bucharest
Email: ioana402@yahoo.com
Conservation genetics of the endangered Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)
Taneal Cope
Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia Email: t.cope@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
Fragmentation effects on the genetic diversity of Melampyrum sylvaticum, a rare plant in the UK
Rhiannon Crichton
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20a Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, UK. Email: rcrichton@rbge.ac.uk
Land-use changes and the endemism-rich avifauna of São Tomé.
Ricardo Faustino de Lima
Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom. Email: rfaustinol@gmail.com
Fuzzy modelling to identify conservation priorities for raptors: Effectiveness of the network of protected areas of Andalucía (Spain)
Diana Lucía Díaz-Gómez
ITC, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, Hengelosestraat 99, 7514 AE Enschede, The Netherlands. Email: dianaluc85@hotmail.com
Impact of sport hunting on browser species habitat use in Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, Benin
Djagoun Chabi Adéyèmi Marc Sylvestre
Laboratory of Applied Ecology, 03 BP 1974 ISBA Cotonou, Benin Email: dchabi@gmail.com
Growth and survival of Trochus niloticus in the Philippines
Roger Dolorosa
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England. Email: rogerdolorosa@yahoo.com
Estimating effective population size and genetic viability in the Siberian jay
Henna Fabritius
Department of Biosciences, P.O. Box 65 (Viikinkaari 1), 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Email: henna.fabritius@helsinki.fi
Predation on capercaillies in Pyrenees
Mariana Fernandez-Olalla
Polytechnic University of Madrid. ETS Ingenieros de Montes,Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040, Madrid (Spain) Email: mariana.fernandez@upm.es
Genetic structure and conservation of Daphne blagayana in the Balkan Peninsula
Živa Fišer Pečnikar
Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, Glagoljaška 8, 6000 Koper, Slovenia. Email: ziva.fiser@zrs.upr.si
Do bats like tea and/or coffee? Assessing bat activity and richness in a modified landscape in Valparai plateau, southern Western Ghats, India.
Eleni K. Foui
National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR, GKVK campus, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560 065, India. Email: elinafoui@gmail.com
Implementing Standardized Wildlife Monitoring across Mongolia: Wildlife Picture Index
Batbayar Galt-Balt
Steppe Forward Programme, School of Biology and Biotechnology, National University of Mongolia, Ikh Surguuliin Gudamj 1, Ulaanbaatar 210646, P.O.Box 46/377, Mongolia. Email: batbr19@gmail.com
The use of historical museum specimens to study genetic variability and structure of the Eurasian otter populations
Lenka Gettová
Department of Zoology, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina B-1, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia
Email: gettova.l@gmail.com
Butterfly monitoring in Bryansk region of Russia for identifying and conservation important areas
Svetlana Goloshchapova
BioIndicators and BioMonitoring laboratory, Bryansk University, Bezhchizhkay Street, 14, 241036, Bryansk, Russia. Email: sv.goloshchapova@gmail.com
Population estimates and conservation of river dolphins in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins
Catalina Gomez-Salazar
Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, 1355 Oxford St., Halifax, NS, B3H 4J1, Canada.
Email: gomezcatalina@gmail.com
Biome Switches: How a global scale shift from grassland to forest is affecting biodiversity and other ecosystem services in southern Africa
Emma F Gray
Botany Department, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
Email: emmafionagray@gmail.com
Threat assessment and conservation prioritization of Chamaeleonidae in Africa
Angelique Hjarding
Copenhagen University, Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Department of Biology, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark Email: ahjarding@bio.ku.dk
Lemur conservation in Madagascar.
Tokiniaina Hobinjatovo
Madagasikara Voakajy, B.P. 5181 Antananarivo, 101, Madagascar Email: htokiniaina@gmail.com
Multi-scale land-use and landscape effects on farmland birds in Cyprus
Christina Ieronymidou
University of East Anglia, Earlham Road, Norwich, NR4 7TJ UK Email: c.ieronymidou@uea.ac.uk
Bivalve shells: native versus invasive.
Martina Di Iulio Ilarri
CIMAR/CIIMAR - Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Universidade do Porto, Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123, Porto, Portugal Email: martinailarri@gmail.com
How far does a butterfly fly? –Dispersal of Brown Argus at core and margin of its range
Eveliina Päivikki Kallioniemi
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ UK
Email: e.kallioniemi@uea.ac.uk
Mammalian predators of breeding waders
Rebecca Laidlaw
School of Biological Sciences , University of East Anglia , Norwich , Norfolk , NR4 7TJ, UK.
Email: R.Laidlaw@uea.ac.uk
What limit the population growth of Przewalski’s gazelle?
Liu Jiazi
Center for Nature and Society, Peking University, No.5 Yiheyuan Rd, Hadian District, Beijing 100871, China. Email: jzliu.njau.pku@gmail.com
Ecology and Conservation of the Critically Endangered Liben Lark (Heteromirafra sidamoensis)
Bruktawit Abdu Mahamued
Addis Ababa University, P.O.Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Email: tawit_abdu@yahoo.com
Mapping Cultural Landscape in Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple (BRT) Wildlife Sanctuary, India
Sushmita Mandal
Dept of Geography, University of Cambridge & Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology & the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore, India Email: sm872@cam.ac.uk
Seven Years of the European Moth Nights in Portugal (2004-2010)
Eduardo Marabuto
Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal.FCUL/CBA, Computational Biology and Population Genomics Group, Edifício C2, sala 2.3.22, Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa, 749-016 Lisboa, Portugal. Email: edu_marabuto@netcabo.pt
Correlation between Amur tiger abundance and prey biomass in the Russian Far East
Dina Matyukhina
Far Eastern Federal University, 27 Oktyabr’skaya, Apt.417, Vladivostok, Russia, 690090
Email: dina.matyukhina@gmail.com
Ranging pattern and survivorship of leopard in semi-arid landscape of Sariska Tiger reserve, India.
Krishnendu Mondal
Wildlife Institute of India, P.O. Box 18, Chandrabani, Dehra Dun – 248 001, (Uttarakhand), India.
Email: pantherakrish@gmail.com
Conservation through practice
Mohammad Abdul Motaleb
IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Bangladesh, House 11, Road 138, Gulshan 1, Dhaka 1212. Email: abdul.motaleb@iucn.org
Population trends of lions (Panthera leo) and hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) in Uganda: findings of a recent national carnivore census
Tutilo Mudumba
Wildlife Conservation Society, PO Box 7487, Kampala, Uganda. Email: tmudumba@wcs.org
Modelling factors that influence protected area resource use in Africa
Moses Muhumuza
School of Animal Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Witwatersrand, WITS 2050, South Africa Email: musacot@gmail.com
The Myth of Sustainable Livelihoods: a case of Mnazi bay Marine Park in Tanzania
Geofrey Mwanjela
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 295 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT O6511 USA. Email: geofrey.mwanjela@yale.edu
Investigating avian diversity and function in the Nyandarua agricultural landscape, Kenya
Paul K. Ndang’ang’a
BirdLife International – Africa Partnership Secretariat, P. O. Box 3502 – 00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
Email: ndanganga@yahoo.com
Run-off agroforestry and the maintenance of biodiversity and ecosystem services: A case study from the Sinai desert
Olivia Norfolk
School of Biology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD. Email: olivia_norfolk@hotmail.com
Credit Crunch Conservation: The importance of optimal survey design
Beth Norris
National Centre for Statistical Ecology, University of Kent, SMSAS, Cornwallis Building, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NF. Email: bn40@kent.ac.uk
Towards evidence-based restoration: a case study of South Africa.
Phumza Ntshotsho
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Meiring Naude Road, Brummeria, Pretoria, South Africa. Email: pntshotsho@csir.co.za
A multi-species model of bushmeat hunting in the Serengeti, Tanzania
Ana Nuno
Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, SL5 7PY, UK. Email: amnuno@gmail.com
Habitat Preferences of the Adonis Blue and Chalkhill Blue butterflies in the UK: Two Hosts, One Plant, Ants and a Patchy Landscape.
Rory O’Connor
Centre For Ecology and Hydrology / University of Oxford, Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford,Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB. Email: rory.oconnor@linacre.ox.ac.uk
Five-a-day for frogs: How do carotenoids affect fitness in frogs?
Victoria Ogilvy
The University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT
Email: victoria.ogilvy@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Effect of habitat disturbance on avifaunal diversity of a tropical forest of Eastern Assam, India.
Oinam Sunanda Devi
Department of Zoology, Centre for Animal Ecology and Wildlife Biology, Gauhati University, Guwahati-781014, Assam, India. Email: sunan_o@rediffmail.com
Assessment of Shrimp By-Catch Species from Coastal Industrial Shrimp Trawl Fisheries in Nigeria Coastal waters.
Olakolu Fisayo Christie
Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR), 3 Wilmot Point Road, Bar-beach Bus stop Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. Email: fisayofeb28@yahoo.com
Tracking tigers in Sumatra: Using non-invasive genetics to study the Sumatran tiger
Tola Oni
Imperial College London/Institute of Zoology, Institute of Zoology, Nuffield Building, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY. Email: olutolani.oni@gmail.com
Effects of Road Construction in Protected Areas: A Case Study of Yankari Game Reserve, Bauchi Nigeria.
Onoja, Joseph Daniel
A.P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute (APLORI), Box 13404 Laminga Jos East Plateau State, Nigeria. Email: oj_daniels@yahoo.com
Customary potentials for wildlife conservation.
Orume Robinson Diotoh
Korup National Park, P O Box 36, Mundemba, SWR, Cameroon. Email: orumerobson@yahoo.com
Satellite-tracking a critically endangered bustard in Cambodia: dispersal, habitat-use and threats
Charlotte Packman
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ, UK. Email: c.packman@uea.ac.uk
Resting-site selection by the water opossum Chironectes minimus in the Brazilian Atlantic forest
Ana Filipa Palmeirim
Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação de Populações da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro¹, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa², Departamento de Ecologia – UFRJ, CP 68020, cep: 21941-590, Ilha do Fundão, RJ,Brasil¹, Campo Grande, Edifício C5,1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal². Email: anafilipapalmeirim@gmail.com
Niceforo’s wren habitat and fluctuating asymmetry
Jorge Enrique Parra
1. University of Bath, 2. Fundacion Conserva - Colombia, 1. University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK, 2. Fundacion Conserva, Cra 18 N 52ª – 27, Apt 302, Bogota, Colombia.Email: jep33@bath.ac.uk
Community GIS for biodiversity conservation
Mahesh Pathak
Society for Conservation GIS (SCGIS Nepal), Kathmandu, Nepal. Email: pathakmsh@yahoo.com
Habitat selection by Merganetta armata and its sustainable stream flow requirements in the headwaters of a Chilean Andean river
Claire Pernollet
1Bioamérica Consultores, 2Laboratorio de Ecología de Vida Silvestre. Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Conservación de la Naturaleza, Universidad de Chile & 3Centro de Ecología Aplicada, 1O´Connell 129, Oficina 301, Santiago, Chile, 2Casilla 9206, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 3Suecia 3304, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile. Email: clairepernollet@hotmail.com
North Sea Fish Community Indicators
Sasha La-verne Pratt
Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY. Email: sasha@ukycc.org
Forest carbon stocks in Madagascar
Onjamirindra Sarobidy Rakotonarivo
Département des Eaux et Forêts - Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques, Université d'Antananarivo B.P. 175 Ankatso - 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar. Email: sarobidy.rakotonarivo@gmail.com
Towards a Comprehensive National REDD+ Strategy: a case study in Peru and Ghana
Giancarlo Raschio
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 295 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT O6511 USA. Email: giancarlo.raschio@yale.edu
Habitat Utilization Pattern Of Gaur
Parimal Chandra Ray
Department of Zoology, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Jalukbari, Assam, India, Pin- 781014
Email: parimalcray@gmail.com
How forestry impacts snails?
Liina Remm
University of Tartu, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Department of Zoology, Vanemuise 46, Tartu 51014, Estonia. Email: remmliin@ut.ee
Combining Tiger and Livelihood Conservation
Kishor Rithe
Satpuda Foundation, “Pratishtha”,Bharat Nagar, Akoli Road, Near Sainagar, Amravati, Maharashtra state (India) Pin 444607. Email: rithekishore@gmail.com
Impact of slash-and-burn agriculture on tropical bird communities: a case study from Ranomafana Natural Park, Madagascar
Ricardo Rocha
Metapopulation Research Group, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, PO Box 65 (Viikinkaari 1), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland. Email: ricardo.nature@gmail.com
Spatial model of tropical deforestation
Isabel Maria Duarte Rosa
Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Road, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, UK. Email: i.rosa09@imperial.ac.uk
Orchards’ importance for wintering birds
Zuzanna Maria Rosin
Adam Mickiewicz University, Institute of Experimental Biology, Department of Cell Biology, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland Email: zuziarossin@o2.pl
Ranging Pattern and Home range of Asian elephant in Manas National Park, Assam, India
Bhrigu P. Saikia
Department of Zoology, Centre for Animal Ecology and Wildlife Biology, Gauhati University, Guwahati-781014, Assam, India. Email: bhrigusaikia7@gmail.com
Human-Leopard conflict in Amchang Wild Life Sanctuary.
Anjan Sangma
Department of Zoology, Centre for Animal Ecology and Wildlife Biology, Gauhati University, Guwahati-781014, Assam, India. Email: lepardassam@gmail.com
Woodland resource use and raptors: A cost-effective strategy for nest site conservation
Andrea Santangeli
Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 13, 00100 Helsinki, Finland. Email: andrea.santangeli@helsinki.fi
Mapping corridors of wildlife movement within the last Intact Forest Landscape of the European temperate climate zone
Anca Serban
University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG. Email: ancadserban@yahoo.com
Threatened fisheries: assessing loss of ecosystem services in the Mekong River Basin using a causal effect framework
Hector Mario Serna-Chavez
University of Coimbra,Faculty of Science and Technology 3001-401 Coimbra, Portugal. Email: hectorhidrico@yahoo.com.mx
Himalayan high altitudes wetlands conservation
Dr. Sanjeev Sharma
World Wide Fund for Nature –India (WWF-India), Field Office, B.C.S., Gate No.-2, Bye Pass Road, New, Shimla- 171 009 Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), India. Email: sanjuscorp@gmail.com
Beetle diversity on managed floodplains
Victoria Shepherd
University College London, UCL Department of Geography, Pearson Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT Email: v.shepherd@ucl.ac.uk
Conservation genetics of Siberian pit viper (Gloydius halys halys) from isolated population in Novosibirsk region (West Siberia)
Evgeniy Simonov
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Frunze st. 11, 630091 Novosibirsk, Russia. Email: ev.simonov@gmail.com
When anthropology and reintroduction meet: the case of Serra da Estrela Natural Park (Portugal).
Filipa Soares
1 Departamento de Antropologia, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2 Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, FCSH-UNL, Av. de Berna, 26-C, 1069-061 Lisboa, Portugal. Email: filipafs@gmail.com
Rapid Assessment of Marine Turtle Status on Cambodia's Coast.
Ke Socheata
Fauna and Flora International, Cambodia, # 19, Street 360, Boeung Keng KongI, Khan Chamkarmorn, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. P.O. Box 1380. Email: socheata.ke@gmail.com
Woodpeckers: predictive mapping and conservation
Krystyna Stachura-Skierczyńska
Department of Avian Biology and Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland. Email: kstach@amu.edu.pl
Trails of new approaches for mitigating human-elephant conflict: Case studies from Laikipia, Kenya
Tobias Ochieng Nyumba
Laikipia Elephant Project, Symbiosis Trust, P.O Box 174, Nanyuki, Kenya-10400. Email: t.ochieng@gmail.com
Biodiversity Conservation Patterns in Bangladesh
Mohammad Belal Uddin
Department of Biogeography, University of Bayreuth1 Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology2, 1University Street 30, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany 2Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh. Email: belal405@yahoo.com
Identifying Challenges and Ways to Go Forward in Community Based Forest Management Program in the Phillipines
Cecilia S. Valmores
Kitanglad Integrated NGOs (Malaybalay,Bukidnon Philippines). Email: cesv02@yahoo.com
Marine macroalgae invasions: interactive effects of functional diversity and propagule limitation
Fátima Vaz Pinto
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIMAR-LA/CIIMAR) & ICBAS, University of Oporto, Laboratório de Ecossistemas Aquáticos, Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal. Email: f_vazpinto@yahoo.com
Effects of tree and herb layer diversity on diversity and abundance of flies (Diptera) in Germany’s largest cohesive deciduous forest
Elke Vockenhuber
Agroecology, University of Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 6 D-37077 Göttingen, Germany. Email: evocken@gwdg.de
Effects of management and disturbance gradients on a bird fauna.
Radha Wagle
Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation, SinghaDurbar Kathmandu, Nepal Email: rwagle@mfsc.gov.np
Role of indigenous culture and faith on conservation of elephant-shrews
Grace W. Ngaruiya
Kenyatta University, School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences (Ecology) P.O. Box 43844-00100, Nairobi, Kenya. Email: ngaruiyag@gmail.com
Sharing of revenues from protected areas in Ethiopia: does it foster conservation?
Yitbarek Tibebe Weldesemaet
Frankfurt Zoological Society, P.O.Box-100003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Email: yitbarektibebe@fzs.org
Evaluating a citizen science programme.
Dale Wright
Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town South Africa 7701. Email: dalewr@gmail.com
The effect of invasive crofton weeds to native plant Rubus ellipticus and relative arthropod assemblage.
Kai Wu
Wuhan Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, P.R. China, 430074 Email: wukai0923@gmail.com
Reducing biodiversity loss in China during urbanization: a case study in Northwest Beijing
Wu Lan
Center for Nature and Society, Peking University, No.5 Yiheyuan Rd, Hadian District, Beijing 100871, China Email: wulan.pku@gmail.com
