Wolf recovery as a restoration tool

Posted on February 12, 2010 by | Leave a comment

A new paper in the February issue of Bioscience  by Daniel Licht et al. proposes that recovery of wolves and other top predators

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New Feature on the Effects of Roads and Traffic on Wildlife Populations and Landscape Function

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The open-access journal Ecology and Society has just published a Special Feature on “The Effects of Roads and Traffic on Wildlife Populations and Landscape Function”. Continue reading →

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Special Section in Conservation Biology

Posted on February 9, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Related to the posts below, the latest issue (24:1) of Conservation Biology includes a Special Section on “Ecological Responses to Contemporary Climate Change within Species, Communities, and Ecosystems.”

The Section Introduction by Belant, Beever, Gross, and Lawler notes that the 7 papers in this section “provide insights from disciplines ranging from physical climatology, to community ecology, to international policy. They contribute to a deeper understanding of the challenges conservation practitioners and natural resource managers face and to development of more-informed and appropriate responses to those challenges.” Timely!

The paper by Wiens and Bachelet is particularly compelling for those of us working on issues related to wildlife habitat connectivity across multiple spatial scales and jurisdictions.  I am providing a link to the abstract here.  If you can’t access the article, let me know.  Enjoy!

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New science and a new management strategy for sage grouse

Posted on February 8, 2010 by | 1 Comment

A new monograph on sage grouse biology, conservation, and management has been published. At the same time,  the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is directing its Wyoming offices to consider certain restrictions for oil and gas drilling, new wind turbines and other types of development in sage grouse habitat.  Continue reading →

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Fixing the communications failure

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People’s grasp of scientific debates can improve if communicators build on the fact that cultural values
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Recovery goals for keystone species

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Recovery goals for endangered species are commonly based on the population size thought sufficient to ensure viability (the concept of minimum viable population or MVP). Continue reading →

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Identifying climate refugia and corridors based on species niche models

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In the last post, I described two approaches to climate change adaptation planning. Continue reading →

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New paper on “enduring features” approach to climate change adaptation planning

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Conservation planners use ‘climate change adaptation’ modeling is to identify areas that connect current and potential future habitat. Continue reading →

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