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Biodiversity Conservation in Britain: Science Replacing Tradition
As succession occurs, there is a general shift from species specialised to live in transient habitats where ... the native pine forests natural age structures must be encouraged. Why are woodland invertebrates so vulnerable, both nationally and internationally (Speight 1989; Berg et al. 1994)? Specialist beetles, feeding on ...
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Appalachian Mountains chapter for Conservation International book on Wilderness
(Podophyllum peltatum) and various Trillium species. Above 1,500 m, spruce-fir forest occurs, once dominated by red spruce (Picea rubens) and Fraser fir (Abies fraseri). Unfortunately, in the ... (Adelges piceae), has killed most Fraser fir trees. Vegetation in this higher zone appears particularly vulnerable to acid rain, due to low buffering capacities of the thin soils, and to ozone ...
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2007 IUCN Red List – Search
Human disturbance - War/civil unrest (past) Conservation Actions Conservation Actions: The Ethiopian Wolf occurs in several protected areas: Simien Mountains National Park; Bale Mountains National Park; Hunting blocks ...
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2007 IUCN Red List – 2006 Photo Gallery
Currently listed as Vulnerable because the species has a very restricted range and it will be vulnerable to any degradation of its habitat, for example through ... di Basiliscu (Pleurotus nebrodensis) entered the 2006 Red List as Critically Endangered. This mushroom only occurs in northern Sicily, growing in scattered localities in the Madonie Mountains. It is estimated that ...
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January 23, 2003: Population Growth Leading to Land Hunger
Egypt is following close behind. It harvests 0.04 hectares of grainland ... almost certainly climb. Half of the world's annual population growth of 77 million people occurs in just six countries—India, China, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. Each of these nations ...
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Science and the Environment Bulletin: Network Pinpoints Lightning Strikes
By confirming ... seconds from start to finish. In the northern hemisphere, most lightning occurs between June and August. The circumstances that lead up to a ... a flash of electric current jumps across the gap. This usually occurs within the cloud, but a third of the time it jumps ...
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ECO-PROS - Endangered Species
These complex whole systems have evolved over millions of years. When any extinction occurs, it affects the planet's biodiversity negatively and irreversibly. When a species is lost, ... Sea Turtles - Endangered! All seven species of Sea Turtles are listed as endangered, threatened or vulnerable. The female nesting population of the 100 million year old Pacific leatherback sea turtle ...
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Falkland Plants Join List of Threatened Species
South Atlantic Plant Specialist Group, of which Falklands Conservation is a member, vulnerable native plants from the other UK Overseas Territories in the South Atlantic, Tristan da ... incertus, is also classified as threatened. Although relatively widespread, it occurs only in small populations. It is thought to be vulnerable to grazing pressure and habitat degradation. The main threat to ...
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Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
(Pristis pectinata). The green sawfish occurs along the eastern African coastline from South Africa, ranging north along the ... ), and saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus). When entangled in nets, this species is vulnerable to predation. · Parasites The parasites Nonacotyle pristis, Neoheterocotyle darwinensis, and Pristonchocotyle papuensis ( ...
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Global Amphibian Assessment Photograph Information
Photo by John Measey. The alpine salamander Salamandra lanzai (Vulnerable) occurs only in a very small area of the western Alps on the border of ... to survive. Photo by Harold Cogger. Photos on the Description of Data Page Nectophrynoides viviparus (Vulnerable) occurs in the Uluguru and Udzungwa Mountains and in the Southern Highlands of eastern and ...
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