Do We Look for the Right Ones? An Overview of Research Priorities and Conservation Status of Dormice (Gliridae) in Central Europe
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Species | Range Size | Bern Convention 1 | Annex of Habitats Directive 1 | IUCN Red List Status 2 | Population Trend | Countries Where the Species Is Extinct or Nearly Extinct |
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M. avellanarius | 3.7 Million km2 | III | IV | LC | unknown | - |
G. glis | 3.9 Million km2 | III | - | LC | unknown | - |
D. nitedula | 7.5 Million km2 | III | IV | LC | unknown | Germany ** |
E. quercinus | 2.4 Million km2 | III | - | NT * | decreasing | Lithuania, Finland, Slovakia, Belarus, Poland, Slovenia, Netherlands *** |
Species | Genetics | Monitoring/Management | Ecology | Physiology | Other | Total |
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M. avellanarius | 15 | 23 | 112 | 33 | 2 | 185 |
G. glis | 27 | 7 | 107 | 113 | 6 | 278 |
D. nitedula | 15 | 3 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 61 |
E. quercinus | 17 | 5 | 68 | 143 | 1 | 234 |
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Lang, J.; Büchner, S.; Meinig, H.; Bertolino, S. Do We Look for the Right Ones? An Overview of Research Priorities and Conservation Status of Dormice (Gliridae) in Central Europe. Sustainability 2022, 14, 9327. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159327
Lang J, Büchner S, Meinig H, Bertolino S. Do We Look for the Right Ones? An Overview of Research Priorities and Conservation Status of Dormice (Gliridae) in Central Europe. Sustainability. 2022; 14(15):9327. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159327
Chicago/Turabian StyleLang, Johannes, Sven Büchner, Holger Meinig, and Sandro Bertolino. 2022. "Do We Look for the Right Ones? An Overview of Research Priorities and Conservation Status of Dormice (Gliridae) in Central Europe" Sustainability 14, no. 15: 9327. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159327
APA StyleLang, J., Büchner, S., Meinig, H., & Bertolino, S. (2022). Do We Look for the Right Ones? An Overview of Research Priorities and Conservation Status of Dormice (Gliridae) in Central Europe. Sustainability, 14(15), 9327. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159327