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Admiration to Action: How Charisma Orientations Towards Waterbirds Influence Their Conservation

  • Abigail Meeks,
  • Christopher Serenari,
  • Elena Rubino,
  • David Newstead,
  • Trey Barron and
  • S. Anthony Deringer

Insufficient investment in wildlife that lacks strong aesthetic or emotional appeal to humans poses a significant obstacle to achieving broader conservation goals. Species that are not considered charismatic are nonetheless vital to ecosystems and de...

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Despite its global distribution, the impacts of wild pigs on the environment are poorly understood. However, wild boar (Sus scrofa) is recognized as a pest species, causes extensive damage to agriculture, biodiversity, and forests, and contributes to...

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Evaluation of the Targeting Mechanisms of the Sembrando Vida Program in Mexico

  • Mirna Castro-Bello,
  • Diana Dolores Vázquez-Martínez,
  • Cornelio Morales-Morales,
  • Jorge Fuentes-Pacheco,
  • Diego Esteban Gutiérrez-Valencia,
  • Carlos Virgilio Marmolejo-Vega and
  • Sergio Ricardo Zagal-Barrera

Since 2019, the Mexican Government has implemented the Sembrando Vida Program (SVP) to address environmental degradation and social marginalization in rural areas. This research analyzed the SVP’s targeting mechanisms to assess the fulfillment...

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The necessity of citizen involvement in biodiversity conservation activities is widely recognized in practical conservation operations. Clarifying the roles of annual-fee membership schemes is important, as they enable diverse styles of citizen parti...

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The conservation status of saltscapes can vary. These areas possess their own biodiversity, which can even be stimulated by balanced socio-ecological systems, particularly those where the development of economic activities has a low ecological footpr...

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GPS and Accelerometer Data Reveal the Importance of Extensive Livestock Grazing in the Trophic Ecology of Griffon Vultures in Northern Spain

  • José M. Fernández-García,
  • Nerea Jauregi,
  • Mikel Olano,
  • Esteban Iriarte,
  • Jon Ugarte,
  • Aitor Lekuona,
  • José M. Martínez,
  • Pilar Oliva-Vidal and
  • Antoni Margalida

The Eurasian Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) is the most abundant obligate scavenger in Europe. It depends on wild and domestic carcasses whose availability and location are relatively unpredictable in terms of space and time, but also on predictable s...

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Motivation Without Means? Behavioral Drivers and Barriers to Biodiversity Implementation on Dutch Equine Yards

  • Inga Wolframm,
  • Donna Arrabal,
  • Elske van den Brink and
  • Jennifer Korterink de Vries

Equine yards represent a substantial yet often overlooked land-use category in Europe, with potential to contribute to biodiversity and environment conservation. This study explored behavioral drivers and barriers to biodiversity implementation on Du...

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Understanding the drivers of population dynamics in long-lived, slow reproducing species such as bats is critical for conservation, particularly during vulnerable life history stages like hibernation. We reviewed winter mortality records from more th...

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The global decline in biodiversity, mainly caused by human activities such as land use change, agricultural intensification, habitat degradation, and climate change, is impacting many species, including raptors. The lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni), a...

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Saproxylic insects are key forest components but highly vulnerable to practices that reduce deadwood quality and diversity. We investigated the response of Platycerus caraboides (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)—an elusive, cool-adapted stag beetle assoc...

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Conservation - ISSN 2673-7159