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Deep learning in terrestrial conservation biology
Biodiversity is being lost at an unprecedented rate on Earth. As a first step to more effectively combat this process we need efficient methods to...
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Landscape Ecology and Conservation Biology
Modern humans have been very busy transforming undeveloped open space such as forests into developed landscapes dominated by housing, commercial... -
Linking Movement Ecology to Conservation Biology
Movement is an essential component of all life. It determines evolutionary pathways, shapes ecological processes, affects individual fitness, and... -
Why We Need to Invest in Large-Scale, Long-Term Monitoring Programs in Landscape Ecology and Conservation Biology
Purpose of ReviewLarge-scale and/or long-term monitoring has many important roles in landscape ecology and conservation biology. We explore some of...
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Nature Conservation Versus Zeitgeist?
As has been repeatedly emphasized, biology is in no way to be equated with nature conservation, nor is the latter to be derived directly from... -
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Reproductive biology of an endangered lithophytic shrub and implications for its conservation
BackgroundPlants in cliff habitats may evolve specific reproductive strategies to cope with harsh environments, and unraveling these reproductive...
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Conservation Genetics in the Neotropics
This book explores how genetics and the new technologies in genomics have been used for conservation of plants and animals in the Neotropics. It... -
Population Biology
Information on the population biology of sandy beach species is a critical tool in ecosystem conservation programs. Knowledge of population... -
Morphology, Length–Weight Relationship, Biology and Conservation Strategies for Least Studied Endemic Catfish, Rita сhrysea (Bagridae) from Mahanadi River System, India
AbstractRita chrysea , Mahanadi rita is a freshwater catfish that belongs to the family Bagridae, which is endemic to the Mahanadi River system of...
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Anti-racist interventions to transform ecology, evolution and conservation biology departments
Racial and ethnic discrimination persist in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, including ecology, evolution and conservation...
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A Comprehensive Review on the Taxonomy, Ecology, Reproductive Biology, Economic Importance and Conservation Status of Indian Himalayan Rhododendrons
The Indian Himalaya is characterized by high plant diversity and endemism levels. Here, the genus Rhododendron is one of the largest flowering plant...
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The coastal conservation narrative is shifting from crisis to ecosystem services
Conservation biology emerged as a crisis discipline in the twentieth century amongst an increasing awareness of pollution and habitat loss. Since the...
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Conservation connections: incorporating connectivity into management and conservation of flats fishes and their habitats in a multi-stressor world
Coastal marine fisheries and the habitats that support them are under extensive and increasing pressures from numerous anthropogenic stressors that...
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Beyond Biology
In chapter 8, we focus on the dynamics of changes between rules and exceptions in sciences linked to biology and in other sciences further removed... -
Indian rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia Roxb.): biology, utilisation, and conservation practices
Key messageFortified forest management strategies, coupled with in situ and ex situ conservation strategies, are needed for long-term conservation of...
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Conservation Approaches of Plant Genetic Resources
The vast pool of biodiversity and genetic variation among plant species and its indubitable role in selection and crop improvement have prompted a... -
Why Nature Conservation?
Nature conservation presupposes a certain historical situation: industrialization as well as the rise of the bourgeois way of thinking. In terms of... -
Conservation Without Life Forms
The natural historical language of life forms has hardly ever been central to, and is only becoming more and more irrelevant, to the outcomes of... -
Tea Genetic Resources: Diversity and Conservation
Tea genetic resources are the sum total of hereditary material, which includes all the alleles of various genes, present in tea plant and its wild...