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FIGURE 1 in Three new species of Collembola (Arthropoda: Hexapoda) from Central Brazilian shallow caves: side effects of long term application of environmental law on conservation
FIGURE 1. Arrhopalites glabrofasciatus sp. nov.: habitus of female mounted in slide.
Fig. 2 in A taxonomic and conservation re-appraisal of all the birds on the island of Nias
Fig. 2. Sonograms of typical calls of the Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela. a, b, four-note and single-note calls, respectively, of asturinus from Onolimbu (Xeno-Canto accession: XC482238, XC482239; recordist: Frank E. Rheindt); c, four-note call of malayensis from Sungai Menyala Forest Reserve, Malaysia (Xeno-Canto accession: XC89521; recordist: Frank Lambert); d, single-note call of malayensis from Petaling, Selangor, Malaysia (Xeno-Canto accession: XC447920; recordist: Ding Li Yong).
FIG. 6 in New records of flying foxes (Chiroptera: Pteropus sp.) from Seram, Indonesia, with notes on ecology and conservation status
FIG. 6. Lateral views of lower jaws of A, Pteropus chrysoproctus (MZB 36909♀); B, Pteropus melanopogon (MZB 10753); C, Pteropus ocularis (MZB 369283); D, Pteropus temminckii (MZB 369253).
FIG. 5 in New records of flying foxes (Chiroptera: Pteropus sp.) from Seram, Indonesia, with notes on ecology and conservation status
FIG. 5. Dorsal views of lower jaws of A, Pteropus chrysoproctus (MZB 36909♀); B, Pteropus melanopogon (MZB 10753); C, Pteropus ocularis (MZB 369283); D, Pteropus temminckii (MZB 369253).
Fig. 3 in Distribution and Conservation Status of Gyriosomus granulipennis Pizarro-Araya and Flores, 2004 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Fig. 3. Habitat of Gyriosomus granulipennis on Choros Island (Coquimbo Region).
Fig. 2. Gyriosomus granulipennis. a in Distribution and Conservation Status of Gyriosomus granulipennis Pizarro-Araya and Flores, 2004 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Fig. 2. Gyriosomus granulipennis. a) Male, lateral view, b) Female, dorsal view.
Fig. 1 in Microsatellite variation and population genetic structure of a neotropical endangered Bryconinae species Brycon insignis Steindachner, 1877: implications for its conservation and sustainable management
Fig. 1. Location of sampling sites of Brycon insignis in drainages in Southeastern Brazil. Power Company Hatchery (PCH), São João River (SJR), Paraíba do Sul River (PSR), Imbé River (IMR), Muriaé River (MUR) and Itabapoana River (ITR).
Fig 5 from: Ngoute CO, Hunter D, Lecoq M (2021) Perception and knowledge of grasshoppers among indigenous communities in tropical forest areas of southern Cameroon: Ecosystem conservation, food security, and health. Journal of Orthoptera Research 30(2): 117-130. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.30.64266
Fig 5 Efficiency of the methods used to control pest grasshoppers: conventional methods (A) and traditional methods (B).
Fig 6 from: Ngoute CO, Hunter D, Lecoq M (2021) Perception and knowledge of grasshoppers among indigenous communities in tropical forest areas of southern Cameroon: Ecosystem conservation, food security, and health. Journal of Orthoptera Research 30(2): 117-130. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.30.64266
Fig 6 Some grasshoppers mainly used/cited by local people: Zonocerus variegatus (pest of crops, fallowland species, use as food and to treat diseases) (A), Oxycatantops spissus (pest of crops, fallowland species, use as food and to treat diseases) (B), Atractomorpha acutipennis (pest of crops, species of forest edge and fallow, use to treat diseases) (C), Parapetasia femorata (forest species, use as indicator to characterize forest ecosystems) (D), Mazea granulosa (forest species, use as indicator to characterize forest ecosystems) (E), Gemeneta terrea (forest species, use as indicator to characterize forest ecosystems) (F).
Fig 3 from: Ngoute CO, Hunter D, Lecoq M (2021) Perception and knowledge of grasshoppers among indigenous communities in tropical forest areas of southern Cameroon: Ecosystem conservation, food security, and health. Journal of Orthoptera Research 30(2): 117-130. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.30.64266
Fig 3 Perception of grasshoppers by local people: general perception (A), harmful effects of grasshoppers (B), and development stage of pest grasshoppers (C).
Figure 6 in Three new species of Callulina (Amphibia: Anura: Brevicipitidae) highlight local endemism and conservation plight of Africa's Eastern Arc forests
Figure 6. Snout–urostyle length in Callulina, showing mean, minimum, and maximum values.
Hierarchical genetic structure and implications for conservation of the world's largest salmonid, Hucho taimen
<p>Population genetic analyses can evaluate how evolutionary processes shape diversity and inform conservation and management of imperiled species. Taimen (<i>Hucho taimen</i>), the world's largest freshwater salmonid, is threatened, endangered, or extirpated across much of its range due to anthropogenic activity including overfishing and habitat degradation. We generated genetic data using high throughput sequencing of reduced representation libraries for taimen from multiple drainages in Mongolia and Russia. Nucleotide diversity estimates were within the range documented in other salmonids, suggesting moderate diversity despite widespread population declines. Similar to other recent studies, our analyses revealed pronounced differentiation among the Arctic (Selenge) and Pacific (Amur and Tugur) drainages, suggesting historical isolation among these systems. However, we found evidence for finer-scale structure within the Pacific drainages, including unexpected differentiation between tributaries and the mainstem of the Tugur River. Differentiation across the Amur and Tugur basins together with coalescent-based demographic modeling suggests the ancestors of Tugur tributary taimen likely diverged in the eastern Amur basin, prior to eventual colonization of the Tugur basin. Our results suggest the potential for differentiation of<i> </i>taimen<i> </i>at different geographic scales, and suggest more thorough geographic and genomic sampling may be needed to inform conservation and management of this iconic salmonid.</p>
Turning old foes into new allies – harnessing drainage canals for biodiversity conservation in a desiccated European lowland region
<p>1. Drainage canals are widespread components of agricultural landscapes. Although canals have greatly contributed to biodiversity loss by desiccating wetlands, they have recently attracted conservation attention due to their potential to function as refugia for native species in intensively managed landscapes. However, their conservation role in complex landscapes composed of agricultural fields and desiccated but otherwise untransformed, semi-natural habitats, on which canals still pose a heavy burden, is unknown. Improved understanding of drainage canals and related biodiversity in these landscapes could help unlock their potential and support synergistic land management for nature conservation and water resource management.</p> <p>2. We applied a multitaxon approach, including plants, butterflies, true bugs, spiders and birds, to (1) assess the conservation value of drainage canals with temporary water cover in a heavily drained European lowland region, (2) to test landscape-level and local canal parameters for aiding prioritization among canals, and (3) to propose a reconciliation-based management framework that suits the interest of all stakeholders.</p> <p>3. We found that drainage canals and their banks concentrate more species across most taxa than semi-natural, mostly grassland habitats, possibly due to micro-environmental heterogeneity and the absence of low-intensity annual management compared to grasslands. Canals traversing semi-natural grasslands concentrate particularly high numbers of native species, but agricultural canals also support remarkable species richness. However, agricultural canals are important dispersal corridors for non-native invasive plants, which may negatively affect native biodiversity. Canal size has little effect on biodiversity but habitat stress is an important determinant. The higher the stress (due to sandiness and salinity), the higher is the added value of canals to landscape-wide biodiversity.</p> <p><i>Synthesis and applications.</i> We show that drainage canals can harbour high biodiversity and should therefore be recognized as important novel ecosystems with high conservation value, even when cutting through semi-natural grassland habitats. Canals have previously been considered detrimental to nature conservation due to their association with loss of wetlands. However, by reducing water loss with reversible obstructions, controlling invasive species and applying specific conservation measures, they may be turned into conservation allies without compromising long-term interests of water management and agricultural land use.</p>
Data from: Geographical patterns in phylogenetic diversity of Chinese woody plants and its application for conservation planning
<p><b>Aim:</b> Biodiversity hotspots are widely used as conservation priorities to preserve the tree of life. However, many conservation practices identify biodiversity hotspots without considering phylogenetic diversity (PD), which reflects total evolutionary history and feature diversity of a region. Moreover, conservation planning rarely distinguishes between neo- and paleo-biodiversity hotspots despite their differences. Here, we 1) estimated large-scale patterns in PD of woody plants, 2) identified neo- and paleo-biodiversity hotspots, and 3) demonstrated their implication in conservation planning, with special focus on Hengduan Mountains and southern China.</p> <p><b>Location: </b>China.</p> <p><b>Methods: </b>Distributions of 11,405 woody species from the <i>Atlas of Woody Plants in China</i> were updated, and were transformed into a grid of 50 × 50 km<sup>2</sup>. By integrating distribution maps with a genus-level phylogeny of angiosperms, <span>we estimated Faith's PD of each grid cell and evaluated </span>the contribution of species relatedness to PD at given levels of species diversity (i.e. standardized PD, sPD) using <span>regressions </span>and three null models. Then we identified areas with significantly lower or higher sPD than expected as neo- and paleo-hotspots and estimated the coverage of protected areas in these regions.</p> <p><b>Results:</b> Species diversity and PD decreased towards the north. Southern China had high species diversity, PD and sPD, while Hengduan Mountains had high species diversity and PD but low sPD. The coverage of protected areas in southern China was less than half of that in Hengduan Mountains and entire China.</p> <p><b>Main conclusions:</b> Our results identified Hengduan Mountains as a neo-hotspot and southern China as a paleo-hotspot, highlighting their importance for biodiversity conservation. Compared to Hengduan Mountains, southern China has low coverage of protected areas, which calls for more conservation attention. Our study demonstrates a way of incorporating the phylogenetic component in the identification of neo- and paleo-hotspots, and hence of achieving a more complete perception of biodiversity patterns for conserving the tree of life.</p>
Supplementary material 1 from: Horváth E, Martvoňová M, Danko S, Havaš P, Kaňuch P, Uhrin M (2021) Distribution range and population viability of Emys orbicularis in Slovakia: a review with conservation implications. Nature Conservation 44: 141-161. https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.44.69644
Dataset of presence data and fossil records of Emys orbicularis in Slovakia
Evolution of habitat preference in 243 species of Bent-toed geckos (Genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827) with a discussion of karst habitat conservation
Ancestral state reconstructions of nine different habitat preferences across a phylogeny composed of 76% of the gekkonid genus <i>Cyrtodactylus</i> recover a general habitat preference as being ancestral to all other habitat preferences. The data show that <i>Cyrtodactylus</i> composes an ecologically labile group of species and the frequency of transitioning from a general habitat preference to anything more specialized occurs nearly four times more often than the reverse. Species showing extreme morphological and/or ecological specializations appear to be evolutionary dead ends that do not give rise to species bearing other habitat preferences. Habitat preferences have not evolved randomly across the genus but are generally restricted to clades that tend to occur in specific geographic regions. The largest radiations in the genus occur in rocky habitats (granite and karst), indicating that the transition from a general habitat preference to a granite or karst-dwelling life style is ecologically uncomplicated. Two large, unrelated clades of karst-associated species are centered in northern Indochina and the largest clade of granite-associated species occurs on the Thai-Malay Peninsula. Smaller, independent radiations of clades bearing other habitat preferences occur throughout the tree across the broad distribution of the genus from South Asia to the Western Pacific. With the exception of a general habitat preference, the data show that karst-associated species outnumber all others (28% versus 0.4–10%, respectively) and the common reference to karstic regions as "imperiled arcs of biodiversity" is not only misleading but potentially dangerous. Karstic regions are not simply refugia harboring the remnants of local biodiversity but are foci of speciation that continue to generate the most speciose, independent, radiations across the genus. Unfortunately, karstic landscapes are some of the most imperiled and least protected habitats on the planet and these data continue to underscore the urgent need for their conservation.
Figure 4 from: Rais M, Ahmed W, Sajjad A, Akram A, Saeed M, Hamid HN, Abid A (2021) Amphibian fauna of Pakistan with notes on future prospects of research and conservation. ZooKeys 1062: 157-175. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1062.66913
Figure 4 A Karez Frog (Chrysopaa sternosignata) B Ladakh Pelobatid Toad (Scutiger occidentalis) C Ant Frog (Microhyla nilphamariensis) D Marbled Balloon Frog (Uperodon systoma). Photographers: Dr Muhammad Rais (A); Dr Matthias Stöck (B); Chaitanya Shukla (C); Peter Janzen (D).
Figure 3 from: Rais M, Ahmed W, Sajjad A, Akram A, Saeed M, Hamid HN, Abid A (2021) Amphibian fauna of Pakistan with notes on future prospects of research and conservation. ZooKeys 1062: 157-175. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1062.66913
Figure 3 A Skittering Frog (Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis) B Skittering Frog (Euphlyctis kalasgramensis) C Pierrei's Cricket Frog (Minervarya pierrei) D Murree Hills Frog (Nanorana vicina) E, F Burrowing Frog (Sphaerotheca maskeyi). Photographers: Dr Muhammad Rais (A, C–F); Waqas Ali (B).
Supplementary material 1 from: Rais M, Ahmed W, Sajjad A, Akram A, Saeed M, Hamid HN, Abid A (2021) Amphibian fauna of Pakistan with notes on future prospects of research and conservation. ZooKeys 1062: 157-175. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1062.66913
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Figure 2 from: Rais M, Ahmed W, Sajjad A, Akram A, Saeed M, Hamid HN, Abid A (2021) Amphibian fauna of Pakistan with notes on future prospects of research and conservation. ZooKeys 1062: 157-175. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1062.66913
Figure 2 A Asian Common Toad or Black-spined Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus)B Olive Toad (Duttaphrynus olivaceus) C Indus Valley Toad (Duttaphrynus stomaticus) D Kashmir Torrent Frog (Allopaa barmoachensis) E Hazara Torrent Frog (Allopaa hazarensis) F Indus Valley Bull Frog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus). Photographers: Dr Muhammad Rais (A, C, E); Dr Spartak Litvinchuk (B); Muhammad Sharif Khan (D); Janis Czurda (F).
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