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Fig. 3 in Current State, Anthropogenic Threats And Conservation Of The European Pond Turtle (Emys Orbiclularis) In Belarus
Fig. 3. Water habitat of the European pond turtle in Belarus («National Park Pripiatskij»).
Reversing the decline of threatened koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) populations in New South Wales: Using genomics to enhance conservation outcomes
<p>Genetic management is a critical component of threatened species conservation. Understanding spatial patterns of genetic diversity is essential for evaluating the resilience of fragmented populations to accelerating anthropogenic threats. Nowhere is this more relevant than on the Australian continent, which is experiencing an ongoing loss of biodiversity that exceeds any other developed nation. Using a proprietary genome complexity reduction-based method (DArTSeq), we generated a data set of 3,239 high quality Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) to investigate spatial patterns and indices of genetic diversity in the koala (<em>Phascolarctos cinereus</em>), a highly specialised folivorous marsupial that is experiencing rapid and widespread population declines across much of its former range.<strong> </strong>Our findings demonstrate that current management divisions across the state of New South Wales (NSW) do not fully represent the distribution of genetic diversity among extant koala populations, and that care must be taken to ensure that translocation paradigms based on these frameworks do not inadvertently restrict gene flow between populations and regions that were historically interconnected. We also recommend that koala populations should be prioritised for conservation action based on the scale and severity of the threatening processes that they are currently faced with, rather than placing too much emphasis on their perceived value (e.g., as reservoirs of potentially adaptive alleles), as our data indicate that existing genetic variation in koalas is primarily partitioned amongst individual animals. As such, the extirpation of koalas from any part of their range represents a potentially critical reduction of genetic diversity for this iconic Australian species.</p>
Phylogenetic assessment within a species complex of a subterranean rodent (Geomys bursarius) with conservation implications for isolated subspecies
<p>Range contraction and expansion from glaciation has led to genetic divergence that may be particularly pronounced in fossorial species with low dispersal. The plains pocket gopher (<em>Geomys bursarius</em>) is a fossorial species that ranges widely across North America but has a poorly understood phylogeny. We used mitogenomes (14,996 base pairs) from 56 individuals across seven subspecies, plus two outgroup species, to assess genetic divergence from minimum spanning trees, measure genetic distances, and infer phylogenetic trees using BEAST. We found <em>G. b. wisconsinensis </em>was monophyletic with recent divergence. Further assessment is needed for <em>G. b. major </em>because it was paraphyletic and exhibited inconsistent groupings with other clades. Importantly, we identified <em>G. b. illinoensis </em>as being genetically distinct and monophyletic likely due to a unique colonization event eastward across the Mississippi River. Because <em>G. b. illinoensis </em>faces continued pressures from niche reduction and habitat loss, we recommend that <em>G. b. illinoensis </em>be considered an evolutionary significant unit warranting conservation actions to promote connectivity and restore suitable habitat. Such conservation efforts should benefit other grassland species including those originating from clades west of the Mississippi River that may also be evolutionary significant units.</p>
Fig. 1 in The herpetofauna of the Baja California Peninsula and its adjacent islands, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status
Fig. 1. Geographic regions of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico.
Fig. 10 in The herpetofauna of the Baja California Peninsula and its adjacent islands, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status
Fig. 10. View of the Magdalena Region at La Purisima, Baja California Sur. Photo by Gerardo Marrón.
Fig. 3 in New and revised life history of the Florida hairstreak Eumaeus atala (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with notes on its current conservation status
Fig. 3. Frequency and mean size of Atala egg distribution (n = 600).
Data for Velazco et al. 2024 Biological Conservation. Zenodo
<p>This data was used for Velazco, S., Brandt, J., Zaiats, A., Requena-Mullor, J.M., Pillaca, K., Choza, B., Caughlin, T.T., 2024. Hotter, drier climate influences tropical tree cover loss and promotes bracken fern dominance within arrested successional patches in Andean cloud forests.</p>
Fig. 1 in Chloroplast genome of the conserved Aster altaicus var. uchiyamae B2015-0044 as genetic barcode
Fig. 1. Plastid genomic map of Aster altaicus var. uchiyamae.
Input data from the paper: Small room for compromise between oil palm cultivation and primate conservation in Africa
<p>All the raw input data needed to replicate the analyses from the paper:</p> <p><strong>Strona G., S. D. Stringer, G. Vieilledent, Z. Szantoi, J. Garcia-Ulloa, S. Wich.</strong> Small room for compromise between oil palm cultivation and primate conservation in Africa.</p>
Near real-time ultrahigh-resolution imaging from unmanned aerial vehicles for sustainable land use management and biodiversity conservation in semi-arid savanna under regional and global change (SAVMAP)
<p>To prevent aggravation of existing poverty in semi-arid savannas, a comprehensive concept for the sustainable adaptive management and use of these ecosystems under unprecedented conditions is needed. SAVMAP is an innovative, trans-, and inter-disciplinary initiative whose goal is to develop a valuable monitoring tool for both sustainable land-use management and rare species conservation (black rhinoceros) in semi-arid savanna in Namibia. SAVMAP uses near real-time ultrahigh-resolution photographic imaging (NURI) facilitated by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) designed at EPFL.</p>
Pressure-based algorithm for compressible interfacial flows with acoustically-conservative interface discretisation (Supporting data)
<p>The dataset contains sample numerical results associated with the manuscript under the same title, "Pressure-based algorithm for compressible interfacial flows with acoustically-conservative interface discretisation", published in Journal of Computational Physics (2018), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2018.04.028.</p>
Output from: Small room for compromise between oil palm cultivation and primate conservation in Africa
<p>Expected results from the scripts associated to the paper<strong>:</strong></p> <p><strong>Strona G., S. D. Stringer, G. Vieilledent, Z. Szantoi, J. Garcia-Ulloa, S. Wich.</strong> Small room for compromise between oil palm cultivation and primate conservation in Africa.</p>
Optimizing seagrass conservation for ecological functions
<p>Data used in the publication of "Optimizing seagrass conservation for ecological functions" in Ecosystems</p>
Data for : Social equity shapes zone-selection: Balancing aquatic biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services delivery in the transboundary Danube River Basin
<p>Freshwater biodiversity is declining, despite national and international efforts to manage and protect <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/freshwater-ecosystem">freshwater ecosystems</a>. Ecosystem-based management (EBM) has been proposed as an approach that could more efficiently and adaptively <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/ecological-balance">balance ecological</a> and societal needs. However, this raises the question of how social and ecological objectives can be included in an <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/integrated-management">integrated management</a> plan. Here, we present a generic model-coupling framework tailored to address this question for freshwater ecosystems, using three components: biodiversity, ecosystem services (ESS), and a spatial prioritisation that aims to balance the spatial representation of biodiversity and <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/evolutionarily-stable-strategy">ESS</a> supply and demand. We illustrate this model-coupling approach within the Danube River Basin using the spatially explicit, potential distribution of (i) 85 fish species as a surrogate for biodiversity as modelled using hierarchical Bayesian models, and (ii) four estimated ESS layers produced by the <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/artificial-intelligence">Artificial Intelligence</a> for Ecosystem Services (ARIES) platform (with ESS supply defined as <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/carbon-sequestration">carbon storage</a> and flood regulation, and demand specified as recreation and water use). These are then used for (iii) a joint spatial prioritisation of biodiversity and ESS employing Marxan with Zones, laying out the spatial representation of multiple management zones. Given the transboundary setting of the Danube River Basin, we also run comparative analyses including the country-level <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/purchasing-power-parity">purchasing power parity</a> (PPP)-adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) and each country's percent cover of the total basin area as potential cost factors, illustrating a scheme for balancing the share of establishing specific zones among countries. We demonstrate how emphasizing various biodiversity or ESS targets in an EBM model-coupling framework can be used to cost-effectively test various spatially explicit management options across a multi-national case study. We further discuss possible limitations, future developments, and requirements for effectively managing a balance between biodiversity and ESS supply and demand in freshwater ecosystems.</p>
Dataset accompanying Riesch et al. 2019. Grazing by wild red deer: management options for the conservation of semi-natural open habitats. Journal of Applied Ecology
<p>This repository contains vegetation biomass and forage quality data used by Riesch et al. in an article accepted in Journal of Applied Ecology.</p> <p>Metadata are provided in the first excel worksheet ('explanation_overview'). For further details please see the original article.</p>
Quantifying the spatial heterogeneity of forest conversion costs and how it relates to biodiversity, conservation and land use history
<b>Description: </b><p>Start and end dates of salvage logging activity at the SAFE Project experimental site</p><p><b>Project: </b>This dataset was collected as part of the following SAFE research project: <a href="https://www.safeproject.net/projects/project_view/6"><b>Quantifying the spatial heterogeneity of forest conversion costs and how it relates to biodiversity, conservation and land use history</b></a></p><p><b>Funding: </b>These data were collected as part of research funded by: </p><ul><li>Sime Darby (grant)</li></ul><p>This dataset is released under the CC-BY 4.0 licence, requiring that you cite the dataset in any outputs, but has the additional condition that you acknowledge the contribution of these funders in any outputs.</p><p></p><p><b>Permits: </b>These data were collected under permit from the following authorities:</p><ul><li>Sabah Biodiversity Council (Research licence na)</li></ul><p></p><p><b>XML metadata: </b>GEMINI compliant metadata for this dataset is available <a href="https://www.safeproject.net/datasets/xml_metadata?id=3266827">here</a></p><p><b>Files: </b>This dataset consists of 2 files: template_Symes.xlsx, SAFE_COUPE.zip</p><p><b>template_Symes.xlsx</b></p><p>This file contains dataset metadata and 1 data tables:</p><ol><li><p><b>Salvage logging records</b> (described in worksheet Data)</p><p>Description: Dates of earliest and latest known salvage logging activity in logging coupes</p><p>Number of fields: 10</p><p>Number of data rows: 187</p><p>Fields: </p><ul><li><b>CoupeNumber</b>: Coupe number (Field type: Location)</li><li><b>StartDateTrack</b>: Earliest date of logging activity recorded through GPS loggers on bulldozers (Field type: Date)</li><li><b>EndDateTrack</b>: Last date of logging activity recorded through GPS loggers on bulldozers (Field type: Date)</li><li><b>StartDateLocation</b>: Earliest date of logging activity recorded through 'Location' method (Field type: Date)</li><li><b>EndDateLocation</b>: Last date of logging activity recorded through 'Location' method (Field type: Date)</li><li><b>StartDateMeasurement</b>: Earliest date of logging activity recorded through 'Measurement' method (Field type: Date)</li><li><b>EndDateMeasurement</b>: Last date of logging activity recorded through 'Measurement' method (Field type: Date)</li><li><b>Contractor</b>: Name of the contractor responsible for the coupe (Field type: ID)</li><li><b>GlobalStart</b>: Earliest date of any recorded salvage logging activity (Field type: Date)</li><li><b>GlobalEnd</b>: Last date of any recorded salvage logging activity (Field type: Date)</li></ul></li></ol><p><b>SAFE_COUPE.zip</b></p><p>Description: SAFE coupe data</p><p><b>Date range: </b>2013-01-02 to 2015-12-31</p><p><b>Latitudinal extent: </b>4.5000 to 5.0700</p><p><b>Longitudinal extent: </b>116.7500 to 117.8200</p>
MD simulation data: Intrinsic disorder is a conserved feature of hepatitis C virus E2 glycoprotein
<p><strong>Background</strong></p> <p>Equilibration, relaxation and production runs were performed on GPUs using the CUDA version of PMEMD in AMBER 16 and AMBER ff14SB force field. Minimisation steps were performed on a CPU using PMEMD in AMBER 16 and the AMBER ff14SB force field. The GLYCAM_06j-1 force field was used for the simulations of the glycosylated E2. All software is available from http://ambermd.org/. </p> <p><strong>Contents</strong></p> <p>There are three tarball (<strong>.tar.gz</strong>) files, one for each of the HCV strain investigated. </p> <p>The contents of each tarball is as follows:</p> <p>1. a source PDB (<strong>.pdb</strong>) file</p> <p>2. <strong>leap.scr</strong> - a script used to create the .prmtop and .inpcrd files</p> <p>3. Two AMBER parameter/topology (<strong>.prmtop</strong>) (one with hydrogen mass repartitioning) and an AMBER coordinate (<strong>.inpcrd</strong>) file </p> <p>4. Multiple control (<strong>.ctl</strong>) files numbered 1 to 10 that are used to minimize (<strong>min</strong> prefix), relax (<strong>rel</strong> prefix) and equilibrate (<strong>equ</strong> prefix) the model</p> <p>5. Executable <strong>do_md</strong> that performed all the minimisation, relaxation and equilibration steps</p> <p>6. File <strong>parmed.txt</strong> used to repartition the hydrogen atom mass (for the unglycosylated simulations)</p> <p>7. control file <strong>prod.ctl</strong> used for the production run </p> <p>8. Executable <strong>run_prod</strong> that was used to perform the production run</p> <p>9. Two control files (<strong>prod_short.ctl </strong>and <strong>prod_short_2.ctl</strong>) for the short runs used to de-correlate the simulation for the independent runs</p> <p>10. Executable <strong>run_short</strong> and <strong>run_short_2</strong> used to carry out the de-correlated production runs.</p> <p>10. Five AMBER trajectory (<strong>.nc</strong>) files for five independent MD simulations, numbered 1 to 5. <strong>Note: </strong>each of these files is over 2GB.</p>
Bringing the concept of ammonia critical levels into managing cork-oak woodland for conservation
<p>Agricultural activities often emit excessive nitrogen concentrations to nearby habitats, impacting ecosystems structure and functioning. To protect them, critical levels were established as the concentration above which direct adverse effects on ecosystems may arise. However, due to lack of tools, critical levels are seldom applied in management strategies for conservation. Our objective was to provide a spatial-explicit tool to incorporate the concept of ammonia critical levels in management practices of atmospheric nitrogen impacts. To do that, lichens diversity was sampled in 19 plots at a cork oak woodland (Montado), a High Nature Value Farmland where multiple agricultural activities, surrounded by high-intensity agricultural activities, coexist. We inferred and selected the best performing trait-based metrics and determined the main environmental drivers of change. The most responsive metric was the abundance of oligotrophic lichen species, which was likely responding to nitrogen incoming from nearby high-intensity agricultural areas. The low intensity agricultural activities, cattle grazing within the study area, had no effect. Using the known ammonia critical levels for that ecosystem, we modelled and mapped the long-term critical levels exceedance for the entire study area. This allowed us to signal high intensity agriculture as the source of impact and to map the areas where management practices need further attention under a conservation perspective: either decreasing fertilization in nearby fields or by considering these as buffer areas, outside the scope of conservation.</p>
Data set used in "Diving into science and conservation recreational divers can monitor reef assemblages"
<p>This data set was used in the manuscript "Diving into science and conservation: recreational divers can monitor reef assemblages", accepted for publication in Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. It is composed by reef species (fishes and turtles) counts in different size classes performed by recreational and experience scientific divers following a sampling protocol. Additionally there is information about recreational divers diving experience, underwater waste register and the scores for their evaluation about conducting scientific data collection.</p>
Fig. 5 in Stichelia pelotensis (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae): conservation, notes, and rediscovery of an endangered butterfly from southern Brazil
Fig. 5. Knowing distribution of Stichelia pelotensis in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil.
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