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Protected areas enter a new era of uncertain challenges: extinction of a non-exigent falcon in Doñana National Park
A study from the Doñana Biological Station – CSIC has documented the extinction of the Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo) in Doñana National Park due to prey depletion, farmland...
Larger brain size entails a greater risk of extinction in mammals
How brain size directly and indirectly influences vulnerability to extinction across 474 mammalian species was evaluated. Under current conditions, the constraints on life-history imposed by large...
Ecotourism as a data source on rare species
Monitoring long-term trends in population size is important for species' conservation assessments. However, it may be unfeasible for rare species, for which past records are typically sparse....