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For a better production, agriculture areas need to recover at least 20% of natural habitat
International agreements aim to conserve 17% of Earth’s land area by 2020 but include no area-based conservation targets within the working landscapes that support human needs through farming,...
How will changes in ecosystem functioning affect the demography of animal populations
Temporal variability in primary productivity can change habitat quality for consumer species by affecting the energy levels available as food resources. However, it remains unclear how...
Ducks as vectors of seed dispersal for a broad spectrum of plants
Dabbling ducks have long been recognized as important vectors of dispersal for strictly aquatic plants. In terrestrial ecosystems they are widely assumed to be irrelevant. In this study we...
General versus specific surveys: estimating the suitability of different road-crossing structures for small mammals
The use of wildlife road-crossing structures is less monitored for small mammals than for more emblematic species. Furthermore, because of the undeniable difficulty of small mammal track...