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Semi-natural meadow conservation under pressure: Farmers’ decision‑making in intensifying lowland agricultural systems
Despite their high nature conservation value and protection through the EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), extensively managed semi-natural grasslands are often disappearing rapid…
Map the Giants: a new citizen-science portal to map, study and protect the largest coral colonies
Coral reefs are rapidly degrading under escalating local and global pressures and some centennial coral colonies may disappear before they are even documented. These giant colonie…
How wintering waterbird communities assemble and respond to environmental variation in satellite wetlands around Chao L…
Waterbirds are increasingly reliant on smaller, spatially separated but ecologically connected satellite wetlands amid the global loss and degradation of large natural wetlands. H…
Remote Sensing Analyses of Neotectonic Active Regions in East-Kamchatka
The tectonic history of the Kamchatka Peninsula is dominated by continuous accumulation and amalgamation of terranes with different origins, which were delivered by convergence be…
Can pingers mitigate the bycatch of the endangered Black Sea Harbour Porpoise?
Incidental catch in fishing gear, mainly in bottom-set gillnets targeting turbot, is a major mortality factor for the Black Sea harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena relicta), an en…
Challenges and opportunities in restoring European free-flowing rivers
Free-flowing rivers (FFRs) across Europe hold high ecological value and clear economic benefits. They support biodiversity by providing habitats for a wide range of aquatic and te…
Paläomagnetische Datierung hochgelegener Sand-Kies-Terrassen der Weser
An der Oberweser wurden drei Vorkommen altpleistozäner Terrassensedimente paläomagnetisch untersucht, um eine Datierung nach der Polarität der Remanenzen vorzunehmen. Bei Fürstenb…
Does the Common Agricultural Policy 2023–2027 support the restoration of freshwater ecosystems?
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a key lever to support the transition towards sustainable agricultural production in Europe. However, successive reforms have been incremen…
Wetlands in the EU policy context
This paper provides an overview of the EU policy context relevant to wetlands, assessing EU legislations that support or counteract wetland conservation, restoration and sustainab…
Nature-based solutions with sponge functions: socio-economic importance and valuation
This article examines the socio-economic importance and valuation of different types of wetland restoration as nature-based solutions (NBS). Wetlands, like other NBS, generate pos…
Building blocks for upscaling freshwater ecosystem restoration: Place-based strategies for a transdisciplinary challenge
Freshwater ecosystems are vital for biodiversity and human well-being, but remain amongst the most degraded globally. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) offer a promising pathway to res…
Managed re-alignment: a multifaceted approach in ecological restoration of coastal floodplains
Low-lying coasts in Europe share a long history of land reclamation enabled by flood defences, which radically transformed natural coastal processes and buffers. Traditional coast…
Bridging protected areas along the Danube
This paper examines the role of transnational cooperation in conserving the ecological integrity of the Danube River through the DANUBEPARKS network of protected areas. As Europe’…
Cultural practices in European riverine floodplains: formation, typology, co-decline of biocultural diversity, and emer…
Floodplain wetlands in riverine environments are characterized by rhythmic hydrological changes, which re-structure physical habitat, change between aquatic and dry life condition…
Fluvial and permafrost history of the lower Lena River, north‐eastern Siberia, over late Quaternary time
Arctic warming and permafrost thaw visibly expose changes in the landscape of the Lena River delta, the largest Arctic delta. Determining the past and modern river regime of thick…
Case studies from Germany and Scotland indicate climate change mitigation potential of riverine and coastal wetlands
Wetlands help to regulate the climate by sequestering and storing carbon from the atmosphere into their biomass and soils. Although wetlands can provide valuable ecosystem service…
Towards effective and integrated riparian wetland monitoring in Europe: challenges and opportunities
Riparian Wetland conservation and restoration in Europe increasingly rely on nature-based solutions, yet biodiversity monitoring of their implementation remains fragmented across …
Assessing ecosystem services across scales to support nature-based solutions in river floodplains: a review of non-mone…
Floodplains are dynamic ecosystems that provide a multitude of ecosystem services (ES), yet they have historically been managed primarily for a limited set of human benefits, ofte…
To what extent is coastal wetland biodiversity endangered by climate change? How can we boost the resilience of coastal…
Global projections indicate that between 20% and 90% of current coastal wetland areas may be lost due to sea-level rise (SLR), depending on the severity of the scenario. Warming, …
Conservation planning for riverine biodiversity under changing climate: use of models
Floodplain habitat area and quality have decreased significantly over the last decades, mainly due to anthropogenic changes. Conservation efforts targeting floodplain species must…
European riverine and coastal wetlands under pressure: biodiversity and climate change
Although European coastal and riverine wetlands occupy a small share of the European land area, these ecosystems host remarkable biodiversity and provide a wide range of ecosystem…
Historische Landnutzung im Nordwesten Berlins – Die Wölbäcker von Heiligensee
[...] Spuren historischer Landnutzung und deren Auswirkung lassen sich bis heute im Gelände und im Boden zahlreicher Gebiete Norddeutschlands und anderer Regionen erkennen. Eines …
The impact of precipitation and temperature on seed ripening and germination dynamics of some meadow species of Western…
Weather fluctuations can influence germination dynamics and pose a threat to the conservation of perennial lowland hay meadow species (Natura 2000 habitat code 6510). This study a…
Prioritizing stream network connectivity for species conservation and sustainable planning
Ecological connectivity is crucial for amphibian conservation amid habitat fragmentation from human development. This study assessed stream network connectivity for two stream-bre…
Beyond commercial interests lies an ecological responsibility: The dilemma of red-eared slider sales
The red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) is a globally recognized invasive alien species. First introduced to China in the 1980s, it is now distributed across all mainland…
Befunde zur spätglazialen fluvial-limnischen Morphodynamik in kleinen Talungen Vorpommerns
Die hier vorgestellten Befunde resultieren aus Untersuchungen in einem Erdgasleitungsgraben, der nördlich der Pommerschen Hauptrandlage über die jungen Grundmoränenplatten des Mec…
Adaptability of the alien Pacific oyster to the coastal marine environment of the Bulgarian Black Sea and potential imp…
Feral individuals of Pacific oysters (Magallana gigas Thunberg, 1793) in natural habitats are increasingly being reported from the Bulgarian coast. Studies on the interactions of …
Occupancy modeling confirms management concerns for Connecticut (USA) fisher, highlighting the importance of monitoring…
Many mustelids share a history of population decline in North America following European settlement, followed by a period of restoration and recovery. Relative to their historical…
Decades of habitat destruction - is there any chance left for the endemic and Critically Endangered Cyrtodactylus giala…
The discovery of the Gia Lai Bent-toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus gialaiensis) on a coffee farm in Chu Se District, Gia Lai Province, raises concerns about its natural habitat, threats,…
Temporal variation in hotspots and the effects of climate and landscape on wildlife roadkill along the BR-319: conserva…
Roads greatly impact wildlife, with roadkill posing a major threat to many species. In the Amazon, highways cut through biodiversity-rich ecosystems, exposing mammals, birds, rept…
Die Eifelmaare als erdgeschichtliche Fallen und Quellen zur Rekonstruktion des Paläoenvironments
In den verlandeten und wasserführenden Maaren der Westeifel läßt sich die jüngste Erdgeschichte Mitteleuropas anhand hoch zeitauflösender Sedimentsequenzen erfassen. Die Arbeit…
Precise roadkill environmental factors identification for sustainable planning and design through spatial and temporal …
Roads are major drivers of habitat fragmentation and amphibian mortality. Effective mitigation requires understanding species-specific, temporal, and multiscale environmental driv…
Forest patches as important bird habitats in Malaysia's large-scale infrastructure development areas
The high demand for hydroelectric power to support electricity in rural areas of Malaysia drives the construction of dams. The development of large-scale dams threatens forest-dep…
Visual pollution assessment in Mu Ko Chang National Park, Thailand: A landscape-based approach
This study presents a systematic, landscape-based assessment of visual pollution in Mu Ko Chang National Park, a popular nature-based tourism destination in Thailand. Eight types …
Diving pattern and behavioral response to vessel traffic of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in Xiamen,…
Marine mammals have evolved sophisticated diving strategies to balance foraging efficiency with the avoidance of disturbances, a challenge that is particularly acute in coastal en…
Vertebrates as victims of domestic cats and dogs: ten years of data from an Italian animal rescue centre (2015–2024)
Regional wildlife rescue centres maintain annual records that provide information essential for estimating the impact of domestic animals on wildlife populations. In particular, t…
Changes in species and phylogenetic diversity in tropical seasonal rainforests on steep karst hillslopes in southwester…
Tropical karst seasonal rainforests (TKSR) in southwestern China have high levels of biodiversity and a significant number of endemic species. However, understanding the distribut…
Assessment of the threat status of bird species from Vietnam – Implementation of the One Plan Approach to conservation
Globally, 13% of the 11,188 bird species evaluated by the IUCN Red List face extinction risk, with nearly half experiencing population declines. Approximately 187 bird species hav…
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Towards a new global database of regional Red Lists (RegRed): metadata
Conservation biology depends on an assessment of threats to species. This has been done at the global scale through the IUCN Red List and also locally and regionally, for example,…
The past, present, and future distribution of Calanthe graciliflora: implications for conservation and phylogeography
Calanthe graciliflora, an orchid species endemic to China, is one of the most widely distributed members of the genus Calanthe, occupying the highest latitudinal range and exhibit…
Mountain lions (Puma concolor) and their current management: Texas residents’ knowledge and attitudes
Texas hosts approximately seven percent of the United States of America’s mountain lion (Puma concolor) population, although this estimate might be high due to their non-game stat…
Map of livestock density in Central Appenines: a standardised protocol
Effective ecosystem management requires a deep understanding of how human activities, such as livestock farming, impact ecological dynamics. Livestock farming influences vegetatio…
The Grassland Butterfly Index for Germany
In 2024, the European Union implemented its Nature Restoration Regulation (NRR) to restore degraded ecosystems and to reverse the loss of biodiversity. One of the objectives is to…
Fazies und Geochemie des Treuchtlinger Marmors: (Unter- und Mittel-Kimmeridge, Südliche Frankenalb)
Im Treuchtlingen Marmor tritt eine allochthone Weichbodenfazies in sehr kleinräumigem Wechsel mit einer autochthonen Hartbodenfazies auf. Das Sediment wurde in der Übergangszone v…
Structural diversity as an indicator of forest degradation in Quercus robur stands along the Tundzha river, Southeast B…
The structural integrity and compositional stability of Quercus robur dominated riparian forests in southeastern Bulgaria but have been increasingly compromised by long-term anthr…
Difference in sale strategies drive spatial heterogeneity in collection pressure through online auctions: the role of b…
The increase in online sales of living organisms has raised considerable concerns about its impact on wildlife. High demand for specific biological traits can intensify collection…
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