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Dimension and impact of biases in funding for species and habitat conservation
Adamo, Martino; Sousa, Ronaldo Gomes; Wipf, Sonja; Correia, Ricardo A.; Lumia, Alessio; Mucciarelli, Marco; Mammola, StefanoTaxonomic and aesthetic biases permeate biodiversity conservation. We used the LIFE program—the European Union's funding scheme for the environment—to explore the economic dimension of biases in species- and habitat-level conservation. Between 1992 and 2020, animal species received three times more funding than plants. Within plants, species at northern latitudes, with broader ranges, and with blue/purple flowe...
Evaluating public interest in protected areas using Wikipedia page views
Guedes-Santos, Jhonatan; Correia, Ricardo A.; Jepson, Paul; Ladle, Richard J.Protected Areas (PAs) are the cornerstone of global conservation action and the most effective strategy for conserving the Earth’s biodiversity. Nevertheless, there is evidence that PAs are increasingly viewed by politicians and policy-makers as opportunity costs that constrain economic development. In the absence of societal resistance (‘push-back’) in the form of campaigns and/or lobbying, such attitudes leav...
Bird taxonomic and functional responses to land abandonment in wood-pastures
Oksuz, Duygu P.; Palmeirim, Jorge M.; Correia, Ricardo A.Wood-pastures are socio-ecological systems covering vast areas in Europe. Although used for grazing and production of various forest goods, wood-pastures harbour a rich biodiversity and are usually considered as High Nature Value Farmlands. However, socio-economic pressures are driving the transformation of these valuable landscapes from multi-functional, heterogeneous habitats to homogeneous areas through eith...
Taxonomic bias in amphibian research: are researchers responding to conservatio...
Silva, Arthur F. da; Malhado, Ana C.M.; Correia, Ricardo A.; Ladle, Richard J.; Vital, Marcos V.C.; Mott, TamíAmphibians are very diverse, widely distributed, and the most endangered class of vertebrates. As with other taxa, effective conservation of amphibians needs to be supported by detailed scientific knowledge. However, species rich and broadly distributed taxa are typically characterized by high variability in research effort. Our objective was therefore to understand which factors (ecological and cultural) have ...
Expanding conservation culturomics and iecology from terrestrial to aquatic realms
Jaric, Ivan; Arlinghaus, Robert; Belmaker, Jonathan; Chen, Yan; China, Victor; Douda, Karel; Essl, Franz; Jahnig, Sonja C.; Jeschke, Jonathan M.The ongoing digital revolution in the age of big data is opening new research opportunities. Culturomics and iEcology, two emerging research areas based on the analysis of online data resources, can provide novel scientific insights and inform conservation and management efforts. To date, culturomics and iEcology have been applied primarily in the terrestrial realm. Here, we advocate for expanding such applicat...
Male post‐breeding movements and stopover habitat selection of an endangered sh...
Alonso, Hany; Correia, Ricardo A.; Marques, Ana Teresa; M. Palmeirim, Jorge; Moreira, Francisco; Silva, João PauloMigratory decisions, such as the selection of stopover sites, are critical for the success of post‐breeding migratory movements and subsequent survival. Recent advances in bio‐logging have revealed the stopover strategies of many long‐distance migrants, but far less attention has been given to short‐distance migrants. We investigated the stopover ecology of an endangered grassland bird, the Little Bustard Tetra...
Increasing biodiversity in wood-pastures by protecting small shrubby patches
Oksuz, Duygu P.; Aguiar, Carlos A.S.; Tápia, Susana; Llop, Esteve; Lopes, Paula; Serrano, Artur; Leal, Ana I.; Branquinho, Cristina; Correia, OtiliaWood-pastures are grazed systems, widespread across Europe, where natural and economic values often co-exist. Social and economic changes in Europe generate both threats and opportunities to these systems, calling for new or improved management strategies. We studied the potential of increasing the biodiversity of wood-pastures through the promotion of small-scale habitat diversification. More specifically, we ...
The contribution of small shrubby patches to the functional diversity of wood-p...
Oksuz, Duygu P.; Aguiar, Carlos A.S.; Tápia, Susana; Llop, Esteve; Lopes, Paula; Serrano, Artur; Leal, Ana I.; Correia, Otilia; Matos, PaulaWood-pastures are grazed systems resulting from a long-term use of natural woodlands by humans. These social-ecological systems, covering vast areas of Europe and other temperate regions, have both high biodiversity and economic values, so many are classified as High Nature Value Farmlands. However, in some regions a loss of spatial heterogeneity threatens this natural value. We investigated the potential contr...