Evidence is presented about the presence of Phaseolus microcarpus in Costa Rica, while it was previously reported northwards in other Central American countries and Mexico. Fourteen populations are currently known, four from the Peninsula of Nicoya, and ten are in the tropical dry forest of the m...
Debouck, Daniel G.
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Chaves-Barrantes, Néstor Felipe
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Araya Villalobos, Rodolfo
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[New records of Phaseolus microcarpus (Leguminosae: Phaseoleae) for Costa Rica]
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New records of Phaseolus microcarpus (Leguminosae: Phaseoleae) for Costa Rica
Flavien, N.B.
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Vanhove, W.
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Termote, C.
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Damme, Patrick van
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[Importance of traditional protected areas for the collection of medicinal plants, Kongo-Central (DRC)]
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Importance of traditional protected areas for the collection of medicinal plants, Kongo-Central (DRC)
The exceptional endemic species richness found in the Tropical Andes is being subjected to high rates of environmental degradation and natural resources exploitation. While many forms of land-cover change and other impacts on species are difficult to control through environmental regulations, gov...
Bax, Vicente
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Francesconi, Wendy
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Delgado, Alexi
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[Land-use conflicts between biodiversity conservation and extractive industries in the Peruvian Andes]
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Land-use conflicts between biodiversity conservation and extractive industries in the Peruvian Andes
The Amazon forest has been converted to a matrix of pristine and modified habitats. Landscape-scale biodiversity conservation requires an understanding of species’ distributions over this matrix to guarantee both effective protection and use for present and future generations. In this study, we e...
Azevedo-Ramos, C.
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Domingues Do Amaral, B.
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Nepstad, D.C.
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Soares Filho, B.
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Nasi, Robert
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[Integrating ecosystem management, protected areas and mammal conservation in the Brazilian Amazon]
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Integrating ecosystem management, protected areas and mammal conservation in the Brazilian Amazon
The World Heritage Convention has been ratified by 158 countries and provides an international legal regime for the conservation of sites of global, cultural or natural value. There are 33 tropical forest sites listed under the convention, mainly for their global biodiversity value. They constitu...
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Ishwaran, N.
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Thorsell, J.
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Sigaty, T.
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[Tropical forest biodiversity and the world heritage convention]
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Tropical forest biodiversity and the world heritage convention
Monitoring and research activities may hinder rather than improce conservation in tropical countries. This paper identifies some critical threats to biodiversity and the limited resources for defending against them. It suggests various contributory factors, and a few common sense options for impr...
Sheil, Douglas
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[Conservation and biodiversity monitoring in the tropics: realities, priorities and distraction]
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Conservation and biodiversity monitoring in the tropics: realities, priorities and distraction
To reduce discarding of plaice Pleuronectes platessa in the North Sea flatfish fisheries, the major nursery areas were closed to large trawlers in 1995. The area closed was named the ‘Plaice Box’ (PB) and beam trawl effort fell by over 90%,while the exemption fleets of small flatfish beam trawler...
Beare, Douglas J.
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Rijnsdorp AD
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Blaesberg M
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Damm, U.
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Egekvist J
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Fock H
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Kloppmann M
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Röckmann C
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Schroeder A
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Schulze, T.
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Tulp I
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Ulrich C
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Hal R. van
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Kooten, T. van
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Verweij M
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[Evaluating the effect of fishery closures: Lessons learnt from the Plaice Box]
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Evaluating the effect of fishery closures: Lessons learnt from the Plaice Box
Conservation efforts at local, regional, and global scales often focus on threatened species despite recent calls to adopt more equitable and potentially more economically rational approaches. Critics contend that conservation planning centered only on threatened species fails to deliver cost-eff...
Drummond, S.P.
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Wilson, K.A.
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Meijaard, E.
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Watts, M.
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Dennis, R
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Christy, L.
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Possingham, H. P.
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[Influence of a threatened-species focus on conservation planning]
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Influence of a threatened-species focus on conservation planning