Monika Böhm, Ben Collen, Jonathan Baillie, Philip Bowles et al.
Effective and targeted conservation action requires detailed information about species, their distribution, systematics and ecology as well as the distribution of threat processes which affect them. Knowledge of reptilian diversity remains surprisingly disparate, and innovative means of gaining rapi...
Jennifer Luedtke, Janice Chanson, Kelsey Neam, Louise Hobin et al.
Abstract Systematic assessments of species extinction risk at regular intervals are necessary for informing conservation action 1,2 . Ongoing developments in taxonomy, threatening processes and research further underscore the need for reassessment 3,4 . Here we report the findings of the second Glob...
Bryan P. Wallace, Andrew DiMatteo, Alan B. Bolten, Milani Chaloupka et al.
Where conservation resources are limited and conservation targets are diverse, robust yet flexible priority-setting frameworks are vital. Priority-setting is especially important for geographically widespread species with distinct populations subject to multiple threats that operate on different spa...
Ben C. Scheele, David Hunter, Laura F. Grogan, Lee Berger et al.
Wildlife diseases pose an increasing threat to biodiversity and are a major management challenge. A striking example of this threat is the emergence of chytridiomycosis. Despite diagnosis of chytridiomycosis as an important driver of global amphibian declines 15 years ago, researchers have yet to de...
Daniel Simberloff, Tamar Dayan, Carl G. Jones, Go Ogura
In western parts of its native range, the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) is sympatric with one or both of two slightly larger congeners. In the eastern part of its range, these species are absent. The small Indian mongoose was introduced, about a century ago, to the West Indies, the Haw...
Phillip J. Bishop, Ariadne Angulo, Jordan Lewis, Robin D. Moore et al.
The current mass extinction episode is most apparent in the amphibians. With approximately 7,000 species, amphibians are dependent on clean fresh water and damp habitats and are considered vulnerable to habitat loss (deforestation), changes in water or soil quality and the potential impacts of clima...
Md Robiul Karim, Haiju Dong, Tongyi Li, Fuchang Yu et al.
To appreciate the genetic diversity and zoonotic implications of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in nonhuman primates (NHPs) in zoos, we genotyped E. bieneusi in captive NHPs in seven zoos located at six major cities in China, using ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS)-based PCR and sequence analyses...
Michael D. Gumert
The long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) population spreads over one of the widest geographical ranges of any primate, trailing only humans (Homo sapiens) and rhesus macaques (M. mulatta) (Wheatley,1999) (Figure 1.1). According to Fooden (1995, 2006), the population extends across the majority ...
Jullie M. Sarmiento-Ramírez, Elena Abella‐Perez, Andrea D. Phillott, Jolene Sim et al.
Nascent fungal infections are currently considered as one of the main threats for biodiversity and ecosystem health, and have driven several animal species into critical risk of extinction. Sea turtles are one of the most endangered groups of animals and only seven species have survived to date. Her...
Davinia Plá, Líbia Sanz, Sarai Quesada-Bernat, Mauren Villalta et al.
Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) is, together with Naja naja, Bungarus caeruleus and Echis carinatus, a member of the medically important 'Big Four' species responsible for causing a large number of morbidity and mortality cases across the Indian subcontinent. Despite the wide distribution of Russe...
Russell A. Mittermeier, William R. Konstant, Martin E. Nicoll, Olivier Landgrand
Habitats and their living natural resources are under increasing pressures everywhere from humankind. Species, the basic biotic units, are consequently increasingly threatened with extinction. To protect and conserve biodiversity from species level to ecosystems requires management based on understa...
Bruno F. Simões, David J. Gower, Arne Redsted Rasmussen, Md. Abdur Razzaque Sarker et al.
Snakes are descended from highly visual lizards [1] but have limited (probably dichromatic) color vision attributed to a dim-light lifestyle of early snakes [2-4]. The living species of front-fanged elapids, however, are ecologically very diverse, with ∼300 terrestrial species (cobras, taipans, etc....
Masafumi Matsui, Hiroharu Ito, Tomohiko Shimada, Hidetoshi Ota et al.
A molecular phylogenetic survey was conducted using mtDNA sequences of 12S and 16S rRNA, and cyt-b genes to examine taxonomic relationships among populations of the Pan-Oriental microhylid, Microhyla ornata, from India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Laos, China, Taiwan, and the Ryukyu Archipelago of Japan. ...
Matthew J. Witt, Bruno Baert, Annette C. Broderick, Ángela Formia et al.
For many marine megavertebrate species it is challenging to derive population estimates and knowledge on habitat use needed to inform conservation planning. For marine turtles, the logistics required to undertake comprehensive ground-based censuses, across wide spatial and temporal scales, are often...
Sabir Bin Muzaffar, Md. Anwarul Islam, Mostafa M. Feeroz, Mofizul Kabir et al.
ABSTRACT Hoolock gibbons ( Hoolock hoolock ) are endangered small apes occurring in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, and south China. All known populations have undergone declines primarily due to habitat destruction or alteration. We examined the influence of area of natural forests, area of plantations...