May 2009
Model of Serbian spruce genetic diversity conservation applying MPBS method for adaptability improvement
Biodiversity loss causes are variable, interactive and rather anthropogenic. Genetic variability, between and within species, has multiple fundamental values. Forest ecosystem diversity has an important role in evolution, selection and improvement processes aiming at the satisfaction of human needs. Serbian spruce (Picea omorika PanÄ./Purkyne) is an endemic species of the Balkan Peninsula and a tertiary...
May 2009
An assessment and impact of three invasive species in the Shivalik hills of Himachal Pradesh, India.
The Shivalik hills in Northwestern Himalayan range of India have a rich floral diversity. Unfortunately during the last two decades there has been drastic reduction in the diversity of the natural vegetation. The available niches have been occupied by invasive exotic species that were either introduced or have entered accidently. It has resulted from a numbers of factors including increased inter and...
May 2009
Wildlife habitat selection and sustainable resources management in a Neotropical wetland
The identification of key habitat types for wildlife is an essential step to plan and promote sustainable land management strategies. Private cattle ranches occupy most of the Brazilian Pantanal and the recent intensification in land use practices is thought to threaten wildlife. Using encounter rates from transects, landscape use and habitat selection of the community of medium to large-sized mammals was...
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