Beach nourishment has complex implications for the future of sandy shores

MA de Schipper, BC Ludka, B Raubenheimer… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Beach nourishment—the addition of sand to increase the width or sand volume of the beach—
is a widespread coastal management technique to counteract coastal erosion. Globally …

Potentially negative ecological consequences of animal redistribution on beaches during COVID-19 lockdown

BL Gilby, CJ Henderson, AD Olds, JA Ballantyne… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Significant changes in the intensity or distribution of human activities, like during the 2020
COVID-19 lockdowns, can cause rapid changes to the diversity, distribution and abundance …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review of the roost-site characteristics of North American forest bats: implications for conservation

EC Drake, S Gignoux-Wolfsohn, B Maslo - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
Continued declines in North American bat populations can be largely attributed to habitat
loss, disease, and wind turbines. These declines can be partially mitigated through actions …

Integrating suitable habitat dynamics under typical hydrological regimes as guides for the conservation and restoration of different waterbird groups

P Zhang, S Zhang, Y Zou, T Wu, F Li, Z Deng… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The operation of the Three Gorges Project (TGP) has influenced the wetland ecosystems
downstream, thereby affecting the distribution of habitats suitable for waterbirds. However …

Use of surrogate species to cost‐effectively prioritize conservation actions

M Ward, JR Rhodes, JEM Watson… - Conservation …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation efforts often focus on umbrella species whose distributions overlap with many
other flora and fauna. However, because biodiversity is affected by different threats that are …

[HTML][HTML] Single species conservation as an umbrella for management of landscape threats

CA Runge, JC Withey, DE Naugle, JE Fargione… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Single species conservation unites disparate partners for the conservation of one species.
However, there are widespread concerns that single species conservation biases …

Conservation prioritization through combined approach of umbrella species selection, occupancy estimation, habitat suitability and connectivity analysis of kingfisher …

S Barik, GK Saha, S Mazumdar - Ecological Informatics, 2022 - Elsevier
Assessment of occupancy status, as well as projection of suitable habitats and connectivity
of wetland indicator species, and thereby identification of potential conservation umbrella …

Effectiveness of management zoning designed for flagship species in protecting sympatric species

X Shen, S Li, WJ McShea, D Wang, J Yu… - Conservation …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Flagship species have been used widely as umbrella species (ie, species with large home
range whose protection often provides protection for sympatric species) in the management …

[HTML][HTML] Habitat overlap between Asiatic black bear Ursus thibetanus and red panda Ailurus fulgens in Himalaya

M Bista, S Panthi, SR Weiskopf - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Studying habitat overlap between sympatric species is one of the best ways to identify
interspecies relationships and to direct conservation efforts so that multiple species can …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing global efforts in the selection of vertebrates as umbrella species for conservation

N Yang, M Price, Y Xu, Y Zhu, X Zhong, Y Cheng… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Conservation funds and resources have long been globally inadequate,
and methods that could maximize conservation outcomes with limited investment, such as …