A comparison of threats, vulnerabilities and management approaches in global seagrass bioregions

A Grech, K Chartrand-Miller, P Erftemeijer… - Environmental …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Global seagrass habitats are threatened by multiple anthropogenic factors. Effective
management of seagrasses requires information on the relative impacts of threats; however …

Structured elicitation of expert judgments for threatened species assessment: a case study on a continental scale using email

MF McBride, ST Garnett, JK Szabo… - Methods in Ecology …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Expert knowledge is used routinely to inform listing decisions under the IUCN Red List
criteria. Differences in opinion arise between experts in the presence of epistemic …

Plant diversity and generation of ecosystem services at the landscape scale: expert knowledge assessment

S Quijas, LE Jackson, M Maass… - Journal of Applied …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In spite of the increasing amount of experimental evidence on the importance of plant
species richness for ecosystem functioning at local scales, its role on the generation of …

Evaluation of a bycatch reduction technology by fishermen: a case study from Sicily

S Piovano, G Basciano, Y Swimmer, C Giacoma - Marine Policy, 2012 - Elsevier
Bycatch reduction technologies (BRTs) have been developed to limit the incidental capture
of non-target marine species in fishing gear, especially those species of special concern …

Prioritising the protection of habitat utilised by southern cassowaries Casuarius casuarius johnsonii

HA Campbell, RG Dwyer, S Fitzgibbons… - Endangered Species …, 2012 - int-res.com
The southern cassowary Casuarius casuarius johnsonii L. is an endangered flightless bird
from northern Australia. The cassowaries' rainforest habitat has been extensively cleared …

[PDF][PDF] What's the Principles of TechnologyManagement-Eliciting Technology ManagementPrinciples through Expert Opinion

SR Hamid, BC Chew, S Halim - International Journal of Innovation …, 2012 - ijimt.org
Literature in technology management says very little about the principles of technology
management and they are rarely discussed in the literature. Hence, there is no consensus …

Mitigating uncertainty using alternative information sources and expert judgement in aquatic non-indigenous species risk assessment

A Dahlstrom, M Campbell, C Hewitt - 2012 - acquire.cqu.edu.au
Aquatic non-indigenous species (ANS) management employs risk assessment as a tool to
prioritize prevention and control efforts, but timely and comprehensive risk estimates are …

[PDF][PDF] Biosecurity under uncertainty: the influence of information availability and quality on expert decision-making for risk outcomes

AA Dahlstrom - 2012 - Citeseer
Alongside climate change and habitat loss, aquatic nonindigenous species (ANS)
introductions comprise a large and increasing contribution of the anthropogenic threat to …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluating the effectiveness of conservation attention at a species level

H Washington - 2012 - Citeseer
Conservation effectiveness is difficult to measure due to the varying and subjective goals of
individual programmes. Evaluating the effectiveness of species conservation as a whole has …