Good for management, not for conservation: an overview of research, conservation and management of Italian small mammals

S Bertolino, P Colangelo, E Mori, D Capizzi - Hystrix, 2015 - usiena-air.unisi.it
Abstract Small mammals (Rodentia, Soricomorpha and Erinaceomorpha) play a crucial
ecological role for their distribution and importance in food chains, as well as for being …

Voluntary recording scheme reveals ongoing decline in the United Kingdom hazel dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius population

CED Goodwin, DJ Hodgson, N Al‐Fulaij… - Mammal …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In order to conserve threatened species, knowledge of the status, trends and trajectories of
populations is required. Co‐ordinating collection of these data is challenging, especially for …

Understanding the importance of small patches of habitat for conservation

AIT Tulloch, MD Barnes, J Ringma… - Journal of applied …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation activities in fragmented landscapes have largely focused on keeping
remaining large patches intact, often disregarding the increasingly important role of smaller …

Habitat degradation and loss as key drivers of regional population extinction

JA Heinrichs, DJ Bender, NH Schumaker - Ecological Modelling, 2016 - Elsevier
Habitat quality is a fundamental driver of species distributions and population outcomes but
is often difficult to measure and compare alongside measures of habitat amount and …

How to manage hedgerows as effective ecological corridors for mammals: a two-species approach

O Dondina, L Kataoka, V Orioli, L Bani - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2016 - Elsevier
In European agricultural landscapes, forest fragmentation is one of the most serious threats
to wildlife populations viability. Ecological corridors are the management tool used to …

Enhancing connectivity in agroecosystems: focus on the best existing corridors or on new pathways?

O Dondina, S Saura, L Bani, MC Mateo-Sánchez - Landscape ecology, 2018 - Springer
Context Restoring or establishing corridors between residual forest patches is one of the
most adopted strategies for the conservation of animal populations and ecosystem …

[PDF][PDF] Taxonomic revision of the highly threatened Eumerus tricolor species group (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Southeast Europe, with insights into the conservation of the …

A Grković, J Van Steenis, M Miličić… - European Journal of …, 2021 - helda.helsinki.fi
The diversity in the Eumerus tricolor group, the largest group within the genus in Southeast
Europe, is investigated. Two new, locally distributed species are described, E. crispus Vujić …

Combining ensemble models and connectivity analyses to predict wolf expected dispersal routes through a lowland corridor

O Dondina, V Orioli, E Torretta, F Merli, L Bani… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The Italian wolf (Canis lupus italicus) population has remained isolated South of the Alps for
the last few thousand years. After a strong decline, the species has recolonized the …

Ecological network design from occurrence data by simulating species perception of the landscape

O Dondina, V Orioli, L Colli, M Luppi, L Bani - Landscape ecology, 2018 - Springer
Context Ecological networks are often designed based on the degree of suitability and
permeability of land cover classes, as obtained by estimating the statistical relationships …

Overview of the impact of forest habitats quality and landscape disturbances on the ecology and conservation of dormice species

I Fedyń, T Figarski, Ł Kajtoch - European Journal of forest research, 2021 - Springer
Arboreal mammals are a group of special concern. We reviewed the available literature to
summarize the overall potential effects of forest habitat disturbances on dormice ecology …