Managers of protected areas are under increasing pressure to measure their effectiveness
in conserving native biological diversity in ways that are scientifically sound, practical, and …

Protected-area targets of 10% of a biome, of a country, or of the planet have often been
used in conservation planning. The new World Database on Protected Areas shows that …

Many species of Nearctic landbirds exhibit behavioral plasticity during migration, presumably
to compensate for energetic demands of migratory flight. At Block Island, Rhode Island, a …

Dietary plasticity is widespread and frequent in many landbird species during migration and
typically involves shifts from stereotyped insectivorous diets during the breeding season to …

… Jeff Parrish, … Citation: Boitani L, Cowling RM, Dublin HT, Mace GM, Parrish J, Possingham
HP, et al. (2008) Change the IUCN Protected Area Categories to Reflect Biodiversity Outcomes …

Continued biodiversity loss has prompted calls for half of the planet to be set aside for nature
– including E. O Wilson's “Half-Earth” approach and the Wild Foundation's “Nature Needs …

The global protected area estate is the world’s largest ever planned land use. Protected
areas are not monolithic and vary in their purpose, designation, management and outcomes. …

We conducted 600 ten-minute, fixed-radius point counts in two climatically different seasons
in forest, abandoned cacao (Theobroma cacao), and managed cacao habitat from …

Seasonal changes in corticosterone metabolism have been implicated in the migratory
physiology of passerines. To investigate how this hormone might relate to migratory condition in …

Chlorinated, brominated, and mixed bromochloro acetates are major by-products of water
disinfection by chlorine or ozone. The chlorinated acetates, trichloroacetate (TCA) and …