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The relationship between diver experience levels and perceptions of attractiv...
Artificial reefs are increasingly used worldwide as a method for managing recreational diving since they have the potential to satisfy both conservation goals and economic... -
Citizen science: An alternative way for water monitoring in Hong Kong
Nowadays, citizen science has become increasingly popular, especially in Western countries. In Hong Kong, citizen science projects are mostly used for public education, while... -
Economic Impacts of Non-Native Forest Insects in the Continental United States
Reliable estimates of the impacts and costs of biological invasions are critical to developing credible management, trade and regulatory policies. Worldwide, forests and urban... -
Spatial and topical imbalances in biodiversity research
The rapid erosion of biodiversity is among the biggest challenges human society is facing. Concurrently, major efforts are in place to quantify changes in biodiversity, to... -
Understanding the distribution of marine megafauna in the English channel reg...
International audience; The temperate waters of the North-Eastern Atlantic have a long history of maritime resource richness and, as a result, the European Union is endeavouring... -
Shale Gas, Wind and Water: Assessing the Potential Cumulative Impacts of Ener...
Global demand for energy has increased by more than 50 percent in the last half-century, and a similar increase is projected by 2030. This demand will increasingly be met with... -
Adding Fuel to the Fire: The Impacts of Non-Native Grass Invasion on Fire Man...
BACKGROUND: Widespread invasion by non-native plants has resulted in substantial change in fire-fuel characteristics and fire-behaviour in many of the world's ecosystems, with a... -
Effect of degradation intensity on grassland ecosystem services in the alpine...
The deterioration of alpine grassland has great impact on ecosystem services in the alpine region of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. However, the effect of grassland degradation on... -
Beyond Academia – Interrogating Research Impact in the Research Excellence Fr...
Big changes to the way in which research funding is allocated to UK universities were brought about in the Research Excellence Framework (REF), overseen by the Higher Education... -
Egg Production in a Coastal Seabird, the Glaucous-Winged Gull (Larus glaucesc...
Seabirds integrate information about oceanic ecosystems across time and space, and are considered sensitive indicators of marine conditions. To assess whether hypothesized... -
Investing in Threatened Species Conservation: Does Corruption Outweigh Purcha...
In many sectors, freedom in capital flow has allowed optimization of investment returns through choosing sites that provide the best value for money. These returns, however, can... -
Striking a balance: socioeconomic development and conservation in grassland t...
The goal of preserving nature is often in conflict with economic development and the aspirations of the rural poor. Nowhere is this more striking than in native grasslands,... -
Mobility, Expansion and Management of a Multi-Species Scuba Diving Fishery in...
Background: Scuba diving fishing, predominantly targeting sea cucumbers, has been documented to occur in an uncontrolled manner in the Western Indian Ocean and in other tropical... -
Scientific crowdsourcing in wildlife research and conservation: Tigers (Panth...
With around 3,200 tigers (Panthera tigris) left in the wild, the governments of 13 tiger range countries recently declared that there is a need for innovation to aid tiger... -
Market Forces and Technological Substitutes Cause Fluctuations in the Value o...
Critics of the market-based, ecosystem services approach to biodiversity conservation worry that volatile market conditions and technological substitutes will diminish the value... -
Stakeholder perspectives on large-scale marine protected areas
Large-scale marine protected areas (LSMPAs), MPAs greater than 100,000km2, have proliferated in the past decade. However, the value of LSMPAs as conservation tools is debated,... -
Measuring the Effectiveness of Conservation: A Novel Framework to Quantify th...
Increasing energy and housing demands are impacting wildlife populations throughout western North America. Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), a species known for... -
Children Prioritize Virtual Exotic Biodiversity over Local Biodiversity
International audience; Environmental education is essential to stem current dramatic biodiversity loss, and childhood is considered as the key period for developing awareness... -
Trust in scientists and rates of noncompliance with a fisheries rule in the B...
AbstractNatural resource rules exist to manage resources and the people that interact with them. These rules often fail because people do not comply with them. Decisions to...
