funded by the Government of Aragon through several consultancy projects from 2006 to 2022
The escape and establishment of Iberian wild goats,Capra pyrenaica,from an enclosure in the 1990s marked the beginning of the recovery of the species in the Pyrenees.This population has occupied part of the Prepyrenee...
This article is a summary of the historical background to Isatis tinctoria in France and elsewhere from the 12th to the 21st century. Isatis tinctoria, also called “Guède”, “Pastel” or “Vouède” according to th...
supported by the supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science,Innovation and Universities(MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033);the European Union(NextGenerationEU/PRTR)through projects CGL2016-80820-R,PID2019-103936GB-C21,TED2021-129889B-I00,and RED2022-134338-T.
Captive breeding and stocking are commonly employed strategies for enhancing fisheries and conserving endangered fish species.However,hatchery-raised fish often exhibit reduced performance in the wild,displaying alter...
funded by Prague Zoo,the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences(IGA-20213104);Nadace"Nadani Josefa,Marie a Zdenky Hlavkovych."。
Analyzing social networks is a powerful tool for understanding the ecology of social species.While most studies focus on the role of each group member,few compare groups with different characteristics.The current popu...
We are grateful to rangers and staff members at the Xinjiang Kalamaili Nature Reserve,the Anxi Extremearid Desert Nature Reserve,and the Dunhuang Xihu National Nature Reserve for their support in sample collection.We would like to thank Editage(www.editage.cn)for English language editing.This work was supported by the Beijing Forestry University Outstanding Young Talent Cultivation Project[grant number 2019JQ03018];the Postdoctoral Innovative Talents Support Program[grant number BX20190042];the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation[grant number 2020M670177];L.T.acknowledges support from China Scholarship Council for her study at the University of Oxford(No.201906510039).
Host-associated microbiota can significantly impact host fitness.Therefore,naturally occurring variations in microbiota may influence the health and persistence of their hosts.This finding is particularly important in...
supported by the National Key Programme of Research and'Development,Ministry of Science and Technology(2016YFC0503200);the Biodiversity Survey and Assessment Project of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment,China(2019HJ2096001006);the Construction of Basic Conditions Platform of Sichuan Science and TechnologyDepartment(2019JDPT0020);China Biodiversity Observation Networks(Sino BON).
Reintroduction of captive-bred Chinese giant salamanders is a primary approach for restoring wild populations.Despite previous studies have investigated the habitat preferences of reintroduced Chinese giant salamander...
Spanish R&D projects MYCOINFOR(Mycosilviculture Applied to Forest Fire Prevention in Mediterranean Systems;PID2019-105188RB-I00);VIS4FIRE(Comprehensive vulnerability of forest systems to fire:implications for forest management tools;RTA2017-00042-C05-01);Interreg-POCTEP CILIFO(Iberian Centre for Research and Forest Firefighting;0753-CILIFO-5-E);financed by European Social Fund“NextGenerationEU”through a grant“Margarita Salas”awarded to Juncal Espinosa into the project GFIRE。
Background:More than a decade of fire suppression has changed the structure of fire-adapted shrubland ecosystems in Spain’s National Parks,which are now at extreme risk of uncontrolled wildfires.Prescribed burning ca...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31572282,31872245);Shaanxi Forestry Bureau。
Reintroduction has become a common conservation management tool to restore endangered species in their historical range.However,many attempts have failed to establish self-sustaining populations in the wild.The succes...
The reintroduction of rare and endangered species is one of the most important approaches to conservation and ecosystem restoration,but it has still proven to be an adventurous undertaking and most reintroduction prog...
This work was supported by the Special Fund for Ecological Forestry Construction of Guangdong Provincal Finance Department[Yue Cai Zi Huan[2021]15];the Central Finance Fund for Forestry Reform and Development[Yue Cai Zi Huan[2019]5,[2020]99].
Paphiopedilum armeniacum is a rare and endangered lady’s slipper orchid in China.It is distributed around the mid-elevations of the Nu Mountains in southwest China.Due to over-harvest,habitat loss,and degradation,wil...