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Biodiversity and Conservation in Europe

  • Draws together a wide range of peer-reviewed primary research papers from biodiversity researchers around the world
  • Provides examples from a wide spectrum of issues representing the current state-of-the art in arthropods
  • Provides examples of recent work, usable as case studies for courses in ecology, restoration, biodiversity, conservation
  • Enables specialist researchers to see primary research papers tackling problems in arthropods

Part of the book series: Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation (TOBC, volume 7)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
  2. Determining high value areas for steppe birds in Spain: hot spots, complementarity and the efficiency of protected areas

    • Juan Traba, Eladio L. García de la Morena, Manuel B. Morales, Francisco Suárez
    Pages 13-33
  3. The effects of fire on communities, guilds and species of breeding birds in burnt and control pinewoods in central Italy

    • Emiliano Ukmar, Corrado Battisti, Luca Luiselli, Marco A. Bologna
    Pages 45-58
  4. Identifying new buffer areas for conserving waterbirds in the Mediterranean basin: the importance of the rice fields in Extremadura, Spain

    • J. M. Sánchez-Guzmán, R. Morán, J. A. Masero, C. Corbacho, E. Costillo, A. Villegas et al.
    Pages 91-102
  5. Impact of wind turbines on birds in Zeebrugge (Belgium)

    • Joris Everaert, Eric W. M. Stienen
    Pages 103-117
  6. Testing indicators of epiphytic lichen diversity: a case study in N Italy

    • Juri Nascimbene, Pier Luigi Nimis, Lorenzo Marini
    Pages 135-141
  7. Tracking the effects of one century of habitat loss and fragmentation on calcareous grassland butterfly communities

    • Emmanuelle Polus, Sofie Vandewoestijne, Julie Choutt, Michel Baguette
    Pages 181-194
  8. The distribution pattern of centipedes in four primeval forests of central Slovakia

    • Marc Jabin, Werner Topp, Jan Kulfan, Peter Zach
    Pages 195-203
  9. Tuber spp. biodiversity in one of the southernmost European distribution areas

    • M. Pomarico, G. Figliuolo, G. L. Rana
    Pages 205-219
  10. Habitat use of booted eagles (Hieraaetus pennatus) in a Special Protection Area: implications for conservation

    • José E. Martínez, Iluminada Pagán, José A. Palazón, José F. Calvo
    Pages 239-246

About this book

This book brings together a selection of original studies submitted to Biodiversity and Conservation that address biodiversity and conservation in Europe. Europe is certainly the most intensively inventoried region of the world; detailed maps are available for species distributions while action plans are being drawn up for species under threat. At the same time, the wildlife of Europe has been subject to enormous human pressures, with limited ‘wilderness’ sites remaining in most countries. Europe consequently presents a case-study of what the human impact on biodiversity has been, and also what can be done to improve the situation.

The contributions in this volume are drawn from a wide range of countries and discuss diverse organism and habitat types. They collectively provide a snap-shot of the sorts of studies and actions being taken in Europe to address issues in biodiversity and conservation – topical examples that will make the volume especially valuable for use in conservation biology courses.

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