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The California Current Marine Bird Conservation Plan
A summary of knowledge and recommendations for the conservation of marine birds and their habitats throughout the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem.
متن کاملAligning Natural Resource Conservation and Flood Hazard Mitigation in California
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Insectivorous Western Bluebirds (Sialia mexicana) occupy vineyard nest boxes established by California winegrape growers who want to encourage avian conservation. Experimentally, the provision of available nest sites serves as an alternative to exclosure methods for isolating the potential ecosystem services provided by foraging birds. We compared the abundance and species richness of avian for...
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Many plant species are of sufficient ecological importance to merit species-specific conservation plans. For species threatened by land use change, protected areas will be a key element of their conservation strategy. It can be particularly challenging to identify which sites to preserve for broadly distributed species such as California valley oak (Quercus lobata Née) that possess geographical...
متن کاملHabitat Preferences of California Sea Lions: Implications for Conservation
California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) occur along much of the Pacific coast of North America, but the number of breeding areas that are occupied is relatively small. Our understanding of the attributes that make these few sites preferable is currently limited. We quantified habitat characteristics—substrate type and coloration, aspect, slope, curvature of shoreline, and availability of ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Land Use Policy
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0264-8377
DOI: 10.1016/0264-8377(84)90007-3