Memory, Oral History and Conservation at Robben Island's Bluestone Quarry

Arthropods on islands: colonization, speciation, and conservation.

Islands have traditionally been considered to be any relatively small body of land completely surrounded by water. However, their primary biological characteristic, an extended period of isolation from a source of colonists, is common also to many situations on continents. Accordingly, theories and predictions developed for true islands have been applied to a huge array of systems, from rock po...

Conservation lessons from the Pacific Islands

Phylogeny of gazelles in some islands of Iran based on mtDNA sequences: Species identification and implications for conservation

Different species of gazelles are among the most endangered mammals on the Asian steppes and occur in the central, southern and northwestern regions of Iran. The previous conservation efforts in this region have been incomplete due to confusion about the phylogenetic relationship among various populations. So that, different conservation programs such as ex-situ breeding and transfer of captive...

Prize quarry

dogfish and a total allowable catch of zero for 2010. Scientists had recommended a zero catch for this year as studies suggest the northeast Atlantic population is on the verge of collapse. Catches for cod outside the North Sea, hake, monkfish, sole and whiting have also been agreed at levels higher than those recommended by EU advisors. The Bay of Biscay anchovy fishery is to remain closed but...

Man and Lacertids on the Mediterranean Islands: Conservation Perspectives

CLAUDIA CORTI1, WOLFGANG BÖHME2, MASSIMO DELFINO3 & MARCO MASSETI4 Department of Animal Biology and Genetics, University of Florence, Via Romana, 17, I – 50125 Florence, Italy (e-mail: [email protected]) Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum »Alexander Koenig«, Adeanuerallee 160, D – 53113 Bonn, Germany (e-mail: [email protected]) Vertebrate Paleontology Research Group, ...