PERSGA is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the conservation of coastal and marine environments and the wise use of the natural resources in the Region. Society for the Protection of Wildlife). The work was carried out through the Habitat and Biodiversity Conservation Component of the Strategic Action Programme for the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, a Global Environment Facility (GEF) f...

Understanding habitat quality for wildlife is extremely important for biologists, but few papers have explored the pros and cons of how to measure it. In this review, I clarify terminology and distinguish habitat quality from related terms, differentiate habitat quality from animals’ and wildlife managers’ perspectives, and describe different ways of measuring habitat quality in the field. As i...

Habitat availability ultimately limits the distribution and abundance of wildlife species. Consequently, it is paramount to identify where wildlife habitat is and understand how it changes over time in order to implement large-scale wildlife conservation plans. Yet, no work has quantified the degree of change in range-wide breeding habitat for the Golden-cheeked Warbler (Setophaga chrysoparia),...

theoretical review of ‘mining pit lakes’ indicates that like natural lakes such lakes display a huge diversity. they are typically in a non-equilibrium state with respect to their surroundings. hence, at the decommissioning phase of mining operation a detailed technical study are required on different aspects of such created water bodies considering its morphometry, geology, hydrology, water qu...

The two major conservation issues for drylands of Africa are habitat loss or degradation and habitat fragmentation, largely from agriculture, charcoal production, and infrastructural development. A key question for management is how these landscapes can retain their critical ecological functions and services, while simultaneously supporting resilient livelihoods. It is a clear nexus question in...

Wildlife-aircraft collisions (wildlife strikes) pose safety risks to aircraft and cost civil aviation over $390 million annually in the USA. We reviewed the results of prior studies to summarize the vegetation management techniques that have proven effective for wildlife strike reduction or have shown potential for achieving the same goal. Habitat components that may affect wildlife use of airp...

A Bayesian modeling technique was used to predict probabili ty of occurrence for 14 species of Maine land birds. The relationships between bird species survey data and the spectral values of Landsat Thematic Mapper bands 4 and 5 as well as a derived texture measure were used to build conditional probabilities for input into Bayes' Theorem. The conditional probabilities form decision rules for r...

Mycobacterium bovis, causing bovine tuberculosis (BTB), has been recognized as a global threat at the wildlife-livestock-human interface, a clear "One Health" issue. Several wildlife species have been identified as maintenance hosts. Spillover of infection from these species to livestock or other wildlife species may have economic and conservation implications and infection of humans causes pub...

Manuscript will be published as a chapter in the following General Technical Report: Pilliod, D.S., K. Shick, and M.E. Velasquez. In review. The Wildlife Habitat Response Model: a tool for estimating terrestrial wildlife habitat responses to fuel treatments. Pages xx-xx in Sutherland, E.K., and A.E. Black (eds). Estimating the environmental consequences of fuel treatments: user’s guide. USDA Fo...