Consequences of prairie wetland drainage for crustacean biodiversity and metapopulations
Article Abstract:
The Crustacean communities are studied for 3 years in a set of extant ephemeral wetlands in Illinois to examine the effects of habitat fragmentation on the genetic structure of extant crustacean metapopulations. It is concluded that the conversion of former wet prairie to agriculture may have reduced the metapopulations and that the conservation programs can preserve much of the historical biodiversity of ephemeral wetlands.
Publication Name: Conservation Biology
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0888-8892
Year: 2003
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
What it will take to monitor forest elephant populations
Article Abstract:
Issues discussed concern the impact of a limited sale of ivory on elephant populations in Africa, and techniques for monitoring forest elephant populations. Topics addressed include the elephant populations of central Africa, field survey techniques, and quantifying poaching levels.
Publication Name: Conservation Biology
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0888-8892
Year: 1999
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: The potential consequences of pollinator declines on the conservation of biodiversity and stability of food crop yields
- Abstracts: Conservation theory meets practice. Sample size for the diagnosis of conservation units
- Abstracts: Bird communities of prairie uplands and wetlands in relation to farming practices in Saskatchewan. Differences in Predators of Artificial and Real Songbird Nests: Evidence of Bias in Artificial Nest Studies