To improve or not to improve? The dilemma of “bat-friendly” farmland potentially becoming an ecological trap
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
375, P. 109215 - 109215
Published: July 30, 2024
Conventional
agriculture
occupies
a
substantial
portion
of
Earth's
terrestrial
surface
and
adversely
affects
biodiversity
through
pesticide
spread,
mechanisation,
loss
spatial
temporal
heterogeneity
farmed
landscapes.
Consequently,
conventional
has
become
primary
target
many
restoration
projects
operating
at
various
scales,
from
habitat
to
landscape.
While
these
efforts
aim
increase
farmland
promote
the
delivery
associated
ecosystem
services,
unintended
consequences
may
arise
when
important
threats
are
not
mitigated.
For
instance,
animals
be
led
make
maladaptive
choices,
lured
attractive
sites
with
poor
quality
(ecological
traps),
resulting
in
adverse
effects
on
individual
fitness
demography.
We
focus
our
review
European
as
case
study
because
its
extensive
presence
continent
particularly
articulated
legal
framework
regulating
within
Union.
Europe's
policy
is
dual-faced:
one
promotes
development
regardless
management
practices,
while
other
advocates
for
protection
measures
that
sometimes
lack
strong
supporting
evidence
or
overlook
critical
aspects.
Insectivorous
bats
contribute
significantly
service
insectivory
agricultural
landscapes,
consuming
large
numbers
pest
arthropods.
However,
restoring
habitats
farmland,
potential
outcomes
must
considered,
if
actions
accompanied
by
mitigation
key
threats.
These
include
persistent
widespread
use
pesticides,
road
networks,
siting
wind
turbines
opportunistic
predators,
especially
domestic
cats.
argue
installing
bat
boxes
enhancing
landscape
features,
such
increasing
connectivity
diversity,
potentially
trap
yet
unsuitable
environments
environmental
highly
valued
populations,
it
crucial
avoid
neglecting
factors
could
have
opposite
effect,
turning
'improved'
into
sink.
Research
urgently
needed
understand
inform
policymakers.
Language: Английский
Exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)
Veterinary Microbiology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
290, P. 110001 - 110001
Published: Jan. 21, 2024
The
severe
acute
respiratory
syndrome
coronavirus
2
(SARS-CoV-2)
is
an
emerging
zoonotic
virus
of
public
and
animal
health
concern,
which
felids
have
been
suggested
as
potential
reservoirs.
Although
SARS-CoV-2
exposure
has
detected
in
domestic
wild
captive
animals
belonging
to
Felidae
family,
surveillance
not
carried
out
free-ranging
so
far.
aim
the
present
study
was
assess
Iberian
lynx
(Lynx
pardinus),
most
endangered
felid
world.
Between
2019
2022,
we
conducted
a
seroepidemiological
276
lynxes.
Our
results
evidenced
limited
(0.4%;
95%CI:
0.0-1.1)
but
negligible
this
species,
increasing
host
range.
circulation
wildlife
evidences
need
integrated
European
monitoring.
Language: Английский
Highlights of published papers in Applied Animal Behaviour Science in 2024
Applied Animal Behaviour Science,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 106504 - 106504
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
Language: Английский
Biodiversity, Governance, and Municipal Bonds
Yu Shi
No information about this author
SSRN Electronic Journal,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
The
paper
shows
that
legislative
changes
are
harmful
to
local
biodiversity
significantly
impact
municipal
bond
markets
and
associated
with
an
increase
in
yields.
also
finds
certain
factors
exacerbate
this
effect.
analysis
is
based
on
a
series
of
statewide
regulatory
shocks
conservation
biologists
consider
be
detrimental
conservation.
These
result
laws
hinder
effective
population
management
unowned
cats—a
well-known
invasive
species
contributes
loss.
study
employs
state-border
discontinuity
approach,
comparing
yields
issued
by
counties
affected
these
those
nearby
not
subject
such
laws.
This
the
first
examine
biodiversity-related
within
finance.
In
doing
so,
it
underscores
economic
significance
measures
advances
finance
research
incorporates
biodiversity.
Language: Английский