Biodiversity, Volume 15, Issue 2-3 (2014)

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Drylands Special Issue

Editor’s Corner

Editorial
Drylands: some of the most biodiverse habitats in the world
Vanessa Reid (Managing Editor)
Pages: 65-66
Published online: 22 Aug 2014
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Biodiversity News

Biodiversity News
Vanessa Reid & Ole Hendrickson
Pages: 67-72
Published online: 06 Aug 2014
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Articles

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Vegetation restoration for open sandy habitats in the Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada, using richness, rarity, coefficients of conservatism, the floristic quality index and a case study from the Pinhey Sand Dune
Paul M. Catling
Pages: 73-87
Published online: 18 Jul 2014
AbstractforVegetation restoration for open sandy habitats in the Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada, using richness, rarity, coefficients of conservatism, the floristic quality index and a case study from the Pinhey Sand Dune | Full Text | References | PDF (345.8 KB)
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The role of community organisations in integrated conservation and development projects: local perspectives from the Sahel region
Michiel O.L. van den Bergh
Pages: 88-100
Published online: 10 Jul 2014
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The impact of land use change on migrant birds in the Sahel
William M. Adams, Robert D.S. Small & Juliet A. Vickery
Pages: 101-108
Published online: 17 Jul 2014
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Globalisation and the sustainability of farmers, livestock-keepers, pastoralists and fragile habitats
John Hodges, Marc Foggin, Ruijun Long & Gongbu Zhaxi
Pages: 109-118
Published online: 10 Jul 2014
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Distribution, abundance and conservation of the highly endemic Coral Pink Sand Dunes tiger beetle, Cicindela albissima Rumpp
Charles Gowan & C. Barry Knisley
Pages: 119-129
Published online: 17 Jul 2014
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Surprisingly high levels of biodiversity and endemism amongst Antarctic rotifers uncovered with mitochondrial DNA
Alejandro Velasco-Castrillón, Timothy J. Page, John A. E. Gibson & Mark I. Stevens
Pages: 130-142
Published online: 03 Jul 2014
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Conserving dryland biodiversity: a future vision of sustainable dryland development
Masumi Gudka, Jonathan Davies, Lene Poulsen, Björn Schulte-Herbrüggen, Kathy MacKinnon, Nigel Crawhall, William D. Henwood, Nigel Dudley & Jessica Smith
Pages: 143-147
Published online: 07 Jul 2014
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Conservation of sand dune systems in Canada’s capital: a restoration model and case study of the Pinhey Sand Dunes complex
P.T. Dang & Stephen Aitken
Pages: 148-168
Published online: 01 Aug 2014
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Islands in ice: isolated populations of Cryptopygus sverdrupi (Collembola) among nunataks in the Sør Rondane Mountains, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica
Mark I. Stevens & Cyrille A. D’Haese
Pages: 169-177
Published online: 07 Jul 2014
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The role of protected areas in supplying ten critical ecosystem services in drylands: a review
Nigel Dudley, Kathy MacKinnon & Sue Stolton
Pages: 178-184
Published online: 03 Jul 2014
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Innovation, traditional knowledge and awareness lead to good practices for avoiding biodiversity loss in the Sahara
Thomas Rabeil, John Newby & Abdoulaye Harouna
Pages: 185-191
Published online: 10 Jul 2014
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Embracing indigenous knowledge systems in the management of dryland ecosystems in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area: the case of Chibememe and Tshovani communities, Chiredzi, Zimbabwe
Gladman Chibememe, Never Muboko, Edson Gandiwa, Olga L. Kupika, Victor K. Muposhi & Gilbert Pwiti
Pages: 192-202
Published online: 15 Jul 2014
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Wetlands help maintain wetland and dryland biodiversity in the Sahel, but that role is under threat: an example from 80 years of changes at Lake Tabalak in Niger
Joost Brouwer, Hamadou Amadou Abdoul Kader & Thomas Sommerhalter
Pages: 203-219
Published online: 15 Jul 2014
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Blossoming Treasures of Biodiversity

Article
45. Tepary Bean – an ideal arid zone crop
Ernest Small
Pages: 220-228
Published online: 19 May 2014
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On the Ground

Beauty and adaptation – the marvels of Namibia’s dryland habitat
Peter Croal
Pages: 229-230
Published online: 24 Jun 2014
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A disappearing drylands icon? White rhinoceros conservation and the need for public–private partnerships
Angelo P. Pernetta
Pages: 231-233
Published online: 10 Jul 2014
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Forum

Livelihoods and the commons – the backbone of life in the drylands
Radha Gopalan
Pages: 234-236
Published online: 19 Jun 2014
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Book Review

Book Review
Conserving dryland biodiversity
Angelo P. Pernetta
Pages: 237-238
Published online: 31 Jul 2014
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