July 2009

Environmental quality in the park of Naples hills (Italy) before the opening of Chiaiano’s dump (Naples)

  The metropolitan Park of Naples hills (Italy) was instituted by the regional law 17/2003 with the aim of the green area’s safeguard of the city hills. However, in consequence of the waste emergency in the Campanian region, the Italian government decided the opening of a dump in Chiaiano, a quarter located inside the Park. Through the utilization of the birds as bioindicators, we studied the...

Author(s): Maria F. Caliendo, Lucilla Fusco, Silvana Grimaldi  and E. Gabriele De Filippo

July 2009

Using nestedness and species-accumulation analyses to strengthen a conservation plan for littoral forest birds in south-eastern Madagascar

  The littoral forests of south-eastern Madagascar are among the most threatened ecosystems on the island. A conservation plan has been developed for the region due to a proposed mining venture. Here, we provide a novel methodology to assess if the planned conservation measures would effectively conserve the bird diversity inhabiting these forests. Bird community composition within 30 littoral forest fragments...

Author(s): James E. M. Watson, Alexander W. T. Watson, Joern Fischer,  J. Carter Ingram and Robert J. Whittaker