November 2011
Forest conservation and livelihood conflict in REDD: A case study from the corridor Ankeniheny Zahamena REDD project, Madagascar
To be effective, the reducing emission from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) initiatives must be driven not only by their potential climate and other environmental benefits, but also by the consideration of how they will affect rural communities. This study focused on the socioeconomic dimensions of the REDD mechanism and explored the extent to which the management system of a carbon sequestered...
November 2011
Attitudes and perceptions as threats to wildlife conservation in the Bakossi area, South West Cameroon
Knowing the attitudes and perception of people towards wildlife conservation is a primordial factor and strategy. The success of wildlife conservation depends on the attitudes of the local population, their perception of concepts and strategies put forth by conservation organizations. Although people in the area equate wildlife conservation as refusal to access rights to bush meat, they are conscious of the...
November 2011
Oak gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) species composition using diversity and similarity indexes across different locations of Oak forest, West-Azerbaijan, Iran
Patterns of the distribution of species diversity are the result of ecological, physical and historical factors. Beta diversity is an important property of ecosystems because it provides information about the partitioning of habitats by species. The objectives of this study were to determine the level of oak gall wasps diversity present in five different locations and to study the similarity among these...
November 2011
Impact of tropical forest degradation on nymphalid butterflies: A case study in Chandubi tropical forest, Assam, India
Study examines the hypothesis, whether the diversity of Nymphalid butterflies in tropical primary forest of Chandubi is associated with vegetation structure and canopy openness and that this relationship differs between butterfly taxa in relation to phylogenetic differences in light and shade preferences. Study has emphasized whether the increasing diversity of butterflies in degraded tropical forest is...
November 2011
Diversity and distribution of ladybird beetles in District Dir Lower, Pakistan
This paper communicates the diversity, distribution and host importance of ladybird beetles collected from District Dir Lower, Pakistan. A survey was conducted in the District Dir Lower over a period of two years. Specimens of coccinellid beetles were collected from Maidan, Jandool, Timergara and Adenzai. Identification of these beetles showed that 14 different species belonging to sub-families...
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