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• Barcoding a quantified food web: Crypsis, concepts, ecology and hypotheses

  <p>The efficient and effective monitoring of individuals and populations is critically dependent on correct species identification. While this point may seem obvious, identifying the majority of the more than 100 natural enemies involved in the spruce budworm (<em>Choristoneura fumiferana</em> &ndash; SBW) food web remains a non-trivial endeavor.

  • 07/07/2011

  • PLoS ONE
  • • Insects
    • N C America
    • Forests
    • Canada
    • Biodiversity

• Optimal conservation planning for migratory animals: integrating demographic information across seasons

  Conservation strategies for migratory animals are typically based on ad-hoc or simple ranking methods and focus on a single period of the annual cycle. We use a density-dependent population model to examine one-time land purchase strategies for a migratory population with a breeding and wintering grounds.

  • 01/06/2010

  • Conservation Letters
  • • Habitat
    • Population
    • Wildlife
    • Birds
    • Migratory Species
    • Biodiversity
    • Biodiversity Conservation
    • Conservation Letters
    • Justin Sheehy
    • Caz M. Taylor
    • Kevin S. McCann & et al