Estimating animal density using camera traps without the need for individual recognition
- J. Rowcliffe, J. Field, S. Turvey, C. Carbone
- Environmental Science
- 1 August 2008
A method that eliminates the requirement for individual recognition of animals by modelling the underlying process of contact between animals and cameras is developed, opening the possibility of reduced labour costs for estimating wildlife density and may make estimation possible where it has not been previously.
Mammals on the EDGE: Conservation Priorities Based on Threat and Phylogeny
- N. Isaac, S. Turvey, B. Collen, C. Waterman, J. Baillie
- Environmental Science, BiologyPLoS ONE
- 14 March 2007
A simple index is defined that measures the contribution made by different species to phylogenetic diversity and how the index might contribute towards species-based conservation priorities and suggests that global conservation priorities may have to be reassessed in order to prevent a disproportionately large amount of mammalian evolutionary history becoming extinct in the near future.
First human-caused extinction of a cetacean species?
The Yangtze River dolphin or baiji is likely to be extinct, probably due to unsustainable by-catch in local fisheries, which represents the first global extinction of a large vertebrate for over 50 years.
Abundance and conservation status of the Yangtze finless porpoise in the Yangtze River, China
- Xiujiang Zhao, J. Barlow, Ding Wang
- Environmental Science
- 1 December 2008
Rapidly Shifting Baselines in Yangtze Fishing Communities and Local Memory of Extinct Species
- S. Turvey, Leigh A. Barrett, W. Ding
- Environmental ScienceConservation Biology
- 1 June 2010
New evidence of shifting baselines in local perception of regional species declines and on the duration of "community memory" of extinct species is presented on the basis of extensive interviews with fishers in communities across the middle-lower Yangtze basin.
Ancient proteins resolve the evolutionary history of Darwin’s South American ungulates
- F. Welker, M. Collins, R. Macphee
- BiologyNature
- 4 June 2015
Proteomic analysis is applied to screen bone samples of the Late Quaternary South American native ungulate taxa Toxodon and Macrauchenia for phylogenetically informative protein sequences and the resulting consensus tree agrees well with recent higher-level mammalian phylogenies.
Investing in evolutionary history: implementing a phylogenetic approach for mammal conservation
- B. Collen, S. Turvey, N. Isaac
- Environmental SciencePhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B…
- 27 September 2011
This work evaluates how a composite measure of extinction risk and phylogenetic isolation (EDGE) has been used to prioritize species according to their degree of unique evolutionary history (evolutionary distinctiveness, ED) weighted by conservation urgency (global endangerment, GE).
Historical data as a baseline for conservation: reconstructing long-term faunal extinction dynamics in Late Imperial–modern China
- S. Turvey, Jennifer J. Crees, Martina M. I. Di Fonzo
- Environmental ScienceProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological…
- 22 August 2015
The long-term Chinese historical record can track extinction events and human interactions with the environment across much longer timescales than are usually addressed in ecology, contributing novel baselines for conservation and an increased understanding of extinction dynamics and species vulnerability or resilience to human pressures.
Using local ecological knowledge to determine status and threats of the Critically Endangered Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) in Hainan, China
- H. C. Nash, M. Wong, S. Turvey
- Environmental Science
- 1 April 2016
Cortical growth marks reveal extended juvenile development in New Zealand moa
- S. Turvey, O. Green, R. Holdaway
- BiologyNature
- 16 June 2005
It is shown that cortical growth marks are frequent in long bones of New Zealand's moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes), a recently extinct ratite order, which indicates that reproductive maturity in moa was extremely delayed relative to all extant birds.
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