esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com Legacy effects of locally extinct flagship species on protected areas Protected areas (PAs) are often established to conserve flagship megafauna so as to mobilize political support and secure sustained conservation investment, with the expectation that flagship-cente... What happens to protected areas when their tigers and rhinos go extinct? A new study examines the legacy of conservation money and investment after an area’s flagship species are gone. wildlife.org/what-happens-t…View quoted post on X
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com Prebreeding populations and the importance of life history for conserving imperiled seabirds Seabird conservation often focuses on nestlings and breeding adults. Yet imperiled seabird populations also contain prebreeders, including juveniles and subadults, that wait several years before... Researchers often focus on nest production or adult survival when planning seabird conservation efforts. But vast portions of the population are prebreeding young adults. A new study examined how to learn more and conserving this class of birds. wildlife.org/prebreeding-se…View quoted post on X
