MANATI, A. R. & G. NOGGE (2008)
Cheetahs in Afghanistan.
Cat News 49: 18. IUCN Cat Specialist Group. ISSN 1027-2992.
Abstract:
The Asiatic cheetah Acinonyx jubatus venaticus (Schreber 1776) once ranged from the Arabian Peninsula to India. Today not more than 100 cheetahs seem to have survived in the deserts of Iran (Farhadinia 2004). In Afghanistan the cheetah is considered to have been extinct since the 1950s.
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MALLON, D.P. & KINGSWOOD, S. C. (2001)
Antelopes - Global Survey and Regional Action Plans, Part 4: North Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
260 Seiten. Verbreitungskarten.
IUCN, Gland. ISBN 2-8317-0594-0.
Vorwort:
The IUCN/SSC Antelope Specialist Group was created in 1978 and currently has more than 100 members based in over 40 countries .A key objective of the group is to monitor the conservation status of all antelope species .The publication of Part 4 of Antelopes: Global Survey and Regional
Action Plans is an important and eagerly awaited milestone in achieving this objective .Following on from Parts 1 to 3, which dealt with the antelopes of sub-Saharan Africa, Part 4 completes the Antelope Specialist Group’s efforts to summarise current knowledge of the status of each antelope
species in all of its range states, and to develop Regional Action Plans for antelope conservation.
The completion of Part 4 is a tribute to the unstinting efforts and persistence of the compilers. They have produced a comprehensive work, which is a major addition to our knowledge of antelopes and will be of lasting value to antelope conservation .As the compiler of Parts 1 to 3 of
Antelopes: Global Survey and Regional Action Plans, I am uniquely placed to understand the magnitude of the compilers’ task. This is exacerbated by the relatively large number of species and range states that are covered by the Antelope Specialist Group. I warmly congratulate David Mallon and Steven Kingswood on their successful completion of this mammoth undertaking.
With almost 100 species globally, antelopes achieve an exceptionally high diversity compared to most other groups of medium to large-sized mammals . The living antelope species represent the continuation of a major and relatively recent evolutionary heritage and are among the most successful groups of large herbivores that have ever existed on Earth .They are also important flagship species for the conservation of natural environments .Flourishing antelope populations are key indicators of healthy grasslands, woodlands, forests, and deserts in many parts of Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Hence, the conservation of antelopes is a vital component of biodiversity conservation throughout these regions .In addition, the beauty and grace of antelopes give them high aesthetic value. They are also an important natural resource in economic terms, through consumptive uses such as hunting for trophies, meat, and skins, and non-consumptive uses such as game-viewing tourism.
Threats to the survival of antelopes arise fundamentally from the growth of human and domestic livestock populations, which result in increasing degradation and destruction of natural habitats and excessive offtake by hunting for meat and skins. Unfortunately, these processes are even more advanced in much of the region covered by Part 4 of Antelopes: Global Survey and Regional Action Plans than in sub-Saharan Africa. Consequently, antelope populations have been severely depleted or exterminated over large parts of North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia .Nevertheless, viable and sometimes substantial remnants of most of the region’s antelope species survive.
Emphasis must now shift to the implementation of the conservation priorities identified in the Regional Action Plan, within the context of sustainable development and the conservation of biological diversity .Co-ordinated efforts by government and non-government agencies and conservation organisations will be essential to implement the protection and management regimes which are required to assure the long-term survival of representative examples of this spectacular group of mammals and their natural habitats.
Rod East
Co-Chair, Antelope Specialist Group
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STELZEL, I. & LANDMANN, A. (2000)
Die Alpendohle (Phyrrhocorax graculus) im Stadtgebiet von Innsbruck, Tirol: Bestandesgrößen, Bestandesdynamik, Bestandesstruktur und Raumverteilung.
Ber. nat.-med. Verein Innsbruck 87: 307-326.
Abstract
The Alpine Cough (Phyrrocorax graculus) in the Municipial Area of Innsbruck, Tyrol: Size, Seasonal Dynamics, Space Use and Social Structure of Winter Populations Synopsis: Standardised weekly counts (from February 1997 until April 1998) covering 11 km 2 of the municipial area of Innsbruck, Tyrol (575 m asl) where performed in order to investigate the number, seasonal dynamics and space use of Alpine Choughs wintering in Innsbruck. In additi-on, Alpine Chough behavioural data were collected using the focal animal sampling method. The number of Alpine Choughs steadily increased from autumn, to mid-winter (maximum approx. 1000 birds) and early spring and decreased towards late spring although the city area was also used by Alpine Choughs during the summer month proper. Birds were unevenly distributed over the city area, showing preferences for districts dominated by higher buildings, i. e. skyscrapers and blocks consist-ing of multi-storey buildings. Average flocks sizes were largest in midwinter, when flocks sometimes comprised more than 200 birds, and smallest in autumn. The age structure of the wintering popula-tion changed during the winter. The percentage of adult birds increased from 69 % in early winter to 94 % in late winter. Similarly, the percentage of mated birds within flocks increased form 3 % in autumn to 40 % in spring. According to the directions of their departure it can be assumed that all Alpine Choughs visiting Innsbruck live in the limestone mountain ranges north of Innsbruck, roost-ing sites being located at distances from 5 to 13 km from the city centre.
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HOFER, U., MONNEY, J.-C. & DUSEJ, G, (2001)
Die Reptilien der Schweiz : Verbreitung - Lebensräume - Schutz.
Les Reptiles de Suisse: Répartition, Habitats, Protection / I Rettili della Svizzera: Distribuzione, Habitat, Protezione.
xi + 202 Seiten; 90 Farbfotos, Verbreitungskarten für alle Arten.
Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, Boston, Berlin. ISBN 3-7643-6245-6.
Inhalt:
Neben artübergreifenden Betrachtungen werden alle 15 einheimische Arten vorgestellt. Über 43'000 Einzelbeobachtungen von Schlangen und Echsen aus sieben Jahrzehnten machen diesen Atlas zur ersten umfassenden Darstellung der Repitilienfauna der Schweiz.
HELB, H.-W. (2003)
Der Luchs im Pfälzerwald: ein wertvoller Beitrag zur Artenvielfalt im Wald.
AFZ – Der Wald 58/21: 1102-1106.
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HALLER, H. (1996)
Der Steinadler in Graubünden.
Langfristige Untersuchungen zur Populationsökologie von Aquila chrysaetos im Zentrum der Alpen.
167 Seiten, 75 Farb- und s/w-Abbildungen.
Der Ornithologische Beobachter, Beiheft 9. ISBN 3-9521064-0-2.
Aus der Zusammenfassung:
Von 1970 bis 1994 wurde eine Grundlagenstudie zur Populationsökologie des Steinadlers im Kanton Graubünden durchgeführt. Dabei wurden auch sämtliche verfügbaren historischen Daten berücksichtigt.
Nach einem Bestandstief zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts hat die Population dank Schutzbestimmungen ständig zugenommen. 1994 lebten in Graubünden 107 Revierpaare. Die Population ist einer starken innerartlichen Konkurrenz unterworfen. Verpaarte Adler besetzen ganzjàhrig 28-90 km2 grosse Territorien. Revierverteidigung findet fast immer gegenüber Einzeladlern statt und kann bei häufigem Auftreten bei den Reviervögeln territorialen Stress auslösen. Die Flugaktivität wird von thermischen Aufwinden wesentlich mitbestimmt.
Volltext (PDF)
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HAHN, H. (1959)
Von Baum-, Busch- und Klippschliefern, den kleinen Verwandten der Seekühe und Elefanten.
Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei Band 246.
88 Seiten, 20 s/w-Fotos, 8 Strichzeichnungen, 3 Landkarten, 2 Bestimmungstabellen.
A Ziemsen Verlag, Wittenberg-Lutherstadt.
Nachdruck der 1. Auflage von 1959. Westarp-Wissenschaften, Hohenwarsleben 2004, ISBN 3-89432-680-8.
Inhalt:
Die Monographie informiert über Anatomie, Systematik, Lebensweise und aktuelle sowie frühere Verbreitung der rezenten Schliefer, von denen der Autor 8 Arten anerkennt, über die gegenwärtigen Schlieferbiotope und deren Ökologie, ferner über ausgestorbene Schlieferformen. Sie enthält ein Fachwörter- und ein Literaturverzeichnis sowie ein Sachregister.
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HAGEMEIJER, W. J. M. & BLAIR, M. J. (eds., 1997)
The EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds - their Distribution and Abundance.
T. & A.D. Poyser, London.ISBN 0-85661-091-7.
Über den Atlas:
The first comprehensive EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds, or European Ornithological Atlas (EOA) edited by Ward Hagemeijer and Mike Blair, was published in 1997. The atlas is the first major initiative of the EBCC (itself created through the merging of the European Ornithological Atlas Committee and the IBCC), and integrates 25 years of effort by thousands of volunteer field ornithologists, data analysts and writers in more than 40 countries.
The final product is an impressive and voluminous book with more than 900 pages of maps of distribution for 495 European bird species, accompanying text and information on the population size estimates for key countries where it is present. The area covered includes all of Europe, including Madeira, the Azores, Iceland, Svalbard, Franz Josef Land and Transcaucasia) although not Turkey or Cyprus. The atlas demonstrates what can be achieved through broadscale international cooperation and has been and remains an essential tool for scientists and conservationists interested in studying the patterns of distribution and abundance of Europes birds.
EBCC Atlas on the Web
EBBA1 is easily accessible to a wide audience, all distribution maps can now also be viewed through the internet. In this recent initiative, the original 50km x 50km basic spatial units in the atlas were converted to Geographic Information System (GIS) spatial references (e.g. latitude, longitude), in order to be able to display the species distribution maps on a website with different backgrounds as explained below.
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GRAF, R. & KESTENHOLZ, M. (2002)
Vögel in den Alpen.
Schweiz. Vogelwarte Sempach, 26 Seiten, brosch.
Bericht 2002 der Schweizerischen Vogelwarte für die "Gemeinschaft der Freunde der Vogelwarte".
GLOOR, S., BONTADINA, F., HEGGLIN, D. & HOTZ, T. (2001)
Füchse im Siedlungsraum.
Wildbiologie in der Schweiz 6/32. 24 Seiten.
Wildtier Schweiz, Zürich.
Auszug:
Ein Fuchs verirrt sich in den Zürcher Milchbucktunnel, ein anderer stiehlt mitten in der Innenstadt ein dressiertes Zirkushuhn, Jungfüchse spielen an der Rue Beau-Séjour im Zentrum Lausannes, eine Fähe zieht ihre Jungen unter einer Werkstatt in einem Winterthurer Stadtquartier auf - seit Mitte der 1980er-Jahre sind Füchse zu einer beinahe alltäglichen Erscheinung in unseren Siedlungsräumen geworden. Wie aber ist es dazu gekommen, dass ein einstmals scheues Wildtier heute in der unmittelbaren Umgebung des Menschen lebt? Wie nutzen Füchse den urbanen Lebensraum? Und wie geht die städtische Bevölkerung mit den neuen Mitbewohnern um? Im Rahmen des "Integrierten Fuchsprojektes IFP", einem fachübergreifenden Forschungs- und Kommunikationsprojekt, wurden diese Fragen am Beispiel der Stadt Zürich eingehend untersucht.
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