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Conservation science

How could local environmental innovations become a national policy?—A qualitative comparative study on the factors influencing the diffusion of bottom-up environmental policy innovations

Jiliang Zhang, Shuya Xing

published 25 Jun 2025

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Science as a commons: Motivations for continued participation in citizen science projects

Maite Pelacho, Santos Orejudo, Jesús Clemente-Gallardo

published 25 Jun 2025

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Land use and climate change-based multi-scenario simulation of ecosystem service trade-offs/synergies: A case study of the central Yunnan urban agglomeration, China

Guoping Chen, Dandan Zhang, Junsan Zhao, Longjiang Zhang

published 25 Jun 2025

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Assessment of the genetic diversity of Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) strandings in the Mississippi Sound (USA)

Mark A. Arick II, Nelmarie Landrau-Giovannetti, Chuan-Yu Hsu, Corrinne E. Grover, Stephen Reichley, Zenaida V. Magbanua, Olga Pechanova, Debra Moore, Ehsan Kayal, Anna Linhoss, Theresa Madrigal, Mark Peterman, Ozan Ozdemir, Daniel G. Peterson, Moby Solangi, Beth Peterman, Mark Lawrence, Attila Karsi

published 25 Jun 2025

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Can green location-oriented policies promote substantive green innovation by enterprises? Evidence from China’s National Eco-Industrial Demonstration Parks

Juying Tian, Wei Qiu

published 20 Jun 2025

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Group discussions improve reliability and validity of rated categories based on qualitative data from systematic review

Jutta Beher, Eric Treml, Brendan Wintle

published 18 Jun 2025

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Characterization of mangrove mudflat sediment contamination by fecal bacteria and trace metals: A multivariate assessment in equatorial marine protected areas in Gabon, Western Central Africa

Johann Ludovic Martial Happi, Aimé Roger Nzigou, Gauthier Schaal, Marie-Laure Rouget, Rolf Gael Mabicka Obame, François Le Loc’h, Jean-Daniel Mbega, Christophe Leboulanger, Patrick Mickala

published 17 Jun 2025

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Phylogeny, phylogeography, and conservation of a rediscovered gecko from the Galápagos Islands

Omar Torres-Carvajal, Paula A. Castaño, Enrique Rincón, Fernando Ayala-Varela, Karl Campbell, Wilson Cabrera, Francisco Moreno

published 13 Jun 2025

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Factors affecting spatio-temporal occurrence of sympatric civets in Parsa-Koshi Complex, Nepal

Bishal Subedi, Sandeep Regmi, Amrit Nepali, Niraj Regmi, Amir Basnet, Krishna Tamang, Bishnu Aryal, Sabin KC, Pradip Kandel, Shivish Bhandari, Bishnu Prasad Bhattarai, Hem Bahadur Katuwal, Jerrold L. Belant, Ashok Kumar Ram, Hari Prasad Sharma

published 11 Jun 2025

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Estimating nesting habitat characteristics for the Kentish plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus) with the effect of substrate and vegetation using a Bayesian network approach

Dong-Yun Lee, Ju-Hyun Lee, Jong-Ju Son, Seung-Jun Oh, Ha-Cheol Sung

published 11 Jun 2025

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Unsustainable anthropogenic mortality threatens the long-term viability of lion populations in Mozambique

João Almeida, Willem D. Briers-Louw, Agostinho Jorge, Colleen Begg, Marnus Roodbol, Hans Bauer, Andrew Loveridge, Matthew Wijers, Rob Slotow, Peter Lindsey, Kristoffer Everatt, Holly Rosier, Sean Nazerali, Lizanne Roxburgh, Hugo Pereira, Mercia da Conceicao, Armindo Araman, Osvaldo J. Abrao, Alison J. Leslie, Franziska Steinbruch, Vincent N. Naude, Samantha K. Nicholson

published 10 Jun 2025

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Engaging me softly: Comparing social drivers for continuative citizens’ participation in a long-term citizen science initiative on protected species monitoring

Silvia Gisondi, Paolo Giardullo, Alice Lenzi, Emanuele Di Buccio, Pio Federico Roversi, Alessandro Campanaro

published 10 Jun 2025

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Integrating geospatial tools in mapping forest fire severity and burned areas in the Western Usambara Mountain Forests, Lushoto, Tanzania

Braison P. Mkiwa, Ernest W. Mauya, Justo N. Jonas, Gimbage E. Mbeyale

published 06 Jun 2025

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