Population persistence, pollination mutualisms, and figs in fragmented tropical landscapes
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The presistance of the fig population mutualism is vital to conservation in a variety of lowland tropical forests in which figs are important natural resources. Figs must be continuously available year round for a pollinator population to persist. Metapopulation persistence models have shown that when threshold number of habitat patches are destroyed, the metapopulation will collapse.
Publication Name: Conservation Biology
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0888-8892
Year: 1998
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Cultural values: a forgotten strategy for building community support for protected areas in Africa
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The role of cultural values in building support for conservation is identified but is largely ignored in practice in Africa. An investigation of community conservation in Africa has led to the conclusion that only a vast improvement in the lives of rural Africans will at last produce a more secure future for the continent's wild life.
Publication Name: Conservation Biology
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0888-8892
Year: 2001
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