Human Exploitation and Biodiversity Conservation

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TOPICS IN BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION Volume 3

The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.

Human Exploitation and Biodiversity Conservation

Edited by

David L. Hawksworth and Alan T. Bull

Reprint from Biodiversity and Conservation, volume 15:8 (2006)

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A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the library of Congress.

ISBN-10-1-4020-5282-0 (HB) ISBN-13-978-1-4020-5282-8 (HB) ISBN-10-1-4020-5283-9 (e-book) ISBN-13-978-1-4020-5283-5 (e-book)

Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springer.com Cover Photo: Palu Valley in Sulawesi, Indonesia, showing the contrast between arid and over-grazed land and rich river valley agriculture. Photographer: Jeffrey A. McNeely

Printed on acid-free paper

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Contents

Human Exploitation and Biodiversity Conservation Introduction

1–2

LI AN, GUANGMING HE, ZAI LIANG and JIANGUO LIU / Impacts of demographic and socioeconomic factors on spatio-temporal dynamics of panda habitat

3–23

CHRISTOPHER F. MASON / Avian species richness and numbers in the built environment: can new housing developments be good for birds?

25–38

H. ADOUKONOU-SAGBADJA, A. DANSI, R. VODOUHÊ and K. AKPAGANA / Indigenous knowledge and traditional conservation of fonio millet (Digitaria exilis Digitaria iburua) in Togo

39–55

LUIS-BERNARDO VÁZQUEZ and KEVIN J. GASTON / People and mammals in Mexico: conservation conflicts at a national scale

57–74

RICHARD M. SMITH, PHILIP H. WARREN, KEN THOMPSON and KEVIN J. GASTON / Urban domestic gardens (VI): environmental correlates of invertebrate species richness

75–98

ASHALATA DEVI KHUMBONGMAYUM, M.L. KHAN and R.S. TRIPATHI / Biodiversity conservation in sacred groves of Manipur, northeast India: population structure and regeneration status of woody species

99–116

G.J. MARTÍNEZ, A.M. PLANCHUELO, E. FUENTES and M. OJEDA / A numeric index to establish conservation priorities for medicinal plants in the Paravachasca Valley, Córdoba, Argentina

117–135

ALESSANDRO FUSARI and GIUSEPPE MARIA CARPANETO / Subsistence hunting and conservation issues in the game reserve of Gile, Mozambique

137–155

BRIAN G. GILES, TRUONG SI KY, DO HUU HOANG and AMANDA C.J. VINCENT / The catch and trade of seahorses in Vietnam

157–173

RICHARD M. SMITH, KEVIN J. GASTON, PHILIP H. WARREN and KEN THOMPSON / Urban domestic gardens (VIII) : environmental correlates of invertebrate abundance

175–205

SANDRA J. DEBANO / Effects of livestock grazing on aboveground insect communities in semi-arid grasslands of southeastern Arizona

207–224

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