Vertebrate Conservation and Biodiversity

This book brings together a selection of original studies submitted to Biodiversity and Conservation that address the conservation and biodiversity of vertebrates - particularly those in terrestrial habitats. Vertebrates are, along with plants, the best-k

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TOPICS IN BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION Volume 5

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

Vertebrate Conservation and Biodiversity

Edited by

David L. Hawksworth and Alan T. Bull

Reprinted from Biodiversity and Conservation, volume 16:4 (2007)

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

ISBN 978-1-4020-6319-0 (HB) ISBN 978-1-4020-6320-6 (e-book)

Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springer.com

Printed on acid-free paper

All Rights Reserved Ó 2007 Springer No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work.

Contents

Vertebrate Conservation and Biodiversity FRED VAN DYKE, JAMIE D. SCHMELING, SHAWN STARKENBURG, SUNG HEUN YOO and PETER W. STEWART / Responses of plant and bird communities to prescribed burning in tallgrass prairies DAVID GIRALT and FRANCISCO VALERA / Population trends and spatial synchrony in peripheral populations of the endangered Lesser grey shrike in response to environmental change SIMONE DE SOUZA MARTINS, JAMES G. SANDERSON and JOSÉ DE SOUSA E SILVA-JÚNIOR / Monitoring mammals in the Caxiuanã National Forest, Brazil – First results from the Tropical Ecology, Assessment and Monitoring (TEAM) program ´´ S / Grassland versus PÉTER BATÁRY, ANDRÁS BÁLDI and SAROLTA ERDO non-grassland bird abundance and diversity in managed grasslands: local, landscape and regional scale effects ERMIAS T. AZERIA, ISABEL SANMARTÍN, STEFAN ÅS, ALLAN CARLSON and NEIL BURGESS / Biogeographic patterns of the East African coastal forest vertebrate fauna RONNIE REYES-ARRIAGADA, PAULO CAMPOS-ELLWANGER, ROBERTO P. SCHLATTER and CHERYL BADUINI / Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) on Guafo Island: the largest seabird colony in the world? INÉS ARROYO-QUIROZ, RAMÓN PÉREZ-GIL and NIGEL LEADERWILLIAMS / Mexico in the international reptile skin trade: a case study MARIA FLÁVIA CONTI NUNES and MAURO GALETTI / Use of forest fragments by blue-winged macaws (Primolius maracana) within a fragmented landscape RÔMULO ROMEU DA NÓBREGA ALVES and GENTIL ALVES PEREIRA FILHO / Commercialization and use of snakes in North and Northeastern Brazil: implications for conservation and management A. KRIŠTÍN, H. HOI, F. VALERA and C. HOI / Philopatry, dispersal patterns and nest-site reuse in Lesser Grey Shrikes (Lanius minor) JOSÉ ALEXANDRE FELIZOLA DINIZ-FILHO, LUIS MAURICIO BINI, MÍRIAM PLAZA PINTO, THIAGO FERNANDO L. V. B. RANGEL, PRISCILLA CARVALHO, SIBELIUS LELLIS VIEIRA and ROGÉRIO PEREIRA BASTOS / Conservation biogeography of anurans in Brazilian Cerrado LISANDRO HEIL, ESTEBAN FERNÁNDEZ-JURICIC, DANIEL RENISON, ANA M. CINGOLANI and DANIEL T. BLUMSTEIN / Avian response