Exploitation of wildlife represents one of the greatest threats to species survival according to
the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services …

Of the 10,272 currently recognized reptile species, the trade of fewer than 8% are regulated
by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora …

The biological sciences community is increasingly recognizing the value of open,
reproducible and transparent research practices for science and society at large. Despite …

Listed as Endangered because this species has an area of occupancy (AOO) calculated
from available locality data as being 60 km2, its population is severely fragmented, and …

Allee effects are (broadly) defined as a decline in individual fitness at low population size or
density. They can result in critical population thresholds below which populations crash to …

Why do males and females frequently differ so markedly in body size and morphology? Sex,
Size, and Gender Roles is the first book to investigate the genetic, developmental, and …

Standard economic theory predicts that exploitation alone is unlikely to result in species
extinction because of the escalating costs of finding the last individuals of a declining …

An urgent, illuminating exploration of the social nature of shame and of how it might be used
to promote large-scale political change and social reform.“[Jacquet] exposes the ways …

One of the fundamental quests of biology is learning what organisms inhabit the earth. To
date approximately 2 million species have been described, with realistic estimates of actual …

Wild animals and their derivatives are traded worldwide. Consequent poaching has been a
main threat to species conservation. As current interventions and law enforcement cannot …