Animal Conservation

FEATURED PAPER
Do ‘rogue’ seals exist? Implications for seal conservation in the UK
I. M. Graham, R. N. Harris, I. Matejusová and S. J. Middlemasy
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COMMENTARIES
The challenge of knowledge integration in the adaptive co-management of conflicting ecosystem services provided by seals and salmon
J. R. A. Butler
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Can we separate the sinners from the scapegoats?
J. D. C. Linnell
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RESPONSE
Seals, salmon and stakeholders: integrating knowledge to reduce biodiversity conflict
I. M. Graham, R. N. Harris and S. J. Middlemas
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ZSL Erasmus Darwin Barlow Expedition grant2012 supports short field expeditions (maximum 3 months) to gather information to address a field conservation question. Closing date for applications is 31 January 2012

Animal Conservation sponsored poster prizes at the ICCB and ACES in 2011. Read more

Excerpts from the 6th World Conference on Herpetology
This special issue of Animal Conservation comprises a selection of papers representing the main themes from the symposia of the World Congress of Herpetology: Invasive reptiles and amphibians, the role of disease and conservation genetics in herpetology.

Marine Mammal Conservation

Inspired by the 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals held in Florida, this Virtual Issue of Animal Conservation is a selection of papers published in the journal on marine mammal conservation, covering a wide range of topics such as marine mammal ecology, genetics, behaviour, disease, and illegal exploitation. This Virtual Issue’s papers are now freely available to download.

The article 'The history and management of black rhino in KwaZulu-Natal: a population genetic approach to assess the past and guide the future' has been featured by Times Live

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The article, Integrating sex-specific habitat use for conservation using habitat suitability models has been featured by the online news site redOrbit.

The use of different environments by males and females in the parti-colored bat makes population estimation and thereby the conservation of the species more difficult.. Read more

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The article, 'Conservation implications of inaccurate estimation of cryptic population size' has been featured in New Scientist magazine and by the online news sites The Hindu and Imperial Valley.

If you want to save a species you need to know how many individuals are left. But it turns out that simply counting animals is no good: rare species may be there, even when you can't see them... read more of the New Scientist press release

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Read the fully digitized backfiles from the Zoological Society of London. View seminal works from early explorers and zoologists and follow developments through to modern day zoological science. Notable contributors include Huxley, Owen, Wallace, Gray, Johnston, Blyth, Bell and Tickell. The Proceedings and Transactions also include colour plates from wildlife artists John Gould, Joseph Wolf and Edward Lear.

• Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 1830 - 1965

• Transactions of the Zoological Society of London: 1833 - 1984

• Journal of Zoology: 1965, Vol 146 issue 1 to date

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