Factors Associated with the Occurrence, Potential Distribution and Conservation of Anoxia orientalis (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) at Different Spatial Scales

Anoxia (Protanoxia) orientalis is a beetle of the family Melolonthidae for which Italy represents the White Willow Bark western limit of its distribution.The ecology of this species is little known from the quantitative point of view.The ecological correlates of A.orientalis presence in the whole European range and, more specifically, at its wester

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A methodological approach for the non-monetary valuation of ecosystem services in three communities of the Colombian Amazon

To conduct a non-monetary valuation of ecosystem services, this study explored combining data on the use of ecosystem resources with measuring the effort expended on agricultural activities in three communities of the lower Caqueta, Colombian Amazon.By measuring the energy expended by people during their principal subsistence activities, a measure

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