We examine lichen epiphytes associated with juniper scrub (a conservation priority habitat in Europe), sampled across a network of protected sites in Britain (Special Areas of Conservation).
After the reed cutting season finishes, they cut sedge, which is used by thatchers for the cap of the roof, and in the winter months they carry out contract work such as clearing scrub for conservation charities.
But the discovery, confirmed after a thorough scrubbing in the conservation lab and detailed in a small exhibition, raises more questions than it answers.
Despite the small geographic range occupied by the Scrub Nightjar, the IUCN Red List conservation status of this species is rated as Least Concern (BirdLife 2011).
We conclude that regenerating pasture provides suitable supplemental habitat for Florida Scrub-Jays when in close proximity to native scrub, suggesting a novel conservation strategy for maintaining and potentially increasing local populations in fragmented agricultural settings.
The conservation status of the Scrub Nightjar is rated as Least Concern, although it has a small distribution, and its relative abundance usually is assessed as uncommon.
These loci are the first developed for Florida species of lupine and will be used to determine differentiation among species and to aid in conservation of the endangered scrub lupine.
Controlling scrub encroachment is a major challenge for conservation management on chalk grasslands.
Taking a close look at this approach is especially important, she says, because conservation plans to save the coastal sage scrub habitat, under heavy development pressures, "are being assembled as we speak".
We focus on a global biome that has consistently emerged as a focus for global biodiversity conservation [2] - mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub.
