Tropical Conservation Science
December 2008 | Vol. 1 | Issue 4 | pages 307 - 445

Photo courtesy of R.K. Bonde, United States Geological Survey (USGS)-Sirenia Project.

Editorial

A first year of Tropical Conservation Science | pages i-vii
Alejandro Estrada and Rhett Butler
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Conservation Letter

Integrating landscapes that have experienced rural depopulation and ecological homogenization into tropical conservation planning | pages 307-320
Aerin L. Jacob, Ismael Vaccaro, Raja Sengupta, Joel Hartter and Colin A. Chapman
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Research articles

Distribution and conservation of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) in the Catazajá wetlands of northeast Chiapas, México | pages 321-333
Jenner Rodas-Trejo, Emilio I. Romero-Berny and Alejandro Estrada
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The potentials for co-management approaches in western Serengeti, Tanzania | pages 334-358
Jafari R Kideghesho and Paul E Mtoni
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SPECIAL SECTION: Conservation of Neotropical reptiles and amphibians (coordinated by J. Nicolás Urbina-Cardona)

Conservation Letter

Conservation of neotropical herpetofauna: research trends and challenges | pages 359-375
J. Nicolás Urbina-Cardona
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Research articles

Current state of conservation knowledge on threatened amphibian species in Peru | pages 376-396
Rudolf von May, Alessandro Catenazzi, Ariadne Angulo, Jason L. Brown, Jorge Carrillo, Germán Chávez, Jesús H. Córdova, Aleyda Curo, Amanda Delgado, Marco A. Enciso, Roberto Gutiérrez, Edgar Lehr, Jorge L. Martínez, Margarita Medina-Muller, Alfonso Miranda, Daniel R. Neira, José A. Ochoa, Aarón J. Quiroz, Daniel A. Rodríguez, Lily O. Rodríguez, Antonio W. Salas, Tracie Seimon, Anton Seimon, Karen Siu-Ting, Juana Suárez, Claudia Torres, Evan Twomey
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Patrones de diversidad y composición de reptiles en fragmentos de bosque seco tropical en Córdoba, Colombia / Patterns of reptile diversity and composition in tropical dry forest fragments at Cordoba Department, Colombia | pages 397-416
Juan E. Carvajal-Cogollo y J. Nicolas Urbina-Cardona
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Applying niche-based models to predict endangered-hylid potential distributions: are neotropical protected areas effective enough? | pages 417-445 J. Nicolás Urbina-Cardona and Rafael D. Loyola
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Jacob et al.
Rodas-Trejo
Kideghesho & Mtoni
Urbina-Cardona
Von May et al.
Carvajal-Cogollo & Urbina-Cardona
Urbina-Cardona and Loyola