Regardless of how sturdy your umbrella is, someone’s always going to get left out in the rain. The concept of umbrella species is the central tenet of a conservation strategy that focuses on ...

JAKARTA — In wildlife conservation management, the best species to focus on to maximize protection of a region’s biodiversity aren’t necessarily the most charismatic ones, a new study from ...

Umbrella species are often chosen to represent an ecosystem in need of protection. The idea is that protecting the umbrella species will indirectly benefit habitat and other species in the area. But ...

The wildlife wing of the Pune forest department has recently proposed an umbrella conservation project covering five wild animal species namely wolf, jackal, fox, civet and hyena. Together ...

Lambert, J. E. Primate seed dispersers as umbrella species: A case study from Kibale National Park, Uganda, with implications for Afrotropical forest conservation. American Journal of Primatology ...

The White-bellied Heron (WBH), the world's second-largest heron, is a symbolic bird for the people of Bhutan and also a typical "umbrella species" that requires a habitat with a vast, preserved ...

“Protecting these giant salamanders will give umbrella safeguards to thousands of other species that rely on clean rivers.” In 2010 the Center and allies petitioned the Service seeking protection for ...

introduced a tree species, it never occurred to him that it would be shunned. Although Terminalia mantaly, locally known as an umbrella tree, is associated with many health benefits, communities ...