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Nowell, K. 2002.
Revision of
the Felidae Red List of Threatened Species.
Cat News 37: 4-7.
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The original system of
evaluating species status, in use up to 1994, classified species as Extinct,
Endangered, Vulnerable, Rare, Indeterminate or Insufficiently Known. These
category definitions were largely subjective; for example, the definition of
Endangered in1993 was: "Taxa in danger of extinction and whose survival is
unlikely if the causal factors continue operating". By the 1980s it was
becoming evident that a more objective and quantitative method of comparing
species at risk was needed. (including Tables on IUCN Red List categories
applied to the Felidae for the 2002 Red List, Classification of felid species
on the 2002 IUCN Red List, Changes in felid species Red List classification)
inclusive: The Red List Explained. |
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Nowell_2002_Revision_of_the_Felidae_Red_List_of_Threatened_Species_-_Cat_News_No37.pdf
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O'Brien, S. J. 1994.
Genetic
and phylogenetic analyses of endangered species.
Annu.Rev.Genet.
28: 467-489.
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Several reviews have chronicled the application of genetic principles to conservation management and summarized the state of genetic data on the few studied species. The goal here is to review some lessons learned by applying empirical population genetic approaches to define the factors that imperil fragile populations. Both the limitations of the inference and the conclusions reached as a community of conservation scientists are summarized. Several examples will illustrate the synthesis of genetic interpretation with demographic, ecological, and life-history data to draw a cohesive picture of the threatened taxon. Most of the examples are endangered large charismatic carnivore species selected for two reasons. First, large carnivore species occupy the top position of a trophic chain for their ecosystem. They are often highly specialized and provide a sensitive barometer of an ecosystem's condition. Second, charismatic species attract long-term field studies that lay the groundwork for formulating falsifiable ecological and life-history hypotheses.
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OBrien_1994_Genetic_and_phylogenetic_analyses_of_endangered_species
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Oriani, A. 2000.
Le linci del Caucaso e dell' Asia Occidentale.
Atti
della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia
Naturale di Milano 141(1): 51-64. (in Italian).
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Caucasian and Western Asian lynxes. Starting from
the analysis of a lynx skin from Northern Syria and from its comparison with
skins and descriptions of lynxes from different areas, both Caucasian and
Middle Eastern, we critically considered the few works on the distribution and
morphology of Caucasian and Western Asian lynxes. Besides we hypotized the
stages of the spreading of this species on the basis of what already
ascertained about the European Pleistocene. Therefore we concluded that in
Southern Turkey, Syria and Northern Iraq we can suppose the presence of a
subspecies of Lynx pardina (Temminck, 1827), temporally called okeni ssp.n..
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Oriani_2000_Le_linci_del_Caucaso_e_dell_Asia_occidentale.pdf
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