Landscape modification and habitat fragmentation: a synthesis

J Fischer, DB Lindenmayer - Global ecology and biogeography, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Landscape modification and habitat fragmentation are key drivers of global species loss.
Their effects may be understood by focusing on:(1) individual species and the processes …

Causes and consequences of animal dispersal strategies: relating individual behaviour to spatial dynamics

DE Bowler, TG Benton - Biological reviews, 2005 - cambridge.org
Knowledge of the ecological and evolutionary causes of dispersal can be crucial in
understanding the behaviour of spatially structured populations, and predicting how species …

[PDF][PDF] Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice

MG Turner - 2001 - lepicolea.wordpress.com
They may influence us as individuals by their encouragement and guidance; they may affect
their community through their untiring commitment to service and the greater good; or they …

Rethinking patch size and isolation effects: the habitat amount hypothesis

L Fahrig - Journal of biogeography, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
I challenge (1) the assumption that habitat patches are natural units of measurement for
species richness, and (2) the assumption of distinct effects of habitat patch size and isolation …

Using circuit theory to model connectivity in ecology, evolution, and conservation

BH McRae, BG Dickson, TH Keitt, VB Shah - Ecology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Connectivity among populations and habitats is important for a wide range of ecological
processes. Understanding, preserving, and restoring connectivity in complex landscapes …

A new habitat availability index to integrate connectivity in landscape conservation planning: comparison with existing indices and application to a case study

S Saura, L Pascual-Hortal - Landscape and urban planning, 2007 - Elsevier
Connectivity is a major concern for the maintenance of wildlife populations, ecological flows,
and many other landscape functions. For these reasons many different connectivity indices …

Habitat fragmentation causes immediate and time‐delayed biodiversity loss at different trophic levels

J Krauss, R Bommarco, M Guardiola… - Ecology …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 597–605 Abstract Intensification or abandonment of agricultural
land use has led to a severe decline of semi‐natural habitats across Europe. This can cause …

Individual dispersal, landscape connectivity and ecological networks

M Baguette, S Blanchet, D Legrand… - Biological …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Connectivity is classically considered an emergent property of landscapes encapsulating
individuals' flows across space. However, its operational use requires a precise …

EDITOR'S CHOICE: Step** stones are crucial for species' long‐distance dispersal and range expansion through habitat networks

S Saura, Ö Bodin, MJ Fortin - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Climate and land‐use changes will require species to move large distances following shifts
in their suitable habitats, which will frequently involve traversing intensively human‐modified …

Zero tolerance ecology: improving ecological inference by modelling the source of zero observations

TG Martin, BA Wintle, JR Rhodes, PM Kuhnert… - Ecology …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
A common feature of ecological data sets is their tendency to contain many zero values.
Statistical inference based on such data are likely to be inefficient or wrong unless careful …