The increasing effects of climate and global change oblige ecosystem-based management
to adapt forestry practices to deal with uncertainties. Here we provide an overview to identify …

The boreal forest is a vast biome encompassing approximately one-third (30%) of the
world's forest area. It harbors about half of the world's remaining natural and near-natural …

Context As forest harvesting remains high, there is a crucial need to assess the remaining
large, contiguous and intact forests, regionally, nationally and globally. Objectives Our …

Loss of natural forests by forest clearcutting has been identified as a critical conservation
challenge worldwide. This study addressed forest fragmentation and loss in the context of …

This open access book explores a new conceptual framework for the sustainable
management of the boreal forest in the face of climate change. The boreal forest is the …

In an increasingly anthropogenic world, urban green areas are critical for human well-being
because of the ecosystem services they offer. However, the management of these areas …

Island biogeography theory states biodiversity increases with island size and decreases with
distance from mainland source populations; however, the influence of other island …

Aim The hypothesis that habitat fragmentation negatively influences biodiversity stems from
island biogeography and metapopulation theory which predict negative impacts of …

Measuring the extent to which a species is specialized is a major challenge in ecology, with
important repercussions for fundamental research as well as for applied ecology and …

Context Restoring or establishing corridors between residual forest patches is one of the
most adopted strategies for the conservation of animal populations and ecosystem …