▪ Abstract The literature on effects of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity is huge. It is also
very diverse, with different authors measuring fragmentation in different ways and, as a …

Agricultural landscapes are mosaics of different land uses. Their vast extent throughout the
world means that they have a key role in the conservation of biodiversity. To provide a sound …

While most efforts at biodiversity conservation have focused primarily on protected areas
and reserves, the unprotected lands surrounding those area—the" matrix"—are equally …

Many indicators and criteria have been proposed to assess the sustainable management of
forests but their scientific validity remains uncertain. Because the effects of forest …

This review reports on the effects of human activities on animal acoustic signals published in
the literature from 1970 to 2009. Almost 5% of the studies on variation in animal …

Ecologists and conservation biologists frequently use multipleregression (MR) to try to
identify factors influencing response variables suchas species richness or occurrence. Many …

Understanding the processes that lead to species extinctions is vital for lessening pressures
on biodiversity. While species diversity, presence and abundance are most commonly used …

Theory suggests that a disproportionate loss of species occurs when total habitat cover
decreases to 10–30% of the landscape. To date, little empirical evidence has been collected …

Australia, the flattest, driest, and geologically oldest vegetated continent, has a uniquely high
proportion of nutrient‐poor soils. We develop a “Nutrient‐Poverty/Intense‐Fire Theory,” …

An ability to predict species' sensitivities to habitat loss and fragmentation has important
conservation implications, and numerous hypotheses have been proposed to explain …