The value of forests to pollinating insects varies with forest structure, composition, and age

MD Ulyshen, KM Ballare, CJ Fettig, JW Rivers… - Current Forestry …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Forests play an essential role in conserving pollinating insects
and supporting pollination services in mixed-use landscapes and are particularly important …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological assessment and driver analysis of high vegetation cover areas based on new remote sensing index

X Zhang, W Jia, S Lu, J He - Ecological Informatics, 2024 - Elsevier
Ecosystem degradation and decline are central issues that urgently require resolution within
global environmental protection efforts. Accordingly, accurately analyzing the spatiotemporal …

Perspective: Monitoring global forests using only structural metrics–problems and solutions from a savanna viewpoint

PF Scogings - Forest Ecology and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Accurate maps of global forest area are important for international commitments such as
deforestation monitoring and carbon accounting. Such maps also inform terrestrial …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of habitat fragmentation on ecosystem services and their trade-offs in Southwest China: a multi-perspective analysis

W Li, J Kang, Y Wang - Ecological Indicators, 2024 - Elsevier
Exploring the relationships between habitat fragmentation on ecosystem services (ESs) is
important for ecological conservation and spatial pattern optimisation. However, analyzing …

Human-earth system dynamics in China's land use pattern transformation amidst climate fluctuations and human activities

X Huang, Y Liu, R Stouffs - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Amid rapid environmental changes, the interplay between climate change and human
activity is resha** land use, emphasizing the significance of human-earth system …

Effects of urbanization and vegetation on bird diversity in a megacity of central China

L Peng, Q Liu, Q Wang, X Si, H Niu, H Zhang - Biological Conservation, 2024 - Elsevier
Species decline and community structure disruption of urban forest patches have been
widely considered, but their mechanisms underlying rapid urbanization have not been fully …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into forest vegetation changes and landscape fragmentation in Southeastern China: From a perspective of spatial coupling and machine learning

Y Lin, Y **, Y Ge, X Hu, A Weng, L Wen, Y Zhou… - Ecological Indicators, 2024 - Elsevier
A comprehensive quantification of the relationships between forest vegetation changes and
forest landscape fragmentation is urgently required to provide valuable insights for informed …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of coastal landscape fragmentation and its driving factors based on optimal scale: A case study of the Yellow River Delta, China

X Kong, F Kong, Y Li, J Sun, W Zhu, M Han - Ecological Indicators, 2024 - Elsevier
Since the large-scale oil exploration and development in the 1960 s, the Yellow River Delta
(YRD) has undergone rapid industrialization and urbanization. Concurrently, the regional …

Land-cover gradients determine alternate drivers of mammalian species richness in fragmented landscapes

M Dennis, JJ Huck, CD Holt, PC Bispo, E McHenry… - Landscape …, 2024 - Springer
Context Understanding habitat fragmentation is a critical concern for nature conservation
and the focus of intense debate in landscape ecology. Resolving the uncertainty around the …

The Role of Spatial Morphology in Forest Landscape Fragmentation: Insights From Planted and Natural Forests of the Chinese Loess Plateau

M Zhang, S Yu, Z Zhao - Land Degradation & Development, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study aimed to emphasize the key role of spatial morphology of planted and natural
forests on landscape fragmentation and to furnish a scientific foundation for the effective …