Is habitat fragmentation good for biodiversity?

RJ Fletcher Jr, RK Didham, C Banks-Leite… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Habitat loss is a primary threat to biodiversity across the planet, yet contentious debate has
ensued on the importance of habitat fragmentation 'per se'(ie, altered spatial configuration of …

Landscape connectivity for the invisibles

C Mony, L Uroy, F Khalfallah, N Haddad… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Because of land use changes, a worldwide decrease in biodiversity is underway, mostly
driven by habitat degradation and fragmentation. Increasing landscape connectivity (ie the …

Meta-analysis on a decade of testing corridor efficacy: what new have we learned?

J Resasco - Current Landscape Ecology Reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Corridors are widely considered as a strategy to mitigate effects
of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity. There are, however, lingering concerns about …

Map** the connectivity–conflict interface to inform conservation

D Vasudev, RJ Fletcher Jr, N Srinivas… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Balancing the competing, and often conflicting, needs of people and wildlife in shared
landscapes is a major challenge for conservation science and policy worldwide …

Understanding the importance of dynamic landscape connectivity

KA Zeller, R Lewison, RJ Fletcher Jr, MG Tulbure… - Land, 2020 - mdpi.com
Landscape connectivity is increasingly promoted as a conservation tool to combat the
negative effects of habitat loss, fragmentation, and climate change. Given its importance as a …

Solar energy-driven land-cover change could alter landscapes critical to animal movement in the continental United States

MO Levin, EL Kalies, E Forester… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The United States may produce as much as 45% of its electricity using solar energy
technology by 2050, which could require more than 40,000 km2 of land to be converted to …

The negative effects of habitat fragmentation operate at the scale of dispersal

RJ Fletcher Jr, BE Reichert, K Holmes - Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat loss is often considered the greatest near‐term threat to biodiversity. Yet the impact
of habitat fragmentation, or the change in habitat configuration for a given amount of habitat …

[HTML][HTML] The importance of blue and green landscape connectivity for biodiversity in urban ponds

C Hyseni, J Heino, LM Bini, U Bjelke… - Basic and Applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
The negative impact of urbanization on biodiversity can be buffered by blue (eg, rivers,
ponds) and green (eg, parks, forests) spaces. However, to prevent biodiversity loss and …

[HTML][HTML] Drawing transformation pathways for making use of joint effects of food and energy production with biodiversity agriphotovoltaics and electrified agricultural …

AK Schneider, F Klabunde, L Buck, M Ohlhoff… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals is being pursued worldwide. While
energy production and consumption are to be oriented towards renewable energies …

Measuring landscape connectivity: On the importance of within-patch connectivity

AG Spanowicz, JAG Jaeger - Landscape Ecology, 2019 - Springer
Context Many connectivity metrics have been used to measure the connectivity of a
landscape and to evaluate the effects of land-use changes and potential mitigation …