Beyond the fragmentation debate: a conceptual model to predict when habitat configuration really matters

MA Villard, JP Metzger - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Research addressing the effects of habitat fragmentation on species, assemblages or
ecosystems has been fraught with difficulties, from its conceptual foundation to statistical …

Prospects for tropical forest biodiversity in a human‐modified world

TA Gardner, J Barlow, R Chazdon, RM Ewers… - Ecology …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The future of tropical forest biodiversity depends more than ever on the effective
management of human‐modified landscapes, presenting a daunting challenge to …

Ecology in an anthropogenic biosphere

EC Ellis - Ecological Monographs, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Humans, unlike any other multicellular species in Earth's history, have emerged as a global
force that is transforming the ecology of an entire planet. It is no longer possible to …

Beyond the fragmentation threshold hypothesis: regime shifts in biodiversity across fragmented landscapes

R Pardini, AA Bueno, TA Gardner, PI Prado… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Ecological systems are vulnerable to irreversible change when key system properties are
pushed over thresholds, resulting in the loss of resilience and the precipitation of a regime …

A major shift to the retention approach for forestry can help resolve some global forest sustainability issues

DB Lindenmayer, JF Franklin, A Lõhmus… - Conservation …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Approximately 85% of the global forest estate is neither formally protected nor in areas
dedicated to intensive wood production (eg, plantations). Given the spatial extent of …

Ecological network construction of the heterogeneous agro-pastoral areas in the upper Yellow River basin

F Shi, S Liu, Y Sun, Y An, S Zhao, Y Liu, M Li - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The increasing landscape heterogeneity in the agro-pastoral areas and the contradiction
between the development and biodiversity conservation is becoming more and more …

A checklist for ecological management of landscapes for conservation

D Lindenmayer, RJ Hobbs, R Montague‐Drake… - Ecology …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The management of landscapes for biological conservation and ecologically sustainable
natural resource use are crucial global issues. Research for over two decades has resulted …

Beyond reserves: A research agenda for conserving biodiversity in human‐modified tropical landscapes

RL Chazdon, CA Harvey, O Komar, DM Griffith… - Biotropica, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
To truly understand the current status of tropical diversity and to forecast future trends, we
need to increase emphasis on the study of biodiversity in rural landscapes that are actively …

[HTML][HTML] Balancing the environmental benefits of reforestation in agricultural regions

SC Cunningham, R Mac Nally, PJ Baker… - Perspectives in Plant …, 2015 - Elsevier
Reforestation is an important tool for reducing or reversing biodiversity loss and mitigating
climate change. However, there are many potential compromises between the structural …

Integrating agricultural landscapes with biodiversity conservation in the Mesoamerican hotspot

CA Harvey, O Komar, R Chazdon, BG Ferguson… - Conservation …, 2008 - JSTOR
The major challenge in tropical land management is to meet the ever-growing demand for
agricultural products while conserving biodiversity, providing critical ecosys tem services …