The breakdown of ecosystem functionality driven by deforestation in a global biodiversity hotspot

D Faria, JC Morante-Filho, J Baumgarten… - Biological …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The pace of deforestation in tropical forests has achieved unprecedented rates, requiring
effective and achievable conservation mitigations that are also easily understood by society …

Landscape moderation of biodiversity patterns and processes‐eight hypotheses

T Tscharntke, JM Tylianakis, TA Rand… - Biological …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how landscape characteristics affect biodiversity patterns and ecological
processes at local and landscape scales is critical for mitigating effects of global …

Global effects of land-use intensity on local pollinator biodiversity

J Millard, CL Outhwaite, R Kinnersley… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Pollinating species are in decline globally, with land use an important driver. However, most
of the evidence on which these claims are made is patchy, based on studies with low …

Global synthesis of conservation studies reveals the importance of small habitat patches for biodiversity

BA Wintle, H Kujala, A Whitehead, A Cameron… - Proceedings of the …, 2019‏ - pnas.org
Island biogeography theory posits that species richness increases with island size and
decreases with isolation. This logic underpins much conservation policy and regulation, with …

Quantification of habitat fragmentation reveals extinction risk in terrestrial mammals

KR Crooks, CL Burdett, DM Theobald… - Proceedings of the …, 2017‏ - pnas.org
Although habitat fragmentation is often assumed to be a primary driver of extinction, global
patterns of fragmentation and its relationship to extinction risk have not been consistently …

Habitat amount modulates biodiversity responses to fragmentation

H Zhang, JM Chase, J Liao - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2024‏ - nature.com
Anthropogenic habitat destruction leads to habitat loss and fragmentation, both of which
interact to determine how biodiversity changes at the landscape level. While the detrimental …

Roots and associated fungi drive long-term carbon sequestration in boreal forest

KE Clemmensen, A Bahr, O Ovaskainen, A Dahlberg… - Science, 2013‏ - science.org
Boreal forest soils function as a terrestrial net sink in the global carbon cycle. The prevailing
dogma has focused on aboveground plant litter as a principal source of soil organic matter …

Plant-pollinator interactions over 120 years: loss of species, co-occurrence, and function

LA Burkle, JC Marlin, TM Knight - Science, 2013‏ - science.org
Using historic data sets, we quantified the degree to which global change over 120 years
disrupted plant-pollinator interactions in a temperate forest understory community in Illinois …

Decreasing abundance, increasing diversity and changing structure of the wild bee community (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) along an urbanization gradient

L Fortel, M Henry, L Guilbaud, AL Guirao, M Kuhlmann… - PloS one, 2014‏ - journals.plos.org
Background Wild bees are important pollinators that have declined in diversity and
abundance during the last decades. Habitat destruction and fragmentation associated with …

Reptile responses to anthropogenic habitat modification: A global meta‐analysis

TS Doherty, S Balouch, K Bell, TJ Burns… - Global Ecology and …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim The aim was to determine how reptile populations respond to anthropogenic habitat
modification and determine whether species traits and environmental factors influence such …