Ecosystem decay of Amazonian forest fragments: a 22‐year investigation

WF Laurance, TE Lovejoy, HL Vasconcelos… - Conservation …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
We synthesized key findings from the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, the
world's largest and longest‐running experimental study of habitat fragmentation. Although …

Anthropology and the conservation of biodiversity

BS Orlove, SB Brush - Annual Review of Anthropology, 1996 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Conservation programs for protected areas and plant genetic resources have
evolved in similar ways, beginning with a focus on single species and expanding to …

Clearance and fragmentation of tropical deciduous forest in the Tierras Bajas, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

MK Steininger, CJ Tucker, P Ersts… - Conservation …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Tierras Bajas es un área de 20,000 km 2 de bosque deciduo de bajío localizada al este de
Santa Cruz, Bolivia y que ha sufrido cambios rápidos durante las últimas dos decadas …

Agricultural intensification and ecosystem properties

PA Matson, WJ Parton, AG Power, MJ Swift - Science, 1997 - science.org
Expansion and intensification of cultivation are among the predominant global changes of
this century. Intensification of agriculture by use of high-yielding crop varieties, fertilization …

[LLIBRE][B] Conserving forest biodiversity: a comprehensive multiscaled approach

DB Lindenmayer, JF Franklin - 2013 - books.google.com
While most efforts at biodiversity conservation have focused primarily on protected areas
and reserves, the unprotected lands surrounding those area—the" matrix"—are equally …

Rain forest fragmentation and the dynamics of Amazonian tree communities

WF Laurance, LV Ferreira, JM Rankin-de Merona… - Ecology, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Few studies have assessed effects of habitat fragmentation on tropical forest dynamics. We
describe results from an 18‐yr experimental study of the effects of rain forest fragmentation …

Hydrologic connectivity and the management of biological reserves: a global perspective

CM Pringle - Ecological Applications, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Increasingly, biological reserves throughout the world are threatened by cumulative
alterations in hydrologic connectivity within the greater landscape. Hydrologic connectivity is …

[LLIBRE][B] Tropical rain forests: an ecological and biogeographical comparison

RT Corlett, RB Primack - 2011 - books.google.com
The first edition of Tropical Rain Forests: an Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison
exploded the myth of 'the rain forest'as a single, uniform entity. In reality, the major tropical …

Rain forest fragmentation and the proliferation of successional trees

WF Laurance, HEM Nascimento, SG Laurance… - Ecology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of habitat fragmentation on diverse tropical tree communities are poorly
understood. Over a 20‐year period we monitored the density of 52 tree species in nine …