Losses of natural and semi-natural forests, mostly to agriculture, are a significant concern for
biodiversity. Against this trend, the area of intensively managed plantation forests increases …

The pervasive influence of island biogeography theory on forest fragmentation research has
often led to a misleading conceptualization of landscapes as areas of forest/habitat and 'non …

Habitat loss and degradation that comes as a result of human activity is the single biggest
threat to biodiversity in the world today. Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change is a …

The importance of large reserves has been long maintained in the scientific literature, often
leading to dismissal of the conservation potential of small reserves. However, over half the …

Habitat fragmentation is a major cause of biodiversity erosion in tropical forests. The
Brazilian Atlantic forest has both high species richness and a long history of anthropogenic …

Aim To quantify the influences of forest area, shape and isolation on tree species diversity in
Ghana and to compare their significance with the influences of climate (average annual …

In many parts of the world there is an urgent need for landscape restoration to conserve
biodiversity. Landscape restoration is not straightforward, however, because many issues …

Increased amount of edge habitat is one of several important consequences of forest
fragmentation. Consequently, we must understand the responses of plants and animals to …

Recent years have witnessed the emergence of an ostensibly surprising coalition of
interests around the notion of Transboundary Natural Resource Management (TBNRM) in …

We evaluated the importance of small (< 5 ha) forest patches for the conservation of regional
plant diversity in the tropical rainforest of Los Tuxtlas, Mexico. We analyzed the density of …