Impacts of roads and linear clearings on tropical forests

WF Laurance, M Goosem, SGW Laurance - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2009‏ - cell.com
Linear infrastructure such as roads, highways, power lines and gas lines are omnipresent
features of human activity and are rapidly expanding in the tropics. Tropical species are …

Quantifying the thermal performance of green façades: A critical review

AM Hunter, NSG Williams, JP Rayner, L Aye… - Ecological …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Green façades are climbing plants grown either directly against, or on support structures
affixed to, external building walls. Like other forms of green infrastructure, they are …

Power lines and impacts on biodiversity: A systematic review

LD Biasotto, A Kindel - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The growth of energy consumption demands a large expansion of transmission line (TL)
networks worldwide. The reduction of the environmental impacts of these infrastructures will …

Climate adaptation of biodiversity conservation in managed forest landscapes

K Hylander, C Greiser, DM Christiansen… - Conservation …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Conservation of biodiversity in managed forest landscapes needs to be complemented with
new approaches given the threat from rapid climate change. Most frameworks for adaptation …

Microclimate through space and time: microclimatic variation at the edge of regeneration forests over daily, yearly and decadal time scales

TP Baker, GJ Jordan, EA Steel… - Forest Ecology and …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
A major aim of sustainable forest management is the maintenance or recolonisation of
harvested areas by species that were present pre-disturbance. Forest influence (a type of …

Predicting forest microclimate in heterogeneous landscapes

T Vanwalleghem, RK Meentemeyer - Ecosystems, 2009‏ - Springer
Forest microclimate plays an integral role in ecosystem processes, yet a predictive
understanding of its spatial and temporal variability in heterogeneous landscapes is largely …

Piecing together the fragments: elucidating edge effects on forest carbon dynamics

IA Smith, LR Hutyra, AB Reinmann… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Forest fragmentation is pervasive throughout the world's forests, impacting growing
conditions and carbon (C) dynamics through edge effects that produce gradients in …

The landscape impact of linear seismic clearings for oil and gas development in boreal forest

CA Pattison, MS Quinn, P Dale, CP Catterall - Northwest Science, 2016‏ - BioOne
Forests can be dissected or internally fragmented by anthropogenic linear clearings. Much
research has focused on roads but in forests overlying oil and gas reserves, seismic lines …

Targeted protection and restoration to conserve tropical biodiversity in a warming world

LP Shoo, C Storlie, J Vanderwal, J Little… - Global Change …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Complex landscapes interact with meteorological processes to generate climatically suitable
habitat (refuges) in otherwise hostile environments. Locating these refuges has practical …

Seismic line width and orientation influence microclimatic forest edge gradients and tree regeneration

CMA Franklin, AT Filicetti, SE Nielsen - Forest Ecology and Management, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Ecological impacts of linear anthropogenic disturbances may be underestimated due to
edge effects extending into adjacent forests. Seismic lines are the most pervasive linear …