For this article, I reviewed empirical studies finding significant ecological responses to
habitat fragmentation per se—in other words, significant responses to fragmentation …

Fire is being prescribed and used increasingly to promote ecosystem restoration (eg, oak
woodlands and savannas) and to manage wildlife habitat in the Central Hardwoods and …

The relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem stability is poorly understood in
microbial communities. Biofilm communities in small bioreactors called microbial electrolysis …

Plant productivity varies due to environmental heterogeneity, and theory suggests that plant
diversity can reduce this variation. While there is strong evidence of diversity effects on …

Rangelands of the western Great Plains of North America are complex social-ecological
systems where management objectives for livestock production, grassland bird …

Two fundamental issues in ecology are understanding what influences the distribution and
abundance of organisms through space and time. While it is well established that broad …

Fire is a natural process in grasslands that maintains an open canopy and creates variable
vegetative structure and composition over time. Although there is a wealth of knowledge on …

Coastal ecosystems worldwide are being threatened by invasive plants in the context of
global changes. However, how invasive plants influence native faunal communities and …

Agriculturally used meadows are habitats whose biodiversity depends on anthropogenic
disturbances such as fertilization or mowing. Intensified agricultural practices (too frequent …

Many rangelands of the world are fire dependent and display a strong interaction between
fire and grazing on animal behavior, productivity and ecosystem processes. The application …