We review critical issues that must be considered when selectingindicator species for a
monitoring program that aims to maintainor restore ecological integrity. First, we examine the …

Understanding the processes that lead to species extinctions is vital for lessening pressures
on biodiversity. While species diversity, presence and abundance are most commonly used …

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 …

Forest fragmentation, the disruption in the continuity of forest habitat, is hypothesized to be a
major cause of population decline for some species of forest birds because fragmentation …

Recognition and analysis of spatial autocorrelation has defined a new paradigm in ecology.
Attention to spatial pattern can lead to insights that would have been otherwise overlooked …

Summary 1 Anthropogenic noise is rapidly increasing in wilderness areas as a result of
industrial expansion. While many road studies have attempted to assess the effects of …

Recent declines in Neotropical—Nearctic migrant songbird populations are often attributed
to events during the nonbreeding season, such as tropical habitat conversion and drought …

Between 1994 and 1996, we determined the density and pairing success of territorial male
Ovenbirds (Seiurus aurocapillus) in 31 forest fragments in southern Ontario. The density and …

Fragmentation of breeding habitat in North America has been implicated in the decline of
forestnesting, Neotropical migrant birds. We used a comparative approach to examine the …

We studied the effect of habitat fragmentation on the richness, diversity, turnover, and
abundance of breeding bird communities in old, boreal mixed‐wood forest by creating …