Challenges and opportunities of area-based conservation in reaching biodiversity and sustainability goals

S Hoffmann - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2022 - Springer
Area-based conservation is essential to safeguard nature's diversity. In view of expanding
human land use, increasing climate change and unmet conservation targets, area-based …

Forest fragmentation in China and its effect on biodiversity

J Liu, DA Coomes, L Gibson, G Hu, J Liu… - Biological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Land‐use change is fragmenting natural ecosystems, with major consequences for
biodiversity. This paper reviews fragmentation trends–historical and current–in China, the …

Impacts of urbanization and landscape pattern on habitat quality using OLS and GWR models in Hangzhou, China

C Zhu, X Zhang, M Zhou, S He, M Gan, L Yang… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
China has experienced the most serious habitat degradation, especially in fast-growing
metropolis cities. Although increasing attentions have been brought to this issue, we still lack …

Quantification of habitat fragmentation reveals extinction risk in terrestrial mammals

KR Crooks, CL Burdett, DM Theobald… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Although habitat fragmentation is often assumed to be a primary driver of extinction, global
patterns of fragmentation and its relationship to extinction risk have not been consistently …

Estimating the characteristic spatiotemporal variation in habitat quality using the invest model—A case study from Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area

L Wu, C Sun, F Fan - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
The intensity of human activity, habitat loss and habitat degradation have significant impacts
on biodiversity. Habitat quality plays an important role in spatial dynamics when evaluating …

Genetic effects of anthropogenic habitat fragmentation on remnant animal and plant populations: A meta‐analysis

DR Schlaepfer, B Braschler, HP Rusterholz… - Ecosphere, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat loss and fragmentation are among the biggest threats to biodiversity. Anthropogenic
habitat fragmentation leads to small and isolated remnant plant and animal populations. The …

Land-use change in Changli County, China: Predicting its spatio-temporal evolution in habitat quality

F Tang, M Fu, L Wang, P Zhang - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanisation and expansion of residential, industrial, and traffic areas have greatly
changed regional land-use patterns and have directly affected habitat quality and …

Monitoring spatio-temporal dynamics of habitat quality in Nansihu Lake basin, eastern China, from 1980 to 2015

X Sun, Z Jiang, F Liu, D Zhang - Ecological Indicators, 2019 - Elsevier
Rapid industrial development, local urban expansion and intensive agricultural activities
directly impact habitat quality and biodiversity. Effective monitoring tools for biodiversity …

The relationship between habitat loss and fragmentation during urbanization: an empirical evaluation from 16 world cities

Z Liu, C He, J Wu - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Urbanization results in habitat loss and habitat fragmentation concurrently, both influencing
biodiversity and ecological processes. To evaluate these impacts, it is important to …

Evolution of dispersal strategies and dispersal syndromes in fragmented landscapes

J Cote, E Bestion, S Jacob, J Travis, D Legrand… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat fragmentation, an important element of current global change, has profound
repercussions on population and species extinction. Landscape fragmentation reduces …