Human impacts such as habitat loss, climate change and biological invasions are radically
altering biodiversity, with greater effects projected into the future. Evidence suggests human …

Plants differ widely in their ability to find tolerable climatic ranges through seed dispersal,
depending on their life-history traits and habitat characteristics. Following the Preferred …

Agricultural expansion has led to a large-scale loss of natural vegetation and landscape
fragmentation, seriously threatening biodiversity. In addition to directly encroaching on …

Europe has unique natural values but also has the highest level of ecosystem fragmentation.
Evaluating the effectiveness of protected area management is becoming an increasingly …

Monitoring and evaluation of landscape fragmentation is important in numerous research
areas, such as natural resource protection and management, sustainable development, and …

Urbanization provides benefit to modern civilization, while it also creates a series of
ecological issues at different scales. The study of landscape pattern and connectivity change …

One of the research issues considered in landscape ecology is the fragmentation of
landscapes, which is characterised by a great heterogeneity of land uses and shapes. The …

There are many local fragmentation metrics, but most can be grouped into four types
(composition/area, isolation, edge, and shape), and none of them alone determines the …

Maintaining biodiversity in agricultural landscapes is a major challenge for environmental
protection in Europe. Vineyards rely heavily on agrotechnical interventions such as …

Poterium spinosum L. is a key plant species forming typical shrub communities, distributed
across the Mediterranean eastern coasts. The conservation of P. spinosum is thus of the …