The effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on plant functional traits and functional diversity: what do we know so far?

J Zambrano, CX Garzon-Lopez, L Yeager, C Fortunel… - Oecologia, 2019 - Springer
Habitat loss and fragmentation result in significant landscape changes that ultimately affect
plant diversity and add uncertainty to how natural areas will respond to future global change …

Toward conciliation in the habitat fragmentation and biodiversity debate

JJ Valente, DG Gannon, J Hightower, H Kim… - Landscape …, 2023 - Springer
Landscape-scale conservation planning is urgent given the extent of anthropogenic land-
use change and its pervasive impacts on Earth's biodiversity. However, such efforts are …

Impacts of landscape patterns on plant species diversity at a global scale

H **, J Xu, Y Peng, J **n, N Peng, Y Li, J Huang… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Landscape patterns are important drivers of biodiversity. Owing to differences in vegetation
types, sampling methods, diversity measures, spatial scales, and landscape levels, the …

Why do agroforestry systems enhance biodiversity? Evidence from habitat amount hypothesis predictions

M Santos, RL Cajaiba, R Bastos, D Gonzalez… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Considering the present ecological crisis, land use-biodiversity relationships have become a
major topic in landscape planning, ecosystem management and ecological restoration. In …

The Habitat Amount Hypothesis implies negative effects of habitat fragmentation on species richness

S Saura - Journal of Biogeography, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The habitat amount hypothesis (HAH) predicts that species richness in a habitat site
increases with the amount of habitat in the 'local landscape'defined by an appropriate …

Saproxylic species are linked to the amount and isolation of dead wood across spatial scales in a beech forest

E Haeler, A Bergamini, S Blaser, C Ginzler… - Landscape …, 2021 - Springer
Context Dead wood is a key habitat for saproxylic species, which are often used as
indicators of habitat quality in forests. Understanding how the amount and spatial distribution …

Effects of spatial pattern of forest vegetation on urban cooling in a compact megacity

W Zhou, F Cao, G Wang - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
Urban forests can be an effective contributor to mitigate the urban heat island (UHI) effect.
Understanding the factors that influence the cooling intensity of forest vegetation is essential …

[HTML][HTML] Past and present effects of habitat amount and fragmentation per se on plant species richness, composition and traits in a deforestation hotspot

C Herrero-Jáuregui, GC Sans, DM Andries… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Worldwide, human activities are rapidly changing land cover and its spatial configuration.
While it is widely acknowledged that habitat loss is a major cause of biodiversity loss, there …

Patch‐scale biodiversity retention in fragmented landscapes: Reconciling the habitat amount hypothesis with the island biogeography theory

AS Bueno, CA Peres - Journal of Biogeography, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To test whether the species richness of understorey insectivorous birds on forest islands
induced by a major hydroelectric dam is best explained by either the island biogeography …

Island biogeography theory outweighs habitat amount hypothesis in predicting plant species richness in small grassland remnants

JP Lindgren, SAO Cousins - Landscape Ecology, 2017 - Springer
Context The habitat amount hypothesis has rarely been tested on plant communities. It
remains unclear how habitat amount affect species richness in habitat fragments compared …