Using multi‐scale spatially explicit frameworks to understand the relationship between functional diversity and species richness

AF Suárez‐Castro, M Raymundo, M Bimler… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how ecosystem functioning is impacted by global change drivers is a central
topic in ecology and conservation science. We need to assess not only how environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Landscape ecology in the Anthropocene: an overview for integrating agroecosystems and biodiversity conservation

JS dos Santos, P Dodonov, JEF Oshima… - Perspectives in Ecology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent studies have characterized the influence of agroecosystems on biodiversity.
However, a set of components associated with the management of these areas is still …

Generalists are the most urban‐tolerant of birds: a phylogenetically controlled analysis of ecological and life history traits using a novel continuous measure of bird …

CT Callaghan, RE Major, JH Wilshire, JM Martin… - Oikos, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying which ecological and life history traits influence a species' tolerance to
urbanization is critical to understanding the trajectory of biodiversity in an increasingly …

Monitoring landscape fragmentation and aboveground biomass estimation in Can Gio Mangrove Biosphere Reserve over the past 20 years

ANT Do, HD Tran, M Ashley, AT Nguyen - Ecological Informatics, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the past 20 years, the mangrove landscape of Can Gio Mangrove Biosphere Reserve
(MBR) has undergone drastic changes in space and time. However, we know very little …

Unraveling the scales of effect of landscape structure on primate species richness and density of titi monkeys (Callicebus nigrifrons)

CC Gestich, V Arroyo‐Rodríguez… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the Anthropocene, many animal populations are increasingly confined to human‐modified
landscapes, in which different spatial variables describing landscape composition and …

The scale of landscape effect on seed dispersal depends on both response variables and landscape predictor

M San-José, V Arroyo-Rodríguez, P Jordano… - Landscape …, 2019 - Springer
Context Landscape structure can affect seed dispersal, but the spatial scale at which such
effect is maximized (scale of effect, SoE) is unknown. Objectives We assessed patterns and …

Where the ecological gaps remain, a modelers' perspective

EA Fulton, JL Blanchard… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Humans have observed the natural world and how people interact with it for millennia. Over
the past century, synthesis and expansion of that understanding has occurred under the …

Critical ecological thresholds for conservation of tropical rainforest in Human Modified Landscapes

G Wies, SN Arzeta, MM Ramos - Biological Conservation, 2021 - Elsevier
In the tropics, human modified landscapes (HMLs) emerge as potential areas where
important levels of biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services can be conserved. Yet, it …

Multiple environmental gradients influence the distribution and abundance of a key forest-health indicator species in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, USA

MR Gade, WE Peterman - Landscape Ecology, 2019 - Springer
Context The effects of global climate change are threatening biodiversity, with particular
concern for amphibians, whose survival often depends on specific abiotic conditions. To …

Matrix quality determines the strength of habitat loss filtering on bird communities at the landscape scale

M de Souza Leite, AL Boesing… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat loss represents a major threat to biodiversity, however, the modulation of its effects
by the nonhabitat matrix surrounding habitat patches is still undervalued. The landscape …