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Effects of interactions between anthropogenic stressors and recurring perturbations on ecosystem resilience and collapse. [PDF]

Conserv Biol, 2023
Abstract Insights into declines in ecosystem resilience and their causes and effects can inform preemptive action to avoid ecosystem collapse and loss of biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well‐being. Empirical studies of ecosystem collapse are rare and hampered by ecosystem complexity, nonlinear and lagged responses, and interactions across ...
Keith DA, Benson DH, Baird IRC, Watts L, Simpson CC, Krogh M, Gorissen S, Ferrer-Paris JR, Mason TJ.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Finding floral and faunal species richness optima among active fire regimes. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Changing fire regimes have important implications for biodiversity and challenge traditional conservation approaches that rely on historical conditions as proxies for ecological integrity. This historical‐centric approach becomes increasingly tenuous under climate change, necessitating direct tests of environmental impacts on biodiversity.
Steel ZL, Fogg AM, Buzbee RF, Wilkin K, Collins BM, Burnett R, Meyer MD, Wuenschel A, Stephens SL.   +8 more
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How to prioritize species recovery after a megafire. [PDF]

Conserv Biol, 2022
Abstract Due to climate change, megafires are increasingly common and have sudden, extensive impacts on many species over vast areas, leaving decision makers uncertain about how best to prioritize recovery. We devised a decision‐support framework to prioritize conservation actions to improve species outcomes immediately after a megafire.
Ward M, Carwardine J, Watson JEM, Pintor A, Stuart S, Possingham HP, Rhodes JR, Carey AR, Auerbach N, Reside A, Yong CJ, Tulloch AIT.   +11 more
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Global effects of forest modification on herpetofauna communities. [PDF]

Conserv Biol, 2023
Abstract As the area covered by human‐modified environments grows, it is increasingly important to understand the responses of communities to the novel habitats created, especially for sensitive and threatened taxa. We aimed to improve understanding of the major evolutionary and ecological processes that shape the assemblage of amphibian and reptile ...
Iglesias-Carrasco M, Medina I, Ord TJ.
europepmc   +2 more sources

A landscape-scale framework to identify refugia from multiple stressors. [PDF]

Conserv Biol, 2022
Abstract From a conservation perspective, quantifying potential refugial capacity has been predominantly focused on climate refugia, which is critical for maintaining the persistence of species and ecosystems. However, protection from other stressors, such as human‐induced changes in fire and hydrology, that cause habitat loss, degradation, and ...
Rojas IM, Jennings MK, Conlisk E, Syphard AD, Mikesell J, Kinoshita AM, West K, Stow D, Storey E, De Guzman ME, Foote D, Warneke A, Pairis A, Ryan S, Flint LE, Flint AL, Lewison RL.   +16 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Software for prioritizing conservation actions based on probabilistic information. [PDF]

Conserv Biol, 2021
Abstract Marxan is the most common decision‐support tool used to inform the design of protected‐area systems. The original version of Marxan does not consider risk and uncertainty associated with threatening processes affecting protected areas, including uncertainty about the location and condition of species’ populations and habitats now and in the ...
Watts M, Klein CJ, Tulloch VJD, Carvalho SB, Possingham HP.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Fire risk communication in the urban informal sector: Evidence from traditional marketplaces in Accra, Ghana

Risk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 14, Issue 4, Page 297-320, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Urban marketplace fires in Ghana are chronic, devasting in economic losses and disproportionately impacting informal sector workers. Yet, the scholarly works on urban disasters have focused on hydrometeorological and other man‐made disasters to the neglect of marketplace fires, particularly the challenges in risk communication between ...
Matthew Abunyewah, Seth A. Okyere, Louis K. Frimpong, Stephen K. Diko, Michael O. Erdiaw‐Kwasie, Victor Boateng   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling mammal response to fire based on species’ traits

Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 4, August 2023., 2023
Abstract Fire has shaped ecological communities worldwide for millennia, but impacts of fire on individual species are often poorly understood. We performed a meta‐analysis to predict which traits, habitat, or study variables and fire characteristics affect how mammal species respond to fire.
Christopher A. Pocknee, Sarah M. Legge, Jane McDonald, Diana O. Fisher   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

International media coverage promotes donations to a climate disaster

Disasters, Volume 47, Issue 3, Page 725-744, July 2023., 2023
The Australian bushfires in 2019–20 triggered massive amounts of charitable giving from the community. This study applied agenda‐setting theory to examine if and how disaster news coverage influenced public donations in response to the crisis. A survey of 949 Australians found that people perceived news coverage of the event to be a strong influence on
Cassandra M. Chapman, Matthew J. Hornsey, Kelly S. Fielding, Robyn Gulliver   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psychological First Aid principles within a community‐led arts initiative: lessons from the Blacksmiths' Tree

Disasters, Volume 47, Issue 3, Page 806-829, July 2023., 2023
Psychological First Aid (PFA) is widely used in the early phases of disaster recovery, despite limited empirical evidence supporting its application. PFA aims to reduce distress and encourage adaptive coping and is grounded in five principles: the promotion of hope, self‐ and collective efficacy, social connectedness, safety, and calm.
Lilith Korndörffer, Carolynne White, Jessica L. Mackelprang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source