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The influence of habitat availability and landscape structure on the distribution of wood cricket (Nemobius sylvestris) on the Isle of Wight, UK [PDF]

, 2009
Little information is available regarding the landscape ecology of woodland invertebrate species with limited dispersal ability. An investigation was therefore conducted within woodland fragments in an agricultural landscape for the flightless wood ...
Brouwers, N.C., Newton, A.C.
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Complex Measures of Habitat Fragmentation and Edge Can Complicate Biodiversity Conservation

Conservation Letters
Understanding habitat fragmentation effects on wildlife is critical to promoting effective conservation practices. There are many metrics of habitat fragmentation, from simple (number of habitat patches) to complex metrics designed to summarize many ...
Amanda E. Martin, Carmen Galán‐Acedo, Víctor Arroyo‐Rodríguez, Lindsay Daly, Simon G. English, Andrew K. Habrich, Aino Hämäläinen, Federico Riva, Lenore Fahrig   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The use of fynbos fragments by birds: Stepping-stone habitats and resource refugia

Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2016
Fynbos habitats are threatened by fragmentation through land use and anthropogenic changes in fire regimes, leading to a loss of suitable habitat for birds.
Rory N. Sandberg, Nicky Allsopp, Karen J. Esler   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adult Sex Ratio as a Demographic Feedback Linking Mating Systems, Parental Care, and Evolution

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Breeding systems are some of the most diverse social behavior, and our team is investigation the evolutionary causes of this diversity. This review summarises our research carried out at the University of Bath. We argue that demographic components of wild populations, especially the adult sex ratio, plays a key role driving breeding system variation ...
Tamás Székely, Oscar G. Miranda
wiley   +1 more source

Modelling the effect of habitat fragmentation on range expansion in a butterfly [PDF]

, 2009
There is an increasing need for conservation programmes to make quantitative predictions of biodiversity responses to changed environments. Such predictions will be particularly important to promote species recovery in fragmented landscapes, and to ...
Thomas, Chris D., C. D Thomas, Davies, Zoe G., Z. G Davies, R. J Wilson, Wilson, Robert J.   +5 more
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Positive effects of fragmentation per se on the most iconic metapopulation

Conservation Letters
While habitat loss is a major threat to species, the effects of habitat fragmentation independent of habitat loss (fragmentation per se) are debated.
Carmen Galán‐Acedo, Lenore Fahrig, Federico Riva, Torsti Schulz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimal resource allocation to survival and reproduction in parasitic wasps foraging in fragmented habitats. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Expansion and intensification of human land use represents the major cause of habitat fragmentation. Such fragmentation can have dramatic consequences on species richness and trophic interactions within food webs.
Eric Wajnberg, Patrick Coquillard, Louise E M Vet, Thomas Hoffmeister   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Engineering Microbial Particles for Next‐Generation Biomedical Platforms

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Microbe‐derived particles (MDPs), which include extracellular vesicles, outer membrane vesicles, inclusion bodies, polysaccharide particles, and virus‐like particles, represent a rapidly expanding category of bioinspired nanomaterials. With their natural origin, intrinsic biocompatibility, and highly programmable functionality, MDPs serve as a ...
Yuting Li, Yunjie Lu, Ziyan Huang, Jianjiang Chen, Yanbin Liu, Lei Qin, Chao Wang, Yumin Wu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Selecção de habitat por carnívoros na Serra do Bussaco [PDF]

, 2010
Mestrado em Biologia Aplicada - Ecologia, Biodiversidade e Gestão de EcossistemasA selecção de habitat promove a coexistência de espécies do mesmo nível trófico.
Pereira, Pedro Guilherme Sarabando
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Widespread and strong impacts of river fragmentation by anthropogenic barriers on fishes in the Mekong River Basin

Communications Earth & Environment
The Mekong River, a global freshwater biodiversity hotspot, has suffered from intensive barrier construction, resulting in major challenges in safeguarding its fauna.
Jingrui Sun, Damiano Baldan, Martyn C. Lucas, Jie Wang, Amaia A. Rodeles, Shams M. Galib, Juan Tao, Mingbo Li, Daming He, Chengzhi Ding   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source