Habitat loss, not fragmentation, drives occurrence patterns of Canada lynx at the southern range periphery. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Peripheral populations often experience more extreme environmental conditions than those in the centre of a species' range. Such extreme conditions include habitat loss, defined as a reduction in the amount of suitable habitat, as well as habitat ...
Megan L Hornseth +6 more
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Rates and patterns of habitat loss across South Africa’s vegetation biomes
South African Journal of Science, 2021 The loss of natural habitat resulting from human activities is the principal driver of biodiversity loss in terrestrial ecosystems globally. Metrics of habitat loss are monitored at national and global scales using various remote sensing based land-cover
Andrew L. Skowno +2 more
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Impact of habitat loss on the diversity and structure of ecological networks between oxyurid nematodes and spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca L.) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Habitat loss and fragmentation are recognized as affecting the nature of biotic interactions, although we still know little about such changes for reptilian herbivores and their hindgut nematodes, in which endosymbiont interactions could range from ...
Julieta Benítez-Malvido +6 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Identifying necessary stream and watershed restoration actions requires quantifying natural potential habitat conditions to diagnose habitat change and evaluate restoration potential.
Timothy J Beechie +3 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Landscape conversion of natural environments into agriculture and pasture are driving a marked biodiversity decline in the tropics. Consequences of fragmentation might depend upon habitat amount in the landscape, while the quality of remnants can also ...
Ingrid de Mattos +2 more
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Threats of future climate change and land use to vulnerable tree species native to Southern California [PDF]
, 2014 Climate and land-use changes are expected to drive high rates of environmental change and biodiversity loss in Mediterranean ecosystems this century. This paper compares the relative future impacts of land use and climate change on two vulnerable tree ...
Gillespie, TW +5 more
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Seabird metapopulations: searching for alternative breeding habitats [PDF]
, 2009 Today, many seabird species nest in port areas, which are also necessary for human economic activity. In this paper, we evaluate, using a metapopulation model, the possibilities for creating alternative breeding sites for the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Jochem, R. +5 more
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Habitat loss causes non-linear genetic erosion in specialist species
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019 Habitat loss can lead to non-linear declines in species abundance once the amount of landscape-wide habitat is reduced to a critical value. Previous studies have suggested that such non-linear responses to landscape-wide habitat loss might also exist in ...
Femke J. Pflüger +2 more
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Shrimp farms, fire or palm oil? Changing causes of proboscis monkey habitat loss
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020 Proboscis monkeys, endemic to Borneo, inhabit the fastest-disappearing forest types within the island. Previous studies described multiple causes of their habitat loss, with aquaculture and logging figuring among the major threats.
Tadeáš Toulec +4 more
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Implications of Habitat Loss on Seed Predation and Early Recruitment of a Keystone Palm in Anthropogenic Landscapes in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Habitat loss is the main driver of the loss of global biodiversity. Knowledge on this subject, however, is highly concentrated on species richness and composition patterns, with little discussion on the consequences of habitat loss for ecological ...
Leiza Aparecida S S Soares +5 more
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