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Landscape heterogeneity can partially offset negative effects of habitat loss on mammalian biodiversity in agroecosystems.

Published online: 27 Apr 2024

Authors: Pônzio, M. do C. & Pasqualotto, N. & Zanin, M. & Chiarello, A. G. & Pardini, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Intensive, large-scale agriculture promotes the conversion of natural habitats and diversified crops into monocultures, decreasing both native vegetat...

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Using habitat suitability and landscape connectivity in the spatial prioritization of public outreach and management during carnivore recolonization.

Published online: 14 Jun 2022

Authors: Boudreau, M. R. & Gantchoff, M. G. & Ramirez-Reyes, C. & Conlee, L. & Belant, J. L. & Iglay, R. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Despite continued global declines in large carnivore abundance and distribution, some species are recovering. In North America, these recoveries can o...

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Large frugivorous birds facilitate functional connectivity of fragmented landscapes.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Mueller, T. & Lenz, J. & Caprano, T. & Fiedler, W. & Böhning-Gaese, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Quantifying ecosystem functions in spatially explicit ways is important for management decisions in increasingly fragmented landscapes. Between-patch ...

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Simple individual-based models effectively represent Afrotropical forest bird movement in complex landscapes.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Aben, J. & Strubbe, D. & Adriaensen, F. & Palmer, S. C. F. & Travis, J. M. J. & Lens, L. & Matthysen, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reliable estimates of dispersal rates between habitat patches (i.e. functional connectivity) are critical for predicting long-term effects of habitat ...

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Planting to conserve threatened nomadic pollinators in NSW.

Published online: 01 Nov 2017

Content type: Miscellaneous

Plant-pollinator mutualisms are fundamental to natural and agricultural systems. In Australia, several species of native plants produce large volumes ...

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Hydrology, habitat change and population demography: an individual-based model for the endangered Cape Sable seaside sparrow Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Elderd, B. D. & Nott, M. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat destruction and fragmentation have led to precipitous declines in a number of species of concern. For these species, traditional models that g...

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Predicting avian patch occupancy in a fragmented landscape: do we know more than we think?

Published online: 04 Nov 2009

Authors: Shanahan, D. F. & Possingham, H. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A recent and controversial topic in landscape ecology is whether populations of species respond to habitat fragmentation in a general fashion. Empiric...

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The importance of scattered trees for biodiversity conservation: a global meta-analysis.

Published online: 31 Jan 2018

Authors: Prevedello, J. A. & Almeida-Gomes, M. & Lindenmayer, D. B. & Magrach, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Scattered trees are thought to be keystone structures for biodiversity in landscapes world-wide. However, such trees have been largely neglected by re...

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Small mammals in farm woodlands: the effects of habitat, isolation and surrounding land-use patterns.

Published online: 09 Jul 1997

Authors: Fitzgibbon, C. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The results of this study, which surveyed 38 small farm woodlands ranging in size from 0.05 to 4.45 ha, in an intensive arable region in Cambridgeshir...

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A landscape-scale test of the predictive ability of a spatially explicit model for population viability analysis.

Published online: 04 Jul 2001

Authors: Lindenmayer, D. B. & Ball, I. & Possingham, H. P. & McCarthy, M. A. & Pope, M. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although population viability analysis (PVA) is widely employed, forecasts from PVA models are rarely tested. This study in a fragmented forest in sou...

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