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The increased length of forest clear-cut edges is considered to be one of the main ecological consequences of silviculture. The effects vary over the ...

Forests are becoming increasingly fragmented world-wide, creating forest patches with reduced area and greater exposure to human land uses along fragm...

Conservation of nomadic species presents significant conservation challenges because of unpredictability in their movements and space use. Long-term s...

Species-area (SA) models have often been used to predict biodiversity loss resulting from habitat loss. This application of SA models hinges on two fu...

It is widely recognized that landscape factors affect the biological control of weed seeds and insect pests in arable crops, but landscape effects hav...

Changes in large-scale land use may fragment and degrade habitats, affecting animal species adapted to these habitats. In the UK uplands for example, ...

Habitat loss, fragmentation, and alteration of the landscape matrix are interdependent processes, collectively responsible for most recent species ext...

Converting natural areas into land used for production causes dramatic changes in the configuration of landscapes. Both the loss and fragmentation of ...

Intensifying agricultural production in sustainable ways is pivotal to increasing food production while reducing environmental impacts. Ecological int...

Increasing concern over the loss of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes was one of the reasons for the introduction of agri-environment schemes in...