Background The principle that a single large habitat patch should hold more species than
several small patches totalling the same area (SL> SS) is used by conservation agencies to …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis is a rapid, non-invasive, cost-efficient biodiversity
monitoring tool with enormous potential to inform aquatic conservation and management …

In a review of landscape-scale empirical studies, Fahrig (2017a) found that ecological
responses to habitat fragmentation per se (fragmentation independent of habitat amount) …

In this essay: I provide a brief history of habitat fragmentation research; I describe why its
“non‐questions”('Is habitat fragmentation a big problem for wildlife species?” and,“Are the …

Success stories are rare in conservation science, hindered also by the research-
implementation gap, where scientific insights rarely inform practice and practical …

Many cities around the world are expanding and this trend in urbanization is expected to
sharply increase over coming decades. At the same time, the integration of green and blue …

Plans are currently being drafted for the next decade of action on biodiversity—both the post‐
2020 Global Biodiversity Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and …

The legacy of the 'SL> SS principle', that a single or a few large habitat patches (SL)
conserve more species than several small patches (SS), is evident in decisions to protect …

Farm ponds, which are sometimes numerous and widely distributed in agricultural regions,
have faced widespread degradation in recent decades. Although conservation strategies for …

Ponds are among the most biodiverse and ecologically important freshwater habitats
globally and may provide a significant opportunity to mitigate anthropogenic pressures and …