Agriculture and development transform forest ecosystems to human‐modified landscapes.
Decades of research in ecology have generated myriad concepts for the appropriate …

While there is an increasing emphasis in terrestrial ecology on determining the influence of
the area that surrounds habitat patches (the landscape 'matrix') relative to the characteristics …

We present a review and analysis of the conservation status and International Union for
Conservation of Nature (IUCN) threat categories of all 360 currently recognized species of …

Birds are considered a good model for indicators of biodiversity response to habitat
variations, as they are very sensitive to environmental change. However, continuous …

The spatial and temporal adaptive reflectance fusion models (STARFM) have limited
practical applications, because they often enforce the invalid assumption that land cover …

Riparian zones are among the most threatened natural ecosystems, being greatly affected
by land use changes across the world. Working in a savanna landscape in the Central-West …

Species extinctions and colonizations in response to land cover change often occur with
time lags rather than instantaneously, leading to extinction debts and colonization credits …

The act of converting prairie grassland to agricultural farmland has negative implications for
pollinator communities. In the Prairie Pothole Region, wetland remnants are a common …

The study of birds responded to the environmental factors will contribute to the
understanding of habitat selection and biodiversity conservation. East Dongting Lake, which …

Landscape structure is important for shaping the abundance and distribution of amphibians,
but prior studies of landscape effects have been species or ecosystem-specific. Using a …