The ecology, distribution, conservation and management of large old trees

DB Lindenmayer, WF Laurance - Biological Reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Large old trees are some of the most iconic biota on earth and are integral parts of many
terrestrial ecosystems including those in tropical, temperate and boreal forests, deserts …

[PDF][PDF] Bats in the anthropogenic matrix: challenges and opportunities for the conservation of Chiroptera and their ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes

K Williams-Guillén, E Olimpi, B Maas… - Bats in the …, 2016 - library.oapen.org
Intensification in land-use and farming practices has had largely negative effects on bats,
leading to population declines and concomitant losses of ecosystem services. Current …

Fostering natural forest regeneration on former agricultural land through economic and policy interventions

RL Chazdon, D Lindenmayer… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Under suitable conditions, deforested land used for agricultural crops or pastures can revert
to forest through the assisted or unassisted process of natural regeneration. These naturally …

New policies for old trees: averting a global crisis in a keystone ecological structure

DB Lindenmayer, WF Laurance, JF Franklin… - Conservation …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Large old trees are critical organisms and ecological structures in forests, woodlands,
savannas, and agricultural and urban environments. They play many essential ecological …

Large trees are keystone structures in urban parks

K Stagoll, DB Lindenmayer, E Knight… - Conservation …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Large trees are considered keystone structures in agricultural and forestry production
landscapes, but research demonstrating this in urban landscapes is urgently needed. If …

Conserving large old trees as small natural features

DB Lindenmayer - Biological Conservation, 2017 - Elsevier
In many ecosystems globally, large old trees occur as single, spatially isolated individual
trees or as small groups of scattered trees and can therefore be considered to be small …

Small patches make critical contributions to biodiversity conservation

D Lindenmayer - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Vast areas of the earth's land surface have been altered by human activities such as
clearing native vegetation for agriculture and livestock grazing, logging of natural forests …

The disproportionate value of scattered trees

J Fischer, J Stott, BS Law - Biological Conservation, 2010 - Elsevier
Scattered trees are declining in agricultural landscapes worldwide. They are considered
keystone structures because their effect on ecosystem functioning is believed to be …

Improving restoration programs through greater connection with ecological theory and better monitoring

D Lindenmayer - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Millions of hectares of land worldwide is in urgent need of restoration. However, many past
landscape and ecosystem restoration efforts are likely to have been less than effective …

The anatomy of a failed offset

DB Lindenmayer, M Crane, MC Evans, M Maron… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Biodiversity offsetting is widely applied but its effectiveness is rarely assessed. We evaluated
the effectiveness of a nest box program intended to offset clearing of hollow-bearing trees …