Forest-clearing to create early-successional habitats: Questionable benefits, significant costs

MJ Kellett, JE Maloof, SA Masino, LE Frelich… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
A campaign is underway to clear established forests and expand early-successional
habitats—also called young forest, pre-forest, early seral, or open habitats—with the …

Determinants of range sizes pinpoint vulnerability of groundwater species to climate change: A case study on subterranean amphipods from the Dinarides

Š Borko, E Premate, M Zagmajster… - … : Marine and Freshwater …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Range size is one of the most important criteria for determining species conservation status.
It is an outcome of multiple factors, including a species' ecological tolerance and propensity …

Global subterranean biodiversity: A unique pattern

L Deharveng, A Bedos, T Pipan, DC Culver - Diversity, 2024 - mdpi.com
3. Results The current map and list of these 28 sites of high subterranean biodiversity
(Figure 1, Table 1) represent nearly all of the sites known to contain 25 or more stygobionts …

Examining the relationship between tree canopy coverage and crime: An examination of within-neighborhood change

JC Wo, SE Malone, EM Rogers - Journal of Urban Affairs, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A bourgeoning area of research suggests that tree canopy coverage can reduce
crime in neighborhoods. However, nearly all prior studies have analyzed the effects of tree …

[PDF][PDF] Evidence for metapopulation structure in seep-dwelling amphipods

DC Culver, DJ Feller, E Burch - Subterranean Biology, 2023 - subtbiol.pensoft.net
Twelve seepage springs in a 3 km2 area of the Goldmine Tract in the C&O Canal National
Historical Park in Montgomery County, Maryland, USA were sampled in 1994–1995 and …