Global impacts of edge effects on species richness

JNG Willmer, T Puettker, JA Prevedello - Biological Conservation, 2022 - Elsevier
Almost all world's forest areas are predicted to be near edges by 2100, making the detection
and prediction of biodiversity responses to edges an urgent need. Yet, idiosyncratic …

[HTML][HTML] Landscape ecology in the Anthropocene: an overview for integrating agroecosystems and biodiversity conservation

JS dos Santos, P Dodonov, JEF Oshima… - Perspectives in Ecology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent studies have characterized the influence of agroecosystems on biodiversity.
However, a set of components associated with the management of these areas is still …

Anthropogenic activities affect forest structure and arthropod abundance in a Kenyan biodiversity hotspot

GN Kung'u, L Cousseau, M Githiru, JC Habel… - Biodiversity and …, 2023 - Springer
Land-use change remains the main threat to tropical forests and their dependent fauna and
flora, and degradation of existing forest remnants will further accelerate species loss. Forest …

Critical role of native forest and savannah habitats in retaining neotropical pollinator diversity in highly mechanized agricultural landscapes

JVA Ferreira, D Storck-Tonon, AWP Ramos… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing food production while preserving natural ecosystem services linked to native
biodiversity is one of the most important societal challenges in the 21st-century. Natural …

[HTML][HTML] The best watering hole in town: Characteristics of ponds used by an endangered bat in an urbanizing boreal landscape

PM Kukka, HA Miller, JP Thomas… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Small waterbodies, or 'ponds', have an important role in maintaining biodiversity
and ecosystem services, particularly where freshwater sources are limited, such as arid or …

Historical invasion of Medfly in the Neotropical region and adoption of management techniques

NP Dias, P Montoya, DE Nava - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Insect invasions of new territories cause problems globally for agriculture. The
Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, is a polyphagous, multivoltine tropical species that …

Potential Westward Spread of Emerald Ash Borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, 1888 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Eastern Ukraine

V Meshkova, O Borysenko, T Kucheryavenko… - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
Emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis, is a phloem-boring beetle, native to East Asia
that has become a serious invasive pest of ash (Fraxinus spp.) trees in North America and …

Population and movement ecology of two life‐history contrasting dung beetle species in a tropical human‐modified landscape

JW Barretto, C Cultid‐Medina, P Luna… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The study of population movements and abundance are useful to evaluate the reduction of
biodiversity due to changes in landscape composition and configuration. These parameters …

Habitat loss and fragmentation in Chaco forests: a review of the responses of insect communities and consequences for ecosystem processes

E González, MR Rossetti, ML Moreno… - Insect Decline and …, 2024 - Springer
Habitat loss and fragmentation are landscape transformations with profound impacts on
biodiversity. Insects are particularly affected by these processes, with consequences for …

Guild-dependent effects of forest fragmentation in canopy arthropod diversity associated to Quercus deserticola

SE García-Jain, Y Maldonado-López, K Oyama… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Forest fragmentation is one of the main factors leading to biodiversity loss and negatively
affecting arthropod communities. We analyzed the effects of forest fragment size and habitat …