A systematic literature review on the forest health biomonitoring technique: A decade of practice, progress, and challenge

A Abas - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The approach for monitoring forest health such as canopy layer, air quality, soil texture has
evolved in tandem with the advancement of new technology such as lab analysis, remote …

Standardized measures of coastal wetland condition: implementation at a Laurentian Great Lakes basin-wide scale

DG Uzarski, VJ Brady, MJ Cooper, DA Wilcox… - Wetlands, 2017 - Springer
Since European settlement, over 50% of coastal wetlands have been lost in the Laurentian
Great Lakes basin, causing growing concern and increased monitoring by government …

Multi-scale factors influencing the characteristics of avian communities in urban parks across Beijing during the breeding season

S Xie, F Lu, L Cao, W Zhou, Z Ouyang - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Understanding the factors that influence the characteristics of avian communities using
urban parks at both the patch and landscape level is important to focus management effort …

Bird species' tolerance to human pressures and associations with population change

EL Marjakangas, A Johnston… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Some species thrive in human‐dominated environments, while others are highly
sensitive to all human pressures. However, standardized estimates of species' tolerances to …

[HTML][HTML] An index of biotic condition (IBC) using birds as indicators of coastal wetland quality in North America's Laurentian Great Lakes

RW Howe, GJ Niemi, AM Bracey, V Brady, L Elliott… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
To survive in an area, plant and animal species must confront many interacting
environmental stressors at different spatial and temporal scales. Consequently …

Importance of scale, land cover, and weather on the abundance of bird species in a managed forest

AR Grinde, GJ Niemi, BR Sturtevant, H Panci… - Forest Ecology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Climate change and habitat loss are projected to be the two greatest drivers of biodiversity
loss over the coming century. While public lands have the potential to increase regional …

Forested wetlands in a protected area and the adjacent working landscape provide complementary biodiversity value based on breeding birds: A case study from …

J Brazner, J Walker, F Mackinnon, R Cameron - FACETS, 2023 - facetsjournal.com
Protected areas (PAs) are a key component of most conservation strategies because they
are thought to enhance biodiversity value relative to similar habitats in working landscapes …

Refinement of an index of ecological condition for marsh bird communities in lower Great Lakes coastal wetlands

JA Jung, HN Rogers, GP Grabas - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Laurentian Great Lakes coastal wetlands are highly productive and biologically
diverse ecosystems. Ongoing environmental degradation and wetland loss have resulted in …

Rangeland vulnerability to state transition under global climate change

CL Wonkka, D Twidwell, BW Allred, CH Bielski… - Climatic Change, 2019 - Springer
The rapid pace of global climate change necessitates tools for prioritizing limited climate-
adaptation resources in the face of imperfect knowledge regarding plant community …

Quantitative restoration targets for fish and wildlife habitats and populations in the Lower Green Bay and Fox River AOC

RW Howe, EEG Giese, AT Wolf - Journal of Great Lakes Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lower Green Bay and Fox River Area of Concern (LGB&FR AOC) is one of the
most ecologically diverse but demonstrably impaired AOCs in the Laurentian Great Lakes …