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Schramm de Oliveira A, Guimarães M, Rocha Matias N, Verrastro L. How close is danger? Relationship between the distance from an exotic tree plantation and occupancy of an endemic lizard. AUSTRAL ECOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/aec.13216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Arthur Schramm de Oliveira
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Biologia Animal Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Av. Bento Gonçalves, n° 9500 – Bloco IV – Prédio 43433 – Sala 214 Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul 91501‐970 Brasil
- Departamento de Zoologia Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Av. Bento Gonçalves, n° 9500 – Bloco IV – Prédio 43433 – Sala 214 Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul 91501‐970 Brasil
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Biologia Animal Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Av. Bento Gonçalves, n° 9500 – Bloco IV – Prédio 43433 – Sala 214 Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul 91501‐970 Brasil
- Departamento de Biologia Universidade Federal do Piauí Avenida Universitária Teresina Piauí 64050‐220 Brazil
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Biologia Animal Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Av. Bento Gonçalves, n° 9500 – Bloco IV – Prédio 43433 – Sala 214 Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul 91501‐970 Brasil
- Departamento de Zoologia Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Av. Bento Gonçalves, n° 9500 – Bloco IV – Prédio 43433 – Sala 214 Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul 91501‐970 Brasil
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Biologia Animal Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Av. Bento Gonçalves, n° 9500 – Bloco IV – Prédio 43433 – Sala 214 Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul 91501‐970 Brasil
- Departamento de Zoologia Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Av. Bento Gonçalves, n° 9500 – Bloco IV – Prédio 43433 – Sala 214 Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul 91501‐970 Brasil
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Balouch S, Driscoll DA, Naseer A, Rais M, Doherty TS. Impacts of land cover on reptile movement and habitat use in farming landscapes. Anim Conserv 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/acv.12789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- S. Balouch
- Centre of Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences Deakin University Burwood VIC Australia
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- Centre of Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences Deakin University Burwood VIC Australia
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- Department of Wildlife Management, Faculty of Forestry, Range Management and Wildlife Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi Pakistan
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- Department of Wildlife Management, Faculty of Forestry, Range Management and Wildlife Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi Pakistan
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- Centre of Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences Deakin University Burwood VIC Australia
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences The University of Sydney Sydney NSW Australia
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Uribe SV, García N, Estades CF. Effect of Land Use History on Biodiversity of Pine Plantations. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.609627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The growing replacement of native vegetation by forest plantations is considered a global threat to biodiversity. Significant variation in biotic communities among stands with similar management suggests that previous land use might have an effect on the capacity of forest plantations to harbor native species. The goal of our study was to determine the effect of land-use history on the biodiversity currently present in pine plantations in the coastal range of Central Chile. In particular, we hypothesized that plantations that directly replaced native forests should have higher diversity of plants and birds than plantations that were established in agricultural areas. We also expected that plantations of higher number of rotations should have fewer habitat-specialists and more generalists/exotics, reflecting a process of biotic homogenization. Using aerial photographs and satellite images encompassing a period of six decades, we classified 108 4-ha sampling units into native forests, and mature (17–20 year) pine plantations of first, second, and third rotation, of either forest or agricultural origin. At each site, we collected data on the abundance and richness of diurnal birds and understory plants, and analyzed their behavior in relation to the land-use history using Generalized Linear Models (GLMs). Also, we evaluated dissimilarity of communities of each pine plantation “treatment” to assess the occurrence of biotic homogenization. As predicted, pine plantations that directly replaced native forests had a higher abundance of forest specialists and less abundance of exotics and generalists than plantations of agricultural origin. In contrast, the number of rotations of pine plantations not only did not affect negatively the diversity and abundance of forest specialist species, but the models showed some signs of naturalization in the studied systems over time, such as the increase in the abundance of native herbs and a reduction in the abundance of their exotic counterparts. These results agree with the lack of evidence for a decrease in the dissimilarity of biotic communities in plantations with time, suggesting that the management of pine plantations in Central Chile is not promoting biotic homogenization, beyond the impact of the initial stages of land use change.
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Michael DR, Crane M, Florance D, Lindenmayer DB. Revegetation, restoration and reptiles in rural landscapes: Insights from long-term monitoring programmes in the temperate eucalypt woodlands of south-eastern Australia. ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/emr.12294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Kay GM, Mortelliti A, Tulloch A, Barton P, Florance D, Cunningham SA, Lindenmayer DB. Effects of past and present livestock grazing on herpetofauna in a landscape-scale experiment. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY : THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 2017; 31:446-458. [PMID: 27314208 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Revised: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 06/10/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Livestock grazing is the most widespread land use on Earth and can have negative effects on biodiversity. Yet, many of the mechanisms by which grazing leads to changes in biodiversity remain unresolved. One reason is that conventional grazing studies often target broad treatments rather than specific parameters of grazing (e.g., intensity, duration, and frequency) or fail to account for historical grazing effects. We conducted a landscape-scale replicated grazing experiment (15,000 km2 , 97 sites) to examine the impact of past grazing management and current grazing regimes (intensity, duration, and frequency) on a community of ground-dwelling herpetofauna (39 species). We analyzed community variables (species richness and composition) for all species and built multiseason patch-occupancy models to predict local colonization and extinction for the 7 most abundant species. Past grazing practices did not influence community richness but did affect community composition and patch colonization and extinction for 4 of 7 species. Present grazing parameters did not influence community richness or composition, but 6 of the 7 target species were affected by at least one grazing parameter. Grazing frequency had the most consistent influence, positively affecting 3 of 7 species (increased colonization or decreased extinction). Past grazing practice affected community composition and population dynamics in some species in different ways, which suggests that conservation planners should examine the different grazing histories of an area. Species responded differently to specific current grazing practices; thus, incentive programs that apply a diversity of approaches rather than focusing on a change such as reduced grazing intensity should be considered. Based on our findings, we suggest that determining fine-scale grazing attributes is essential for advancing grazing as a conservation strategy.
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- Geoffrey M Kay
- Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia
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- Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia
- Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology, University of Maine, 5755 Nutting Hall, Orono, ME, 04469-5755, U.S.A
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- Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia
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- Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia
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- Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia
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- Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia
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Unravelling the response of diurnal raptors to land use change in a highly dynamic landscape in northwestern Spain: an approach based on satellite earth observation data. EUR J WILDLIFE RES 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10344-017-1097-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Cunningham RB, Lindenmayer DB. Approaches to Landscape Scale Inference and Study Design. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s40823-016-0019-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Tuff KT, Tuff T, Davies KF. A framework for integrating thermal biology into fragmentation research. Ecol Lett 2016; 19:361-74. [PMID: 26892491 PMCID: PMC4794773 DOI: 10.1111/ele.12579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Revised: 12/07/2015] [Accepted: 01/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Habitat fragmentation changes thermal conditions in remnant patches, and thermal conditions strongly influence organism morphology, distribution, and activity patterns. However, few studies explore temperature as a mechanism driving ecological responses to fragmentation. Here we offer a conceptual framework that integrates thermal biology into fragmentation research to better understand individual, species, community, and ecosystem-level responses to fragmentation. Specifically, the framework addresses how fragmentation changes temperature and how the effects of those temperature changes spread through the ecosystem, from organism response via thermal sensitivity, to changes in species distribution and activity patterns, to shifts in community structure following species' responses, and ultimately to changes in ecosystem functions. We place a strong emphasis on future research directions by outlining "Critical gaps" for each step of the framework. Empirical efforts to apply and test this framework promise new understanding of fragmentation's ecological consequences and new strategies for conservation in an increasingly fragmented and warmer world.
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- K T Tuff
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
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