Citizen science, the involvement of volunteers in research, has increased the scale of
ecological field studies with continent-wide, centralized monitoring efforts and, more rarely …

利用2006 年沈阳市QuickBird 遥感影像城市森林解译数据, 借助地理信息系统,
以沈阳市三环以内区域城市森林景观斑块为研究对象, 基于生境可利用性和动植物的扩散能力 …

In the face of so many unprecedented changes in our environment, the pressure is on
scientists to lead the way toward a more sustainable future. Written by a team of ecologists …

In front of land use changes, there has been a wide decline in biodiversity. In this study, we
analysed the numerical response of two diurnal raptor species, the common buzzard and …

Songbird presence is often associated with the area of suitable habitat in the surrounding
landscape. However, the size of landscape for which this association is maximized is …

Global climate models predict increases in the frequency and intensity of extreme climatic
events such as hurricanes, which may abruptly alter ecological processes in forests and thus …

Ecosystem energy is now recognized as a primary correlate and potential driver of global
patterns of species richness. The increasingly well‐tested species–energy relationship is …

Background Quantifying changes in forest bird diversity is an essential task for developing
effective conservation actions. When subtle changes in diversity accumulate over time …

By using the QuickBird remote sensing image interpretation data of urban forests in
Shenyang City in 2006, and with the help of geographical information system, this paper …

Continental-scale bird population estimates are used as a decision-support tool in
conservation plans. The calculation of these estimates includes the use of density values …