Humans have dramatically altered the planet over the course of a century, from the acidity of
our oceans to the fragmentation of our landscapes and the temperature of our climate …

Dispersal costs can be classified into energetic, time, risk and opportunity costs and may be
levied directly or deferred during departure, transfer and settlement. They may equally be …

Estimating forest above‐ground biomass (AGB), or carbon (AGC), in tropical forests has
become a major concern for scientists and stakeholders. However, AGB assessment …

Connectivity is classically considered an emergent property of landscapes encapsulating
individuals' flows across space. However, its operational use requires a precise …

Dispersal is a process of central importance for the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of
populations and communities, because of its diverse consequences for gene flow and …

Habitat fragmentation, an important element of current global change, has profound
repercussions on population and species extinction. Landscape fragmentation reduces …

Landscape connectivity can be viewed from two perspectives that could be considered as
extremes of a gradient: functional connectivity (refers to how the behavior of a dispersing …

As ectothermic organisms, butterflies have widely been used as models to explore the
predicted impacts of climate change. However, most studies explore only one life stage; to …

We review the literature on the influence of landscape structure on butterfly distribution and
movement. We start by examining the definition of landscape commonly used in spatial …

Current studies have shown a severe general decline in insect species diversity, their
abundance, and a biomass reduction of flying insects. Most of previous studies have been …