The second data release from the European Pulsar Timing Array-III. Search for gravitational wave signals

J Antoniadis, P Arumugam, S Arumugam… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
We present the results of the search for an isotropic stochastic gravitational wave
background (GWB) at nanohertz frequencies using the second data release of the European …

Landscape metrics: past progress and future directions

AE Frazier, P Kedron - Current Landscape Ecology Reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of the Review This paper reviews progress in the field of landscape
ecology related to the development of landscape metrics (ie, spatial pattern indices). We first …

[HTML][HTML] Creation of forest edges has a global impact on forest vertebrates

M Pfeifer, V Lefebvre, CA Peres, C Banks-Leite… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Forest edges influence more than half of the world's forests and contribute to worldwide
declines in biodiversity and ecosystem functions. However, predicting these declines is …

Conservation of birds in fragmented landscapes requires protected areas

R Timmers, M van Kuijk, PA Verweij… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
For successful conservation of biodiversity, it is vital to know whether protected areas in
increasingly fragmented landscapes effectively safeguard species. However, how large …

Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals

MG Betts, C Wolf, M Pfeifer, C Banks-Leite… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Habitat loss is the primary driver of biodiversity decline worldwide, but the effects of
fragmentation (the spatial arrangement of remaining habitat) are debated. We tested the …

Support for the habitat amount hypothesis from a global synthesis of species density studies

JI Watling, V Arroyo‐Rodríguez, M Pfeifer… - Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Decades of research suggest that species richness depends on spatial characteristics of
habitat patches, especially their size and isolation. In contrast, the habitat amount hypothesis …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change, biodiversity, ticks and tick-borne diseases: The butterfly effect

F Dantas-Torres - International Journal for Parasitology: parasites and …, 2015 - Elsevier
We have killed wild animals for obtaining food and decimated forests for many reasons.
Nowadays, we are burning fossil fuels as never before and even exploring petroleum in …

Toward conciliation in the habitat fragmentation and biodiversity debate

JJ Valente, DG Gannon, J Hightower, H Kim… - Landscape …, 2023 - Springer
Landscape-scale conservation planning is urgent given the extent of anthropogenic land-
use change and its pervasive impacts on Earth's biodiversity. However, such efforts are …

The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

LN Hudson, T Newbold, S Contu, SLL Hill… - Ecology and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures such as
habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction of alien species. Existing global …

The database of the PREDICTS (projecting responses of ecological diversity in changing terrestrial systems) project

LN Hudson, T Newbold, S Contu, SLL Hill… - Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The PREDICTS project—Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing
Terrestrial Systems (https://www. nhm. ac. uk/our-science/our-work/biodiversity/predicts …