Riparian buffer strips provide a wide range of ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes
with benefits extending beyond those provided by non-riparian field margins. For example …

Landscape modification and habitat fragmentation are key drivers of global species loss.
Their effects may be understood by focusing on:(1) individual species and the processes …

Investigations of the links between human infrastructure and ecological change have
provided eye-opening insights into humanity's environmental impacts and contributed to …

Scattered trees are prominent features in many landscapes worldwide, including natural
landscapes, cultural landscapes, and recently modified landscapes. The ecological …

Fencing for conservation is an acknowledgement that we are failing to successfully coexist
with and, ultimately, conserve biodiversity. Fences arose during the Neolithic revolution to …

Grazing is one of the most important factors influencing community structure and productivity
in natural grasslands. Fencing to exclude grazers is one of the main management practices …

Overgrazing significantly affects alpine meadows in ways similar to grasslands in other
areas. Fencing to exclude grazers is one of the main management practices used to protect …

In light of Harris (2010) finding insufficient evidence to assert a causal linkage between any
of the seven previously proposed causative factors and grassland degradation on the …

Summary 1 Ecological invasions are often associated with persistent changes to underlying
ecological processes. Restoration of invaded communities is dependent on manipulation of …

Global food demand is growing rapidly. Livestock grazing can provide a valuable source of
protein, but conventional grazing is often unsustainable. We studied an 800,000-ha section …