Forest fragmentation in China and its effect on biodiversity

J Liu, DA Coomes, L Gibson, G Hu, J Liu… - Biological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Land‐use change is fragmenting natural ecosystems, with major consequences for
biodiversity. This paper reviews fragmentation trends–historical and current–in China, the …

[HTML][HTML] Constraints to and conservation implications for climate change adaptation in plants

MJ Christmas, MF Breed, AJ Lowe - Conservation Genetics, 2016 - Springer
Contemporary climate change is having widespread impacts on plant populations.
Understanding how plants respond to this change is essential to our efforts to conserve …

[HTML][HTML] Habitat fragmentation and biodiversity conservation: key findings and future challenges

MC Wilson, XY Chen, RT Corlett, RK Didham, P Ding… - Landscape …, 2016 - Springer
Habitat loss and fragmentation has long been considered the primary cause for biodiversity
loss and ecosystem degradation worldwide, and is a key research topic in landscape …

Invisible barriers: anthropogenic impacts on inter-and intra-specific interactions as drivers of landscape-independent fragmentation

O Berger-Tal, D Saltz - Philosophical Transactions of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Anthropogenically induced fragmentation constitutes a major threat to biodiversity.
Presently, conservation research and actions focus predominantly on fragmentation caused …

Landscape genomics: understanding relationships between environmental heterogeneity and genomic characteristics of populations

N Balkenhol, RY Dudaniec, KV Krutovsky… - Population genomics …, 2019 - Springer
Landscape genomics is a rapidly advancing research field that combines population
genomics, landscape ecology, and spatial analytical techniques to explicitly quantify the …

Habitat loss and fragmentation reduce effective gene flow by disrupting seed dispersal in a neotropical palm

L Browne, J Karubian - Molecular Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat loss and fragmentation often reduce gene flow and genetic diversity in plants by
disrupting the movement of pollen and seed. However, direct comparisons of the …

Habitat fragmentation influences genetic diversity and differentiation: Fine‐scale population structure of Cercis canadensis (eastern redbud)

MA Ony, M Nowicki, SL Boggess… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Forest fragmentation may negatively affect plants through reduced genetic diversity and
increased population structure due to habitat isolation, decreased population size, and …

Effects of zoochory on the spatial genetic structure of plant populations

TA Gelmi‐Candusso, EW Heymann… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Spatial genetic structure (SGS) of plants results from the nonrandom distribution of related
individuals. SGS provides information on gene flow and spatial patterns of genetic diversity …

[HTML][HTML] Local adaptation to temperature and precipitation in naturally fragmented populations of Cephalotaxus oliveri, an endangered conifer endemic to China

T Wang, Z Wang, F Xia, Y Su - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Cephalotaxus oliveri is an endangered tertiary relict conifer endemic to China. The species
survives in a wide range from west to east with heterogeneous climatic conditions …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns of genetic variation in leading-edge populations of Quercus robur: genetic patchiness due to family clusters

P Vakkari, M Rusanen, J Heikkinen, T Huotari… - Tree Genetics & …, 2020 - Springer
The genetic structure of populations at the edge of species distribution is important for
species adaptation to environmental changes. Small populations may experience non …