Experimental design and taxonomic scope of fragmentation studies on European mammals: current status and future priorities

A Mortelliti, G Amori, D Capizzi, C Rondinini… - Mammal …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT 1 Habitat loss, habitat fragmentation and habitat degradation are the greatest
threats to mammals in Europe and the rest of the world. Despite the fact that extensive …

Ecological corridors also operate in an urban matrix: a test case with garden shrews

A Vergnes, C Kerbiriou, P Clergeau - Urban ecosystems, 2013 - Springer
The fragmentation of landscapes, induced by the growing urbanisation, is a major cause of
biodiversity loss. Ecological corridors are landscape elements that make up for the negative …

Introducing a 'stochastic movement simulator'for estimating habitat connectivity

SCF Palmer, A Coulon… - Methods in Ecology and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Estimating and improving landscape connectivity has become a key topic in conservation
biology. While a range of connectivity indices exist and are widely used to inform spatial …

Currents connecting communities: nearshore community similarity and ocean circulation

JR Watson, CG Hays, PT Raimondi, S Mitarai… - Ecology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the mechanisms that create spatial heterogeneity in species distributions is
fundamental to ecology. For nearshore marine systems, most species have a pelagic larval …

Dispersal and habitat cuing of Eurasian red squirrels in fragmented habitats

LA Wauters, G Verbeylen, D Preatoni, A Martinoli… - Population ecology, 2010 - Springer
Animal dispersal and subsequent settlement is a key process in the life history of many
organisms, when individuals use demographic and environmental cues to target post …

Assessing the performance of common landscape connectivity metrics using a virtual ecologist approach

CE Simpkins, TE Dennis, TR Etherington… - Ecological modelling, 2018 - Elsevier
Due to increasing habitat fragmentation and concern about its ecological effects, there has
been an upsurge in the use of landscape connectivity estimates in conservation planning …

Resistance surface modeling in landscape genetics

SF Spear, SA Cushman, BH McRae - Landscape genetics, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The basic framework for using resistance surfaces in landscape genetics involves the steps
of variable selection, parameterizing values for resistance surfaces, correlating resistance …

[图书][B] Heavy metal contamination of water and soil: analysis, assessment, and remediation strategies

E Asrari - 2014 - books.google.com
Although adverse health effects of heavy metals have been known for a long time, exposure
to heavy metals continues and is even increasing in some areas. Remediating heavy metal …

Landscape structure and ecology influence the spread of a bat fungal disease

TM Lilley, J Anttila, L Ruokolainen - Functional Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract White‐nose syndrome (WNS), affecting multiple North American bat species during
the hibernation period, is a highly pathogenic disease caused by the psychrophilic fungus …

[HTML][HTML] Spatially explicit analysis of metal transfer to biota: influence of soil contamination and landscape

C Fritsch, M Coeurdassier, P Giraudoux, F Raoul… - Plos one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Concepts and developments for a new field in ecotoxicology, referred to as “landscape
ecotoxicology,” were proposed in the 1990s; however, to date, few studies have been …