Ecological traps, which occur when animals mistakenly prefer habitats where their fitness is
lower than in other available habitats following rapid environmental change, have important …

Restoration is increasingly undertaken to ameliorate the risks of habitat loss and
transformation to biodiversity. Despite significant expenditure of time and resources world …

A growing number of studies quantify the impact of nonlethal human disturbance on the
behavior and reproductive success of animals. Athough many are well designed and …

Ecologists need a better understanding of how animals make decisions about moving
across landscapes. To this end, we developed computer simulations that contrast the …

The ability to make a priori assessments of a species' response to fragmentation, based on
its distribution in the landscape, would serve as a valuable conservation and management …

The object of curiosity and admiration of scientists and conservationists, the Brazilian
Atlantic Forest is scientifically explored in this book. Over the 23 chapters written by 149 …

Because of widespread habitat fragmentation, maintenance of landscape connectivity has
become a major focus of conservation planning, but empirical tests of animal movement in …

With growing interest in landscape connectivity, it is timely to ask what research has been
done and what re mains to be done. I surveyed papers investigating landscape connectivity …

The integration and connection of habitats in protected areas (PAs) are essential for the
survival of plant and animal species and attaining sustainable development. Investigating …

The origin of fractal patterns is a fundamental problem in many areas of science. In
ecological systems, fractal patterns show up in many subtle ways and have been interpreted …