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 …

This paper reviews the reasons why so many species of birds have declined in the eucalypt
woodlands and associated habitats across the agricultural zone of southern Australia. The …

The loss and fragmentation of natural habitats is one of the major issues in wildlife
management and conservation. Habitat" corridors" are sometimes proposed as an important …

While most efforts at biodiversity conservation have focused primarily on protected areas
and reserves, the unprotected lands surrounding those area—the" matrix"—are equally …

Habitat loss and degradation that comes as a result of human activity is the single biggest
threat to biodiversity in the world today. Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change is a …

The combined use of remote sensing based land cover classification and landscape metrics
has provided a positive step toward gaining a comprehensive understanding of the features …

Predicting population-level effects of landscape change depends on identifying factors that
influence population connectivity in complex landscapes. However, most putative movement …

Modern landscape ecology is based on the patch mosaic paradigm, in which landscapes
are conceptualized and analyzed as mosaics of discrete patches. While this model has been …

The concept of habitat fragmentation is limited in its ability to describe the range of possible
landscape configurations created by a variety of disturbances. This limitation is especially …

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 …