Functional traits in agriculture: agrobiodiversity and ecosystem services

SA Wood, DS Karp, F DeClerck, C Kremen… - Trends in ecology & …, 2015 - cell.com
Functional trait research has led to greater understanding of the impacts of biodiversity in
ecosystems. Yet, functional trait approaches have not been widely applied to …

Contemporary forest restoration: A review emphasizing function

JA Stanturf, BJ Palik, RK Dumroese - Forest Ecology and Management, 2014 - Elsevier
The forest restoration challenge (globally 2 billion ha) and the prospect of changing climate
with increasing frequency of extreme events argues for approaching restoration from a …

Complex agricultural landscapes host more biodiversity than simple ones: A global meta-analysis

N Estrada-Carmona, AC Sánchez… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Managing agricultural landscapes to support biodiversity conservation requires profound
structural changes worldwide. Often, discussions are centered on management at the field …

landscapemetrics: an open‐source R tool to calculate landscape metrics

MHK Hesselbarth, M Sciaini, KA With, K Wiegand… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying landscape characteristics and linking them to ecological processes is one of the
central goals of landscape ecology. Landscape metrics are a widely used tool for the …

Is habitat fragmentation good for biodiversity?

RJ Fletcher Jr, RK Didham, C Banks-Leite… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Habitat loss is a primary threat to biodiversity across the planet, yet contentious debate has
ensued on the importance of habitat fragmentation 'per se'(ie, altered spatial configuration of …

Impact of land use changes and habitat fragmentation on the eco-epidemiology of tick-borne diseases

MA Diuk-Wasser, MC VanAcker… - Journal of Medical …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The incidence of tick-borne diseases has increased in recent decades and accounts for the
majority of vector-borne disease cases in temperate areas of Europe, North America, and …

Land use/land cover dynamics and modeling of urban land expansion by the integration of cellular automata and markov chain

B Rimal, L Zhang, H Keshtkar, BN Haack… - … International Journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
This study explored the past and present land-use/land-cover (LULC) changes and urban
expansion pattern for the cities of the Kathmandu valley and their surroundings using …

Functional landscape heterogeneity and animal biodiversity in agricultural landscapes

L Fahrig, J Baudry, L Brotons, FG Burel, TO Crist… - Ecology …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 101–112 Abstract Biodiversity in agricultural landscapes can be
increased with conversion of some production lands into 'more‐natural'–unmanaged or …

Urbanization impact on landscape patterns in Beijing City, China: A spatial heterogeneity perspective

H Li, J Peng, L Yanxu, H Yi'na - Ecological Indicators, 2017 - Elsevier
The temporal and spatial characteristics of landscape pattern change can reflect the spatial
impact of urbanization on the ecological environment. Studying the relationship between …

[PDF][PDF] Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice

MG Turner - 2001 - lepicolea.wordpress.com
They may influence us as individuals by their encouragement and guidance; they may affect
their community through their untiring commitment to service and the greater good; or they …