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Impacts of anthropogenic land transformation on species-specific habitat amount, fragmentation, and connectivity in the Adirondack-to-Laurentians (A2L) transboundary wildlife linkage between 2000 and 2015: Implications for conservation and ecological restoration
ContextThe Adirondack-to-Laurentians (A2L) transboundary wildlife linkage is one of three north–south movement linkages that connect natural areas in...
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Changing landscapes: habitat monitoring and land transformation in a long-time used Mediterranean coastal wetland
Zone Umide della Capitanata, located in the northeastern part of the Apulia Region, is one of the most extensive coastal wetlands of the Italian...
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Relict Marsupial (Dromiciops) from Southern South American Temperate Rainforests: Threatened by Habitat Loss, Fragmentation, and Transformation
Among South American marsupials, Dromiciops gliroides (Thomas 1894), a relict arboreal marsupial closely related to Australian marsupials, is the...
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Influence of habitat fragmentation and habitat amount on soil fungi communities in ancient forests
ContextFungi represent a large part of soil biodiversity as well as an essential role for tree hydromineral nutrition, survival, and carbon cycling....
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Habitat Characteristics and Plant Community Dynamics Impact the Diversity, Composition, and Co-occurrence of Sediment Fungal Communities
Habitat edge effects can have profound impacts on biodiversity throughout terrestrial and aquatic biomes. Yet, few studies have examined how habitat...
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Habitat type affects the diversity of dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) assemblages in a neotropical mountainous region of Colombia
Ecological communities of tropical regions respond to habitat configuration, being negatively affected by anthropogenic habitats. In the tropics,...
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EU habitat directive bryophyte species distribution and conservation in Latvia
Bryophytes are important elements of plant communities in most habitat types worldwide. However, due to their relatively small size and difficult...
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Habitat modification by marram grass negatively affects recruitment of conspecifics
Ecosystem engineers alter their environment often benefiting their own survival and growth yielding self-reinforcing feedbacks. Moreover, these...
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Lemming winter habitat: the quest for warm and soft snow
During the cold arctic winter, small mammals like lemmings seek refuge inside the snowpack to keep warm and they dig tunnels in the basal snow layer,...
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Do body size and habitat shape call frequencies of Brazilian hylids (Amphibia: Anura)?
Despite acoustic signals playing a fundamental role on animal behavior and reproduction, our understanding of the mechanisms driving their evolution...
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Assessing pollinator habitat suitability considering ecosystem condition in the Hannover Region, Germany
ContextHabitat suitability for pollinator species is an important indicator for pollination ecosystem service potential, i.e. for biodiversity and...
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Mining exploration infrastructure affects biophysical habitat characteristics and ground-dwelling arthropod communities
Monitoring of environmental impacts of mining activities typically focuses on the main operation footprint, neglecting exploration infrastructure...
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Machine learning allows for large-scale habitat prediction of a wide-ranging carnivore across diverse ecoregions
ContextResource selection functions are powerful tools for predicting habitat selection of animals. Recently, machine-learning methods such as random...
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Alcon Blues: recent shifts in limiting habitat factors challenge the persistence of an endangered butterfly
Insect habitat specialists have declined more than generalists over the last decades. Understanding how habitat requirements and increased climate...
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Habitat connectivity of threatened ungulate species in a native savanna landscape of northern South America
The native savanna ecosystem of the Orinoquia region is the habitat of 50% of the wild ungulate species reported for Colombia. Over the last...
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Importance of habitat area, quality and landscape context for heteropteran diversity in shrub ecotones
ContextHabitat loss and degradation impose serious threats on biodiversity. However, not all habitats receive the attention commensurate with their...
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Relict Marsupial (Dromiciops) from Southern South American Temperate Rainforests: Threatened by Habitat Loss, Fragmentation, and Transformation
Among South American marsupials, Dromiciops gliroides (Thomas 1894), a relict arboreal marsupial closely related to Australian marsupials, is the...
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Determinants of bird beta diversity patterns in a landscape with a relict habitat in northern Argentina
Understanding the determinants of beta diversity patterns is important in ecology and conservation. However, few vertebrate studies have been...
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Significant decline in habitat specialists in semi-dry grasslands over four decades
Semi-dry grasslands are among the most species-rich plant communities in the world, harbouring many specialised and threatened species. Most of these...
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Stormwater ponds serve as variable quality habitat for diverse taxa
Stormwater ponds are primarily designed for flood control and water quality protection, but they often serve as habitats of differing quality for a...
