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Terrestrial arthropods as indicators of the ecological effects of habitat fragmentation and of heavy metal contamination Research Institute for Nature and Forest
A framework to connect biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research to habitat fragmentation Ghent University
BIOFRAG: a new database for analyzing BIOdiversity responses to forest FRAGmentation Ghent University
Forest fragmentation modulates effects of tree species richness and composition on ecosystem multifunctionality Ghent University
Forest fragments in highly disturbed landscapes provide important ecosystem services ranging from acting as biodiversity reservoir to providing timber or regulating hydrology. Managing the tree species richness and composition of these fragments to optimize their functioning and the deliverance of multiple ecosystem services is of great practical relevance. However, both the strength and direction of tree species richness and tree species ...
Spatio-temporal patterns of calcareous grassland fragmentation and consequences for plant species and communities KU Leuven
Het verlies van natuurlijk en half-natuurlijk habitat, en het daaraan gekoppelde proces van fragmentatie, wordt momenteel beschouwd als één van de belangrijkste bedreigingen van de biodiversiteit op wereldschaal. Habitatfragmentatie leidt tot veranderingen in vegetatie omdat plantensoorten teruggedrongen worden in een beperkt aantal kleine habitatfragmenten die bovendien sterk geïsoleerd liggen in het landschap en in toenemende mate blootstaan ...
Habitat disturbance reduces seed dispersal of a forest interior tree in a fragmented African cloud forest Ghent University
Habitat fragmentation and disturbance are known to impact animals and plants in different ways, depending on species' characteristics and the type and scale of habitat modification involved. In contrast, direct or indirect ramifications on mutualistic relationships between plants and animals are less clear, possibly because general patterns are confounded by the diffuse nature of many of these interactions. Here, we examine how fragment size ...
Support for the habitat amount hypothesis from a global synthesis of species density studies Ghent University
Decades of research suggest that species richness depends on spatial characteristics of habitat patches, especially their size and isolation. In contrast, the habitat amount hypothesis predicts that (1) species richness in plots of fixed size (species density) is more strongly and positively related to the amount of habitat around the plot than to patch size or isolation; (2) habitat amount better predicts species density than patch size and ...