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Biodiversity Conservation
Voichita Gheoca, Ana Maria Benedek, Erika Schneider
Summary: The study found that habitat characteristics such as forest continuity, width, and abundance of dead wood significantly influenced the abundance and diversity of snail communities in central European riparian forests. Fragmentation was identified as the main factor affecting the abundance of land snail communities. The total abundance of land snail communities and species richness were good predictors of habitat quality, with snail abundance being more powerful than diversity in indicating riparian forest quality.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Juan Manuel Perez-Iglesias, Nadia Carla Bach, Patricia Laura Colombetti, Pablo Acuna, Jorge Esteban Colman-Lerner, Silvia Patricia Gonzalez, Julie Celine Brodeur, Cesar Americo Almeida
Summary: Industrial, agricultural, and urban areas contribute to pollution and habitat fragmentation. This study evaluates the water quality of the Conlara River basin and explores the physiological stress in Jenynsia multidentata caused by metal and pesticide contamination. The results show a deterioration in water quality, with different environmental pressures and pollution sources in different regions.
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Plant Sciences
D. V. Veselkin
Summary: This study evaluated the influence of urban and suburban pine forests on the pH of Pinus sylvestris bark. The results show that urban forests have a greater impact on bark pH compared to suburban forests. Additionally, the depth of the edge influence is related to the time of forest fragmentation and highway construction.
URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Kasey N. Kiesewetter, Michelle E. Afkhami
Summary: Habitat fragmentation has significant effects on soil microbiome diversity and composition, which in turn affects native plant performance and resource allocation. Identified fungal and bacterial families play important roles in the response of plants to fragmentation.
Review
Biology
Amanda E. Martin, Jessica K. Lockhart, Lenore Fahrig
Summary: Ecologists often believe that weak dispersers are more vulnerable to land use intensification, but our review of empirical evidence found that only 56% of tests supported this prediction. Strong dispersers may also be at risk. Factors such as location, taxonomic group, and land use type influence the vulnerability of species. Overall, weak dispersal should not be used as a general indicator of species risk.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Maximilian Axer, Robert Schlicht, Rico Kronenberg, Sven Wagner
Summary: The study found that there are differences in the regeneration distribution of European beech and European oak compared to their overstorey distribution, with oak regeneration expanding in the cold-wet range and beech regeneration decreasing in the dry-warm range. While oak has a higher dispersal potential than beech, many areas cannot be colonized despite climatic suitability due to large dispersal distances.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Robert A. Frakes, Marilyn L. Knight
Summary: The study revealed that there is still ample suitable habitat in Florida to support the recovery of the Florida panther. Five main areas were identified as suitable for potential reestablishment of breeding panther populations, with a theoretical capacity for approximately 499-798 adult and subadult panthers. Despite existing barriers to dispersal and anticipated rapid development, natural recolonization of unoccupied habitat in north Florida seems unlikely.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Hannah E. Craft, Geoffrey Fouad, Sean C. Sterrett
Summary: This study presents a preservation prioritization of New Jersey's 13,594 vernal pools, calculating a preservation score based on six characteristics regarding habitat fragmentation. The results show that vernal pools surrounded by fewer roads and more upland forest should be prioritized for preservation. Geographic clusters are used to further refine the areas of preservation priority and suggest protective measures.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Forestry
Danilo Russo, Anne Maenurm, Adriano Martinoli, Maurizio Zotti, Luca Cistrone
Summary: Forest islands are important for biodiversity conservation, especially for species like bats. Our study in NE Italy focused on a forest island where we observed mixed-species groups of giant and common noctules roosting. The findings shed light on the roosting preferences of the endangered giant noctule and have implications for sustainable forestry practices. Protecting trees with cavities and further large-scale studies are recommended.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Forestry
Austin B. Smith, Jody C. Vogeler, Nichole L. Bjornlie, John R. Squires, Neal C. Swayze, Joseph D. Holbrook
Summary: The study finds that the integration of LiDAR technology and satellite data can improve the assessment of animal-environment relationships by characterizing the vertical and horizontal forest structure of animal habitats. This is crucial for animal conservation and ecological planning.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Review
Ecology
Cristina Banks-Leite, Matthew G. Betts, Robert M. Ewers, C. David L. Orme, Alex L. Pigot
Summary: The main goal of landscape ecology is to understand the impact of habitat transformation on biodiversity. However, the discipline faces challenges due to the context dependency of observed spatial and temporal trends. This study discusses recent evidence suggesting that factors and processes at macroecological scales, such as historical disturbance rates, distance to geographic range edges, and climatic suitability, modulate populations' and species' responses to habitat change at the landscape scale.
TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Bogdan Olariu, Marina Virghileanu, Bogdan-Andrei Mihai, Ionut Savulescu, Liviu Toma, Maria-Gianina Savulescu
Summary: Forest habitat fragmentation is a global environmental issue that requires continuous evaluation for sustainable management. This study evaluates the evolution of forest habitat in Romania's Bucegi Natural Park using historical and present-day data. The results show overall growth in forest area but increasing fragmentation in tourism development areas.
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Environmental Sciences
Pedro A. Jimenez, Tyler McCandless
Summary: Cloud base height is not routinely monitored by current geostationary satellites, likely due to difficulties in estimating it accurately from visible and infrared radiances. A statistical model based on the random forest algorithm was trained to retrieve cloud base height using satellite radiances and weather prediction model variables. Results showed the proposed methodology outperformed existing algorithms and revealed a direct relationship between errors and mean cloud base height predicted over the region, allowing for estimations of both cloud base height and its error.
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Remote Sensing
Anna Iglseder, Markus Immitzer, Alena Dostalova, Andreas Kasper, Norbert Pfeifer, Christoph Bauerhansl, Stefan Schotl, Markus Hollaus
Summary: In this study, we investigated the benefit of combining airborne and satellite-based data for habitat classification. The results showed that models using combined data performed significantly better for forests than individual data sources. However, there were difficulties in correctly assigning rare habitat classes. The study also demonstrated the potential of the workflow for identifying errors in reference data and integrating it into habitat mapping and monitoring.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION
(2023)
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Forestry
Colin S. Shanley, Daniel R. Eacker, Conor P. Reynolds, Bonnie M. B. Bennetsen, Sophie L. Gilbert
Summary: This study utilized LiDAR technology to build a winter habitat model for Sitka black-tailed deer and analyzed the habitat selection patterns. The model showed improved accuracy and could enhance conservation and restoration planning across large managed forest landscapes.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Ecology
Jong-Hak Yun, Katsuhiro Nakao, Ikutaro Tsuyama, Tetsuya Matsui, Chan-Ho Park, Byoung-Yoon Lee, Nobuyuki Tanaka
ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2018)
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Plant Sciences
Takuto Shitara, Yukito Nakamura, Tetsuya Matsui, Ikutaro Tsuyama, Haruka Ohashi, Takashi Kamijo
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Cindy Q. Tang, Tetsuya Matsui, Haruka Ohashi, Yi-Fei Dong, Arata Momohara, Sonia Herrando-Moraira, Shenhua Qian, Yongchuan Yang, Masahiko Ohsawa, Hong Truong Luu, Paul J. Grote, Pavel V. Krestov, Ben LePage, Marinus Werger, Kevin Robertson, Carsten Hobohm, Chong-Yun Wang, Ming-Chun Peng, Xi Chen, Huan-Chong Wang, Wen-Hua Su, Rui Zhou, Shuaifeng Li, Long-Yuan He, Kai Yan, Ming-Yuan Zhu, Jun Hu, Ruo-Han Yang, Wang-Jun Li, Mizuki Tomita, Zhao-Lu Wu, Hai-Zhong Yan, Guang-Fei Zhang, Hai He, Si-Rong Yi, Hede Gong, Kun Song, Ding Song, Xiao-Shuang Li, Zhi-Ying Zhang, Peng-Bin Han, Li-Qin Shen, Diao-Shun Huang, Kang Luo, Jordi Lopez-Pujol
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2018)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Cindy Q. Tang, Tetsuya Matsui, Haruka Ohashi, Yi-Fei Dong, Arata Momohara, Sonia Herrando-Moraira, Shenhua Qian, Yongchuan Yang, Masahiko Ohsawa, Hong Truong Luu, Paul J. Grote, Pavel Krestov, Ben LePage, Marinus Werger, Kevin Robertson, Carsten Hobohm, Chong-Yun Wang, Ming-Chun Peng, Xi Chen, Huan-Chong Wang, Wen-Hua Su, Rui Zhou, Shuaifeng Li, Long-Yuan He, Kai Yan, Ming-Yuan Zhu, Jun Hu, Ruo-Han Yang, Wang-Jun Li, Mizuki Tomita, Zhao-Lu Wu, Hai-Zhong Yan, Guang-Fei Zhang, Hai He, Si-Rong Yi, Hede Gong, Kun Song, Ding Song, Xiao-Shuang Li, Zhi-Ying Zhang, Peng-Bin Han, Li-Qin Shen, Diao-Shun Huang, Kang Luo, Jordi Lopez-Pujol
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2018)
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Agronomy
Wenchao Wu, Tomoko Hasegawa, Haruka Ohashi, Naota Hanasaki, Jingyu Liu, Tetsuya Matsui, Shinichiro Fujimori, Toshihiko Masui, Kiyoshi Takahashi
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY BIOENERGY
(2019)
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Ecology
Masanobu Hotta, Ikutaro Tsuyama, Katsuhiro Nakao, Masaaki Ozeki, Motoki Higa, Yuji Kominami, Takashi Hamada, Tetsuya Matsui, Masatsugu Yasuda, Nobuyuki Tanaka
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Haruka Ohashi, Tomoko Hasegawa, Akiko Hirata, Shinichiro Fujimori, Kiyoshi Takahashi, Ikutaro Tsuyama, Katsuhiro Nakao, Yuji Kominami, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Yasuaki Hijioka, Tetsuya Matsui
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2019)
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Forestry
Saeko Matsuhashi, Akiko Hirata, Mitsuteru Akiba, Katsunori Nakamura, Michio Oguro, Kohei Takenaka Takano, Katsuhiro Nakao, Yasuaki Hijioka, Tetsuya Matsui
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2020)
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Forestry
Eko Prasetyo, Widiyatno, Sapto Indrioko, Mohammad Na'iem, Tetsuya Matsui, Ayumi Matsuo, Yoshihisa Suyama, Yoshihiko Tsumura
TREE GENETICS & GENOMES
(2020)
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Environmental Sciences
Shinichiro Fujimori, Tomoko Hasegawa, Kiyoshi Takahashi, Hancheng Dai, Jing-Yu Liu, Haruka Ohashi, Yang Xie, Yanxu Zhang, Tetsuya Matsui, Yasuaki Hijioka
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2020)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
David Leclere, Michael Obersteiner, Mike Barrett, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Abhishek Chaudhary, Adriana De Palma, Fabrice A. J. DeClerck, Moreno Di Marco, Jonathan C. Doelman, Martina Duerauer, Robin Freeman, Michael Harfoot, Tomoko Hasegawa, Stefanie Hellweg, Jelle P. Hilbers, Samantha L. L. Hill, Florian Humpenoeder, Nancy Jennings, Tamas Krisztin, Georgina M. Mace, Haruka Ohashi, Alexander Popp, Andy Purvis, Aafke M. Schipper, Andrzej Tabeau, Hugo Valin, Hans van Meijl, Willem-Jan Van Zeist, Piero Visconti, Rob Alkemade, Rosamunde Almond, Gill Bunting, Neil D. Burgess, Sarah E. Cornell, Fulvio Di Fulvio, Simon Ferrier, Steffen Fritz, Shinichiro Fujimori, Monique Grooten, Thomas Harwood, Petr Havlik, Mario Herrero, Andrew J. Hoskins, Martin Jung, Tom Kram, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Tetsuya Matsui, Carsten Meyer, Deon Nel, Tim Newbold, Guido Schmidt-Traub, Elke Stehfest, Bernardo B. N. Strassburg, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Chris Ware, James E. M. Watson, Wenchao Wu, Lucy Young
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Biodiversity Conservation
Cindy Q. Tang, Haruka Ohashi, Tetsuya Matsui, Sonia Herrando-Moraira, Yi-Fei Dong, Shuaifeng Li, Peng-Bin Han, Diao-Shun Huang, Li-Qin Shen, Yun-Fang Li, Jordi Lopez-Pujol
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2020)
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Akiko Hirata, Yuji Kominami, Tetsuya Matsui, Yasuaki Hijioka
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(2020)
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Geography
Haruka Ohashi, Keita Fukasawa, Toshinori Ariga, Tetsuya Matsui, Yasuaki Hijioka
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(2019)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
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GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT
(2018)