Designing optimal human‐modified landscapes for forest biodiversity conservation

30% land conservation and climate action reduces tropical extinction risk by more than 50%

(2020) Lee Hannah et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Support for the habitat amount hypothesis from a global synthesis of species density studies

(2020) James I. Watling et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Why do several small patches hold more species than few large patches?

(2020) Lenore Fahrig   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Implications of zero‐deforestation commitments: Forest quality and hunting pressure limit mammal persistence in fragmented tropical landscapes

(2020) Nicolas J. Deere et al.   Conservation Letters

Intensive farming drives long-term shifts in avian community composition

(2020) J. Nicholas Hendershot et al.   NATURE

The conservation value of human-modified landscapes for the world’s primates

(2019) Carmen Galán-Acedo et al.   Nature Communications

Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests

(2019) Danaë M. A. Rozendaal et al.   Science Advances

Conservation value of small reserves

(2019) Zoe M. Volenec et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Wild meat sharing among non-indigenous people in the southwestern Amazon

(2019) André Valle Nunes et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers

(2019) Francisco Sánchez-Bayo et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

A global assessment of primate responses to landscape structure

(2019) Carmen Galán‐Acedo et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Ecosystem services and disservices by birds, bats and monkeys change with macadamia landscape heterogeneity

(2019) Valerie M.G. Linden et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Intact but empty forests? Patterns of hunting-induced mammal defaunation in the tropics

(2019) Ana Benítez-López et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Ecological traits of the world’s primates

(2019) Carmen Galán-Acedo et al.   Scientific Data

Using landscape composition and configuration metrics as indicators of woody vegetation attributes in tropical pastures

(2019) Liliana Cadavid-Florez et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Global restoration opportunities in tropical rainforest landscapes

(2019) Pedro H. S. Brancalion et al.   Science Advances

Irreplaceable socioeconomic value of wild meat extraction to local food security in rural Amazonia

(2019) André Valle Nunes et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Secondary forest fragments offer important carbon‐biodiversity co‐benefits

(2019) Fabio A. R. Matos et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Landscape patterns of primary production reveal agricultural benefits from forest conservation

(2019) Jakelyne S.B. Sousa et al.   Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation

Conservation of Tropical Forests in the Anthropocene

(2019) David P. Edwards et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

When does habitat fragmentation matter? A biome‐wide analysis of small mammals in the Atlantic Forest

(2019) Ana Filipa Palmeirim et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Avian ecological succession in the Amazon: A long‐term case study following experimental deforestation

(2019) Cameron L. Rutt et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Regional context and dispersal mode drive the impact of landscape structure on seed dispersal

(2019) Miriam San‐José et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals

(2019) Matthew G. Betts et al.   SCIENCE

Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change

(2019) Sandra Díaz et al.   SCIENCE

Biodiversity extinction thresholds are modulated by matrix type

(2018) Andrea Larissa Boesing et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Drivers of the spatial scale that best predict primate responses to landscape structure

(2018) Carmen Galán-Acedo et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Fragmentation and matrix contrast favor understory plants through negative cascading effects on a strong competitor palm

(2018) Manuel A. Hernández-Ruedas et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Thermal biology mediates responses of amphibians and reptiles to habitat modification

(2018) A. Justin Nowakowski et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Riparian reserves help protect forest bird communities in oil palm dominated landscapes

(2018) Simon L. Mitchell et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

The influence of matrix quality on species richness in remnant forest

(2018) Ian J. Reider et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Global patterns of tropical forest fragmentation

(2018) Franziska Taubert et al.   NATURE

Phylogenetic homogenization of amphibian assemblages in human-altered habitats across the globe

(2018) A. Justin Nowakowski et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

What Have We Learned from the Land Sparing-sharing Model?

(2018) Benjamin Phalan   Sustainability

Amazon Tipping Point

(2018) Thomas E. Lovejoy et al.   Science Advances

Is habitat fragmentation good for biodiversity?

(2018) Robert J. Fletcher et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Direct and cascading effects of landscape structure on tropical forest and non-forest frugivorous birds

(2018) José Carlos Morante-Filho et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Optimal planning to mitigate the impacts of roads on multiple species

(2018) Tal Polak et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Use of agroecosystem matrix habitats by mammalian carnivores (Carnivora): a global-scale analysis

(2018) Aluane S. Ferreira et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

Classifying drivers of global forest loss

(2018) Philip G. Curtis et al.   SCIENCE

Landscape predictors of rodent dynamics in fragmented rainforests

(2018) Norma P. Arce-Peña et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Global synthesis of conservation studies reveals the importance of small habitat patches for biodiversity

(2018) Brendan A. Wintle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Amphibian and reptile communities of upland and riparian sites across Indonesian oil palm, rubber and forest

(2018) Alessio Paoletti et al.   Global Ecology and Conservation

Is habitat fragmentation bad for biodiversity?

(2018) Lenore Fahrig et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Creation of forest edges has a global impact on forest vertebrates

(2017) M. Pfeifer et al.   NATURE

Global forest loss disproportionately erodes biodiversity in intact landscapes

(2017) Matthew G. Betts et al.   NATURE

Limits of Brazil’s Forest Code as a means to end illegal deforestation

(2017) Andrea A. Azevedo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tropical forests are a net carbon source based on aboveground measurements of gain and loss

(2017) A. Baccini et al.   SCIENCE

Bat and bird exclusion but not shade cover influence arthropod abundance and cocoa leaf consumption in agroforestry landscape in northeast Brazil

(2016) Camila Righetto Cassano et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

When is a forest a forest? Forest concepts and definitions in the era of forest and landscape restoration

(2016) Robin L. Chazdon et al.   AMBIO

Matrix composition and landscape heterogeneity structure multiple dimensions of biodiversity in temperate forest birds

(2016) Brian T. Klingbeil et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Landscape composition is more important than landscape configuration for phyllostomid bat assemblages in a fragmented biodiversity hotspot

(2016) Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The shrinkage of a forest: Landscape-scale deforestation leading to overall changes in local forest structure

(2016) Larissa Rocha-Santos et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Catastrophic Declines in Wilderness Areas Undermine Global Environment Targets

(2016) James E.M. Watson et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Does forest fragmentation cause an increase in forest temperature?

(2016) Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Integrated landscape approaches to managing social and environmental issues in the tropics: learning from the past to guide the future

(2016) James Reed et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Forbidden fruit: human settlement and abundant fruit create an ecological trap for an apex omnivore

(2016) Clayton T. Lamb et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests

(2016) Lourens Poorter et al.   NATURE

Anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests can double biodiversity loss from deforestation

(2016) Jos Barlow et al.   NATURE

Assessing large-scale wildlife responses to human infrastructure development

(2016) Aurora Torres et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Quantifying and sustaining biodiversity in tropical agricultural landscapes

(2016) Chase D. Mendenhall et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dispersal limitation induces long-term biomass collapse in overhunted Amazonian forests

(2016) Carlos A. Peres et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Corridors restore animal-mediated pollination in fragmented tropical forest landscapes

(2016) Urs Kormann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Has land use pushed terrestrial biodiversity beyond the planetary boundary? A global assessment

(2016) Tim Newbold et al.   SCIENCE

A global meta-analysis on the ecological drivers of forest restoration success

(2016) Renato Crouzeilles et al.   Nature Communications

Effects of Roads on Animal Abundance: an Empirical Review and Synthesis

(2016) Lenore Fahrig et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

How Effective Is Road Mitigation at Reducing Road-Kill? A Meta-Analysis

(2016) Trina Rytwinski et al.   PLoS One

Impact of landscape composition and configuration on forest specialist and generalist bird species in the fragmented Lacandona rainforest, Mexico

(2015) Emilia Carrara et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Multiple successional pathways in human-modified tropical landscapes: new insights from forest succession, forest fragmentation and landscape ecology research

(2015) Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

How pervasive is biotic homogenization in human-modified tropical forest landscapes?

(2015) Ricardo Ribeiro de Castro Solar et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Status and trends in global primary forest, protected areas, and areas designated for conservation of biodiversity from the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015

(2015) David Morales-Hidalgo et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Habitat amount, not habitat configuration, best predicts population genetic structure in fragmented landscapes

(2015) Nathan D. Jackson et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Forest loss and matrix composition are the major drivers shaping dung beetle assemblages in a fragmented rainforest

(2015) Hilda A. Sánchez-de-Jesús et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling

(2015) Sophie Fauset et al.   Nature Communications

Defaunation affects carbon storage in tropical forests

(2015) C. Bello et al.   Science Advances

Birds in Anthropogenic Landscapes: The Responses of Ecological Groups to Forest Loss in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

(2015) José Carlos Morante-Filho et al.   PLoS One

Effects of roads on insects: a review

(2014) Pilar Tamayo Muñoz et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Bat pest control contributes to food security in Thailand

(2014) Thomas Cherico Wanger et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Forest fragment spatial distribution matters for tropical tree conservation

(2014) Jia-Jia Liu et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Toward better application of minimum area requirements in conservation planning

(2014) Guy Pe’er et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Forest law enforcement in the Brazilian Amazon: Costs and income effects

(2014) J. Börner et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

The performance and potential of protected areas

(2014) James E. M. Watson et al.   NATURE

Conserving Tropical Tree Diversity and Forest Structure: The Value of Small Rainforest Patches in Moderately-Managed Landscapes

(2014) Manuel A. Hernández-Ruedas et al.   PLoS One

A global model of the response of tropical and sub-tropical forest biodiversity to anthropogenic pressures

(2014) T. Newbold et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Recovery of large carnivores in Europe’s modern human-dominated landscapes

(2014) Guillaume Chapron et al.   SCIENCE

Loss of avian phylogenetic diversity in neotropical agricultural systems

(2014) L. O. Frishkoff et al.   SCIENCE

The Structure, Distribution, and Biomass of the World's Forests

(2013) Yude Pan et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Forest cover, extinction thresholds and time lags in woody plants (Myrtaceae) in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: resources for conservation

(2013) Dary Moreira Gonçalves Rigueira et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Effects of habitat loss, habitat configuration and matrix composition on declining wetland species

(2013) Pauline E. Quesnelle et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Anthropogenic modulators of species-area relationships in Neotropical primates: a continental-scale analysis of fragmented forest landscapes

(2013) Maíra Benchimol et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Landscape genetic connectivity in a riparian foundation tree is jointly driven by climatic gradients and river networks

(2013) Samuel A. Cushman et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Habitat loss and fragmentation affecting mammal and bird communities—The role of interspecific competition and individual space use

(2013) Carsten M. Buchmann et al.   Ecological Informatics

Bats and birds increase crop yield in tropical agroforestry landscapes

(2013) Bea Maas et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Forest bolsters bird abundance, pest control and coffee yield

(2013) Daniel S. Karp et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

REVIEW: Beyond the fragmentation debate: a conceptual model to predict when habitat configuration really matters

(2013) Marc-André Villard et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Rethinking patch size and isolation effects: the habitat amount hypothesis

(2013) Lenore Fahrig   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Plant β-diversity in fragmented rain forests: testing floristic homogenization and differentiation hypotheses

(2013) Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Landscape and patch attributes impacting medium- and large-sized terrestrial mammals in a fragmented rain forest

(2013) Adriana Garmendia et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

The value of remnant trees in pastures for a neotropical poison frog

(2013) Darvé Robinson et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Ecosystem Restoration is Now a Global Priority: Time to Roll up our Sleeves

(2013) James Aronson et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change

(2013) M. C. Hansen et al.   SCIENCE

On the hope for biodiversity-friendly tropical landscapes

(2013) Felipe P.L. Melo et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Conceptual domain of the matrix in fragmented landscapes

(2013) Don A. Driscoll et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Contribution of agroforests to landscape carbon storage

(2013) Götz Schroth et al.   Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Landscape moderation of biodiversity patterns and processes - eight hypotheses

(2012) Teja Tscharntke et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Human Disturbance on Seed Dispersal by Animals

(2012) Julia S. Markl et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

The Effect of Riparian Zones on Species Diversity of Frogs in Amazonian Forests

(2012) José W. Ribeiro et al.   COPEIA

Intensive agriculture erodes β-diversity at large scales

(2012) Daniel S. Karp et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Rewilding Abandoned Landscapes in Europe

(2012) Laetitia M. Navarro et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

The importance of landscape structure for seed dispersal in rain forest fragments

(2012) Flávia M. Jesus et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

(2012) William F. Laurance et al.   NATURE

Can Joint Carbon and Biodiversity Management in Tropical Agroforestry Landscapes Be Optimized?

(2012) Michael Kessler et al.   PLoS One

Isolation determines patterns of species presence in highly fragmented landscapes

(2011) Danilo Boscolo et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Primary forests are irreplaceable for sustaining tropical biodiversity

(2011) Luke Gibson et al.   NATURE

Combining high biodiversity with high yields in tropical agroforests

(2011) Y. Clough et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Live fences as tools for biodiversity conservation: a study case with birds and plants

(2010) Paola Pulido-Santacruz et al.   AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS

The disproportionate value of scattered trees

(2010) Joern Fischer et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

A Meta-Analytic Review of Corridor Effectiveness

(2010) LYNNE GILBERT-NORTON et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Functional landscape heterogeneity and animal biodiversity in agricultural landscapes

(2010) Lenore Fahrig et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Meta-analysis reveals the importance of matrix composition for animals in fragmented habitat

(2010) James I. Watling et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Beyond the Fragmentation Threshold Hypothesis: Regime Shifts in Biodiversity Across Fragmented Landscapes

(2010) Renata Pardini et al.   PLoS One

The agroecological matrix as alternative to the land-sparing/agriculture intensification model

(2010) I. Perfecto et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Does the type of matrix matter? A quantitative review of the evidence

(2009) Jayme Augusto Prevedello et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

The Brazilian Atlantic Forest: How much is left, and how is the remaining forest distributed? Implications for conservation

(2009) Milton Cezar Ribeiro et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Critical thresholds associated with habitat loss: a review of the concepts, evidence, and applications

(2009) Trisha L. Swift et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Conservation Value of Landscape Supplementation for Howler Monkeys Living in Forest Patches

(2009) Norberto Asensio et al.   BIOTROPICA

The Potential for Species Conservation in Tropical Secondary Forests

(2009) ROBIN L. CHAZDON et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Impacts of roads and linear clearings on tropical forests

(2009) William F. Laurance et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Synergisms among Fire, Land Use, and Climate Change in the Amazon

(2008) Mark A. Cochrane et al.   AMBIO

Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Agroecosystems

(2008) Ivette Perfecto et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Can agroforest woodlots work as stepping stones for birds in the Atlantic forest region?

(2008) Alexandre Uezu et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

The value of forest strips for understorey birds in an Amazonian plantation landscape

(2008) Joseph Hawes et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Ecological and Economic Services Provided by Birds on Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee Farms

(2008) JHERIME L. KELLERMANN et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Integrating Agricultural Landscapes with Biodiversity Conservation in the Mesoamerican Hotspot

(2008) CELIA A. HARVEY et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Value of Small Patches in the Conservation of Plant-Species Diversity in Highly Fragmented Rainforest

(2008) VÍCTOR ARROYO-RODRÍGUEZ et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Accelerated Human Population Growth at Protected Area Edges

(2008) G. Wittemyer et al.   SCIENCE

Should agricultural policies encourage land sparing or wildlife-friendly farming?

(2007) Joern Fischer et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT