Ecological significance of protected areas in the tropical mountains of Eastern Africa DOI Creative Commons
Marco Andrew Njana

Ecological Indicators, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 170, P. 113010 - 113010

Published: Dec. 30, 2024

Language: Английский

The importance of indigenous territories for the provision of ecosystem services: A case study in the Brazilian Cerrado-Amazon Transition DOI
Fernanda Nunes de Araujo Fonseca, Mercedes Bustamante

Ecosystem Services, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 72, P. 101706 - 101706

Published: Feb. 17, 2025

Language: Английский

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Effects of habitat fragmentation on ecosystem services and their trade-offs in Southwest China: A multi-perspective analysis DOI Creative Commons
Weijie Li,

Jinwen Kang,

Yong Wang

et al.

Ecological Indicators, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 167, P. 112699 - 112699

Published: Oct. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Genetic status assessment and future development forecast for an isolated giant panda population DOI Creative Commons
Jiabin Liu, Jiaojiao Yu,

Wenlei Bi

et al.

Global Ecology and Conservation, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 57, P. e03423 - e03423

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Mountains as key areas for carnivore connectivity in Neotropical grasslands DOI
María Florencia Aranguren, María Verónica Simoy, María Gimena Pizzarello

et al.

Mammalian Biology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 3, 2025

Language: Английский

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Connecting Natural and Planted Forests: New Ecological Functions in an Agricultural Landscape in Northern Spain DOI Creative Commons
Juan Miguel Kosztura Nuñez, Carlos A. Rivas, Guillermo Palacios-Rodríguez

et al.

Land, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(2), P. 390 - 390

Published: Feb. 13, 2025

The connectivity of forest ecosystems is increasingly recognized as a key factor in evaluating the sustainability management, with significant implications for biodiversity conservation. This study examines impact afforestation programs on evolution, fragmentation, and León province, Spain, over past 25 years (1996–2020). Three scenarios were modeled across two periods (1996–2006 2006–2020), integrating data from national inventories (IFN2, IFN3, IFN4) program records provided by Junta de Castilla y León. evolution “with” “without” was analyzed using Graphab 2.6 graph theory, several metrics calculated. first period analyzed, influenced initial programs, corresponded to end expansion phase, followed decrease tree cover. Despite this reduction, net positive balance up 24% all (NC, PC, Flux, ECA) observed throughout period. Afforestation mountain areas enhanced cover continuity, resulting more homogeneous but less diverse landscape. Conversely, agricultural lands increased landscape heterogeneity, diversifying extending ecological network connections. These have played crucial role shaping landscape, influencing its diversity connectivity. Legislation grounded technical principles should be prioritized strategic tool address pressing land management challenges preserve natural values.

Language: Английский

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Climate Change Drives Shifts in Suitable Habitats of Three Stipa purpurea Alpine Steppes on the Western Tibetan Plateau DOI Creative Commons
Huayong Zhang, Benwei Zhang, Yihe Zhang

et al.

Diversity, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(3), P. 145 - 145

Published: Feb. 21, 2025

The alpine steppe has an important place in ecosystems, and its distribution pattern is strongly influenced by climate change. In this study, we used “biomod2” “FragStats 4.2” to calculate the migration trends habitat fragmentation of three S. purpurea steppes on western Tibetan Plateau. results study show that Stipa purpurea-Ceratoides compacta steppe, purpurea-Carex moorcroftii montis-everestii are climate, while other variables have less impact. Their main influence factors annual precipitation (Bio12), warmest quarter (Bio18), coldest (Bio19), respectively. effects carbon emissions suitable habitats all significant future scenarios. Continued increases will lead a continuous reduction their areas. These communities bounded 33° N. South boundary, mountain ranges tendency migrate higher elevations southward direction. North northward Climate change reduces community aggregation, leading gradual fragmentation. findings provide scientific basis for conservation Plateau, thereby contributing improvement ecosystem stability species diversity.

Language: Английский

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Negotiating a Fragmented World: What Do We Know, How Do We Know It, and Where Do We Go from Here? DOI Creative Commons
Mary M. Peacock

Diversity, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(3), P. 200 - 200

Published: March 12, 2025

Genetic diversity determines evolutionary potential. Without a variable genome, natural selection cannot act. Habitat fragmentation is the single largest threat to global biodiversity, as it reduces or eliminates gene flow among populations, thereby increasing erosion of genetic through random drift. The loss adaptive capacity in small, isolated populations irreversible without and ensuing rescue. habitat connectivity, expand contract into refugia, an increasingly vital under climate change. Here, I review what we have learned from organisms found naturally fragmented landscapes. Metapopulation theory has played seminal role this goal. However, extending anthropogenically habitats been challenge. Single-species approaches elucidate impacts on entire communities, composed species with diverse interactions—mutualisms, facilitations predator–prey dynamics—and proper ecosystem functioning. To overcome limitation single-species studies, metacommunity metaecosystem ideas emerged. spatial extent configuration patches will determine which remain altered Changes interactions, community structure processes follow. Ecosystem function viability, losses keystone foundation cascading effects. Genomic tools can track effect landscape changes population movement dynamics, maintenance resources persistence probabilities individual context communities they are embedded. Landscape genetics combines features quantify how use landscapes now powerful tool assess causes consequences for interacting ecosystems.

Language: Английский

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Unveiling the genetic landscape of Bletilla striata: conservation challenges in a medicinal orchid under threat DOI Creative Commons
Wei‐Chang Huang,

Chao Hu,

Xinhua Zeng

et al.

Global Ecology and Conservation, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. e03556 - e03556

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Wildlife Resource Management: Importance, Challenges, Limitations, and Recommendations DOI
Yuangang Yang,

Zhangqiang You

IntechOpen eBooks, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 31, 2025

Wildlife constitutes a vital component of Earth’s ecosystems and serves as precious natural resource essential for human survival development. management integrates science, policy, community collaboration through comprehensive measures including nature reserve establishment, rescue breeding programs, technological support, law enforcement supervision, ensuring the reproduction wildlife. Simultaneously, it facilitates rational, scientific, sustainable development utilization wildlife resources to meet socioeconomic demands cultural-artistic creation needs. Consequently, plays pivotal role in maintaining ecosystem stability, preserving biodiversity, advancing However, challenges such intensified anthropogenic disturbances global climate change have precipitated critical issues, habitat loss/fragmentation, illegal trade, invasive species proliferation, zoonotic disease risks. This chapter systematically examines four dimensions: status, challenges, operational limitations, strategic recommendations. By analyzing contemporary constraints, proposes innovative perspectives actionable strategies management. study could provide powerful scientific reference promoting protecting diversity.

Language: Английский

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The Unseen Impacts of Human Footprints: How Land Use Reshapes Actinobacterial Communities in the Brazilian Cerrado DOI Creative Commons
Fernando Cavalcante, Leonardo Lima Bandeira, Christiana M. A. Faria

et al.

Biology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(4), P. 390 - 390

Published: April 9, 2025

Evaluating microbial community changes in soils allows the understanding of ecoevolutionary dynamics, providing information on microbiome responses to anthropological interferences, reduced biodiversity, and climatic changes. The actinobacteria phylum plays crucial roles from an ecological point view is focus present study, which tracked actinobacterial communities Brazilian Cerrado soil environmental protection unit, based different land uses. evaluation 16S rRNA further taxonomical clustering operational taxonomic units (OTUs) indicated Actinomycetales as main order within all uses, ranging 45.4–70.1%, with Micrococales Rubrobacterales being found only agricultural soils. classes revealed Actinobacteria representative uses (45.5–70.4%), a paired coprevalence Thermoleophilia (43.4%) secondary soils, taxon associated phosphorus-deficient grounds. unraveling families genera was most challenging due OTUs’ dispersion given volume data, coupled high percentage unidentified (71.6–86.1%), mainly conserved preserved areas. undescribed taxa, enhanced potentially pathogenic strains anthropogenic affected sites, suffer more changes, denote harm that human activity causes microbiological diversity.

Language: Английский

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