agriculture, forestry and biodiversity conservation
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Agriculture and biodiversity conservation, forests, urbanization, habitat fragmentation, agri-environment schemes, land use intensity, climate change, human well-being, standing and downed deadwood, United Kingdom, United States of America, Switzerland, forest view and job satisfaction,TRANSCRIPT
Biodiversity Conservation – week 4
Marco Pautasso (marpauta at gmail.com)
London Metropolitan Univ. - 2010
Biodiversity Conservationmain topics – week 4
Agriculture and the conservation of biodiversity
Biodiversity conservation in forests
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Castanea sativa Aesculus hippocastanum
Fraxinus excelsior Tilia cordata
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Acer pseudoplatanus Platanus spp.
Betula pendula Fagus silvatica
Source: WikimediaCommons/Kew Gardens
Carpinus betulus Quercus robur
Ulmus spp.
Tree species abundance across distributional ranges
Skyoth et al. (2008) Ecological Modelling
Tree species abundance across distributional ranges
Skyoth et al. (2008) Ecological Modelling
Urbanization in Beijing (1992-2005)
Yang & Jinxing (2007) Urban Forestry and Greening
Urbanization in Beijing (1992-2005)
Yang & Jinxing (2007) Urban Forestry and Greening
Urbanization in Moscow
Boentje & Blinnikov (2007) Landscape & Urban Planning
Urbanization in Moscow (1991-2001)
Boentje & Blinnikov (2007) Landscape & Urban Planning
Mean patch size (ha) Edge density (m/ha)
Mean shape index Mean nearest neighbour (m)
Effects of habitat fragmentation on metapopulations
Ghaboul (2005) Biological Reviews
Agri-environment schemes
Whitfield (2006) Nature
Agri-environment schemes and biodiversity
Knop et al. (2006) Journal of Applied Ecology
Biodiversity and agriculture intensity
Herzon et al. (2008) Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Ancient trees in an agricultural landscape
Orlowski et al. (2006) Landscape and Urban Planning
Ancient trees in an agricultural landscape
Orlowski et al. (2006) Landscape and Urban Planning
Lichen biodiversity and land use
Wolseley et al. (2007) Lichenologist
Local effects of human population on biodiversity
Christensen et al. (2009) Ecological Modelling
Human population, agricultural area and bird species richness
Proportion of protected areas, mountains and forest cover
Environmental Conservation (2009) 36: 22-31
Bird biodiversity, human population and protected areas
Environmental Conservation (2009) 36: 22-31
Positive large-scale species-people correlation: an artefact?
Cantarello et al. (2010) Naturwissenschaften
Stream-macroinvertebrates and human population in Italy
Pecher et al. (2010) Basic and Applied Ecology
Land abandonment in the Alps
Tasser et al. (2006) Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
Climate change and shifts in tree species distribution
Fuhrer et al. (2006) Climatic Change
Tree diversity and climate change
McKenney et al. (2007) BioScience
Standing and downed deadwood in the USA
Woodall et al. (2008) Forest Ecology and Management
Deadwood amount and biodiversity
Junninen & Kouki (2006) Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research
Deadwood amount and biodiversity
Junninen & Kouki (2006) Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research
Fernand Olivier (1842-1845) Loisachtal
Intensity of forest management, deadwood and biodiversity
Mueller et al. (2007) Forest Ecology and Management
Biodiversity and the view of people living in National Parks
McFarlane et al. (2006) Biological Conservation
Forest view and job satisfaction
Shin (2007) Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research
Biodiversity and human well-being
Townsend et al. (2007) Urban Forestry and Greening
ReferencesBarbosa AM, Fontaneto D, Marini L & Pautasso M (2010) Is the human population a large-scale indicator of the species richness of ground beetles? Animal Conservation 13: 432-441Barbosa AM, Fontaneto D, Marini L & Pautasso M (2010) Positive regional species–people correlations: a sampling artefact or a key issue for sustainable development? Animal Conservation 13: 446-447Cantarello E, Steck CE, Fontana P, Fontaneto D, Marini L & Pautasso M (2010) A multi-scale study of Orthoptera species richness and human population size controlling for sampling effort. Naturwissenschaften 97: 265-271Golding J, Güsewell S, Kreft H, Kuzevanov VY, Lehvävirta S, Parmentier I & Pautasso M (2010) Species-richness patterns of the living collections of the world's botanic gardens: a matter of socio-economics? Annals of Botany 105: 689-696Pautasso M (2009) Geographical genetics and the conservation of forest trees. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Systematics & Evolution 11: 157-189Pautasso M & Chiarucci A (2008) A test of the scale-dependence of the species abundance-people correlation for veteran trees in Italy. Annals of Botany 101: 709-715 Pautasso M & Dinetti M (2009) Avian species richness, human population and protected areas across Italy’s regions. Environmental Conservation 36: 22-31Pautasso M & Fontaneto D (2008) A test of the species-people correlation for stream macro-invertebrates in European countries. Ecological Applications 18: 1842-1849Pautasso M & Parmentier I (2007) Are the living collections of the world’s botanical gardens following species-richness patterns observed in natural ecosystems? Botanica Helvetica 117: 15-28Pautasso M & Powell G (2009) Aphid biodiversity is correlated with human population in European countries. Oecologia 160: 839-846Pautasso M & Weisberg PJ (2008) Density-area relationships: the importance of the zeros. Global Ecology and Biogeography 17: 203-210Pautasso M & Zotti M (2009) Macrofungal taxa and human population in Italy's regions. Biodiversity & Conservation 18: 473-485Pautasso M et al (2010) Plant health and global change – some implications for landscape management. Biological Reviews 85: 729-755Pecher C, Fritz S, Marini L, Fontaneto D & Pautasso M (2010) Scale-dependence of the correlation between human population and the species richness of stream macroinvertebrates. Basic Applied Ecology 11: 272-280Schlick-Steiner B, Steiner F & Pautasso M (2008) Ants and people: a test of two mechanisms behind the large-scale human-biodiversity correlation for Formicidae in Europe. Journal of Biogeography 35: 2195-2206Steck CE & Pautasso M (2008) Human population, grasshopper and plant species richness in European countries. Acta Oecologica 34: 303-310