We examined the effects of habitat type and distance from the edge on ant species richness and community composition and we assessed the ability of species to dominate experimental bait stations in degraded longleaf pine savanna and oak hammock in northern Florida. We were particularly interested in the relationships between nonindigenous species, including Solenopsis invicta, and the native an...

Much of the protected habitat available to the threatened Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus and other old-growth associated species in the Pacific Northwest is in narrow strips along the coast (e.g., parks and scenic fringes). Using data over two years from three watersheds on southwest Vancouver Island, we show that such shoreline strip forests represent suboptimal habitat for murrelet...

this study aimed to investigate the effect of habitat kind on soil seed bank characteristics viz. density diversity, richness and similarity between seed bank and above ground vegetation. two different habitats (grassland and forest) were selected in vaz, mazandaran province. the grassland habitat located in the upper end of the forest habitat, adjacent to each other. then in each habitat, 7 tr...

this study was conducted in dez and karkheh regions in southwestern iran to model habitatsuitability of the persian fallow deer dama dama mesopotamicus and assessing trend of habitat changes since1989. a total of 22 confirmed presence records of the species were collected from 1988 to 2003. maxentapproach was used to develop habitat suitability model with regards to nine environmental variables...

T effects of landscape context on habitat quality are receiving increased attention in conservation biology. The objective of this research is to demonstrate a landscape-level approach to mapping and evaluating the anthropogenic risks of grassland and forest habitat degradation by examining habitat context as defined by intensive anthropogenic land uses at multiple spatial scales. A landscape m...

Understanding complex, dynamic, and diverse ecosystems is essential for developing sound management and conservation strategies. Gravel-bed river floodplains are composed of an interlinked mosaic of aquatic and terrestrial habitats hosting a diverse, specialized, and endangered fauna. Therefore, they serve as excellent models to investigate the biodiversity of multiple ecotones and related edge...