The effects of forest fragmentation on bird populations have been studied primarily as static phenomena. Yet when forests are allowed to regenerate, local edge contrast and landscape matrix composition change with time, and we would expect fragmentation effects to change accordingly. Describing this process is critical for the conservation of avian species sensitive to forest fragmentation, inc...

background & aim: myrtle (myrtus communis l.), is an important medicinal plant that is used for pharmacological uses and conservation of environments (for example preventing the soil erosion) regards to its specific condition habitat.experimental: in this research, phytochemical variations of the essential oils from different populations of myrtle collected from fars (saydan, cheshme-ali, a...

Abstract Human activities degrade and fragment coastal marine habitats, reducing their structural complexity making habitat edges a prevalent seascape feature. Though frequently are implicated in reduced faunal survival biodiversity, results of experiments on edge effects have been inconsistent, calling for mechanistic approach to the study that explicitly includes indirect interactive alterati...

This study aimed at estimating the population size and attitudes of residents towards caring for domestic dogs, through questionnaire surveys, as well as the frequency of these animals in different habitats (anthropic and forest patch), using scent stations. The study was conducted in a severely fragmented area of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. A large number of unrestricted dogs was recorded, ...

Agricultural intensification has profoundly changed agricultural landscapes with important biodiversity impacts. There is increasing knowledge on the general effects of landscape structure and management practices plant animal species but understanding role surrounding for patch-scale more complex. While it can be reasonably assumed, that adjacent habitats are than distant ones, importance ofte...

As habitats become more fragmented, understanding landscape-level effects on habitat quality becomes increasingly important. These effects include factors intrinsic to the habitat fragments, such as vegetation cover and structure, and extrinsic factors, such as the modifying influences of surrounding (matrix) habitats. We develop a spatial model, the Effective Area Model (EAM), that predicts th...

Corridors that connect otherwise isolated habitats have often been proposed as a management strategy to mitigate negative effects of habitat fragmentation. Non-crop corridors may have the potential to enhance the connectivity for arthropod predators in cropland landscapes, especially for species that require multiple habitats, such as cavity-nesting wasps which use wooded habitat for nesting an...

introduction hymenocrater from lamiaceae family is a perennial bush with 24 species in the world and 10 different species in natural habitats of iran (satil et al., 2007). hymenocrater platystegius rech. is exclusive to khorasan province in the north east of iran (mozaffarian, 1996). according to available information, %5 of plant species of iran are becoming extinct, which is 550 times higher ...

Boundaries between different habitats can be responsible for changes in species interactions, including modified rates of encounter between predators and prey. Such 'edge effects' have been reported in nesting birds, where nest predation rates can be increased at habitat edges. The literature concerning edge effects on nest predation rates reveals a wide variation in results, even within single...