Effect of landscape structure and dynamics on species diversity in hedgerow networks

1992 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fran�oise Burel
Author(s):  
Kimberly A. With

Ecological communities consist of species that interact to varying degrees within the same geographical area, and so by definition exist within a landscape context. This chapter begins by reviewing the measures and different scales at which species diversity can be assayed, including the use of spatial partitioning to evaluate multiscale patterns of diversity. The chapter then reviews correlates of species diversity, including explanations for latitudinal and elevational diversity gradients, before considering how habitat loss and fragmentation are expected to influence species diversity. The chapter tackles the debate surrounding the relative importance of habitat amount versus fragmentation in predicting species’ responses to landscape change, and highlights the importance of studying these effects at a landscape rather than patch scale. The chapter concludes with a discussion of landscape effects on different types of species interactions, and how interactions among species in different communities can give rise to metacommunity structure and dynamics.


2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaaki Takyu ◽  
Yasuhiro Kubota ◽  
Shin-ichiro Aiba ◽  
Tatsuyuki Seino ◽  
Takashi Nishimura

2016 ◽  
Vol 339 ◽  
pp. 7-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Kwok Lun Cheung ◽  
Gary Brierley ◽  
David O’Sullivan

2017 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 48-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Huber ◽  
Birgit Huber ◽  
Silvia Stahl ◽  
Christoph Schmid ◽  
Christoph Reisch

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