Dirk Mezger
A5083777943- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Fire effects on ecosystems
Field Museum of Natural History
2014-2019
Vulnerability to habitat fragmentation Habitat caused by human activities has consequences for the distribution and movement of organisms. Betts et al. present a global analysis how exposure affects composition ecological communities (see Perspective Hargreaves). In dataset consisting 4489 animal species, regions that historically experienced little disturbance tended harbor higher proportion species vulnerable fragmentation. Species in more frequently disturbed were resilient. High-latitude...
Abstract Habitat fragmentation studies have produced complex results that are challenging to synthesize. Inconsistencies among may result from variation in the choice of landscape metrics and response variables, which is often compounded by a lack key statistical or methodological information. Collating primary datasets on biodiversity responses consistent flexible database permits simple data retrieval for subsequent analyses. We present relational links such field taxonomic nomenclature,...