Forests provide multiple ecosystem services that are critical to sustain societies and ecosystems. Protecting the forest systems become imperative as human demand for forest products and services increase. In addition to current stressors, several emerging threats pose serious implications on the survival ...
From research to practical actions, the theme included reviews of the status and trends of, and major threats to, forest biological diversity and forest ecosystem functioning and services, as well as options for the conservation and sustainable use of forest biodiversity. A special emphasis was ...
Emerging threats to birds in Brazilian Atlantic forests: The roles of forest loss and configuration in a severely fragmented ecosystem Landscape structure is known to affect species persistence and to influence restoration outcomes, especially in fragmented landscapes. Restoration planning... PF Develey,...
Studies conducted in forests have resulted in much of the ecological theory we build upon today. However, our basic understanding of forest ecology comes almost exclusively from the study of trees, even though they represent only a small fraction of the plant diversity present in forests. In rece...
Summary Ecosystem degradation in the Amazon drives this biodiverse rainforest toward an ecological tipping point. Sustainable management and restoration of degraded rainforest therein are central to counteract this crisis. One hyper-dominant, key-stone species of high ecological and socioeconomic value, ...
We integrate both forest/vegetation characteristics, selected ecosystem services provided by corresponding forest/vegetation and nineteen possible threats and/or disturbances to forests that are either anthropogenic or occurring naturally, and may influence forest/vegetation characteristics and expected outcomes ...
Tens of thousands of species are threatened with extinction as a result of human activities. Here we explore how the extinction risks of terrestrial mammals and birds might change in the next 50 years. Future population growth and economic development ar
mangroves along the coast. The southern plains and Maya Mountains are dominated by submontane and montane broad leaf forest interspersed with pine (Pinus caribaeavar.hondurensis) savannas [2]. This varied topography, geology, and strong seasonality of rainfall accounted for 85 ecosystem types being ...
7 (b) The governments of some tropical countries now regularly set aside fragments of rain forests as conservation reserves. What problems do you see in this attempt at protecting the rain forest ecosystem? ANS: Isolated forests do not protect life forms living in the area. Large species need...
What are the keystone species in a deciduous forest? What ecosystem services do boreal forests provide? What are the greatest threats to biodiversity? What boreal forest animals are endangered? What is the biggest threat to the Amazon rainforest? What do deciduous forest animals eat? What are so...