Does size matter? The relationship between pond area and biodiversity

By B. Oertli, D. Joye, E. Castella, R. Juge, Diana Georgette Cambin, J. Lachavanne. 2002

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Pond or lake: does it make any difference? (2005, background): “The existing pond studies have mainly been directed towards specific taxa, such as amphibians and odonates (Oertli et al. 2002), macrophytes (Palmer et al.”
Warmer and richer? Predicting the impact of climate warming on species richness in small temperate waterbodies (2010, background): “…(i) the potential relevance of the variable in explaining patterns of species richness, as demonstrated in previous studies (Gee et al., 1997; Oertli et al., 2002; Jeffries, 2003; Biggs et al., 2005; Hinden et al., 2005), and/or (ii) the absence of multicolinearity among variables (Pearson’s…”
Habitat and landscape factors associated with neotropical waterbird occurrence and richness in wetland fragments (2007, background): “The effect of fragment area on species presence and richness is a matter of intense debate (Cao et al. 2002; Oertli et al. 2002).”
Pathways of ornamental and aquarium fish introductions into urban ponds of Epping Forest (London, England): the human vector* (2005, background): “…to common carp Cyprinus carpio, which had been introduced to the UK in the 15th century, goldfish were introduced mainly into ponds and small lakes, which are now known to be particularly important in sustaining aquatic species diversity (Steiner, 1988; Oertli et al., 2002; Williams et al., 2003).”
Biodiversity of Aquatic Insects: Spatial Gradients and Environmental Correlates of Assemblage-Level Measures at Large Scales (2009, neutral): “Habitat size has also been found to be important for the species richness and assemblage composition of aquatic insects in temporary ponds (Nilsson & Svensson, 1995; Kholin & Nilsson, 1998), permanent ponds (Oertli et al., 2002) and lakes (Allen et al.”
Rethinking patch size and isolation effects: the habitat amount hypothesis (2013, background): “This result held true even when authors evaluated only rare, threatened or specialist species groups (McCoy & Mushinsky, 1994; Sætersdal, 1994; Virolainen et al., 1998; Oertli et al., 2002; Tscharntke et al., 2002; Peintinger et al., 2003; Hokkanen et al., 2009).”
Pond conservation: from science to practice (2009, background): “Pond biodiversity is particularly important at the regional scale (Oertli et al., 2002; Williams et al., 2003; Angélibert et al., 2006), but such regional studies are still scarce and there is an urgent need for studies from other parts of Europe.”
Ponds and pools as model systems in conservation biology, ecology and evolutionary biology (2005, neutral): “dissimilarity among sites) (Oertli et al., 2002; Williams et al., 2004).”
Influence of the environmental heterogeneity of breeding ponds on anuran assemblages from southeastern Brazil (2009, result): “However, most studies have shown divergent results concerning the influence of the environmental descriptors to a given anuran assemblage (e.g., the influence of the size of ponds on amphibian species richness; Parris and McCarthy 1999; Oertli et al. 2002; Afonso and Eterovick 2007).”
Patterns of composition and species richness of crustaceans and aquatic insects along environmental gradients in Mediterranean water bodies (2008, background): “On the other hand, species richness has been related with water variables other than salinity (e.g. eutrophy; Jeppesen et al., 2000), and with pond variables other than water permanence (e.g. pond size; Oertli et al., 2002).”
Review: Toward management of urban ponds for freshwater biodiversity (2019, background): “…biodiversity conservation is linked to the complementary of pond types (presenting different ecological niches) at the landscape (pondscape) scale (Oertli et al. 2002, Williams et al. 2004, Hill 2018), then urban ponds, if diversified and presenting a high local environmental heterogeneity, can…”
Pond research and management in Europe: “Small is Beautiful” (2012, background): “…than lakes (Downing et al., 2006); (2) their typical characteristics, such as shallow waters and small size, imply a different ecological functioning (Oertli et al., 2002; Søndergaard et al., 2005); (3) they play a major role in global cycles (Downing, 2010) and (4) they have high aquatic…”