Area, shape and isolation of tropical forest fragments: effects on tree species diversity and implications for conservation

By Jennifer. Hill, Paul J. Curran. 2003

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Aim To quantify the influences of forest area, shape and isolation on tree species diversity in Ghana and to compare their significance with the influences of climate (average annual rainfall) and disturbance (fire burn, logging, agriculture).

Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Forestry, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Forest Fragmentation Modifies Habitat Quality for Alouatta palliata (2006, background): “Numerous botanical studies corroborate the results (BenitezMalvido and Martinez-Ramos, 2003; Hill and Curran, 2003; Laurance et al., 2002).”
Influence of landscape structure and stand age on species density and biomass of a tropical dry forest across spatial scales (2011, background): “fragmentation may enhance plant diversity in a forest-dominated landscape, whereas high levels of disturbance and fragmentation can have a strong negative impact on diversity (Hill and Curran 2003).”
Effect of Deforestation on a Southwest Ghana Dung Beetle Assemblage (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) at the Periphery of Ankasa Conservation Area (2005, background): “Like the rest of the West African rainforest, much of this center of biodiversity has been exploited by agricultural interests (Gyasi et al. 1995, Osei 1996) or by the forestry (Hill and Curran 2003) and bush meat industries (Bowen-Jones and Pendry 1999, Barnes 2002, Fa et al. 2005).”
Floristic composition, structure and natural regeneration in a moist semi-deciduous forest following anthropogenic disturbances and plant invasion. (2009, background): “Prominent among these factors are disturbances which are thought to be key aspects, and the cause of local species variation within forests based on their intensity, scale and frequency (Hill and Curran, 2003; Laidlaw et al., 2007).”
Assessing Habitat Fragmentation Effects on Primates: The Importance of Evaluating Questions at the Correct Scale (2013, background): “Edge effects can lead to vegetation changes, particularly in smaller and more irregularly shaped fragments (Laurance et al. 2000; Hill and Curran 2003; Arroyo-Rodríguez and Mandujano 2006), which can affect the abundance of the most frequently eaten food plant species for primates, reducing the quan”