Animal species diversity driven by habitat heterogeneity/diversity: the importance of keystone structures

By Jörg Tews, U. Brose, Volker Grimm, Katja Tielbörger, Matthias C. Wichmann, Monika Schwager, Florian Jeltsch. 2004

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Landscape modification and habitat fragmentation: a synthesis (2007, background): “Tews et al. (2004) defined elements of structural complexity that are particularly important to many species as ‘keystone structures’.”
Comparative responses of bird, carabid, and spider assemblages to stand and landscape diversity in maritime pine plantation forests (2005, background): “There is probably a critical threshold above which within-habitat heterogeneity becomes fragmentation and fragmentation effects lead to the exclusion of specialist species, thus only favouring generalist species (Atauri & de Lucio, 2001; Tews et al., 2004).”
Bird functional diversity enhances insectivory at forest edges: a transcontinental experiment (2014, background): “…created by edges between forests and open habitats in mosaic landscapes can indeed be viewed as ‘keystone structures’ providing complementation and supplementation of resource needs at the landscape scale for species sharing particular life traits (Tews et al., 2004; Barbaro & van Halder, 2009).”
Complex reef architecture supports more small‐bodied fishes and longer food chains on Caribbean reefs (2011, neutral): “6 MacArthur, R. H. and J. W. MacArthur.”
Stretch Goals and Backcasting: Approaches for Overcoming Barriers to Large‐Scale Ecological Restoration (2006, background): “The use of milestones will be crucial for the achievement of a given stretch goal particularly because certain processes or habitat elements may need to be in place before keystone species (Paine 1969; Power et al. 1996) or keystone structures (Tews et al. 2004) can be sustained.”
Native Pollinators in Anthropogenic Habitats (2011, background): “Low-level anthropogenic land use may increase heterogeneity of habitats and resources, thus increasing niche diversity (Tews et al. 2004).”
Spatial patterns of woody plant and bird diversity: functional relationships or environmental effects? (2008, background): “…by indirect effects of climate, either mediated through trophic relationships and the production of food items (Wright, 1983; Kissling et al., 2007), or via habitat composition and vegetation structural complexity (MacArthur & MacArthur, 1961; Tews et al., 2004; Rompré et al., 2007; this study).”
The disproportionate value of scattered trees (2010, background): “They are considered keystone structures because their effect on ecosystem functioning is believed to be disproportionate relative to the small area occupied by any individual tree (Tews et al., 2004; Manning et al., 2006).”
Cascading extinctions as a hidden driver of insect decline (2020, positive): “complexity in many groups of organisms (Tews et al., 2004).”
Effects of coppicing on butterfly communities of woodlands (2013, background): “Habitat heterogeneity is well-known to be beneficial for animal diversity (Tews et al., 2004).”