Time-lag in biological responses to landscape changes in a highly dynamic Atlantic forest region

By J. Metzger, A. C. Martensen, Marianna Dixo, L. Bernacci, Milton Cezar Ribeiro, Ana Maria G. Teixeira, R. Pardini. 2009

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Biodiversity, species interactions and ecological networks in a fragmented world (2012, background): “observed for long-lived trees, but also for other organism groups such as vertebrates and insects (Ewers and Didham, 2006; Metzger et al., 2009).”
The Brazilian Atlantic Forest: A Shrinking Biodiversity Hotspot (2011, background): “Since landscape history affects the present distribution pattern of species in fragmented landscapes, this history should be considered in conservation planning (Metzger et al. 2009).”
Conservation issues in the Brazilian Atlantic forest (2009, background): “During this decade, several large projects, described in this issue, have increased our understanding of the causes and consequences of Atlantic forest loss and fragmentation, including some of the first multi-taxa projects of the region (Fonseca et al., 2009; Pardini et al., 2009; Metzger et al., 2”
Targeted vertebrate surveys enhance the faunal importance and improve explanatory models within the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania (2014, background): “between disturbance and species loss (e.g. Brooks et al., 1999; Metzger et al., 2009).”
Extinction debt or habitat change? - Ongoing losses of woodland birds in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia (2009, background): “The ecological processes involved in ongoing loss of species are still poorly understood and are typically inferred from studies of species diversity in remnants relative to size and isolation (Metzger et al., 2009).”
The challenge of maintaining Atlantic forest biodiversity: A multi-taxa conservation assessment of specialist and generalist species in an agro-forestry mosaic in southern Bahia (2009, background): “Ribon et al., 2003; Gorresen and Willig, 2004; Pardini et al., 2005; Becker et al., 2007; Uehara-Prado et al., 2007; Metzger et al., 2009; Vieira et al., 2009), suggesting that, given the amount of remaining forest and/or the relative suitability of the matrix habitats, most populations of forest ”
Plant communities at the periphery of the Atlantic rain forest: rare-species bias and its risks for conservation. (2009, neutral): “This recommendation is in harmony with the notion that landscape history affects the present distribution pattern of species in fragmented landscapes and therefore should be considered for conservation planning (Metzger et al., 2009).”
Biodiversity Response To Habitat Loss And Fragmentation (2017, background): “Several empirical studies have indeed found evidence of these delayed responses in different biological groups (e.g., Metzger et al., 2009; Halley et al., 2016), which can be very long, especially in long-lived organisms (e.g., Metzger et al., 2009).”
Prospects for biodiversity conservation in the Atlantic Forest: Lessons from aging human-modified landscapes (2010, background): “The available evidence to date therefore suggests that old-growth forest patches across the Atlantic Forest operate both as irreplaceable habitats for forest-obligate species and as stable source areas across highly dynamic patchwork mosaics (Metzger et al., 2009).”
Beyond the Fragmentation Threshold Hypothesis: Regime Shifts in Biodiversity Across Fragmented Landscapes (2010, background): “Given the time lag between landscape and biodiversity change [39,59], however, opportunities for avoiding regime-shifts through management and restoration activities are likely to exist for a period of time after the initial human impact, and before extinctions occur.”