A conceptual framework for studying species composition in fragments, islands and other patchy ecosystems

By David M. Watson. 2002

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Assemblage‐level responses of phyllostomid bats to tropical forest fragmentation: land‐bridge islands as a model system (2008, background): “…nearly all studies on fragmentation effects save those of Cosson et al. (1999) and Pons & Cosson (2002) have been conducted in rather young, low-contrast systems sensu Watson (2002) (e.g. Estrada et al., 1993; Sampaio, 2000; Estrada & CoatesEstrada, 2002; Gorresen & Willig, 2004; Faria, 2006).”
Testing a relict distributional pattern of fen plant and terrestrial snail species at the Holocene scale: a null model approach (2011, background): “…such a case, the term relict implies that the species was historically more widespread, but its present populations are confined to fragments (Holmquist, 1962; Watson, 2002), acting as mutually isolated habitat traps from which this species can disperse only with difficulty (Turlure et al., 2009).”
Bird community responses to habitat fragmentation: how consistent are they across landscapes? (2005, background): “…for general biogeographical patterns such as body size and area–incidence relationships (e.g. Bierdermann, 2003), or general biogeographical theories that explain species presence in fragmented landscapes (e.g. Lomolino, 2000; Watson, 2002) may be problematic when landscape context is considered.”
Confounding factors in the detection of species responses to habitat fragmentation (2005, background): “Naturally fragmented habitats are widely distributed around the world at a range of scales (Watson, 2002).”
Effects of tropical forest fragmentation on aerial insectivorous bats in a land-bridge island system. (2010, background): “Finally, the level of contrast in vegetation between fragment and matrix, in addition to remnant size, produces edge effects that modify niche characteristics and ultimately affect animal assemblages (Watson, 2002).”
The 'standardized search': An improved way to conduct bird surveys (2003, background): “2000; Watson 2002a,b, 2003) and which is currently motivating considerable research.”
Using historical ecology to understand patterns of biodiversity in fragmented agricultural landscapes (2005, background): “…nature of many studies has led to ongoing questions about the utility of the fragmentation paradigm (Simberloff & Abele, 1982; Gilpin & Soulé, 1986; Usher, 1987; Robinson et al., 1992; Hanski & Simberloff, 1997; Davies et al., 2001; Watson, 2002; Hobbs & Yates, 2003; Lindborg & Eriksson, 2004).”