Small habitat size and isolation can promote species richness: second-order effects on biodiversity in shallow lakes and ponds

By Marten Scheffer, G. Geest, K. Zimmer, Erik Jeppesen, M. Søndergaard, M. Butler, M. Hanson, S. Declerck, L. De Meester. 2006

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Subfields: Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Freshwater rock pools: a review of habitat characteristics, faunal diversity and conservation value (2010, background): “Small waterbodies therefore provide ideal study systems for testing ecological and evolutionary theories and processes (Kitching, 2000; Blaustein & Schwartz, 2001; Srivastava et al., 2004; De Meester et al., 2005; Scheffer et al., 2006).”
Conservation of newt guilds in an agricultural landscape of Belgium: the importance of aquatic and terrestrial habitats (2008, background): “Species negatively affected by such interactions are predicted to be less frequent in the less isolated wetlands (Sheffer et al., 2006).”
Life-history strategies in freshwater macroinvertebrates (2008, background): “We focus here on fish-free lentic freshwater waterbodies, as they are rich in macroinvertebrates (Scheffer et al., 2006).”
Dispersal ability rather than ecological tolerance drives differences in range size between lentic and lotic water beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) (2012, background): “…medium-sized lentic water bodies, which support the majority of standing-water macroinvertebrate biodiversity world-wide (e.g. Oertli et al., 2002; Scheffer et al., 2006), are subjected to larger daily and seasonal temperature fluctuations than streams or rivers (Álvarez-Cobelas et al., 2005;…”
The ecology of European ponds: defining the characteristics of a neglected freshwater habitat (2008, background): “Thus, ponds often constitute biodiversity ‘‘hot spots’’ within a region or a landscape, challenging conventional applications of species-area models (‘big is best’) in practical nature conservation (see also Scheffer et al., 2006).”
The role of pond management for biodiversity conservation in an agricultural landscape (2012, background): “Pond 3 contains a population of crucian carp and it is well established that fish can significantly alter pond biological structure (Scheffer et al., 2006).”
Influence of the environmental heterogeneity of breeding ponds on anuran assemblages from southeastern Brazil (2009, background): “2007), where temporary breeding ponds with a long duration tend to have higher species richness than permanent and (or) temporary breeding ponds with a short duration (Babbitt and Tanner 2000; Weyrauch and Grubb 2004), which is related to the intermediate disturbance hypothesis (Huston 1994) and (or”
Emerging global role of small lakes and ponds: little things mean a lot (2010, background): “Small lakes and ponds promote enhanced regional biodiversity in aquatic birds, plants, amphibians and invertebrates because of low sh biomass and high richness and abundance of aquatic plants (Scheffer et al. 2006).”
Amphibian decline, pond loss and reduced population connectivity under agricultural intensification over a 38 year period (2017, background): “…amphibian dispersal and prospects for future research It was only recently recognized that ponds and other small sized wetlands may make a significant contribution to the biodiversity of entire landscapes (Williams et al. 2003; Gioria et al. 2010; Ruggiero et al. 2008; Scheffer et al. 2006).”