Conservation

How do habitat amount and habitat fragmentation drive time-delayed responses of biodiversity to land-use change?
Land-use change is a root cause of the extinction crisis, but links between habitat change and biodiversity loss are not fully …
asunción Semper-Pascual, Cole Burton, Matthias Baumann, Julieta Decarre, Gregorio Gavier Pizarro, Bibiana Gómez-Valencia, Leandro Macchi, Matías E. Mastrangelo, Florian Pötzschner, Patricia V. Zelaya, Tobias Kuemmerle
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Declining human pressure and opportunities for rewilding in the steppes of Eurasia
Matthias Baumann, Johannes Kamp, Florian Pötzschner, Benjamin Bleyhl, Andrey Dara, Brett Hankerson, Alexander V. Prishchepov, Florian Schierhorn, Daniel Muller, Norbert Hölzel, Roland Krämer, Ruslan Urazaliyev, Tobias Kuemmerle
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Increasing synergistic effects of habitat destruction and hunting on mammals over three decades in the Gran Chaco
Habitat destruction and overexploitation are the main threats to biodiversity and where they co-occur, their combined impact is often …
Alfredo Romero-Muñoz, Ana Benítez-López, Damaris Zurell, Matthias Baumann, Micaela Camino, Julieta Decarre, Hugo Castillo, Anthony J. Giordano, Christian Levers, Andrew J. Noss, Verónica Quiroga, Jeffrey J. Thomson, Ricardo Torres, Marianela Velilla, Andrea Weiler, Tobias Kuemmerle
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Untangling the imprints of climate, geography and land use/cover on bird diversity in the South American Gran Chaco
Aim - To evaluate the structure of bird communities throughout the South American Gran Chaco determining the effects of climate, …
María Gabriela Názaro, Daniel A. Dos Santos, Ricardo Torres, Matthias Baumann, Pedro G. Blendiger
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Habitat loss and overhunting synergistically drive the extirpation of jaguars from the Gran Chaco.
Aim - Understanding how habitat loss and overhunting impact large carnivores is important for broad-scale conservation planning. We …
Alfredo Romero-Muñoz, Ricardo Torres, Andrew J.Noss, Anthony J. Giordano, Verónica Quiroga, Jeffrey J. Thompson, Matthias Baumann, Mariana Altrichter, Marianela Velilla, Rosario Arispe, Tobias Kuemmerle
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Mapping extinction debt highlights conservation opportunities for birds and mammals in the South American Chaco
Habitat loss is the primary cause of local extinctions. Yet, there is considerable uncertainty regarding how fast species respond to …
asunción Semper-Pascual, Leandro Macchi, Francesco Maria Sabatini, Julieta Decarre, Matthias Baumann, Pedro Blendiger, Bibiana Gómez-Valencia, Matías E. Mastrangelo, Tobias Kuemmerle
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Differences in production, carbon stocks and biodiversity outcomes of land tenure regimes in the Argentine Dry Chaco
Rising global demand for agricultural products results in agricultural expansion and intensification, with substantial environmental …
Sofia Marinaro, H. Ricardo Grau, N. Ignacio Gasparri, Tobias Kuemmerle, Matthias Baumann
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Past and predicted future effects of housing growth on open space conservation opportunity areas and habitat connectivity around National Wildlife Refuges
Housing growth can alter suitability of matrix habitats around protected areas, strongly affecting movements of organisms and, …
Christopher M. Hamilton, Matthias Baumann, Anna M. Pidgeon, David P. Helmers, Wayne E. Thogmartin, Patricia J. Heglund, Volker C. Radeloff
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