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A novel, post-Soviet fire disturbance regime drives bird diversity and abundance on the Eurasian steppe
Many grassland ecosystems and their associated biodiversity depend on the interactions between fire and land-use, both of which are …
Tejas Bhagwat
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msoofi
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Paul F. Donald
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Norbert Holzel
,
Albert Salemgareev
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Ingrid Stirnemann
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Ruslan Urazaliyev
,
Matthias Baumann
,
Johannes Kamp
,
Tobias Kuemmerle
DOI
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 …
asemper
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C. Burton
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Matthias Baumann
,
Julieta Decarre
,
Gregorio Gavier-Pizarro
,
B. Gomez-Valencia
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L. Macchi
,
M. E. Mastrangelo
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fpotzschner
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P. V. Zelaya
,
Tobias Kuemmerle
DOI
Changes in agriculture-biodiversity trade-offs in relation to landscape context in the Argentine Chaco
Better balancing agricultural production and biodiversity conservation is a central goal for many landscapes. Yet, empirical work on …
Ricardo Torres
,
Tobias Kuemmerle
,
Marcelo R. Zak
DOI
Untangling the imprints of climate, geography and land use/cover on bird diversity in the South American Gran Chaco
To evaluate the structure of bird communities throughout the South American Gran Chaco determining the effects of climate, geography …
Maria Gabriela Nazaro
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Daniel A. Dos Santos
,
Ricardo Torres
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Matthias Baumann
,
Pedro G. Blendinger
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Camila Ribas
DOI
Thresholds in forest bird communities along woody vegetation gradients in the South American Dry Chaco
World-wide, tropical savannas and dry forests are under increasing pressure from land use. The environmental impacts of agricultural …
lmacchi
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Matthias Baumann
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Hendrik Bluhm
,
Matthew Baker
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clevers
,
HEctor Ricardo Grau
,
Tobias Kuemmerle
DOI
Trade-offs between carbon stocks and biodiversity in European temperate forests
Policies to mitigate climate change and biodiversity loss often assume that protecting carbon-rich forests provides co-benefits in …
fsabatini
,
Rafael Barreto de Andrade
,
Yoan Paillet
,
Peter Odor
,
Christophe Bouget
,
Thomas Campagnaro
,
Frédéric Gosselin
,
Philippe Janssen
,
Walter Mattioli
,
Juri Nascimbene
,
Tommaso Sitzia
,
Tobias Kuemmerle
,
Sabina Burrascano
DOI
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 …
asemper
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lmacchi
,
fsabatini
,
Julieta Decarre
,
Matthias Baumann
,
Pedro G. Blendinger
,
Bibiana Gomez-Valencia
,
Matias E. Mastrangelo
,
Tobias Kuemmerle
DOI
Legacy effects of past land use on current biodiversity in a low-intensity farming landscape in Transylvania (Romania)
Context
Ecological impacts of past land use can persist for centuries. While present-day land use is relatively easy to quantify, …
pculbert
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Ine Dorresteijn
,
Jacqueline Loos
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Murray K. Clayton
,
Joern Fischer
,
Tobias Kuemmerle
DOI
Global patterns of agricultural land-use intensity and vertebrate diversity
Aim
Land-use change is the single biggest cause of biodiversity loss. With a rising demand for resources, understanding how and where …
lkehoe
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Tobias Kuemmerle
,
Carsten Meyer
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clevers
,
Tomáš Václavík
,
Holger Kreft
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DOI
Testing the Effectiveness of Environmental Variables to Explain European Terrestrial Vertebrate Species Richness across Biogeographical Scales
We compared the effectiveness of environmental variables, and in particular of land-use indicators, to explain species richness …
Maud Mouchet
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clevers
,
Laure Zupan
,
Tobias Kuemmerle
,
Christoph Plutzar
,
Karl-Heinz Erb
,
Sandra Lavorel
,
Wilfried Thuiller
,
Helmut Haberl
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