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Topical Collection: Forest and Plantation Biodiversity
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This collection of articles covers biodiversity of forests of all kinds, natural and planted, and habitats within them; boreal, temperate, tropical, and mangroves, and organisms within them and on wood, including plants, insects, and mycorrhizal fungi.
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Editors
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David L. Hawksworth CBE
Prof. Hawksworth is a mycologist and lichenologist with a professorship at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, and also a Scientific Associate of The Natural History Museum in London. He is Editor-in-Chief of Biodiversity and Conservation (Springer) and IMA Fungus (BMC).
Articles (136 in this collection)
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Variable effects of forest diversity on invasions by non-native insects and pathogens
Authors
- Samuel F. Ward
- Andrew M. Liebhold
- Songlin Fei
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 25 June 2022
- Pages: 2575 - 2586
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Effect of outdoor recreation on forest phytocenosis
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Ainura Togisbayeva
- Dmitry Gura
- Iuliia Akulinina
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 08 June 2022
- Pages: 1893 - 1908
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European Union’s Natura 2000 network: an effective tool for nature conservation? The relic pine forests of the Franconian Jura
Authors
- Andreas Hemp
- Christie Philipp
- Claudia Hemp
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 02 June 2022
- Pages: 1909 - 1926
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Are calicioids useful indicators of boreal forest continuity or condition?
Authors
- Yolanda F. Wiersma
- R. Troy McMullin
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 20 April 2022
- Pages: 1647 - 1664
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Examining diversity of terrestrial mammal communities across forest reserves in Sabah, Borneo
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Eve Bohnett
- Benoit Goossens
- Penny Gardner
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 20 April 2022
- Pages: 1709 - 1734
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Forest cover loss in the Nevado de Toluca volcano protected area (Mexico) after the change to a less restrictive category in 2013
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Andrea González-Fernández
- Joel Segarra
- Stephane Couturier
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 11 February 2022
- Pages: 871 - 894
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The extreme rainfall gradient of the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve and its impact on forest bird richness
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Claudio S. Quilodrán
- Erik M. Sandvig
- Ricardo Rozzi
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 20 January 2022
- Pages: 613 - 627
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Silvopastoralism, local ecological knowledge and woodland trajectories in a category V- type management area
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Meredith Root-Bernstein
- Berta Holgado Vargas
- Ángel Videla Bello
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 18 January 2022
- Pages: 543 - 564
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Multiple facets of avian diversity in pine forests along an urban-agricultural gradient
Authors
- Myung-Bok Lee
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 10 January 2022
- Pages: 497 - 516
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Amphibian species richness and endemism in tropical montane cloud forests across the Neotropics
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Cecilia Tobar-Suárez
- Nicolás Urbina-Cardona
- Eduardo Pineda
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 25 November 2021
- Pages: 295 - 313
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Effectiveness of ant communities to detect anthropogenic disturbance in Neotropical forest landscapes: a case study in the Brazilian Amazon
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Wully Barreto da Silva
- Reinaldo Lucas Cajaiba
- Eduardo Périco
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 12 November 2021
- Pages: 211 - 226
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Habitat complementarity and butterfly traits are essential considerations when mitigating the effects of exotic plantation forestry
Authors
- R. Gaigher
- J. S. Pryke
- M. J. Samways
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 21 September 2021
- Pages: 4089 - 4109
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Potential new areas for conservation of key botanical families in the subtropical Atlantic Forest
Authors
- Laio Zimermann Oliveira
- André Luís de Gasper
- Alexander Christian Vibrans
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 04 September 2021
- Pages: 3903 - 3917
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Effects of intensive human management on the taxonomic and functional diversity of ground beetles in a planted forest landscape
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Analia Soledad Nanni
- Pamela Krug
- Rubén D. Quintana
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 21 August 2021
- Pages: 3717 - 3735
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Relict populations of Araucaria angustifolia will be isolated, poorly protected, and unconnected under climate and land-use change in Brazil
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Mario M. Tagliari
- Ghislain Vieilledent
- Nivaldo Peroni
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 18 August 2021
- Pages: 3665 - 3684
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Tree diversity, congruence and endemism: Himalaya ‘The land of diversity’
Authors
- Deepika Bhatt
- K. Chandra Sekar
- R. S. Rawal
- Content type: Review Paper
- Published: 03 July 2021
- Pages: 2633 - 2654
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The environmental filtering and the conservation of tropical dry forests in mountains in a global change scenario
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Carlos Mario Galván Cisneros
- Gustavo Heringer
- João Augusto Alves Meira-Neto
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 04 June 2021
- Pages: 2689 - 2705
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Diversity, regeneration, and anthropogenic disturbance in major Indian Central Himalayan forest types: implications for conservation
Authors
- Siddhartha Kaushal
- Anshu Siwach
- Ratul Baishya
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 28 May 2021
- Pages: 2451 - 2480
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Bird communities in a degraded forest biodiversity hotspot of East Africa
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Moses Mulwa
- Mike Teucher
- Jan Christian Habel
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 10 May 2021
- Pages: 2305 - 2318
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Nearby mature forest distance and regenerating forest age influence tree species composition in the Atlantic forest of Southern Bahia, Brazil
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Daniel Piotto
- Luiz Fernando Silva Magnago
- William Wayt Thomas
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 05 May 2021
- Pages: 2165 - 2180
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Implementing Brazil’s Forest Code: a vital contribution to securing forests and conserving biodiversity
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- Rebecca Catherine Brock
- Andy Arnell
- Valerie Kapos
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 03 April 2021
- Pages: 1621 - 1635
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Effect of forest fragmentation and disturbance on diversity and structure of woody species in dry Afromontane forests of northern Ethiopia
Authors
- Melese Genete Muluneh
- Motuma Tolera Feyissa
- Tefera Mangistu Wolde
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 03 April 2021
- Pages: 1753 - 1779
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Monoculture and mixture-planting of non-native Douglas fir alters species composition, but promotes the diversity of ground beetles in a temperate forest system
Authors
- Peter Kriegel
- Dragan Matevski
- Andreas Schuldt
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 23 March 2021
- Pages: 1479 - 1499
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Assessing woodpeckers as indicators of bird diversity and habitat structure in managed forests
Authors
- Tarun Menon
- Ghazala Shahabuddin
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 20 March 2021
- Pages: 1689 - 1704
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Using indicator species to detect high quality habitats in an East African forest biodiversity hotspot
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Jan Christian Habel
- Camilo Zamora
- Christina Fischer
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 13 February 2021
- Pages: 903 - 915
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Is second-growth rainforest good enough? Going beyond community composition
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Richard M. Lehtinen
- Christopher W. Gumpper
- Mackenzie N. Kellar
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 29 January 2021
- Pages: 781 - 796
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Latitude, paleo-history and forest size matter for Afromontane canopy beetle diversity in a world context
Authors
- Rudi C. Swart
- Michael J. Samways
- Francois Roets
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 13 January 2021
- Pages: 659 - 672
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Patterns of distribution, abundance and composition of forest terrestrial orchids
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Vladan Djordjević
- Spyros Tsiftsis
- Vladimir Stevanović
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 14 October 2020
- Pages: 4111 - 4134
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How Iberian are we? Mediterranean climate determines structure and endemicity of spider communities in Iberian oak forests
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Jagoba Malumbres-Olarte
- Luís Carlos Crespo
- Miquel A. Arnedo
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 12 October 2020
- Pages: 3973 - 3996
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Unexpected high forest turtle diversity in hill forests in northern Vietnam
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- Pham Van Thong
- Olivier Le Duc
- Luca Luiselli
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 09 October 2020
- Pages: 4019 - 4033
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Natural forests of Pinus pinea in western Turkey: a priority for conservation
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Gianmaria Bonari
- Kryštof Chytrý
- Milan Chytrý
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 27 September 2020
- Pages: 3877 - 3898
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Conservation values of understory vascular plants in even- and uneven-aged Nothofagus antarctica forests
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Guillermo J. Martínez Pastur
- Yamina M. Rosas
- Pablo L. Peri
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 25 September 2020
- Pages: 3783 - 3805
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Resolving the trade-off between production and biodiversity conservation in integrated forest management: comparing tree selection practices of foresters and conservationists
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Hannes Cosyns
- Bettina Joa
- Tobias Schulz
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 12 September 2020
- Pages: 3717 - 3737
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Diversity and structure of bird communities in contrasting forests of the Hengduan Mountains, China
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Taxing Zhang
- Xue Chen
- Jianghong Ran
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 08 September 2020
- Pages: 3739 - 3755
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The Ancient Tree Inventory: a summary of the results of a 15 year citizen science project recording ancient, veteran and notable trees across the UK
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Victoria Nolan
- Tom Reader
- Nick Atkinson
- Content type: Review Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 18 August 2020
- Pages: 3103 - 3129
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Restoring diversity of thermophilous oak forests: connectivity and proximity to existing habitats matter
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Vojtěch Lanta
- Ondřej Mudrák
- Jiří Doležal
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 07 August 2020
- Pages: 3411 - 3427
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The relevance of cloud forest fragments and their transition zones for butterfly conservation in Taita Hills, Kenya
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Thomas Schmitt
- Werner Ulrich
- Jan Christian Habel
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 15 July 2020
- Pages: 3191 - 3207
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Early-successional saproxylic beetles inhabiting a common host-tree type can be sensitive to the spatiotemporal continuity of their substrate
Authors
- Mervi Laaksonen
- Pekka Punttila
- Juha Siitonen
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 12 June 2020
- Pages: 2883 - 2900
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Discolouring the Amazon Rainforest: how deforestation is affecting butterfly coloration
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Ricardo Luís Spaniol
- Milton de Souza Mendonça Jr.
- Martin Stevens
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 03 June 2020
- Pages: 2821 - 2838
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Habitat fragmentation and forest management alter woody plant communities in a Central European beech forest landscape
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Kevin Wilhelm Bähner
- Marcelo Tabarelli
- Rainer Wirth
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 28 May 2020
- Pages: 2729 - 2747
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Very high-resolution true color leaf-off imagery for mapping Taxus baccata L. and Ilex aquifolium L. understory population
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Loredana Oreti
- Anna Barbati
- Diego Giuliarelli
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 23 May 2020
- Pages: 2605 - 2622
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Modelling transition in land cover highlights forest losses and gains in Southeast Asia
Authors
- Emmanuel Paradis
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 21 May 2020
- Pages: 2539 - 2551
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Habitat patch size and isolation drive the near-complete collapse of Amazonian dung beetle assemblages in a 30-year-old forest archipelago
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Danielle Storck-Tonon
- Ricardo José da Silva
- Carlos A. Peres
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 18 April 2020
- Pages: 2419 - 2438
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Reservoir of the European chestnut diversity in Switzerland
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- S. Pereira-Lorenzo
- Y. Bischofberger
- F. Lefort
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 06 April 2020
- Pages: 2217 - 2234
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Ethnobotany-informed trait ecology: measuring vulnerability of timber provisioning services across forest biomes in Japan
Authors
- Buntarou Kusumoto
- Takayuki Shiono
- Yasuhiro Kubota
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 03 April 2020
- Pages: 2297 - 2310
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Habitat and host specificity of epiphytic lichens in a rural landscape: cultural heritage habitats as refugia
Authors
- J. Liira
- A. Suija
- I. Jüriado
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 03 March 2020
- Pages: 2141 - 2160
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Assessing the effects of payments for ecosystem services programs on forest structure and species biodiversity
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Hsiang Ling Chen
- Rebecca L. Lewison
- Shuang Yang
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 27 February 2020
- Pages: 2123 - 2140
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Modelling changes in forest attributes driven by human activities at different spatial scales in the subtropical Atlantic Forest
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Débora Vanessa Lingner
- Arthur Vinicius Rodrigues
- Alexander Christian Vibrans
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 03 February 2020
- Pages: 1283 - 1299
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Is insect vertical distribution in rainforests better explained by distance from the canopy top or distance from the ground?
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Timothy McCaig
- Legi Sam
- Nigel E. Stork
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 06 January 2020
- Pages: 1081 - 1103