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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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Impact of Fraxinus excelsior dieback on biota of ash-associated lichen epiphytes at the landscape and community level
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Anna Łubek
- Martin Kukwa
- Bogdan Jaroszewicz
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 31 October 2019
- Pages: 431 - 450
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Deforestation in protect areas in the Amazon: a threat to biodiversity
Authors (first, second and last of 15)
- Paula Fernanda Pinheiro Ribeiro Paiva
- Maria de Lourdes Pinheiro Ruivo
- Bruno Monteiro Ferreira
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 16 October 2019
- Pages: 19 - 38
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Lichens in old-growth and managed mountain spruce forests in the Czech Republic: assessment of biodiversity, functional traits and bioindicators
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Jiří Malíček
- Zdeněk Palice
- Jeňýk Hofmeister
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 07 September 2019
- Pages: 3497 - 3528
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Analysis of cultivation of remaining forest fragments in the Moju River Basin, Legal Amazon, Pará
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Thais Gleice Martins Braga
- João Ubiratan Moreira dos Santos
- Paulo Eduardo Silva Bezerra
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 29 August 2019
- Pages: 3713 - 3732
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From ecological knowledge to conservation policy: a case study on green tree retention and continuous-cover forestry in Sweden
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
- Anna Sténs
- Jean-Michel Roberge
- Thomas Ranius
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 26 August 2019
- Pages: 3547 - 3574
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Competing discourses of the forest shape forest owners’ ideas about nature and biodiversity conservation
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Tuomo Takala
- Teppo Hujala
- Jukka Tikkanen
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 17 August 2019
- Pages: 3445 - 3464
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Interspecific networks of cavity-nesting vertebrates reveal a critical role of broadleaf trees in endangered Araucaria mixed forests of South America
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Kristina L. Cockle
- José Tomás Ibarra
- Kathy Martin
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 30 July 2019
- Pages: 3371 - 3386
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The epiphytic lichen biota of Caucasian virgin forests: a comparator for European conservation
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Jan Vondrák
- Genadii Urbanavichus
- Christopher Ellis
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 18 July 2019
- Pages: 3257 - 3276
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Lichen diversity on tree trunks in tropical dry forests is highly influenced by host tree traits
Authors
- Ángel Benítez
- Gregorio Aragón
- María Prieto
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 17 June 2019
- Pages: 2909 - 2929
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Historical range of variability for restoration and management in Wisconsin
Authors
- Brice B. Hanberry
- Daniel C. Dey
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 15 June 2019
- Pages: 2931 - 2950
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The impact of salvage logging on herb layer species composition and plant community recovery in Białowieża Forest
Authors
- Anna Orczewska
- Patryk Czortek
- Bogdan Jaroszewicz
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 15 June 2019
- Pages: 3407 - 3428
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Dung beetle responses to successional stages in the Amazon rainforest
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Bruna Santos Bitencourt
- Pedro Giovâni da Silva
- Ysadhora Gomes de Lima
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 07 June 2019
- Pages: 2745 - 2761
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Patterns in island endemic forest-dependent bird research: the Caribbean as a case-study
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Eleanor S. Devenish-Nelson
- Douglas Weidemann
- Howard P. Nelson
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 04 May 2019
- Pages: 1885 - 1904
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Long-term decline of native tropical dry forest remnants in an invaded Hawaiian landscape
Authors
- Joshua Hibit
- Curtis C. Daehler
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 02 April 2019
- Pages: 1699 - 1716
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Forest cover drives leaf litter ant diversity in primary rainforest remnants within human-modified tropical landscapes
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Diana A. Ahuatzin
- Erick J. Corro
- Wesley Dáttilo
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 13 February 2019
- Pages: 1091 - 1107
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Tree species diversity facilitates conservation efforts of European yew
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Jaroslav Vencurik
- Michal Bosela
- Milan Saniga
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 11 February 2019
- Pages: 791 - 810
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Evaluating the long-term effectiveness of terrestrial protected areas: a 40-year look at forest bird diversity
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Jeffrey A. Brown
- Julie L. Lockwood
- Katherine H. Fenn
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 07 January 2019
- Pages: 811 - 826
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Modeling endangered mammal species distributions and forest connectivity across the humid Upper Guinea lowland rainforest of West Africa
Authors
- Benedictus Freeman
- Patrick R. Roehrdanz
- A. Townsend Peterson
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 17 December 2018
- Pages: 671 - 685
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Landscape predictors of rodent dynamics in fragmented rainforests
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Norma P. Arce-Peña
- Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez
- Luis Daniel Ávila-Cabadilla
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 07 December 2018
- Pages: 655 - 669
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Identifying hotspots for rare species under climate change scenarios: improving saproxylic beetle conservation in Italy
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Francesca Della Rocca
- Giuseppe Bogliani
- Pietro Milanesi
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 23 November 2018
- Pages: 433 - 449
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Ant assemblages of Brazil nut trees Bertholletia excelsa in forest and pasture habitats in the Southwestern Brazilian Amazon
Authors
- Amanda Batista da Silva de Oliveira
- Fernando Augusto Schmidt
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 11 November 2018
- Pages: 329 - 344
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Distribution, population density and conservation of the critically endangered brown spider monkey (Ateles hybridus) and other primates of the inter-Andean forests of Colombia
Authors
- Ana Gabriela de Luna
- Andrés Link
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 14 September 2018
- Pages: 3469 - 3511
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Seasonal variation in avian diversity and tolerance by migratory forest specialists of the patch-isolation gradient across a fragmented forest system
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- David A. Ehlers Smith
- Xingfeng Si
- Colleen T. Downs
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 27 August 2018
- Pages: 3707 - 3727
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Variability of beetle assemblages in Mediterranean cork oak woodlands: does the higher taxa approach reliably characterize a specific response to grazing?
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Roberto Mannu
- Oriana Pilia
- Marcello Verdinelli
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 24 August 2018
- Pages: 3599 - 3619
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Inter-annual dynamics and persistence of small mammal communities in a selectively logged tropical forest in Borneo
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Philip M. Chapman
- Oliver R. Wearn
- Robert. M. Ewers
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 02 August 2018
- Pages: 3155 - 3169
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Loss of biodiversity and shifts in aboveground biomass drivers in tropical rainforests with different disturbance histories
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Marcela V. Pyles
- Jamir A. Prado-Junior
- João A. A. Meira-Neto
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 27 July 2018
- Pages: 3215 - 3231
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Analysing India’s current national forest inventory for biodiversity information
Authors
- Arun Kumar Thakur
- Rajesh Kumar
- Raj Kumar Verma
- Content type: Review Paper
- Published: 25 June 2018
- Pages: 3049 - 3069
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Winners and losers in the wilderness: response of biodiversity to the abandonment of ancient forest pastures
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Jakub Horák
- Jan Pavlíček
- Josef P. Halda
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 14 June 2018
- Pages: 3019 - 3029
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Thresholds of riparian forest use by terrestrial mammals in a fragmented Amazonian deforestation frontier
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Barbara Zimbres
- Carlos A. Peres
- Ricardo B. Machado
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 29 May 2018
- Pages: 2815 - 2836
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Differences in the community composition of nocturnal Lepidoptera between native and invaded forests are linked to the habitat structure
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Tomáš Kadlec
- Martin Štrobl
- Jiří Reif
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 28 May 2018
- Pages: 2661 - 2680
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Global Island Monitoring Scheme (GIMS): a proposal for the long-term coordinated survey and monitoring of native island forest biota
Authors (first, second and last of 52)
- Paulo A. V. Borges
- Pedro Cardoso
- Rosalina Gabriel
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 07 May 2018
- Pages: 2567 - 2586
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Temporal variation in abundance of leaf litter beetles and ants in an Australian lowland tropical rainforest is driven by climate and litter fall
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Peter S. Grimbacher
- Will Edwards
- Nigel E. Stork
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 05 May 2018
- Pages: 2625 - 2640
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Empty forests: safeguarding a sinking flagship in a biodiversity hotspot
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Ivon Cuadros-Casanova
- Camilo Zamora
- Jan C. Habel
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 19 April 2018
- Pages: 2495 - 2506
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Red deer structure the ground-dwelling beetle community in boreal forest
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Marte Synnøve Lilleeng
- Knut Rydgren
- Stein Joar Hegland
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 16 April 2018
- Pages: 2507 - 2525
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Dung beetles and their ecological functions in three agroforestry systems in the Lacandona rainforest of Mexico
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Carolina Santos-Heredia
- Ellen Andresen
- Federico Escobar
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 28 March 2018
- Pages: 2379 - 2394
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Species richness, composition, and spatial distribution of vascular epiphytes in Amazonian black-water floodplain forests
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Adriano C. Quaresma
- Maria Teresa F. Piedade
- Hans ter Steege
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 27 February 2018
- Pages: 1981 - 2002
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Impact of habitat fragmentation on the spatial structure of the Eastern Arc forests in East Africa: implications for biodiversity conservation
Authors
- William D. Newmark
- Phoebe B. McNeally
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 16 January 2018
- Pages: 1387 - 1402
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Copying ancient woodlands: a positive perspective
Authors
- Paul L. Smith
- Content type: Review Paper
- Published: 22 December 2017
- Pages: 1041 - 1053
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Can large unmanaged trees replace ancient pollarded trees as habitats for lichenized fungi, non-lichenized fungi and bryophytes?
Authors
- Björn Nordén
- John Bjarne Jordal
- Marianne Evju
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 30 November 2017
- Pages: 1095 - 1114
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Influence of tree hollow characteristics on saproxylic beetle diversity in a managed forest
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Bastian Schauer
- Manuel J. Steinbauer
- Elisabeth Obermaier
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 13 November 2017
- Pages: 853 - 869
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Endemism and conservation of Amazon palms
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Carlos Mariano Alvez-Valles
- Henrik Balslev
- Luiz Menini Neto
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 08 November 2017
- Pages: 765 - 784
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Arthropod assemblages deep in natural forests show different responses to surrounding land use
Authors
- Rudi Crispin Swart
- James Stephen Pryke
- Francois Roets
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 25 October 2017
- Pages: 583 - 606
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Fast-growing hybrids do not decrease understorey plant diversity compared to naturally regenerated forests and native plantations
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Samuel Royer-Tardif
- Alain Paquette
- David Rivest
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 23 October 2017
- Pages: 607 - 631
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Forest recovery in an Australian amenity landscape: implications for biodiversity conservation on small-acreage properties
Authors
- John Meadows
- John Herbohn
- Nick Emtage
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 06 September 2017
- Pages: 69 - 90
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Do increases in the availability of standing dead trees affect the abundance, nest-site use, and niche partitioning of great spotted and middle spotted woodpeckers in riverine forests?
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Ziemowit Kosiński
- Monika Pluta
- Mateusz Zarębski
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 28 August 2017
- Pages: 123 - 145
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Quantifying nationwide land cover and historical changes in forests of Nepal (1930–2014): implications on forest fragmentation
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- C. Sudhakar Reddy
- S. Vazeed Pasha
- Y. V. N. Krishna Murthy
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 20 August 2017
- Pages: 91 - 107
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Trait-specific response of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) to forest fragmentation in the temperate region in Korea
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Jong-Kook Jung
- Sun Kyung Lee
- Joon-Ho Lee
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 18 August 2017
- Pages: 53 - 68
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Herpetofaunal responses to anthropogenic forest habitat modification across the neotropics: insights from partitioning β-diversity
Authors
- Ana Filipa Palmeirim
- Marcus Vinícius Vieira
- Carlos A. Peres
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 04 July 2017
- Pages: 2877 - 2891
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The conservation value of tree decay processes as a key driver structuring tree cavity nest webs in South American temperate rainforests
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Tomás A. Altamirano
- José Tomás Ibarra
- Cristian Bonacic
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 01 June 2017
- Pages: 2453 - 2472