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Conceptual domain of the matrix in fragmented landscapes

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posted on 2024-05-30, 09:16 authored by Don DriscollDon Driscoll, SC Banks, Philip BartonPhilip Barton, DB Lindenmayer, AL Smith
In extensively modified landscapes, how the matrix is managed determines many conservation outcomes. Recent publications revise popular conceptions of a homogeneous and static matrix, yet we still lack an adequate conceptual model of the matrix. Here, we identify three core effects that influence patch-dependent species, through impacts associated with movement and dispersal, resource availability, and the abiotic environment. These core effects are modified by five 'dimensions': spatial and temporal variation in matrix quality; spatial scale; temporal scale of matrix variation; and adaptation. The conceptual domain of the matrix, defined as three core effects and their interaction with these five dimensions, provides a much-needed framework to underpin management of fragmented landscapes and highlights new research priorities.

History

Journal

Trends in ecology & evolution

Volume

28

Pagination

605-613

Location

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ISSN

0169-5347

eISSN

1872-8383

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal, C Journal article

Copyright notice

2013, Elsevier

Issue

10

Publisher

Elsevier