Agriculture and biodiversity conservation, forests, urbanization, habitat fragmentation, agri-environment schemes, land use intensity, climate change, human well-being, standing and downed deadwood, United Kingdom, United States of America, Switzerland, forest view and job satisfaction,

1. Biodiversity Conservation – week 4
London Metropolitan Univ. - 2010
Marco Pautasso (marpauta at gmail.com)

2. Biodiversity Conservation
main topics – week 4
Agriculture and the conservation of
biodiversity
Biodiversity conservation in forests

3. Castanea sativa Aesculus hippocastanum
Fraxinus excelsior Tilia cordata
Source: Wikimedia Commons

4. Acer pseudoplatanus Platanus spp.
Betula pendula Fagus silvatica
Source: Wikimedia Commons

5. Carpinus betulus Quercus robur
Ulmus spp.
Source: Wikimedia

6. Tree species abundance across distributional ranges
Skyoth et al. (2008) Ecological Modelling

7. Tree species abundance across distributional ranges
Skyoth et al. (2008) Ecological Modelling

9. Urbanization in Beijing (1992-2005)
Yang & Jinxing (2007) Urban Forestry and Greening

10. Urbanization in Beijing (1992-2005)
Yang & Jinxing (2007) Urban Forestry and Greening

12. Urbanization in Moscow
Boentje & Blinnikov (2007) Landscape & Urban Planning

13. Urbanization in Moscow (1991-2001)
Mean patch size (ha) Edge density (m/ha)
Mean shape index Mean nearest neighbour (m)
Boentje & Blinnikov (2007) Landscape & Urban Planning

14. Effects of habitat fragmentation on metapopulations
Ghaboul (2005) Biological Reviews

16. Agri-environment schemes
Whitfield (2006) Nature

18. Agri-environment schemes and biodiversity
Knop et al. (2006) Journal of Applied Ecology

20. Biodiversity and agriculture intensity
Herzon et al. (2008) Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

22. Ancient trees in an agricultural landscape
Orlowski et al. (2006) Landscape and Urban Planning

23. Ancient trees in an agricultural landscape
Orlowski et al. (2006) Landscape and Urban Planning

26. Lichen biodiversity and land use
Wolseley et al. (2007) Lichenologist

27. Local effects of human population on biodiversity
Christensen et al. (2009) Ecological Modelling

29. Human population, agricultural area and bird species richness
Proportion of protected areas, mountains and forest cover
Environmental Conservation (2009) 36: 22-31

30. Bird biodiversity, human population and protected areas
Environmental Conservation (2009) 36: 22-31

31. Positive large-scale species-people correlation: an artefact?
Cantarello et al. (2010) Naturwissenschaften

32. Stream-macroinvertebrates and human population in Italy
Pecher et al. (2010) Basic and Applied Ecology

33. Land abandonment in the Alps
Tasser et al. (2006) Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

35. Climate change and shifts in tree species distribution
Fuhrer et al. (2006) Climatic Change

37. Tree diversity and climate change
McKenney et al. (2007) BioScience

38. Standing and downed deadwood in the USA
Woodall et al. (2008) Forest Ecology and Management

40. Deadwood amount and biodiversity
Junninen & Kouki (2006) Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

41. Deadwood amount and biodiversity
Junninen & Kouki (2006) Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

42. Fernand Olivier (1842-1845) Loisachtal

43. Intensity of forest management, deadwood and biodiversity
Mueller et al. (2007) Forest Ecology and Management

48. Biodiversity and the view of people living in National Parks
McFarlane et al. (2006) Biological Conservation

49. Forest view and job satisfaction
Shin (2007) Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

50. Biodiversity and human well-being
Townsend et al. (2007) Urban Forestry and Greening

51. References
Barbosa AM, Fontaneto D, Marini L & Pautasso M (2010) Is the human population a large-scale indicator of the species richness of ground beetles?
Animal Conservation 13: 432-441
Barbosa AM, Fontaneto D, Marini L & Pautasso M (2010) Positive regional species–people correlations: a sampling artefact or a key issue for
sustainable development? Animal Conservation 13: 446-447
Cantarello E, Steck CE, Fontana P, Fontaneto D, Marini L & Pautasso M (2010) A multi-scale study of Orthoptera species richness and human
population size controlling for sampling effort. Naturwissenschaften 97: 265-271
Golding J, Güsewell S, Kreft H, Kuzevanov VY, Lehvävirta S, Parmentier I & Pautasso M (2010) Species-richness patterns of the living collections
of the world's botanic gardens: a matter of socio-economics? Annals of Botany 105: 689-696
Pautasso M (2009) Geographical genetics and the conservation of forest trees. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Systematics & Evolution 11: 157-189
Pautasso M & Chiarucci A (2008) A test of the scale-dependence of the species abundance-people correlation for veteran trees in Italy. Annals of
Botany 101: 709-715
Pautasso M & Dinetti M (2009) Avian species richness, human population and protected areas across Italy’s regions. Environmental Conservation
36: 22-31
Pautasso M & Fontaneto D (2008) A test of the species-people correlation for stream macro-invertebrates in European countries. Ecological
Applications 18: 1842-1849
Pautasso M & Parmentier I (2007) Are the living collections of the world’s botanical gardens following species-richness patterns observed in natural
ecosystems? Botanica Helvetica 117: 15-28
Pautasso M & Powell G (2009) Aphid biodiversity is correlated with human population in European countries. Oecologia 160: 839-846
Pautasso M & Weisberg PJ (2008) Density-area relationships: the importance of the zeros. Global Ecology and Biogeography 17: 203-210
Pautasso M & Zotti M (2009) Macrofungal taxa and human population in Italy's regions. Biodiversity & Conservation 18: 473-485
Pautasso M et al (2010) Plant health and global change – some implications for landscape management. Biological Reviews 85: 729-755
Pecher C, Fritz S, Marini L, Fontaneto D & Pautasso M (2010) Scale-dependence of the correlation between human population and the species
richness of stream macroinvertebrates. Basic Applied Ecology 11: 272-280
Schlick-Steiner B, Steiner F & Pautasso M (2008) Ants and people: a test of two mechanisms behind the large-scale human-biodiversity correlation
for Formicidae in Europe. Journal of Biogeography 35: 2195-2206
Steck CE & Pautasso M (2008) Human population, grasshopper and plant species richness in European countries. Acta Oecologica 34: 303-310