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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Human-modified landscape"”.
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Forest and woodland regeneration dynamics and persistence in the human- modified landscape of Greater Gombe Ecosystem, Tanzania
… clearing of tropical forests and woodlands for human use puts many species at risk of extinction. Vast areas of forests and woodlands have been converted to fragmented patches located within mosaics of different land uses (e.g., agricultural lands and human settlements). Some conservationists …
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Land use and breeding ecology of a renosterveld endemic bird: the Agulhas Long-billed Lark Certhilauda brevirostris
… if that species exists almost entirely within a human-modified landscape. The Agulhas Long-billed Lark Certhilauda brevirostris is a mediumsized passerine endemic to South Africa's Overberg region, an area extensively cultivated for crops and livestock production. The aim of this study was …
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Habitat modification and gene flow in Saimiri oerstedii: Landscape genetics, intraspecific molecular systematics, and conservation
… effects of increased habitat modification and landscape change on population persistence and processes of divergence. Recent studies in landscape ecology suggest that our understanding of dispersal in a heterogeneous landscape will improve by explicitly considering the heterogeneity of matrix …
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Characteristics, determinants and management of farmer-predator conflict in a multi-use dryland system, South Africa
… an important source of food and fibre for humans and is often the only commercially viable land use in the more arid regions of the globe. Pastoralism can however lead to natural habitat degradation, fragmentation of landscape by fencing and conflict between livestock farmers and predators. …