Landscape moderation of biodiversity patterns and processes ‐ eight hypotheses

Understanding how landscape characteristics affect biodiversity patterns and ecological processes at local and landscape scales is critical for mitigating effects of global environmental change. In this review, we use knowledge gained from human-modified landscapes to suggest eight hypotheses, which we hope will encourage more systematic research on the role of landscape composition and configuration in determining the structure of ecological communities, ecosystem functioning and services. We organize the eight hypotheses under four overarching themes. Section A: 'landscape moderation of biodiversity patterns' includes (1) the landscape species pool hypothesis-the size of the landscape-wide species pool…

• NS
  National Science Foundation

  Award: 244090-STEP-CP-FP
• UD
  U.S. Department of Energy
• UO
  University of Florida Foundation
• DF
  Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
• BF
  Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
• MT
  Magyar Tudományos Akadémia
• GL
  Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
• NS
  Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• MF
  Marsden Fund

  Award: UOC-0802