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Lugo, Ariel E. "Effects of Extreme Disturbance Events: From Ecesis to Social–Ecological–Technological Systems." Ecosystems 23, no. 8 (2020): 1726–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-020-00491-x.

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AbstractEcologists addressed the effects of disturbances from the onset of the field by focusing on ecesis, which is the process by which organisms migrate and establish under the environmental conditions created by disturbances. Ecesis is the onset of succession, a self-organizing process whose nature, speed, and outcome depend in part on the outcomes of ecesis and the residual legacies remaining after disturbances. A by-product of succession after a disturbance is the reorganization of species dominance, or novelty. The degree of novelty in the outcome increases with the severity of the dist

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Pickell, Paul D., David W. Andison, Nicholas C. Coops, Sarah E. Gergel, and Peter L. Marshall. "The spatial patterns of anthropogenic disturbance in the western Canadian boreal forest following oil and gas development." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 45, no. 6 (2015): 732–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2014-0546.

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Resource development can have significant consequences for the distribution of vegetation cover and for species persistence. Modelling changes to anthropogenic disturbance regimes over time can provide profound insights into the mechanisms that drive land cover change. We analyzed the spatial patterns of anthropogenic disturbance before and after a period of significant oil and gas extraction in two boreal forest subregions in Alberta, Canada. A spatially explicit model was used to map levels of anthropogenic forest crown mortality across 700 000 ha of managed forest over a 60-year period. The

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Ji, Li, Yuan Li, Guixiang Zhang, and Yonghong Bi. "Anthropogenic Disturbances Have Contributed to Degradation of River Water Quality in Arid Areas." Water 13, no. 22 (2021): 3305. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13223305.

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The earth has been reshaped for millennia. The accelerating pace of anthropogenic activities has generated enormous impacts on the water environment. As one of the main drivers of landscape change, anthropogenic disturbance has brought many negative effects on rivers. Studying the relationship between anthropogenic disturbances and river water quality is of significance for regional conservation and ecosystem management, while the relationship remains poorly understood in the current. In this study, we quantified anthropogenic disturbances by introducing the concept of the hemeroby index and e

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H. Punia, H. Dhiman, H. Saharan, and S. Jakhar. "Floristic Composition and Diversity in Response to Varying Degrees of Disturbance in Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests of Southern Haryana, India." Ecology, Environment and Conservation 28, no. 04 (2022): 2164–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.53550/eec.2022.v28i04.079.

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The aim of the current investigation was to study the effects of anthropogenic disturbances on the vegetation structure of the three Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests of Southern Haryana i.e., Mandhana, Ghasola, and Mandhiali in the Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, and Mahendergarh districts, respectively. The data were collected from March, 2020 to March, 2021. The floristic composition was quantified by randomly placing 15 quadrats per site (45 in total). A disturbance index was developed for each site and high, medium and low disturbance areas were identified based on prevailing disturbances that were

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Liu, Xiaolong, Zhengtao Shi, Guangcai Huang, Yanchen Bo, and Guangjie Chen. "Time Series Remote Sensing Data-Based Identification of the Dominant Factor for Inland Lake Surface Area Change: Anthropogenic Activities or Natural Events?" Remote Sensing 12, no. 4 (2020): 612. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12040612.

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Inland lake variations are considered sensitive indicators of global climate change. However, human activity is playing as a more and more important role in inland lake area variations. Therefore, it is critical to identify whether anthropogenic activity or natural events is the dominant factor in inland lake surface area change. In this study, we proposed a method that combines the Douglas-Peucker simplification algorithm and the bend simplification algorithm to locate major lake surface area disturbances. These disturbances were used to extract the features that been used to classify disturb

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Chen, Xingyan, Xueling Wang, Yuehua Song, and Yongkuan Chi. "A Review of Studies on the Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbances on Plant–Soil–Microorganism Interactions in Grassland Ecosystems: Based on Grazing and Tourism Perspectives." Agronomy 14, no. 12 (2024): 2890. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14122890.

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As the most widely distributed and largest terrestrial ecosystem in the world, grasslands play an important role in supporting global livestock production and maintaining ecosystem services. In light of the accelerated global socio-economic development and sustained population growth, grassland ecosystems are increasingly subjected to anthropogenic disturbances. However, there is a paucity of research examining the impact of such disturbances on plant–soil–microorganism interactions in grassland systems, particularly from the perspectives of grazing and tourism. Accordingly, this study present

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Roberts, Mark R. "Response of the herbaceous layer to natural disturbance in North American forests." Canadian Journal of Botany 82, no. 9 (2004): 1273–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b04-091.

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Most work on the disturbance ecology of North American forests has focused on the tree canopy and woody understory, with little consideration of the herbaceous layer. Understanding how this species-rich and ecologically important layer responds to natural disturbances is needed as a guide for conservation. As a framework for this review, selected natural disturbances common to North American forests are evaluated in terms of a three-axis model of disturbance severity: percentage of tree canopy removed, percentage of understory vegetation removed, and percentage of forest floor and soil removed

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Fenton, Nicole J. "Applied ecology in Canada’s boreal: a holistic view of the mitigation hierarchy and resilience theory." Botany 94, no. 11 (2016): 1009–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2016-0123.

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Canada’s boreal biome is a mosaic of forests and peatlands. These ecosystems have developed dynamically, periodically affected by disturbance events of significant spatial extent and variable severity, reducing ecosystem biomass. The same ecosystem types typically regenerate from biological legacies. However, concern is growing about the impact of these different anthropogenic disturbances, particularly compound disturbances including climate change, which open the door to shifts to alternate stable states. One strategy promoted to regulate anthropogenic disturbance is the “mitigation hierarch

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Bisson, Isabelle-Anne, Luke K. Butler, Tim J. Hayden, L. Michael Romero, and Martin C. Wikelski. "No energetic cost of anthropogenic disturbance in a songbird." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276, no. 1658 (2008): 961–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.1277.

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Anthropogenic or natural disturbances can have a significant impact on wild animals. Therefore, understanding when, how and what type of human and natural events disturb animals is a central problem in wildlife conservation. However, it can be difficult to identify which particular environmental stressor affects an individual most. We use heart rate telemetry to quantify the energy expenditure associated with different types of human-mediated and natural disturbances in a breeding passerine, the white-eyed vireo ( Vireo griseus ). We fitted 0.5 g heart rate transmitters to 14 male vireos and c

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Bisson, Isabelle-Anne, Luke K. Butler, Tim J. Hayden, L. Michael Romero, and Martin C. Wikelski. "No energetic cost of anthropogenic disturbance in a songbird." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276, no. 1658 (2009): 961–69. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13514845.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Anthropogenic or natural disturbances can have a significant impact on wild animals. Therefore, understanding when, how and what type of human and natural events disturb animals is a central problem in wildlife conservation. However, it can be difficult to identify which particular environmental stressor affects an individual most. We use heart rate telemetry to quantify the energy expenditure associated with different types of human-mediated and natural disturbances in a breeding passerine, the white-eyed vireo ( Vireo griseus ). We fitted 0.

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Bisson, Isabelle-Anne, Luke K. Butler, Tim J. Hayden, L. Michael Romero, and Martin C. Wikelski. "No energetic cost of anthropogenic disturbance in a songbird." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276, no. 1658 (2009): 961–69. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13514845.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Anthropogenic or natural disturbances can have a significant impact on wild animals. Therefore, understanding when, how and what type of human and natural events disturb animals is a central problem in wildlife conservation. However, it can be difficult to identify which particular environmental stressor affects an individual most. We use heart rate telemetry to quantify the energy expenditure associated with different types of human-mediated and natural disturbances in a breeding passerine, the white-eyed vireo ( Vireo griseus ). We fitted 0.

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Bisson, Isabelle-Anne, Luke K. Butler, Tim J. Hayden, L. Michael Romero, and Martin C. Wikelski. "No energetic cost of anthropogenic disturbance in a songbird." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276, no. 1658 (2009): 961–69. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13514845.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Anthropogenic or natural disturbances can have a significant impact on wild animals. Therefore, understanding when, how and what type of human and natural events disturb animals is a central problem in wildlife conservation. However, it can be difficult to identify which particular environmental stressor affects an individual most. We use heart rate telemetry to quantify the energy expenditure associated with different types of human-mediated and natural disturbances in a breeding passerine, the white-eyed vireo ( Vireo griseus ). We fitted 0.

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Bisson, Isabelle-Anne, Luke K. Butler, Tim J. Hayden, L. Michael Romero, and Martin C. Wikelski. "No energetic cost of anthropogenic disturbance in a songbird." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276, no. 1658 (2009): 961–69. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13514845.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Anthropogenic or natural disturbances can have a significant impact on wild animals. Therefore, understanding when, how and what type of human and natural events disturb animals is a central problem in wildlife conservation. However, it can be difficult to identify which particular environmental stressor affects an individual most. We use heart rate telemetry to quantify the energy expenditure associated with different types of human-mediated and natural disturbances in a breeding passerine, the white-eyed vireo ( Vireo griseus ). We fitted 0.

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Bradley, Elizabeth A., and Graeme Lockaby. "Invasive Wild Pigs: A Significant Disturbance in Coastal Forests." Forests 12, no. 8 (2021): 1042. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f12081042.

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Introduced in ~59 countries and native across Europe and Asia, wild pigs, Sus scrofa, are the most wide-spread swine species in the world. As ecosystem engineers, wild pigs are a significant source of disturbance in introduced ecosystems due to their numerous, complex impacts on ecosystem processes. Wild pigs are often found in the resource-rich habitat of coastal forests. Coastal forests are complex, dynamic systems with tremendous biodiversity. Exposed to recurrent disturbances, the biophysical characteristics of coastal forests contribute to their ability to return to their original state p

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S. Mohan, Nivedi, and Sabu Joseph. "Disturbances on Riparian Vegetation: A Comprehensive Review." International Journal of Research and Review 11, no. 4 (2024): 200–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20240422.

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Riparian vegetation is considered an integration of all plant communities along the riparian zone. It provides a wide variety of ecosystem services including provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural services. Disturbances are discrete events that can disrupt the ecosystem. Based on the intensity, frequency, and duration of disturbances, it can affect riparian vegetation in various ways. Disturbances can be natural or anthropogenic in origin. Major natural disturbances that can influence riparian vegetation include flooding, landslides, wildfire, windthrow, plant diseases, and insect

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Clunes, John, Susana Valle, Jose Dörner, et al. "Changes in Soil Quality of an Urban Wetland as a Result of Anthropogenic Disturbance." Land 11, no. 3 (2022): 394. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11030394.

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Urban wetland soil provides ecosystem services (ES) through their functions. Changes in soil properties due to anthropogenic disturbances lead to a loss of soil quality. The aim of this research was to evaluate the effect of nearby anthropic disturbance on the chemical, physical and biological properties of the urban wetland soil. Soil samples were collected from four sites (P1, P2, P3 and P4) located in the Angachilla urban wetland, Chile, according to the magnitude of anthropogenic disturbance. An assessment of the physical and chemical properties of the soil profile was carried out in two s

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Viblanc, Vincent A., Andrew D. Smith, Benoit Gineste, and René Groscolas. "Coping with continuous human disturbance in the wild: insights from penguin heart rate response to various stressors." BMC Ecology 12, no. 1 (2012): 10. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13508622.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Background: A central question for ecologists is the extent to which anthropogenic disturbances (e.g. tourism) might impact wildlife and affect the systems under study. From a research perspective, identifying the effects of human disturbance caused by research-related activities is crucial in order to understand and account for potential biases and derive appropriate conclusions from the data. Results: Here, we document a case of biological adjustment to chronic human disturbance in a colonial seabird, the king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicu

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Viblanc, Vincent A., Andrew D. Smith, Benoit Gineste, and René Groscolas. "Coping with continuous human disturbance in the wild: insights from penguin heart rate response to various stressors." BMC Ecology 12, no. 1 (2012): 10. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13508622.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Background: A central question for ecologists is the extent to which anthropogenic disturbances (e.g. tourism) might impact wildlife and affect the systems under study. From a research perspective, identifying the effects of human disturbance caused by research-related activities is crucial in order to understand and account for potential biases and derive appropriate conclusions from the data. Results: Here, we document a case of biological adjustment to chronic human disturbance in a colonial seabird, the king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicu

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Viblanc, Vincent A., Andrew D. Smith, Benoit Gineste, and René Groscolas. "Coping with continuous human disturbance in the wild: insights from penguin heart rate response to various stressors." BMC Ecology 12, no. 1 (2012): 10. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13508622.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Background: A central question for ecologists is the extent to which anthropogenic disturbances (e.g. tourism) might impact wildlife and affect the systems under study. From a research perspective, identifying the effects of human disturbance caused by research-related activities is crucial in order to understand and account for potential biases and derive appropriate conclusions from the data. Results: Here, we document a case of biological adjustment to chronic human disturbance in a colonial seabird, the king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicu

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Viblanc, Vincent A., Andrew D. Smith, Benoit Gineste, and René Groscolas. "Coping with continuous human disturbance in the wild: insights from penguin heart rate response to various stressors." BMC Ecology 12, no. 1 (2012): 10. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13508622.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Background: A central question for ecologists is the extent to which anthropogenic disturbances (e.g. tourism) might impact wildlife and affect the systems under study. From a research perspective, identifying the effects of human disturbance caused by research-related activities is crucial in order to understand and account for potential biases and derive appropriate conclusions from the data. Results: Here, we document a case of biological adjustment to chronic human disturbance in a colonial seabird, the king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicu

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Nemhoihkim, Elizabeth, Enmuanliana Enmuanliana, L. K. Thang Ngaihte, Lucky Smita Basumatary, and B. P. Mishra. "Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbance on Soil Characteristics in a Forest of Aizawl District, Mizoram." Indian Journal Of Science And Technology 18, no. 21 (2025): 1696–702. https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst/v18i21.783.

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Objectives: Terrestrial ecosystems depend on forests for various services and functions, which are vital to biodiversity. The study examines anthropogenic impacts on soil quality caused due to anthropogenic disturbance. Methods: Three research sites (undisturbed, moderately disturbed, and highly disturbed forest stands) were selected, based on the degree of disturbance considering the canopy cover. Soil samples were collected from two depths i.e., 0-10 cm (topsoil) and 10-20 cm (subsoil) depths on the seasonal basis (pre-monsoon, monsoon, and post-monsoon seasons) and analysed for various char

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Savage, Melissa. "Anthropogenic and natural disturbance and patterns of mortality in a mixed conifer forest in California." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 24, no. 6 (1994): 1149–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x94-152.

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Anthropogenic and natural disturbances have been implicated in recent mortality episodes in montane forests. While the role of natural disturbance in patterning forest ecosystems has been widely explored in recent decades, the agency of human influence is less well understood. In this paper, stand structure analysis is used to characterize patterns of mortality in a montane mixed conifer forest in southern California subject to multiple influences, both anthropogenic and natural, including fire suppression, air pollution, drought, competition, and insect infestation. While it is difficult to s

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M, Zaman. "Daily Activity and Foraging Patterns of Adult Golden Marmots in Pup-Rearing Burrows in Relation to Habitat Disturbance in Karakorum Range Pakistan." Journal of Ethology & Animal Science 4, no. 1 (2022): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.23880/jeasc-16000124.

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Animals may change the temporal dimension of their niche by shifting their activity patterns in relation to anthropogenic disturbances. Yet, few studies have documented these response phenomena in pasture land. We examined the extent to which disturbances related with habitat features altered the timing of foraging and activity patterns of golden marmot (Marmota caudata aurea). Using a scan-sampling observational method, we collected data from 34 pup-rearing marmot burrow sites in the summer pasture area of Shigar Valley, northwest Pakistan. We defined frequency of occurrences index (FOI) of a

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Peres, Carlos A., Jos Barlow, and William F. Laurance. "Detecting anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests." Trends in Ecology & Evolution 21, no. 5 (2006): 227–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2006.03.007.

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Iacarella, Josephine C., Emily Adamczyk, Dan Bowen, et al. "Anthropogenic disturbance homogenizes seagrass fish communities." Global Change Biology 24, no. 5 (2018): 1904–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14090.

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Lumley, Lisa M., Ermias T. Azeria, Victoria A. Giacobbo, and Tyler P. Cobb. "Effects of Natural Land Cover, Anthropogenic Disturbance, Space, and Climate on Oribatid Mite Communities in Canada’s Oil Sands Region." Diversity 15, no. 4 (2023): 469. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15040469.

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Soil contains a diverse fauna and microflora that are vital for maintaining healthy soils and their various ecosystem services. Oribatid mites are typically highly abundant arthropods in the soil and are used as indicators for environmental monitoring. The aim of this study was to determine oribatid mite community response to natural land cover, anthropogenic disturbance, space, and climate in the oil sands region of Alberta, Canada. Our results found that oribatid mite total abundance was significantly reduced by mining, cultivation, and well sites. Species richness was significantly reduced

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Gudiel, A. Andrea, Shane C. Nieves, Kim E. Reuter, and Brent J. Sewall. "The effect of anthropogenic disturbance on non-native plant species in Madagascar." Journal of Tropical Ecology 32, no. 6 (2016): 543–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266467416000481.

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Abstract:Non-native species impact tropical ecosystems, but the role of different anthropogenic disturbances on the success of non-natives remains unclear, especially in island tropical forests. We sought to understand the influence of anthropogenic habitat degradation and disturbance on non-native plant species in Madagascar. Specifically, we evaluated how densities of non-native species of woody shrub (Lantana camara), climber (Mucuna pruriens) and tree (Mangifera indica, Albizia lebbeck, Tamarindus indica) varied with forest habitat degradation and by disturbance type. We surveyed 60400 m2,

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Burton, Philip J., Anke Jentsch, and Lawrence R. Walker. "The Ecology of Disturbance Interactions." BioScience 70, no. 10 (2020): 854–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa088.

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Abstract Global change has been accompanied by recent increases in the frequency and intensity of various ecological disturbances (e.g., fires, floods, cyclones), both natural and anthropogenic in origin. Because these disturbances often interact, their cumulative and synergistic effects can result in unforeseen consequences, such as insect outbreaks, crop failure, and progressive ecosystem degradation. We consider the roles of biological legacies, thresholds, and lag effects responsible for the distinctive impacts of interacting disturbances. We propose a hierarchical classification that dist

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Musavandalo, Charles Mumbere, Pyrus Flavien Ebouel Essouman, Serge Shakanye Ndjadi, et al. "Anthropogenic Disturbances in Northwestern Virunga Forest Amid Armed Conflict." Land 14, no. 4 (2025): 732. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14040732.

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This study focuses on identifying and assessing the extent of anthropogenic disturbance factors directly affecting the forests of northwestern Virunga. It posits that the army camps within the forest are a hotspot for expanding human activities in the context of armed conflict. A multiscalar approach was used to examine disturbances across multiple levels to capture their complex interaction and to avoid oversimplified interpretations. This approach included an analysis of the dynamics and spatial structure of the forest cover from 2016 to 2023, along with an inventory of the local disturbance

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Tokbergenova, Aigul, Irina Skorintseva, Aizhan Ryskeldiyeva, Damira Kaliyeva, Ruslan Salmurzauly, and Aizhan Mussagaliyeva. "Assessment of Anthropogenic Disturbances of Landscapes: West Kazakhstan Region." Sustainability 17, no. 2 (2025): 573. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17020573.

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The study analyzes anthropogenic disturbances of landscapes in Western Kazakhstan, which occupies 27% of the country’s territory. The main focus is on the impact of industry and agriculture, especially pasture use and the development of oil and gas fields. The application of remote sensing data and field surveys allowed us to identify the degree of landscape disturbance and to propose their classification into five levels of disturbance, from virtually undisturbed to severely disturbed. Cartographic analysis revealed that pastures occupy 53.83% of the territory, while industrial-technogenic im

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Soldatini, Cecilia, Yuri V. Albores-Barajas, Marcello Tagliavia, Bruno Massa, Leonida Fusani, and Virginie Canoine. "Effects of human disturbance on cave-nesting seabirds: the case of the storm petrel." Conservation Physiology 3, no. 1 (2015): cov041. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13509984.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Human disturbance is an important stress factor with potentially strong impact on breeding activity in animals. The consequences can be extinction of the breeding population, because disturbed animals might desert their breeding area and find no suitable substitute area. In this study, we investigated the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on a breeding population of Mediterranean storm petrels. Seabirds are increasingly used as bio-indicators for sea environmental parameters, because they are very sensitive to changing conditions. Burrowing

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Soldatini, Cecilia, Yuri V. Albores-Barajas, Marcello Tagliavia, Bruno Massa, Leonida Fusani, and Virginie Canoine. "Effects of human disturbance on cave-nesting seabirds: the case of the storm petrel." Conservation Physiology 3, no. 1 (2015): cov041. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13509984.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Human disturbance is an important stress factor with potentially strong impact on breeding activity in animals. The consequences can be extinction of the breeding population, because disturbed animals might desert their breeding area and find no suitable substitute area. In this study, we investigated the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on a breeding population of Mediterranean storm petrels. Seabirds are increasingly used as bio-indicators for sea environmental parameters, because they are very sensitive to changing conditions. Burrowing

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Soldatini, Cecilia, Yuri V. Albores-Barajas, Marcello Tagliavia, Bruno Massa, Leonida Fusani, and Virginie Canoine. "Effects of human disturbance on cave-nesting seabirds: the case of the storm petrel." Conservation Physiology 3, no. 1 (2015): cov041. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13509984.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Human disturbance is an important stress factor with potentially strong impact on breeding activity in animals. The consequences can be extinction of the breeding population, because disturbed animals might desert their breeding area and find no suitable substitute area. In this study, we investigated the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on a breeding population of Mediterranean storm petrels. Seabirds are increasingly used as bio-indicators for sea environmental parameters, because they are very sensitive to changing conditions. Burrowing

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Soldatini, Cecilia, Yuri V. Albores-Barajas, Marcello Tagliavia, Bruno Massa, Leonida Fusani, and Virginie Canoine. "Effects of human disturbance on cave-nesting seabirds: the case of the storm petrel." Conservation Physiology 3, no. 1 (2015): cov041. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13509984.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Human disturbance is an important stress factor with potentially strong impact on breeding activity in animals. The consequences can be extinction of the breeding population, because disturbed animals might desert their breeding area and find no suitable substitute area. In this study, we investigated the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on a breeding population of Mediterranean storm petrels. Seabirds are increasingly used as bio-indicators for sea environmental parameters, because they are very sensitive to changing conditions. Burrowing

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Setter, Renee O., Erik C. Franklin, and Camilo Mora. "Co-occurring anthropogenic stressors reduce the timeframe of environmental viability for the world’s coral reefs." PLOS Biology 20, no. 10 (2022): e3001821. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001821.

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Anthropogenic disturbances are posing unprecedented challenges to the persistence of ecosystems worldwide. The speed at which these disturbances reach an ecosystem’s tolerance thresholds will determine the time available for adaptation and conservation. Here, we aim to calculate the year after which a given environmental stressor permanently exceeds the bounds of an ecosystem’s tolerance. Ecosystem thresholds are here defined as limits in a given stressor beyond which ecosystems have showed considerable changes in community assembly and functioning, becoming remnants of what they once were, bu

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Boggess, Laura M., Christy M. McCain, Erin A. Manzitto-Tripp, Scott M. Pearson, and James C. Lendemer. "Disturbance and diversity: Lichen species richness decreases with increasing anthropogenic disturbance." Biological Conservation 293 (May 2024): 110598. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110598.

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Wood, Tana, Grizelle González, Whendee Silver, Sasha Reed, and Molly Cavaleri. "On the Shoulders of Giants: Continuing the Legacy of Large-Scale Ecosystem Manipulation Experiments in Puerto Rico." Forests 10, no. 3 (2019): 210. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f10030210.

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There is a long history of experimental research in the Luquillo Experimental Forest in Puerto Rico. These experiments have addressed questions about biotic thresholds, assessed why communities vary along natural gradients, and have explored forest responses to a range of both anthropogenic and non-anthropogenic disturbances. Combined, these studies cover many of the major disturbances that affect tropical forests around the world and span a wide range of topics, including the effects of forest thinning, ionizing radiation, hurricane disturbance, nitrogen deposition, drought, and global warmin

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Hailemariam, Mesfin Belete, and Tamru Demsis Temam. "Pattern of Plant Community Distribution along the Elevational Gradient and Anthropogenic Disturbance in Gole Forest, Ethiopia." International Journal of Ecology 2020 (December 3, 2020): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6536374.

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Vegetation-environment relationships are usually studied along elevational gradient. The patterns of plant community distribution in Gole forest, Ethiopia, were studied along elevational gradient and disturbances. Disturbances were recorded following the elevational gradient. For vegetation data collection, 62 sample plots of size 20 × 20 m were established along an elevational gradient (2728–3480 m.a.s.l). Data on species composition and environmental variables were measured and recorded in each plot. The elevation of each sample plot was measured using Garmin GPS. Anthropogenic disturbances

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Gonzalez, Darinka Costa, Reinaldo Lucas Cajaiba, Eduardo Périco, et al. "Assessing Ecological Disturbance in Neotropical Forest Landscapes Using High-Level Diversity and High-Level Functionality: Surprising Outcomes from a Case Study with Spider Assemblages." Land 10, no. 7 (2021): 758. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10070758.

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Spiders have been increasingly used as environmental and ecological indicators in conservation and ecosystem management. In the Neotropics, there is a shortage of information regarding spiders’ taxonomies and ecological responses to anthropogenic disturbances. To unravel these hitches, we tested the possibility of using high-level diversity and high-level functionality indicators to evaluate spider assemblages’ sensitivity to landscape changes. This approach, if proven informative, might overcome the relevant limitations of taxonomic derived indexes, which are considered time-consuming, cost-d

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Foster, David R., John D. Aber, Jerry M. Melillo, Richard D. Bowden, and Fakhri A. Bazzaz. "Forest Response to Disturbance and Anthropogenic Stress." BioScience 47, no. 7 (1997): 437–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1313059.

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VÖRÖSMARTY, CHARLES J., and DORK SAHAGIAN. "Anthropogenic Disturbance of the Terrestrial Water Cycle." BioScience 50, no. 9 (2000): 753. http://dx.doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2000)050[0753:adottw]2.0.co;2.

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Savin, I. Yu, K. S. Orlova, and S. A. Avetyan. "Map of anthropogenic soil disturbance in Russia." Doklady Rossijskoj akademii nauk. Nauki o Zemle 515, no. 1 (2024): 132–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.31857/s2686739724030168.

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Soils play an important role in maintaining the sustainability of the biosphere, as well as providing food, clothing and the basis for human life on Earth. In the process of irrational land use, soils are often degraded and sometimes completely destroyed. But, inventory of destroyed soils on a systematic basis is still not conducted in any country of the world. In Russia, traditional soil maps do not reflect the destroyed soils either. We have made an attempt to create the first map of the country, which shows soils destroyed as a result of directed anthropogenic impact. The map shows areas wh

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Cao, Yang, and Yosihiro Natuhara. "Effect of Anthropogenic Disturbance on Floristic Homogenization in the Floodplain Landscape: Insights from the Taxonomic and Functional Perspectives." Forests 11, no. 10 (2020): 1036. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f11101036.

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Anthropogenic disturbances pose significant threats to biodiversity. However, limited information has been acquired regarding the degree of impact human disturbance has on the β-diversity of plant assemblages, especially in threatened ecosystems (e.g., floodplains). In the present study, the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on plant communities of floodplain areas (the Miya River, Mie Prefecture, Japan) were analyzed. The taxonomic and functional β-diversity among different degradation levels were compared, and the differences were assessed by tests for homogeneity in multivariate dispersi

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Dasgupta, Soumya, Tapajit Bhattacharya, Prafulla Bhamburkar, and Rahul Kaul. "Role of anthropogenic drivers in altering the forest community structure in a prime tiger habitat in central India." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 52, no. 3 (2022): 406–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2021-0108.

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Tropical forests are complex systems with heterogeneous community assemblages often threatened under anthropogenic disturbances and grazing. We studied the change in plant community composition and structure under a disturbance gradient in the tropical dry deciduous forest of the corridor area between Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary and Navegaon National Park of central India. We tested the hypothesis that the plant community will change along the gradient of proximity to human settlements depending on the anthropogenic stress. We sampled 183 nested quadrat plots to collect data on species abundanc

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OLIVEIRA, FERNANDA M. P., JOSÉ DOMINGOS RIBEIRO-NETO, ALAN N. ANDERSEN, and INARA R. LEAL. "Chronic anthropogenic disturbance as a secondary driver of ant community structure: interactions with soil type in Brazilian Caatinga." Environmental Conservation 44, no. 2 (2016): 115–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892916000291.

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SUMMARYHabitat loss is widely recognized as the major cause of global biodiversity decline, but remaining habitat is increasingly threatened by chronic human disturbances. Using a multi-model averaging approach we examined the association between five chronic disturbance surrogates and the richness and taxonomic and functional composition of ants in Brazilian Caatinga. Using pitfall traps in 47 plots near Parnamirim city (Pernambuco) across two soil types (sand and clay), we recorded 53 species from 27 genera. Ant species richness on sand was slightly higher than on clay, and was negatively re

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Mao, Mingjiang, Lingyan Wei, Wenfeng Gong, Genghong Wu, and Tiedong Liu. "Impacts of Spatio-Temporal Changes in Anthropogenic Disturbances on Landscape Patterns in the Nandu River Basin, China." Sustainability 16, no. 7 (2024): 2724. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su16072724.

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We explored the characteristics of landscape pattern (LP) changes in the Nandu River Basin (NRB) and its dynamic response mechanism to anthropogenic disturbance (AD). This is important for ecological protection and for land use decision-making in the basin in the context of the construction of a free trade port. Land use and land cover change (LULCC) data of 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020 were analyzed with the help of the LP index, moving window method, hemeroby index, geo-information atlas, and geographic information system (GIS) spatial analysis to reveal the dynamic changes in LP characteristi

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Montgomery, Joshua, Craig Mahoney, Mina Nasr, and Danielle Cobbaert. "The Extent of Anthropogenic Disturbance on Wetland Area in the Oil Sands Region of Alberta, Canada Between 2000 and 2018." Land 14, no. 2 (2025): 336. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14020336.

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Wetlands globally have and continue to undergo modification from anthropogenic and natural environmental factors. To bridge this gap, this study utilised a GIS-based approach to quantify the areal extent of human footprint disturbances to wetlands over time. This approach attributed wetland disturbance by wetlands class, disturbance type and sector during two notable disturbance transitions, from 2000 to 2010 and from 2010 to 2018, in the oil sands region (OSR) of northern Alberta, Canada. The wetland disturbance area was calculated using a physical disturbance dataset intersected with the Alb

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Huang, Xiaoxia, Zhilu Sheng, Kejian He, et al. "Functional diversity and redundancy of subalpine meadows subjected to anthropogenic disturbances." Journal of Plant Ecology 14, no. 5 (2021): 870–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtab039.

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Abstract Aims The aims of this study were to assess how functional diversity (FD) and functional redundancy respond to subalpine meadow ecosystem degradation under anthropogenic disturbance and how species contribute to functional redundancy along the disturbance gradient. Methods The study was carried out in the subalpine meadow in Mount Jade Dragon, which is located at the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Four disturbance intensities [no disturbance (ND), weak disturbance (WD), moderate disturbance (MD) and severe disturbance (SD)] were identified. Species richness, soil properties

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Meramo, Katarina, Otso Ovaskainen, Enrico Bernard, Carina Rodrigues Silva, Veronika N. Laine, and Thomas M. Lilley. "Contrasting Effects of Chronic Anthropogenic Disturbance on Activity and Species Richness of Insectivorous Bats in Neotropical Dry Forest." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10 (June 12, 2022): 822415. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13443129.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) For prioritizing conservation actions, it is vital to understand how ecologically diverse species respond to environmental change caused by human activity. This is particularly necessary considering that chronic human disturbance is a threat to biodiversity worldwide. Depending on how species tolerate and adapt to such disturbance, ecological integrity and ecosystem services will be more or less affected. Bats are a species-rich and functionally diverse group, with important roles in ecosystems, and are therefore recognized as a good model gro

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Meramo, Katarina, Otso Ovaskainen, Enrico Bernard, Carina Rodrigues Silva, Veronika N. Laine, and Thomas M. Lilley. "Contrasting Effects of Chronic Anthropogenic Disturbance on Activity and Species Richness of Insectivorous Bats in Neotropical Dry Forest." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10 (June 7, 2022): 822415. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13443129.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) For prioritizing conservation actions, it is vital to understand how ecologically diverse species respond to environmental change caused by human activity. This is particularly necessary considering that chronic human disturbance is a threat to biodiversity worldwide. Depending on how species tolerate and adapt to such disturbance, ecological integrity and ecosystem services will be more or less affected. Bats are a species-rich and functionally diverse group, with important roles in ecosystems, and are therefore recognized as a good model gro

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