5.7: Suggested Readings

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John W. Wilson & Richard B. Primack
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Arcilla, N., L.H. Holbech, and S. O’Donnell. 2015. Severe declines of understory birds follow illegal logging in Upper Guinea forests of Ghana, West Africa. >Biological Conservation 188: 41–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.02.010 Illegal logging is on the increase, and wildlife communities struggle to recover.

Caro, T., J. Darwin, T. Forrester, et al. 2012. Conservation in the Anthropocene. >Conservation Biology 26: 185–88. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01752.x Even though human activities dominate large areas of the earth, it is important to remember and plan for the many places and ecosystems where human influence is still minimal.

Haddad, N.M., L.A. Brudvig, J. Clobert, et al. 2015. Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth’s ecosystems. >Science Advances 1: e1500052. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1500052 There are many ways that fragmentation hurts biodiversity.

Harris, G., S. Thirgood, J.G.C. Hopcraft, et al. 2009. Global decline in aggregated migrations of large terrestrial mammals. >Endangered Species Research 7: 55–76. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00173 Habitat loss continues to threaten the world’s remaining mass migrations.

Ibisch, P.L., M.T. Hoffmann, S. Kreft, et al. 2016. A global map of roadless areas and their conservation status. >Science 354: 1423–27. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf7166 Africa still holds large roadless areas; we need to keep it that way.

Laurance, W.F., J. Sayer, and K.G. Cassman. 2014. Agricultural expansion and its impacts on tropical nature. >Trends in Ecology and Evolution 29: 107–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2013.12.001 Agriculture and roads will have severe impacts on Africa’s ecosystems in the coming century.

Rudel, T.K. 2013. The national determinants of deforestation in sub-Saharan Africa. >Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 368: 20120405. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0405 One manuscript in a special issue on deforestation in Africa; other manuscripts in this issue are also worth scanning.

van der Hoeven, C.A., W.F. de Boer, and H.H. Prins. 2010. Roadside conditions as predictor for wildlife crossing probability in a Central African rainforest. >African Journal of Ecology 48: 368–77. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01122.x Some species are highly reluctant to cross roads, even inside protected areas.

Woodborne, S., K.D.A. Huchzermeyer, D. Govender, et al. 2012. Ecosystem change and the Olifants River crocodile mass mortality events. >Ecosphere 3: 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1890/ES12-00170.1 Damming rivers can lead to ecological disasters

Ykhanbai, H., R. Garg, A. Singh, et al. 2014. >Conservation and “>Land Grabbing”> in Rangelands:> Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution? (Rome: International Land Coalition). http://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/G03853.pdf Conservation biologists should work with local communities to prevent land grabs.