Scaling in Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation

Klaus Henle; Simon Potts; William Kunin; Yiannis Matsinos; Jukka Simila; John Pantis; Vesna Grobelnik; Lyubomir Penev; Josef Settele

doi:10.3897/ab.e1169

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Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter I: Introduction
- Scaling in ecology and biodiversity conservation: An introduction
- The meaning of “scale”
Chapter II: Scaling of anthropogenic and natural drivers of biodiversity
- Conceptual framework and typology of drivers
- Scaling of drivers of change across administrative levels
- Scaling of habitat loss in Natura 2000 network
- Fragmentation across spatial scales
- European projections of habitats and carbon stocks: Negative effects of climate and positive effects of CO2 changes dominate, but land use is also of importance
Chapter III: Scaling of biodiversity patterns and processes
- The scaling of genetic diversity in a changing and fragmented world
- Population viability: On the move from small to large scales and from single to multiple species
- Scaling communities and biodiversity
- Scaling of biodiversity change caused by land-use change
- The interface between conservation areas and agriculture: Functional spill-over and ecosystem services
- Conserving different kinds of biodiversity in different sorts of landscapes
Chapter IV: Methods and tools
- Determining responsibilities to prioritize conservation actions across scales
- A GIS-based spatiotemporal modeling with Bayesian maximum entropy method
- Downscaling climate data to predict species’ ranges
- Connectivity: Beyond corridors
Chapter V: Scaling in policies and management
- Systematic site selections beyond Natura 2000
- Governance of network of protected areas: Innovative solutions and instruments
- Ecological fiscal transfers: A policy response to local conservation challenges
- EU Green Infrastructure: Opportunities and the need for addressing scales
- Conservation strategies across spatial scales
- Biodiversity monitoring and policy instruments: Trends, gaps and new developments
- Biodiversity monitoring and EU policy
Chapter VI: Case studies and integration
- Spatial data standardization across Europe: An exemplary tale from the SCALES project
- An optimal spatial sampling approach for modelling the distribution of species
- Climate and land-use change affecting ecological network efficiency: The case of the European grasslands
- The importance of connectivity for agri-environment schemes
- Stay in contact: Practical assessment, maintenance, and re-establishment of regional connectivity
- Evaluation of policy instruments in promoting ecological connectivity
- Legitimacy of site selection processes across Europe: Social construction of legitimacy in three European countries
- SCALETOOL: An online dissemination and decision support tool for scaling issues in nature conservation
Chapter VII: Conclusions
- Lessons learned
List of contributors

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