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Conservation where people live and work
Effective conservation planning requires information from well-designed studies across a spectrum of land uses, ranging from wildlands to highly modified production landscapes and large cities. There… Expand
Estimating the cumulative effects of development on wildlife habitat
- D. Theobald, J. Miller, N. Hobbs
- Environmental Science
- 1 December 1997
The cumulative effects problem in natural resource management and land use planning stems from the difficulty of demonstrating that while each single land use change results in a negligible impact,… Expand
Urbanization and the Predation Paradox: The Role of Trophic Dynamics in Structuring Vertebrate Communities
- Jason D. Fischer, Sarah H. Cleeton, T. P. Lyons, J. Miller
- Biology
- 1 September 2012
As the pace and extent of urbanization increase, an understanding of the mechanisms that shape wildlife communities in cities will be essential to their effective management. Predation could be an… Expand
Categorizing wildlife responses to urbanization and conservation implications of terminology.
- Jason D. Fischer, S. C. Schneider, Adam A. Ahlers, J. Miller
- Geography, Medicine
- Conservation biology : the journal of the Society…
- 1 August 2015
The study of urban ecology has emerged as a key element of conservation research (Miller & Hobbs 2002). Urbanization is a primary driver of habitat loss and fragmentation but also provides an… Expand
EFFECTS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENT ON BIRD COMMUNITIES IN LOWLAND RIPARIAN AREAS OF COLORADO (USA)
- J. Miller, J. Wiens, N. Hobbs, D. Theobald
- Geography
- 1 August 2003
Riparian areas in western North America have been characterized as centers of avian diversity, yet little is known about the ways that native species in streamside habitats are affected by… Expand
Habitat and landscape characteristics underlying anuran community structure along an urban-rural gradient.
- F. C. Pillsbury, J. Miller
- Geography, Medicine
- Ecological applications : a publication of the…
- 1 July 2008
Urbanization has been cited as an important factor in worldwide amphibian declines, and although recent work has illustrated the important influence of broad-scale ecological patterns and processes… Expand
Improving city life: options for ecological restoration in urban landscapes and how these might influence interactions between people and nature
- R. Standish, R. Hobbs, J. Miller
- Geography
- Landscape Ecology
- 4 May 2013
The role of humans in the restoration of ecosystems has been emphasised since its inception. The human dimension of restoration is particularly well established in urban ecosystems because this is… Expand
Untangling the effects of fire, grazing, and land-use legacies on grassland butterfly communities
- Raymond A. Moranz, D. Debinski, D. McGranahan, D. Engle, J. Miller
- Geography
- Biodiversity and Conservation
- 27 July 2012
Many grassland ecosystems are disturbance-dependent, having evolved under the pressures of fire and grazing. Restoring these disturbances can be controversial, particularly when valued resources are… Expand
Butterfly responses to prairie restoration through fire and grazing
- J. Vogel, D. M. Debinski, R. Koford, J. Miller
- Geography
- 1 November 2007
The development of land for modern agriculture has resulted in losses of native prairie habitat. The small, isolated patches of prairie habitat that remain are threatened by fire suppression,… Expand
Spatial analysis of West Nile virus: rapid risk assessment of an introduced vector-borne zoonosis.
- J. Brownstein, H. Rosen, +4 authors D. Fish
- Geography, Medicine
- Vector borne and zoonotic diseases
- 2002
The distribution of human risk for West Nile virus was determined by spatial analysis of the initial case distribution for the New York City area in 1999 using remote sensing and geographic… Expand