Biological Conservation最新文献

{"title":"Declining trajectories characterise arboreal marsupial assemblages in eastern Australia","authors":"David Lindenmayer,&nbsp;Ben Scheele,&nbsp;Elle Bowd,&nbsp;Nina Lindenmayer,&nbsp;John Evans","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111264","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111264","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding species responses to global change requires robust information on species trajectories across their distributions. However, few studies have documented long-term trajectories in different populations of the same taxon in multiple parts of its distribution. We quantified temporal trajectories in arboreal marsupial detection across 671 field sites within four independent large-scale, long-term studies, located in three major bioregions spanning ∼<!--> <!-->1000 km of latitude in eastern Australia. Using Bayesian generalized linear mixed models, we analysed the trajectories of nine arboreal marsupial species across our four studies, yielding 11 response curves overall for temporal change in the probability of detection. There was evidence of declines in detection probability in seven cases. We identified several places where most species were declining, indicating the potential for homogenisation in arboreal marsupial assemblages. There were increases in detections in four cases across our four studies; two of these were for the Common Brushtail Possum (<em>Trichosurus vulpecula</em>). We found between-study differences in temporal trajectories of the Common Ringtail Possum (<em>Pseudocheirus peregrinus</em>) and Krefft's Glider (<em>Petaurus notatus</em>) (also known as the Inland Sugar Glider), highlighting the existence of non-stationarity (i.e. spatial variation in temporal trajectories) in those taxa. The declines we documented encompassed taxa with a range of life history attributes and included rare species (e.g. the Southern Greater Glider (<em>Petauroides volans</em>)) as well as some previously relatively common species in particular areas (e.g. the Common Ringtail Possum). This underscores the importance of avoiding complacency in conservation and cautions against assuming security of currently common species.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"308 ","pages":"Article 111264"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144154553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From forest floor to market door: The global terrestrial invertebrate trade","authors":"Charlotte R. Lassaline ,&nbsp;Adam Toomes ,&nbsp;Erinn Fagan-Jeffries ,&nbsp;Phillip Cassey","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111266","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111266","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The global terrestrial invertebrate trade is a prominent wildlife market with considerable ecological, economic, and social implications. Invertebrates are used as a food source, to assist agricultural production, and to increase well-being through entertainment and companionship; however, our understanding of the global invertebrate trade remains limited. Consequently, much of this trade involves the wild harvest of animals without due process to determine sustainable harvest rates. We systematically reviewed the global terrestrial invertebrate trade literature, and identified 96 scientific papers discussing their trade, with the majority (85 %) published after 2010. From this literature, we documented 4315 unique species involved in the international terrestrial invertebrate trade, and identified 17 uses for these species driving the global market. The most common uses (i.e., use-types) included pets, food, and preserved antiquities, while more obscure use-types, such as beetle wrestling, alcohol distillation, and scorpion venom for pharmaceutical research, were also identified. Although this global market presents various threats to biosecurity and biodiversity, it also benefits many human populations, particularly economically marginalised rural communities. We recommend that this trade be more widely included in law enforcement policy and wildlife trade regulation to ensure its sustainability into the future.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"308 ","pages":"Article 111266"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144154554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Coexistence beyond disciplinary silos: Five dimensions of analysis for more convivial human-predator interactions","authors":"Judith E. Krauss ,&nbsp;Valentina Fiasco ,&nbsp;Silvio Marchini ,&nbsp;Alex McInturff ,&nbsp;Laila T. Sandroni ,&nbsp;Peter S. Alagona ,&nbsp;Dan Brockington ,&nbsp;Bram Büscher ,&nbsp;Rosaleen Duffy ,&nbsp;Katia Maria P M de Barros Ferraz ,&nbsp;Rob Fletcher ,&nbsp;Wilhelm Andrew Kiwango ,&nbsp;Sanna Komi ,&nbsp;Mathew Bukhi Mabele ,&nbsp;Kate Massarella ,&nbsp;Anja Nygren","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111145","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111145","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding human-predator interactions has been a central goal of conservation for decades, yet many previous efforts have approached this challenge from disciplinary perspectives focused on single case studies. There is a need for more transdisciplinary and multi-sited research to enrich our understandings of the complexity of human-nonhuman interactions and to design ways to make them more convivial. The multi-year CONVIVA “convivial conservation” research project addressed this gap, involving scholars from natural sciences, social sciences and humanities to promote coexistence, biodiversity and justice in conservation across four diverse case studies of apex predators: jaguars in Brazil, wolves in Finland, lions in Tanzania, and brown bears in California, United States. In this article, we set out two key contributions. First, we highlight how our project created iterative, dialogue-based reflections amongst different disciplines and perspectives to inform research questions, methods and units of analysis, fulfilling what we see as a key need in the literature. Second, we operationalise our collaboration beyond disciplinary silos into a novel framework of five interconnected dimensions of analysis, that characterise human-predator interactions, drawing on a range of lenses and including a series of guiding questions. We also showcase empirical material from our cases across wildlife, environment, interactions, institutions and justice dimensions. We present our approach, framework and findings with collective reflections and an invitation for adaptation and further research on their suitability to other contexts and species.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"308 ","pages":"Article 111145"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144154552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Functional robustness declines faster than structural robustness in hyperdiverse seed dispersal networks following defaunation","authors":"Mariana Campagnoli ,&nbsp;Beatriz Rumeu ,&nbsp;Guadalupe Peralta ,&nbsp;Alexander Christianini","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111265","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111265","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Seed dispersal mediated by frugivores is a key ecological function that is being disrupted worldwide due to defaunation. Nevertheless, we know little about the impacts of frugivore loss on seed dispersal function, as most studies focus on forest ecosystems and/or use plant-disperser interactions as a proxy for seed dispersal success. The Brazilian Cerrado is a tropical savanna and a biodiversity hotspot that has lost nearly half of its vegetation cover in the last decades and faces a large defaunation rate. To understand the impacts of defaunation on the seed dispersal of Cerrado, we sampled plant-frugivore interactions in five sites and assessed seed dispersal effectiveness of each interaction. Using a network approach, we simulated frugivore extinctions and population declines to evaluate the plant community response in terms of structural (remaining plant species) and functional (remaining seed dispersal effectiveness) robustness. We found that defaunation drove sharper losses in functional, compared to structural robustness. Sharper declines in functional robustness occurred when large frugivores were extinct first, and slower declines happened when specialists were extinct first, compared to a random extinction scenario. Declines in species abundances drove more losses in robustness compared to decreases in species richness. Results indicate that function can be lost before species are extinct, and that structural robustness may underestimate losses in seed dispersal. Furthermore, it suggests an important role of large-bodied and generalist frugivore species. Finally, we reinforce the need to maintain not only frugivore species, but also effective frugivore populations to conserve seed dispersal in the Cerrado.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"308 ","pages":"Article 111265"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144138277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"European conservation policy needs a clear definition of ‘wolf-dog hybrid’","authors":"Astrid Vik Stronen ,&nbsp;Caroline S. Birkenhain ,&nbsp;Romolo Caniglia ,&nbsp;Mihajla Djan ,&nbsp;Elena Fabbri ,&nbsp;Luca Fumagalli ,&nbsp;Marco Galaverni ,&nbsp;Raquel Godinho ,&nbsp;Diana Lobo ,&nbsp;Federica Mattucci ,&nbsp;Robert W. Mysłajek ,&nbsp;Carsten Nowak ,&nbsp;Valeria Salvatori ,&nbsp;Massimo Scandura ,&nbsp;Tomaž Skrbinšek ,&nbsp;Edoardo Velli ,&nbsp;Carles Vilà ,&nbsp;Paolo Ciucci","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111254","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111254","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Anthropogenic hybridisation, especially when introgressive through backcrossing into parental species, is a global threat to many wild taxa, including wolves (<em>Canis lupus</em>) interbreeding with dogs (<em>C. familiaris</em> or <em>C. l</em>. <em>familiaris</em>) (i.e., wolf-dog hybridisation, WDH). Despite the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention's recently approved proposal to reduce the protection status of wolves from Appendix II to Appendix III, the assessment of Favourable Conservation Status (FCS) for wolves within the EU Habitats Directive does not consider anthropogenic hybridisation as a separate threat category. Hybrids being increasingly recognised as a relevant threat to European wolves, we advocate that WDH should be considered in assessing their conservation status. However, the lack of a clear and commonly accepted definition of wolf-dog hybrids has been limiting progress on legislation, policy, and conservation management. Therefore, to help mitigate the threat of WDH to wolves, we hereby propose a science-based definition of wolf-dog hybrids as a reference for conservation management. The definition is not intended to prescribe management, which will require case-by-case consideration of various factors including local regulations, conservation priorities, ethics, animal welfare, and human dimensions. It (1) provides an entity for legal and policy efforts, (2) promotes shared and transparent technical standards for hybrid identification, and (3) acknowledges the need for nuanced, population-based management policies. The definition provides an essential first step and an international reference that we envision will help mitigate the threat of WDH to wolves and preserve wolf ecological function.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"308 ","pages":"Article 111254"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144138278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Digital footprints of wildlife crime: linking public search behavior to illegal trade dynamics for six keystone mammal taxa in China","authors":"Qingyong Ni ,&nbsp;Yu Huang ,&nbsp;Lei Xie ,&nbsp;Mingwang Zhang ,&nbsp;Yongfang Yao ,&nbsp;Huailiang Xu ,&nbsp;Changjun Zeng ,&nbsp;Vincent Nijman ,&nbsp;Meng Xie","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111273","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111273","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Wildlife crime poses a severe threat to global biodiversity, driving species extinctions and enabling organized crime networks. While China has strengthened legal frameworks to combat illegal wildlife trade, the shift of illicit activities to online platforms challenges traditional enforcement methods. This study integrates judicial records (2011–2019) with Baidu Search Index (BSI) data to investigate the spatiotemporal dynamics of wildlife crime and its linkage to public search behavior, focusing on six keystone taxa: elephants, rhinos, tigers, bears, pangolins, and musk deer. Using spatial autocorrelation analysis and temporal correlation tests, we assessed how search trends reflect demand-side drivers and crime patterns. Key findings reveal a rise-and-decline trend in wildlife crime and most of the BSI values during the 2010s. Crimes involving exotic species (e.g., elephants, rhinos) clustered in coastal trafficking hubs, while offenses against native taxa (bears, musk deer) dispersed across source regions. Public search behavior exhibited species-specific patterns: derivative products correlated with exotic species crimes, whereas vernacular names aligned with native species offenses, reflecting divergent motivations. Spatial analysis identified High-High crime-search hotspots and demand-supply mismatches. This study pioneers the use of BSI as a real-time proxy for monitoring wildlife crime, demonstrating its utility in pinpointing demand hotspots and informing targeted interventions. Methodologically, integrating digital behavioral data with judicial analytics offers a transformative approach for conservation policy, albeit constrained by semantic ambiguities and rural data gaps. These insights advocate for adaptive, data-driven strategies to curb biodiversity loss and transnational trafficking networks.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"308 ","pages":"Article 111273"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144154689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Quantitative assessment of ecological conservation effectiveness and spillover effects of China's first group of national parks","authors":"Zeyu Cao ,&nbsp;Ming Shao ,&nbsp;Ziyu Lu,&nbsp;Xinyue Dong,&nbsp;Chao Ma,&nbsp;Peng Yao","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111242","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111242","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>National parks conservation effectiveness and its spillover effects is vital for the planning, establishment, assessment, and management of national parks. In this study, we used threshold regression and propensity score matching to quantitatively assess the conservation effectiveness and spillover effects of China's first group of national parks on habitat quality, human modification and forest cover. The results showed a significant heterogeneity in the conservation effectiveness and spillover effects across the national parks. Most conservation indicators in the inner areas of the national park achieved excellent conservation effectiveness, with no &lt;7.51 %. Unlike within national parks, spillover areas exhibited weaker conservation effectiveness, with a minimum of 2.70 %. Moreover, negative spillover effects caused by spillover transfer were observed. Threshold phenomena were prevalent for the negative impacts of population density and road density on spillover effects, and crossing them increased negative impacts by 10 % to 437 %. Differences in the spatial distribution of anthropogenic pressures have resulted differences in conservation effectiveness and spillover effects across national parks. This prompts us to comprehensively account for ecological indicators and anthropogenic pressures in the allocation of conservation measures. This study offers theoretical guidance and methodological references for assessing conservation effectiveness, setting protection goals and improving the allocation of conservation measures in national parks.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"308 ","pages":"Article 111242"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144137288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Integrating remote sensing and species' traits to assess bird responses to wildfire in agropastoral landscapes","authors":"D. Scridel ,&nbsp;D. Stanič ,&nbsp;L. Pacorini ,&nbsp;K. Kravos ,&nbsp;P. Utmar ,&nbsp;V. Olmo ,&nbsp;F. Fonda ,&nbsp;M. Mlakar Medved ,&nbsp;U. Koce ,&nbsp;P. Tout ,&nbsp;S. Cernich ,&nbsp;M. Cunder ,&nbsp;A. Mortelliti ,&nbsp;F. Petruzzellis ,&nbsp;P. Kmecl ,&nbsp;G. Bacaro","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111260","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111260","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The climate-induced increase in wildfires has made them a critical research priority for biodiversity in Europe. Yet, studies leveraging species traits to explain varying responses to wildfires and inform targeted conservation efforts remain limited. To address this gap, we surveyed bird communities one-year post-wildfire across a 4450-hectare burnt and adjacent unburnt agropastoral landscape in the Classic Karst, a protected area spanning Italy and Slovenia undergoing reductions in agropastoral farming. Remote sensing data and machine learning were employed to map wildfire severity and finely classify bird-habitat associations based on 139 bird point counts. Wildfire substantially reduced woody biomass and was associated with lower bird species richness (mean/point = 5.09 SE ± 0.22) and abundance (mean/point = 6.69 SE ± 0.35) compared to unburnt areas (richness mean/point = 6.43 SE ± 0.22; abundance mean/point = 8.71 SE ± 0.32). However, its impacts varied considerably depending on species traits. Among the species with the lowest post-fire occurrences were high shrub and forest-dwelling birds that rely on vegetation cover, particularly those with open-cup nests and branch-edge foraging behaviours. Conversely, cavity nesters and trunk/bark foragers were more frequent in burned areas, potentially due to the structural resilience of their nests and the post-fire availability of saproxylic invertebrates. Some semi-open habitat species of conservation concern, particularly those employing ground-nesting and ground-foraging strategies, also showed increased occurrence in burnt areas. Smaller-bodied species were more frequently detected in heterogeneous unburned shrub patches, consistent with the Textural Discontinuity Hypothesis. Resident/short-distance migrants appeared less affected than long-distance migrants, probably due to their continuous or partial presence year-round. Our results highlight the value of combining trait-based and remote sensing analysis to identifying species responses following wildfire, providing critical insights for conservation strategies that aim to balance the needs of both open-habitat and forest species in Mediterranean fire-prone landscapes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"308 ","pages":"Article 111260"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144134617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Presence of large trees and tree diversity enhances carbon storage in the Western Ghats","authors":"Nasla Najeeb ,&nbsp;Karun Jose ,&nbsp;K.A. Sreejith ,&nbsp;Sandeep Pulla ,&nbsp;H.S. Suresh ,&nbsp;Jayashree Ratnam ,&nbsp;H.V. Raghavendra ,&nbsp;Dayani Chakravarthy ,&nbsp;Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111250","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111250","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Tropical forests are highly diverse ecosystems with significant carbon sequestration potential. Above-ground biomass (AGB) represents a key carbon pool in these forests. We estimated AGB along with diversity, structural, and environmental attributes, from eight one-hectare permanent plots in the tropical forests of the Western Ghats, India. The relationships between these attributes and biomass were assessed. Shannon diversity (Pearson's <em>r</em> = 0.63), mean diameter at breast height (DBH) (<em>r</em> = 0.99), and total basal area (<em>r</em> = 0.76) showed positive correlations with AGB. The AGB value ranged between 228.6 and 746.8 Mg/ha, while species richness varied between 47 and 95 ha⁻¹. Large woody plants (DBH ≥ 60 cm) had the highest contribution (5.9–62.13 %) to AGB despite their low prevalence (0.18–3.14 %). AGB also showed strong positive correlations with large tree definitions (r = 0.70 - 0.82), highlighting their crucial role in carbon storage. These findings highlight that conserving large trees and maintaining species diversity is critical for sustaining carbon stocks, underlining the need for targeted forest management strategies that enhance both biodiversity and climate mitigation outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"308 ","pages":"Article 111250"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144124097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mining reshapes animal communities at a local and landscape-scale","authors":"M.A. Cowan ,&nbsp;E.I.F. Wooster ,&nbsp;L.A. Gibson ,&nbsp;S.A. Setterfield ,&nbsp;J.A. Dunlop ,&nbsp;D.G. Nimmo","doi":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111252","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111252","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Anthropogenic disturbances, such as mining, significantly modify landscapes and can have negative effects on ecosystems and the wildlife therein. Here, we investigate the ecological impacts of mining camps (semi-urban accommodation areas in mining landscapes) on wildlife communities, including for species composition and diversity, ecosystem function, predator-prey networks, and temporal activity. Using a distributed control-impact design, we deployed camera traps at mining camps and ecologically similar reference landscapes across Western Australia's Pilbara region. We found a marked difference in species composition at mining camps, suggesting the formation of novel assemblages. Lower functional dispersion at mining camps suggests that the ecological functions being performed by species here are less varied, although ecosystems at mining camps have high functional redundancy, likely buffering the effects of future disturbance. Predator-prey networks at mining camps had similar overall structure to reference landscapes despite major differences in species composition. However, lower network connectance at mining camps suggests that food webs are more vulnerable to future disturbance or species loss. Behavioural animal responses included altered temporal activity by some animal groups, shifting predator and competition pressures at mining camps. Certain animal groups (e.g., dingoes, feral herbivores) were more resilient to disturbance, while localised effects at mining camps highlight the differing influences of disturbance at different scales. These results demonstrate the complex impacts of human disturbance on animal communities and ecosystems, and the need to consider community-wide approaches when undertaking management in modified landscapes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55375,"journal":{"name":"Biological Conservation","volume":"308 ","pages":"Article 111252"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144115679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}