[KSCI] Korea Science Citation Index Service

Heterogeneous Habitat for Increasing Biological Diversity

Lee, Sang-Don (Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Ewha Womans University)

Publication Information

Korean Journal of Environmental Biology / v.21, no.4, 2003 , pp. 337-341 More about this Journal

Abstract

Habitat heterogeneity can enhance biological diversity by providing variation in structural diversity. This paper reviewed heterogeneous habitat serves as a population stability and superior demographic performance (e.g., high density, survivorship, reproductive rate) can be observed compared with organisms with inferior demographic performance. The idea of habitat variation has been further developed in modelling. Furthermore the size and configuration (distribution) of a patch (of a particular habitat type) become effective for the stability of population through hiding places and food resources. Species diversity is related to habitat complexity that provides structural diversity to ground -dwelling organisms. Finally coarse woody debris can enhance habitat complexity thus stabilizing population fluctuation and increasing survivorship.

Keywords

habitat; heterogeneity; species diversity; demography;

Citations & Related Records

Reference

1	Comparisons of population characteristics of three species of shrews and the shrew-mole in habitats with different amounts of coarse woody debris / [ Lee,S.D. ] / Acta Theriol.
2	Spatial heterogeneity and bird species diversity / [ Roth,R.R. ] / Ecology ScienceOn
3	Evolutionary implications of Microtine behavioral systems on the ecological stage / [ Anderson,P.K. ] / The Biologist
4	/ [ Schoener,T.W.;A.Schoener ] / Structural habitats of west Indian Anolis deserts. I. Lowland jamaica Brevoria No. 368
5	Niche size and faunal diversity / [ Klopfer,P.H.;R.MacArthur ] / Am. Nat. ScienceOn
6	Do changes in spacing behavior drive population cycles in small mammals / [ Krebs,C.J.;Sibley,R.H.;R.H.Smith(eds.) ] / Behavioral ecology: ecological consequences of adaptive behavior
7	The population dynamics of bank voles;The ecology of woodland rodents bank voles and woodmice / [ Alibhai,S.K.;J.H.W.Gipps;J.R.Flowerdew(ed.);J.Gurnell(ed.);J.H.W.Gipps(ed.) ] / Sym. Zool. Soc. London
8	Population stability and the evolution of dispersal in a heterogeneous environment / [ Roff,D.A. ] / Oecologia
9	Towards a theory of continental species diversity / [ Cody,M.L.;M.L.Cody(ed.);J.M.Diamond(ed.) ] / Ecology and evolution of communities
10	Ecological characteristics of old-growth Dougals-fir forests / [ Franklin,J.F.;K.Cromack Jr;W.Denison;A.Mckee;C.Maser;J.Sedell;F.Swanson;G.Juday ] / USDA PNW-GTR-118
11	Coarse woody debris and stadn characteristics in mature managed and old-growth boreal mesic forests in southern Finland / [ Siitonen,J.;P.Martikainen;P.Punttila;J.Rauh ] / Forest Ecol. and Manage. ScienceOn
12	Small mammals in young forests: implications for management for sustainability / [ Carey,A.B.;C.A.Harrington ] / Forest Ecol. and Manage. ScienceOn
13	/ [ Forman,R.T. ] / Land mosaics
14	Spatial heterogeneity and population stability: some evolutionary consequences / [ Stenseth,N.C. ] / Oikos
15	An evaluation of the effects of space use and habitat patterns on dispersal in small mammals / [ Bondrup-Nielsen,S. ] / Annals Zool. Fenn.
16	Population regulation of cyclic mammals: the social fence hypothesis / [ Hestbeck,J.B. ] / Oikos
17	Regulation ofpopulation density due to individual differences and patchy environment / [ Lomnicki,A. ] / Oikos
18	Microtine cycles: the role of habitat heterogeneity / [ Rosenzweig,M.L.;Z.Abramsky ] / Oikos
19	The role of habitat complexity and heterogeneity in structuring tropical mammal communities / [ August,P.V. ] / Ecology ScienceOn
20	Coarse woody debris in relation to disturbancw and forest type on boreal Canada / [ Pedlar,J.J.;J.L.Pearcd;L.A.Venier;D.W.McKenny ] / Forest Ecol. and Manage.
21	On lizard species diversity: North American flatland deserts / [ Pianka,E.R. ] / Ecology ScienceOn
22	The association of small mammals with coarse woody debris at log and stand scales / [ Bowman,J.C.;D.Sleep;G.J.Forbes;M.Edwards ] / Forest Ecol. and Manage. ScienceOn
23	/ [ Lomnicki,A. ] / Population ecology of indiviuals
24	The analysis of a population model demonstrating the imprtance of dispersal in a heterogeneous environment / [ Roff,D.A. ] / Oecologia
25	On optimal use of a patchy environment / [ MacArthur,R,H.;E.R.Pianka ] / Am. Nat.
26	Poplation dynamic models in heterogeneous enviornments / [ Levins,R. ] / Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. ScienceOn
27	Bird flocks in relation to vegetation diversification in a south Swedish coniferous plantation during winter / [ Ulfstrand,S. ] / Oikos
28	landscape ecology of the wart-biter in a patchy landscape / [ hjermana,D.O.;R.F.Ims ] / J. Amim. Ecol.
29	On bird species diversity. II. Prediction of bird census from habitat measurements / [ MacArthur,R.H.;J.W.MacArthur;J.Preer ] / Am. Nat. ScienceOn
30	Brid species diversity on an Andean elevational gradient / [ Terbough,J. ] / Ecology ScienceOn
31	Response of white-footed mice(Peromyscus leucopus) to coarse woody debris and microsite use in southern Appalachian treefall gaps / [ Greenberg,C.H. ] / Forest Ecol. and Manage.
32	Coarse woody debris biomass in successional and primary temperate forests in Chiloe Island, Chile / [ Carmona,M.R.;J.J.Armesto;J.C.Aravena;C.A.Perez ] / Forest Ecol. and Manage. ScienceOn
33	Spatial dynamics of field voles Microtus agrestis in heterogeneous landscapes / [ Hansson,L. ] / Oikos
34	On bird species diversity / [ MacArthur,R.H.;J.W.MacArthur ] / Ecology ScienceOn
35	Demography of Clethrionomys gapperi in different habitats / [ Bondrup-Nielsen,S. ] / Can. J. Zool.