Habitat loss and fragmentation are considered听the听leading drivers of biodiversity loss. Landscape experiments can provide unique insight into how fragmentation听affects biodiversity and ecological processes at scales that approximate management听activities. Corridors are strips of habitat that connect habitat fragments. They are a popularly implemented as a conservation measure for mitigating negative effects of fragmentation.听The Savannah River Site Corridor Experiment听(South Carolina, USA) is the largest corridor experiment in the world and it听is designed to test how corridors function and affect populations and communities. PI's on this project听are:听听(Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University),听听(狈厂贵),听听(鲍奥-惭补诲颈蝉辞苍),听听(鲍奥-惭补诲颈蝉辞苍),听听(Michigan State), and Julian Resasco (University of Colorado).听Some past and current work from the lab an the听Savannah River Site Corridor Experiment includes:听Potential negative effect of corridors on facilitating invasive species;听 Dynamics of ant communities (in collaboration with Melissa Burt); Evolutionary effects of corridors (see Relevant publications below). For more on the听Savannah River Site Corridor Experiment check out the video below or check out .听You can learn more about the听science of corridors at .听听
The听Wog Wog Habitat Fragmentation Experiment is another听of the largest and longest-running fragmentation experiments. Work at Wog Wog during Julian Resasco's听postdoc with听Kendi Davies (University of Colorado) included how fragmentation affects species niches, the structure of arthropod food webs,听and parasitism.听
Relevant publications:
- Resasco J, Burt MA, Orrock JL, Haddad NM, Shoemaker D, and Levey DJ (2023).听.听Ecological Entomology听48:听263鈥撎�268.
- Burt M, Resasco J, Haddad NM, and Whitehead SR (2022).听.听贰肠辞蝉辫丑别谤别听e4324.
- Resasco J听and Fletcher RJ Jr (2021)听.听Landscape Ecology.听36: 1089鈥�1099.
- Damschen EI, Brudvig LA, Burt MA, Fletcher RJ Jr., Haddad NM, Levey DJ, Orrock JL,听Resasco J, and Tewksbury JJ. (2019) Ongoing accumulation of plant diversity through habitat connectivity in an 18-year experiment.听Science听365(6460):1478-1480. DOI:听.
- Resasco J,听Meta-analysis on a decade of testing corridor efficacy: what new have we learned? (2019)听Current Landscape Ecology Reports鈥�听4(3): 61-69.听DOI: .
- Resasco J,听Bitters ME, Cunningham SA, Jones HI, McKenzie VJ, and Davies KF.听(2019)听Experimental habitat fragmentation disrupts nematode infections in Australian skinks.听贰肠辞濒辞驳测听100(1):听e02547. DOI:听
- Resasco J, Tuff KT, Cunningham SA, Melbourne BA, Hicks AL, Newsome SD, and Davies KF.听(2018) Generalist predator鈥檚 niche shifts reveal ecosystem changes in an experimentally fragmented landscape.听Ecography听41(7):1209-1219.听DOI:听.
- Resasco听J,听Bruna EM, Haddad NM, Banks-Leite C, and Margules CR. (2017) The contribution of theory and experiments to conservation in fragmented landscapes.听Ecography听(Habitat Fragmentation Special Issue)听40(1): 109-118. DOI:听
- Brudvig, LA, Leroux SJ, Albert CH, Bruna EM, Davies KF, Ewers RM, Levey DJ, Pardini R, and听J Resasco. (2017) Evaluating conceptual models of landscape change.听Ecography听(Habitat Fragmentation Special Issue)听40(1): 74鈥�84.听DOI:听.
- Haddad NM, Brudvig LA, Damschen, Evans DM, Johnson BL, Levey DJ, Orrock JL,听Resasco J, Sullivan LL,听Tewksbury JJ, Wagner SA, and AJ Weldon. (2014) A听review of the potential negative ecological effects of landscape corridors.听Conservation Biology听28:1178-1187.听DOI:听.
- Resasco J, Haddad NM, Shoemaker DD, Orrock JL, Brudvig LA, EI Damschen, Tewksbury JJ, and Levey DJ.听(2014)听Landscape corridors can increase invasion by an exotic species and reduce diversity of native species.听Ecology听95: 2033鈥�2039.听DOI:听.
- Resasco J, Levey DJ, and Damschen EI.听(2012) Habitat corridors alter trophic position of fire ants.听Ecosphere听3: art. 11. DOI:听
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