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A biodiversity island is an area of high biodiversity located within ecologicallydegraded, human-dominated landscapes. Biodiversity in the “islands” exceeds thesurrounding landscape biodiversity baseline. These biodiversity islands thereby actas ecological refuges, promoting restoration and conservation in altered ecosystemsprevalent today throughout the globe.Biodiversity islands can provide food, water, fuels, and fibers, as well as genetic,medicinal, biochemical, and ornamental resources, pollination services, biologicalpest control, and maintenance of life cycles of migratory species. These landscapeshold promise for protecting a multitude of plant and animal species for present andfuture generations. The presence of biodiversity islands spread over a large area candecrease the chances of habitat loss from fire, disease, and other disturbances.Biodiversity islands can exist within a wide range of human-dominated landscapes,including forest, agricultural, and urban settings, and can vary in scale fromsquare meters to thousands of square kilometers. Design strategies for biodiversityislands depend on the spatial distribution of reserves throughout the landscape, thedegree of site

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Author

Florencia Montagnini

Publisher

Springer International Publishing AG

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9783030922337

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Agriculture, Nature, Management