Conceptual domain of the matrix in fragmented landscapes
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Q2. What is the potential of research addressing these questions?
Research addressing these questions has the 272 potential to generate novel conservation strategies and improved understanding of ecological 273 phenomena in fragmented landscapes.
Q3. What are the key factors that contribute to making the matrix more or less hostile for patch-dependent?
Changes in the amount of tree 310 cover, the prevalence of exotic plant and animal species, fire regimes and land-use intensity 311 (among others) all contribute to making the matrix more or less hostile for patch-dependent 312 species.
Q4. What is the effect of a sharp ecotonal boundary between a patch and the matrix?
Sharp ecotonal 77 boundaries between a patch and the matrix can cause individuals to cluster inside remnants 78 ('fence effects') [1].
Q5. What are the main questions that have been asked about the 290 approaches to a matrix?
lists of possible 290 approaches have been proposed, such as maintaining a certain proportion of forest cover of 291 particular size [30], maintaining hedge-rows or reducing insecticide use [83].
Q6. What are the common responses of species to the matrix?
245 Plastic and evolutionary responses of species to the matrix are rarely considered, but have the 246 potential to influence response pathways.
Q7. What are the key changes that could make the conservation outlook more bleak?
These changes could make the conservation outlook more bleak as land use intensifies, 313 for example, but matrix changes also provide opportunities to support species in patches.
Q8. What might be the likely pathway to drive the feedbacks between pathways?
387 388 Competition-colonisation trade-offs or predator-prey patch dynamics [85] might also drive 389 feedbacks between pathways in Figure 1.
Q9. How many resources can be exploited by patch-dependent species?
If patch-dependent species exploit 167 resources in the matrix [34], a proportionally greater area of matrix to patch could increase the 168 relative abundance of such resources.
Q10. What is the likely effect of matrix heterogeneity on the spatial scale of a?
188 However, the effects of matrix heterogeneity are most likely to be apparent on the spatial scale of 189 individual movement behaviour [59] or the scale over which population synchrony occurs [58].