Lenore Fahrig

Biographic Data

ID1571100
NAMELenore Fahrig
GIVEN NAMESLenore
FAMILY NAMEFahrig
SIGNATUREFAHRIG L
AFFILIATIONSCarleton University
ORCID0000-0002-3841-0342
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS16
TOTAL CITATIONS56
AUTHOR COUNT16
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1993
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX3

  • Population abundance should be an Essential Biodiversity Variable in infrastructure impact assessment

    Open AccessRafael Barrientos, Fernando Ascensão et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Impact Assessment…2025Cited by: 1References: 40

    Roads, railways, power lines, and other linear infrastructure benefit the growing economy but also impact biodiversity. Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) are a key process that should guarantee that biodiversity loss is avoided or mitigated on linear infrastructure projects. Long-term population persistence can be compromised near infrastructure if their impacts are reducing population abundance. This is why the mere presence of an animal p…

  • Environmental challenges for the Belt and Road Initiative

    Open AccessFernando Ascensão, Lenore Fahrig et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2018Cited by: 39References: 3

  • Why is a landscape perspective important in studies of primates

    Open AccessVíctor Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor Arroyo‐Rodríguez et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Primatology2014

    With accelerated deforestation and fragmentation through the tropics, assessing the impact that landscape spatial changes may have on biodiversity is paramount, as this information is required to design and implement effective management and conservation plans. Primates are expected to be particularly dependent on the landscape context; yet, our understanding on this topic is limited as the majority of primate studies are at the local scale, mean…

  • Functional landscape heterogeneity and animal biodiversity in agricultural landscapes

    Open AccessLenore Fahrig, Jacques Baudry et al.ARTICLEEcology Letters2011

    Biodiversity in agricultural landscapes can be increased with conversion of some production lands into 'more-natural'- unmanaged or extensively managed - lands. However, it remains unknown to what extent biodiversity can be enhanced by altering landscape pattern without reducing agricultural production. We propose a framework for this problem, considering separately compositional heterogeneity (the number and proportions of different cover types)…

  • The Trade-off Between Housing Density and Sprawl Area: Minimizing Impacts to Carabid Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

    Open AccessSara A Gagné, Lenore FahrigARTICLEConservation Ecology2010Cited by: 1

    Gagné, S. A., and L. Fahrig. 2010. The trade-off between housing density and sprawl area: minimizing impacts to carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Ecology and Society 15(4): 12. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03635-150412

  • Effects of Roads on Animal Abundance: An Empirical Review and Synthesis

    Open AccessLenore Fahrig, Trina RytwinskiARTICLEConservation Ecology2009

    We attempted a complete review of the empirical literature on effects of roads and traffic on animal abundance and distribution. We found 79 studies, with results for 131 species and 30 species groups. Overall, the number of documented negative effects of roads on animal abundance outnumbered the number of positive effects by a factor of 5; 114 responses were negative, 22 were positive, and 56 showed no effect. Amphibians and reptiles tended to s…

  • Behavioral Responses of Northern Leopard Frogs (Rana pipiens) to Roads and Traffic: Implications for Population Persistence

    Open AccessJulie Bouchard, Adam T Ford et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2009

    Bouchard, J., A. T. Ford, F. E. Eigenbrod, and L. Fahrig. 2009. Behavioral responses of northern leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) to roads and traffic: implications for population persistence. Ecology and Society 14(2): 23. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03022-140223

  • Quantifying the Road-Effect Zone: Threshold Effects of a Motorway on Anuran Populations in Ontario, Canada

    Open AccessFelix Eigenbrod, Stephen J Hecnar et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2009Cited by: 7

    Eigenbrod, F., S. J. Hecnar, and L. Fahrig. 2009. Quantifying the road-effect zone: threshold effects of a motorway on anuran populations in Ontario, Canada. Ecology and Society 14(1): 24. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02691-140124

  • The Rauischholzhausen Agenda for Road Ecology

    Open AccessInga A Roedenbeck, Lenore Fahrig et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2007Cited by: 6

    Roedenbeck, I. A., L. Fahrig, C. S. Findlay, J. E. Houlahan, J. A. G. Jaeger, N. Klar, S. Kramer-Schadt, and E. A. Van der Grift. 2007. The Rauischholzhausen agenda for road ecology. Ecology and Society 12(1): 11. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02011-120111

  • Mechanisms Affecting Population Density in Fragmented Habitat

    Open AccessLutz Tischendorf, Audrey Grez et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2005

    We conducted a factorial simulation experiment to analyze the relative importance of movement pattern, boundary-crossing probability, and mortality in habitat and matrix on population density, and its dependency on habitat fragmentation, as well as inter-patch distance. We also examined how the initial response of a species to a fragmentation event may affect our observations of population density in post-fragmentation experiments. We found that …

  • Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Biodiversity

    Lenore FahrigARTICLEAnnual Review of Ecology,…2003

    The literature on effects of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity is huge. It is also very diverse, with different authors measuring fragmentation in different ways and, as a consequence, drawing different conclusions regarding both the magnitude and direction of its effects. Habitat fragmentation is usually defined as a landscape-scale process involving both habitat loss and the breaking apart of habitat. Results of empirical studies of habitat…

  • Patch Size and Population Density: The Effect of Immigration Behavior

    Open AccessJ Bowman, Naomi Cappuccino et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2002

    Many habitat fragmentation experiments make the prediction that animal population density will be positively related to fragment, or patch, size. The mechanism that is supposed to result in this prediction is unclear, but several recent reviews have demonstrated that population density often is negatively related to patch size. Immigration behavior is likely to have an important effect on population density for species that do not show strong edg…

  • Maintenance of sorghum (sorghum bicolor, poaceae) landrace diversity by farmers’ selection in Ethiopia

    Open AccessA Teshome, Lenore Fahrig et al.ARTICLEEconomic Botany1999

  • Traditional farmers’ knowledge of sorghum (sorghum bicolor [Poaceae]) landrace storability in Ethiopia

    Open AccessAwegechew Teshome, J Kenneth Torrance et al.ARTICLEEconomic Botany1999Cited by: 2References: 14

  • Local vs. Landscape Effects of Woody Field Borders as Barriers to Crop Pest Movement

    Open AccessRod Bhar, Lenore FahrigARTICLEConservation Ecology1998

    Maintenance of woody borders surrounding crop fields is desirable for biodiversity conservation. However, for crop pest management, the desirability of woody borders depends on the trade-off between their effects at the local field scale and the landscape scale. At the local scale, woody borders can reduce pest populations by increasing predation rates, but they can also increase pest populations by providing complementary habitats and reducing m…

  • Connectivity Is a Vital Element of Landscape Structure

    Open AccessPhilip Taylor, Philip D Taylor et al.ARTICLEOikos1993

    In a recent FORUM article, Dunning et al. (1992) put forward a framework of landscape processes that stimulated considerable discussion amongst us. We are in general agreement with their ideas, but feel that a more explicit recognition of the importance of movement as a component of landscape structure would add clarity and utility to the framework. We wish to build on their foundation by presenting some additional ideas. Dunning et al. (1992) ou…