Specialist Birds Replace Generalists in Grassland Remnants as Land Use Change Intensifies

Specialist Birds Replace Generalists in Grassland Remnants as Land Use Change Intensifies

The ideal free distribution theory predicts that mobile species distribute themselves among habitat patches so as to optimize their fitness. Changes in land use alter the quality of habitat patches and thereby affect the distribution of species. Following the loss of native habitat, habitat speciali...

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Main Authors: Ingmar R. Staude, Gerhard E. Overbeck, Carla Suertegaray Fontana, Glayson A. Bencke, Thaiane Weinert da Silva, Anne Mimet, Henrique M. Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
ideal free distribution
trophic niche
habitat loss
biodiversity change
Brazil
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2020.597542/full

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