Does tropical forest fragmentation increase long-term variability of butterfly communities?

Habitat fragmentation is a major driver of biodiversity loss. Yet, the overall effects of fragmentation on biodiversity may be obscured by differences in responses among species. These opposing responses to fragmentation may be manifest in higher variability in species richness and abundance (termed...

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Main Authors: Allison K Leidner, Nick M Haddad, Thomas E Lovejoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2835745?pdf=render