Mammal communities are larger and more diverse in moderately developed areas

Mammal communities are larger and more diverse in moderately developed areas

Developed areas are thought to have low species diversity, low animal abundance, few native predators, and thus low resilience and ecological function. Working with citizen scientist volunteers to survey mammals at 1427 sites across two development gradients (wild-rural-exurban-suburban-urban) and f...

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Main Authors: Arielle Waldstein Parsons, Tavis Forrester, Megan C Baker-Whatton, William J McShea, Christopher T Rota, Stephanie G Schuttler, Joshua J Millspaugh, Roland Kays
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2018-10-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
urban-wild gradient
mammal
camera trap
citizen-science
diversity
relative abundance
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/38012

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