Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals
Habitat loss is the primary driver of biodiversity decline worldwide, but the effects of fragmentation (the spatial arrangement of remaining habitat) are debated. We tested the hypothesis that forest fragmentation sensitivity - affected by avoidance of habitat edges - should be driven by historical...
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| author | Betts, Matthew G. Wolf, Christopher Pfeifer, Marion Banks-Leite, Cristina Arroyo-Rodríguez, Victor Ribeiro, Danilo Bandini Barlow, Jos Eigenbrod, Felix Faria, Deborah Fletcher, Robert J. Hadley, Adam S. Hawes, Joseph E. Holt, Robert D. Klingbeil, Brian Kormann, Urs Lens, Luc Levi, Taal Medina-Rangel, Guido F. Melles, Stephanie L. Mezger, Dirk Morante-Filho, José Carlos Orme, C. David L. Peres, Carlos A. Phalan, Benjamin T. Pidgeon, Anna Possingham, Hugh Ripple, William J. Slade, Eleanor M. Somarriba, Eduardo Tobias, Joseph A. Tylianakis, Jason M. Urbina-Cardona, J. Nicolás Valente, Jonathon J. Watling, James I. Wells, Konstans Wearn, Oliver R. Wood, Eric Young, Richard Ewers, Robert M. |
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| author_facet | Asian School of the Environment Betts, Matthew G. Wolf, Christopher Pfeifer, Marion Banks-Leite, Cristina Arroyo-Rodríguez, Victor Ribeiro, Danilo Bandini Barlow, Jos Eigenbrod, Felix Faria, Deborah Fletcher, Robert J. Hadley, Adam S. Hawes, Joseph E. Holt, Robert D. Klingbeil, Brian Kormann, Urs Lens, Luc Levi, Taal Medina-Rangel, Guido F. Melles, Stephanie L. Mezger, Dirk Morante-Filho, José Carlos Orme, C. David L. Peres, Carlos A. Phalan, Benjamin T. Pidgeon, Anna Possingham, Hugh Ripple, William J. Slade, Eleanor M. Somarriba, Eduardo Tobias, Joseph A. Tylianakis, Jason M. Urbina-Cardona, J. Nicolás Valente, Jonathon J. Watling, James I. Wells, Konstans Wearn, Oliver R. Wood, Eric Young, Richard Ewers, Robert M. |
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| description | Habitat loss is the primary driver of biodiversity decline worldwide, but the effects of fragmentation (the spatial arrangement of remaining habitat) are debated. We tested the hypothesis that forest fragmentation sensitivity - affected by avoidance of habitat edges - should be driven by historical exposure to, and therefore species' evolutionary responses to disturbance. Using a database containing 73 datasets collected worldwide (encompassing 4489 animal species), we found that the proportion of fragmentation-sensitive species was nearly three times as high in regions with low rates of historical disturbance compared with regions with high rates of disturbance (i.e., fires, glaciation, hurricanes, and deforestation). These disturbances coincide with a latitudinal gradient in which sensitivity increases sixfold at low versus high latitudes. We conclude that conservation efforts to limit edges created by fragmentation will be most important in the world's tropical forests. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1459422021-01-15T05:45:39Z Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals Betts, Matthew G. Wolf, Christopher Pfeifer, Marion Banks-Leite, Cristina Arroyo-Rodríguez, Victor Ribeiro, Danilo Bandini Barlow, Jos Eigenbrod, Felix Faria, Deborah Fletcher, Robert J. Hadley, Adam S. Hawes, Joseph E. Holt, Robert D. Klingbeil, Brian Kormann, Urs Lens, Luc Levi, Taal Medina-Rangel, Guido F. Melles, Stephanie L. Mezger, Dirk Morante-Filho, José Carlos Orme, C. David L. Peres, Carlos A. Phalan, Benjamin T. Pidgeon, Anna Possingham, Hugh Ripple, William J. Slade, Eleanor M. Somarriba, Eduardo Tobias, Joseph A. Tylianakis, Jason M. Urbina-Cardona, J. Nicolás Valente, Jonathon J. Watling, James I. Wells, Konstans Wearn, Oliver R. Wood, Eric Young, Richard Ewers, Robert M. Asian School of the Environment Science::Biological sciences::Ecology Biodiversity Fragmentation Habitat loss is the primary driver of biodiversity decline worldwide, but the effects of fragmentation (the spatial arrangement of remaining habitat) are debated. We tested the hypothesis that forest fragmentation sensitivity - affected by avoidance of habitat edges - should be driven by historical exposure to, and therefore species' evolutionary responses to disturbance. Using a database containing 73 datasets collected worldwide (encompassing 4489 animal species), we found that the proportion of fragmentation-sensitive species was nearly three times as high in regions with low rates of historical disturbance compared with regions with high rates of disturbance (i.e., fires, glaciation, hurricanes, and deforestation). These disturbances coincide with a latitudinal gradient in which sensitivity increases sixfold at low versus high latitudes. We conclude that conservation efforts to limit edges created by fragmentation will be most important in the world's tropical forests. 2021-01-15T05:45:39Z 2021-01-15T05:45:39Z 2019 Journal Article Betts, M. G., Wolf, C., Pfeifer, M., Banks-Leite, C., Arroyo-Rodríguez, V., Ribeiro, D. B., ... Ewers, R. M. (2019). Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals. Science, 366(6470), 1236-1239. doi:10.1126/science.aax9387 1095-9203 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145942 10.1126/science.aax9387 366 2-s2.0-85076274273 6470 366 1236 1239 en Science © 2019 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). All rights reserved. |
| spellingShingle | Science::Biological sciences::Ecology Biodiversity Fragmentation Betts, Matthew G. Wolf, Christopher Pfeifer, Marion Banks-Leite, Cristina Arroyo-Rodríguez, Victor Ribeiro, Danilo Bandini Barlow, Jos Eigenbrod, Felix Faria, Deborah Fletcher, Robert J. Hadley, Adam S. Hawes, Joseph E. Holt, Robert D. Klingbeil, Brian Kormann, Urs Lens, Luc Levi, Taal Medina-Rangel, Guido F. Melles, Stephanie L. Mezger, Dirk Morante-Filho, José Carlos Orme, C. David L. Peres, Carlos A. Phalan, Benjamin T. Pidgeon, Anna Possingham, Hugh Ripple, William J. Slade, Eleanor M. Somarriba, Eduardo Tobias, Joseph A. Tylianakis, Jason M. Urbina-Cardona, J. Nicolás Valente, Jonathon J. Watling, James I. Wells, Konstans Wearn, Oliver R. Wood, Eric Young, Richard Ewers, Robert M. Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals |
| title | Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals |
| title_full | Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals |
| title_fullStr | Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals |
| title_short | Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals |
| title_sort | extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals |
| topic | Science::Biological sciences::Ecology Biodiversity Fragmentation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145942 |
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