Response to fragmentation by avian communities is mediated by species traits
Abstract
The hypothesis that habitat fragmentation negatively influences biodiversity stems from island biogeography and metapopulation theory which predict negative impacts of decreasing patch size on richness and distribution patterns. Empirical support of this idea is weak in terrestrial systems, though tests of fragmentation effects are typically confounded with landscape composition and potentially obscured by imperfect detection. Here, we used multispecies occupancy models and a mensurative experimental design to test competing hypotheses about how forest fragmentation influences distributions of breeding forest bird species and communities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Sep 03, 2018
- Source ID
- 10.1111/ddi.12837
Entities
People
- Jonathon J Valente
- Matthew G. Betts
Organizations
- Engineer Research and Development Center
- Oregon State University