A large-scale deforestation experiment: Effects of patch area and isolation on Amazon birds
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Abstract
As compared with extensive contiguous areas, small isolated habitat patches lack many species. Some species disappear after isolation; others are rarely found in any small patch, regardless of isolation. We used a 13-year data set of bird captures from a large landscape-manipulation experiment in a Brazilian Amazon forest to model the extinction-colonization dynamics of 55 species and tested basic predictions of island biogeography and metapopulation theory. From our models, we derived two metrics of species vulnerability to changes in isolation and patch area. We found a strong effect of area and a variable effect of isolation on the predicted patch occupancy by birds.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | A large-scale deforestation experiment: Effects of patch area and isolation on Amazon birds |
| Series title | Science |
| DOI | 10.1126/science.1133097 |
| Volume | 315 |
| Issue | 5809 |
| Year Published | 2007 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 238 |
| Last page | 241 |
| Country | Brazil |
| Other Geospatial | Amazon forest |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |