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Context
Ecological theory suggests that large habitat fragments should harbour more species than small fragments. However, this may depend on the surrounding matrix. Matrices in fragmented landscapes may either amplify or reduce area effects, which could influence predicted extinctions based on species-area relationships (SARs).Objective
To determine the influence of matrix type on SARs.Methods
We surveyed birds within 59 coastal forest fragments in two matrix types, anthropogenic (South Africa) and natural (Mozambique). We classified species as forest specialists or habitat generalists and fitted species-area models to compare how SAR slopes differed among matrix types. We also calculated nestedness and evenness to determine if these varied among matrix type and used logistic regressions to identify species-specific responses to matrix type.Results
For habitat generalists, SARs were weak within both matrices, while for forest specialists it was strong in the anthropogenic but weak in the natural matrix. In the former, the SAR was similar to those recorded for real islands within archipelagos. Forest specialist assemblages were nested by area within anthropogenic, but not natural matrices. Matrix type did not influence evenness. Area only affected the occurrence of one species when the matrix was natural, compared to 11 species when it was anthropogenic.Conclusions
Forest specialist bird species conformed to island biogeographic predictions of species loss in forest fragments embedded in anthropogenic, but not natural matrices. Extinctions from small forest fragments might be prevented by conserving natural- or restoring anthropogenic matrices, as well as by increasing forest area.2.
Size of a forest patch is a useful predictor of density and reproductive success of Neotropical migratory birds in much of eastern North America. Within these forested landscapes, large forest tracts appear to be sources – fragments in which surpluses of offspring are produced and can potentially colonize new fragments including woodlot sinks where reproduction fails to balance adult mortality. Within agricultural landscapes of the midwestern U.S., where forests are severely fragmented, high levels of brood parasitism by brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) and intense predation on nests generally result in low reproductive success for Neotropical migrants regardless of forest size. In some midwestern U.S. landscapes, however, the variation in reproductive success among forest fragments suggests that `source' habitat could still exist for Neotropical migrants. We used vegetation, fragment and landscape metrics to develop multivariate models that attempt to explain the variation in abundance and reproductive success of Neotropical migrants nesting in an agricultural landscape in northern Indiana, USA. We produced models that reasonably described the pattern of species richness of Neotropical migrants and the abundance of wood thrushes (Hylocichla mustelina) and several other Neotropical migrant species within 14 forest fragments. In contrast, we were unable to produce useful models of the reproductive success of wood thrushes breeding in the same forest fragments. Our results suggest that (1) abundance patterns of Neotropical migrants are probably influenced by both landscape- and fragment-scale factors; (2) multivariate analyses of Neotropical migrant abundance are not useful in modeling the corresponding patterns of reproductive success; and (3) the location of any remaining `source' habitat for Neotropical migrants breeding within agricultural landscapes in North America will be difficult to predict with indirect measures such as vegetation composition or landscape context. As a result, the potential for developing conservation strategies for Neotropical migrants will be limited without labor-intensive, direct measurements of demographic parameters. 相似文献
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Lucy J. Bridgman Verónica V. Benitez Maricel Graña Grilli Natalia Mufato Daniela Acosta M. Laura Guichón 《Landscape Ecology》2012,27(5):633-640
Dispersal is a key element of the invasion process for introduced species, and is influenced by landscape connectivity. The
red-bellied squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus) was introduced to Argentina in 1970. Suitable forest habitat for this arboreal species is highly fragmented in a rural–urban
matrix, but despite this, the squirrel population has spread. Squirrels disperse into new habitat patches using connective
features such as forest corridors. They may also cross gaps but up to what extent is not known. Gap crossing success is influenced
by perceptual range, which is the distance from which animals can perceive suitable habitat. Perceptual range has been previously
estimated for vulnerable species, but not for introduced species. We used a model relating perceptual range to body mass to
predict the perceptual range of the red-bellied tree squirrel in Argentina. We then tested our prediction of 202–221 m by
releasing squirrels in an unfamiliar arable field at different distances (300, 200, 100 and 20 m) from woodland habitat. We
assumed that if woodland could be perceived, squirrels would orientate toward it. We estimated perceptual range to be between
20 and 100 m, considerably lower than predicted. Our results indicate that squirrels can potentially cross small habitat gaps,
but dispersal over greater distances lacking connectivity is less likely. Incorporating this information when modelling the
spread of exotic squirrels in the Pampas Region can yield more accurate prediction of the invasion process and guide management
practices to minimise their expansion. 相似文献
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We studied the effects of anthropogenic edges on predation and parasitism of forest bird nests in an agriculturally fragmented
landscape and a continuously forested landscape in Ontario, Canada. Nesting data were collected at 1937 nests across 10 species
in the fragmented landscape from 2002–2008, and 464 nests across 4 species in the continuously forested landscape from 2006–2008.
Brood parasitism only occurred in the fragmented landscape, and was positively related to the proportion of rural grassland
and row crop habitats within 500-m of nests. Daily nest survival was negatively related to the density of roads within 500-m
of nests in the fragmented landscape, but was not influenced by distance to anthropogenic edge in either landscape. Predation
rates were higher in the fragmented landscape for Ovenbird and Rose-breasted Grosbeak nests, but did not differ between landscapes
for Veery and American Redstart nests. Uniformly high predation in the fragmented landscape may be a result of (1) matrix
predators that penetrate deep (>300 m) into the forest interior, or (2) the additive effect of forest-dependent and matrix-associated
predators that results in high predation pressure in both edge and interior habitats. Further research focused on the identification
of nest predators, their population dynamics, and habitat use is required to understand the underlying mechanisms leading
to uniformly high nest predation in fragmented landscapes. 相似文献
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Habitat fragmentation, patch quality and landscape structure are important predictors for species richness. However, conservation
strategies targeting single species mainly focus on habitat patches and neglect possible effects of the surrounding landscape.
This project assesses the impact of management, habitat fragmentation and landscape structure at different spatial scales
on the distribution of three endangered butterfly species, Boloria selene, Boloria titania and Brenthis ino. We selected 36 study sites in the Swiss Alps differing in (1) the proportion of suitable habitat (i.e., wetlands); (2) the
proportion of potential dispersal barriers (forest) in the surrounding landscape; (3) altitude; (4) habitat area and (5) management
(mowing versus grazing). Three surveys per study site were conducted during the adult flight period to estimate occurrence
and density of each species. For the best disperser B. selene the probability of occurrence was positively related to increasing proportion of wetland on a large spatial scale (radius:
4,000 m), for the medium disperser B. ino on an intermediate spatial scale (2,000 m) and for the poorest disperser B. titania on a small spatial scale (1,000 m). Nearby forest did not negatively affect butterfly species distribution but instead enhanced
the probability of occurrence and the population density of B. titania. The fen-specialist B. selene had a higher probability of occurrence and higher population densities on grazed compared to mown fens. The altitude of the
habitat patches affected the occurrence of the three species and increasing habitat area enhanced the probability of occurrence
of B. selene and B. ino. We conclude that, the surrounding landscape is of relevance for species distribution, but management and habitat fragmentation
are often more important. We suggest that butterfly conservation should not focus only on a patch scale, but also on a landscape
scale, taking into account species-specific dispersal abilities. 相似文献
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Use of space by the yellow-footed antechinus, Antechinus flavipes, in a fragmented landscape in South Australia 总被引：2，自引：1，他引：1
An understanding of how individual species are able to persist and move within fragmented landscapes is critical for elucidating
the effects of fragmentation and aiding in the management of species. Here, we studied movement behaviour of the dasyurid
Antechinus flavipes in a heavily fragmented landscape using trapping and radiotracking. We assessed the ability of animals to move within and
amongst small (<6 ha) remnants and make use of the matrix, and investigated how females used the available space within remnants.
Seventeen between-remnant movements were detected from 428 recaptures, ranging in length from 30 to 720 m and averaging 352
m. Most were by adult males during the breeding season, with 40% more than 500 m. Landscape types traversed would have included
exotic pine plantations, open grazed areas and roads. Between-site movements of juveniles were only detected on three occasions.
However, few young males were captured as adults, suggesting high dispersal rates and considerable matrix use. Conversely,
despite high female recapture rates, again only three between-site movements were recorded. Radiotracking further indicated
that females confined foraging to remnants, with occasional forays to isolated trees in paddocks. Female home range areas
were similar for remnants and forest (0.04–0.66 ha). A. flavipes is clearly able to persist in very small patches of native vegetation in the landscape studied here. Its long-term persistence
appears dependent on the ability of females to maintain a presence in the small remnants, and of unrelated males to move between
remnants to breed with resident females. This study illustrates the importance of recognising the occurrence of metapopulations
in fragmented landscapes for conservation management. 相似文献
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Oliver Robertson Martine Maron Yvonne Buckley Clive McAlpine 《Landscape Ecology》2013,28(10):1975-1987
Globally, modification of landscapes for agriculture has had a strong influence on the distribution and abundance of biota. In particular, woodland-dependent birds are under threat across agricultural landscapes in Britain, North America and Australia, with their decline and extirpation attributed to the loss and fragmentation of habitat. Other native species have become over-abundant in response to anthropogenic landscape change and have strong interactive effects on avian assemblage structure. In eastern Australia, the hyper-aggressive noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala) often dominates woodlands in agricultural landscapes through interspecific competition, resulting in declines of species richness of woodland-dependent birds. We aimed to determine the relative influence and importance of interspecific competition, in situ habitat structure and landscape structure for woodland-dependent bird species at the landscape level. We recorded species-specific landscape incidence of woodland-dependent birds in 24 agricultural-woodland mosaics (25 km2) in southern Queensland, Australia. We selected extensively cleared landscapes (10–23 % woodland cover) where fragmentation effects are expected to be greatest. We applied generalised linear models and hierarchical partitioning to quantify the relative importance of the landscape-level incidence of the noisy miner, mistletoe abundance, shrub cover, woodland extent, woodland subdivision and land-use intensity for the incidence of 46 species of woodland birds at the landscape-scale. The landscape-level incidence of the noisy miner was the most important explanatory variable across the assemblage. Both in situ habitat structure and landscape structure were of secondary importance to interspecific aggression, although previous research suggests that the increasing incidence of the noisy miner in fragmented agricultural landscapes is itself a consequence of anthropogenic changes to landscape structure. Species’ responses to fragmentation varied from positive to negative, but complex habitat structure had a consistently positive effect, suggesting in situ restoration of degraded habitats could be a conservation priority. Landscape wide conservation of woodland-dependent bird populations in agricultural landscapes may be more effective if direct management of noisy miner populations is employed, given the strong negative influence of this species on the incidence of woodland-dependent birds among landscapes. 相似文献
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Landscape connectivity may explain anuran species distribution in an Atlantic forest fragmented area
In this work we evaluated anuran species distribution in an Atlantic forest fragmented landscape, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sampling was carried out in three continuous forest sites, 12 forest fragments, and five pasture areas (matrix). We recorded, by visual encounter surveys, 2,495 individuals from 50 amphibian species for all sampled areas. Considering the pooled data, higher richness occurs in continuous forest area. Additionally, more than a third of species that occurred in continuous forest area did not occur in fragments or in matrix. Both ordination analyses showed that continuous forest sites clustered together and matrix areas seemed to be separated from other areas. This ordination resulted from the existence of species occurring only in continuous forest, suggesting that these species may be sensitive to habitat fragmentation. Besides, matrix appears separated from other areas due to occurrence of frog species typical from disturbed environments, which are not recorded in continuous forest sites or in sampled fragments. By analyzing the effect of landscape metrics, we found that there was a tendency for fragments with lower isolation to have higher species richness and proportion of species which did not occur in matrix areas and amphibian local communities seems to be affected in a more local scale by habitat changes. Because local matrix is apparently hostile to typically forest-associated amphibian species, many of them may be unable to reach most isolated fragments by dispersal, which may explain observed results. 相似文献
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The rapid expansion of the world’s urban population is a major driver of contemporary landscape change and ecosystem modification.
Urbanisation destroys, degrades and fragments native ecosystems, replacing them with a heterogeneous matrix of urban development,
parks, roads, and isolated remnant fragments of varying size and quality. This presents a major challenge for biodiversity
conservation within urban areas. To make spatially explicit decisions about urban biodiversity conservation actions, urban
planners and managers need to be able to separate the relative influence of landscape composition and configuration from patch
and local (site)-scale variables for a range of fauna species. We address this problem using a hierarchical landscape approach
for native, terrestrial reptiles and small mammals living in a fragmented semi-urban landscape of Brisbane, Australia. Generalised
linear modelling and hierarchical partitioning analysis were applied to quantify the relative influence of landscape composition
and configuration, patch size and shape, and local habitat composition and structure on the species’ richness of mammal and
reptile assemblages. Landscape structure (composition and configuration) and local-scale habitat structure variables were
found to be most important for influencing reptile and mammal assemblages, although the relative importance of specific variables
differed between reptile and mammal assemblages. These findings highlight the importance of considering landscape composition
and configuration in addition to local habitat elements when planning and/or managing for the conservation of native, terrestrial
fauna diversity in urban landscapes. 相似文献
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Habitat fragmentation often has negative consequences for genetic diversity, and thereby for the viability of populations.
However, these negative consequences might be counteracted by gene flow as the latter provides functional connectivity between
apparently isolated habitat fragments. Gene flow is itself influenced by landscape structure and composition, and it is therefore
important to understand the relationship between gene flow and landscape structure and composition. We used linear LAD regression
models to investigate the relationship between contemporary gene flow by pollen in the rare, insect-pollinated forest tree
Sorbus domestica and several landscape features. None of the landscape components—which included closed forest, deep valleys, open land and
settlements—proved to be an impermeable barrier to gene flow by pollen. We found evidence that settlements, large open areas,
and a pronounced topography increased long-distance gene flow in the landscape as compared to a random model including all
possible gene flow trajectories. These results are encouraging from a conservation view, as gene flow in species pollinated
by generalist insects seems to provide functional connectivity and may help to maintain genetic diversity in rare plant species
in fragmented landscapes. 相似文献
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Loss of connectivity is one of the main causes of decreases in habitat availability and, thus, in species abundance and occurrence
in fragmented landscapes. It is therefore important to measure habitat connectivity for conservation purposes, but there are
several difficulties in quantifying connectivity, including the need for species movement behavioral data and the existence
of few consistent indices to describe such data. In the present study, we used a graph theoretical framework to measure habitat
availability, and we evaluate whether this variable is adequate to explain the occurrence pattern of an Atlantic rainforest
bird (Pyriglena leucoptera, Thamnophilidae). The playback technique was used to parameterize the connectivity component of habitat availability indices
and to determine the presence or absence of the study species in forest patches. Patch- and landscape-level habitat availability
indices were considered as explanatory variables. Two of these were landscape-level indices, which varied in terms of how
inter-patch connections are defined, using either a binary or probabilistic approach. This study produced four striking results.
First, even short open gaps may disrupt habitat continuity for P. leucoptera. Second, the occurrence of P. leucoptera was positively affected by habitat availability. Third, proper measures of this explanatory variable should account for the
landscape context around the focal patch, emphasizing the importance of habitat connectivity. Finally, habitat availability
indices should consider probabilistic and not binary inter-patch connections when intending to explain the occurrence of bird
species in fragmented landscapes. We discuss some conservation implications of our results, stressing the advantages of an
ecologically scaled graph theoretical framework. 相似文献
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Comparing the landscape level perceptual abilities of forest sciurids in fragmented agricultural landscapes* 总被引：8，自引：2，他引：6
Perceptual range is the maximum distance from which an animal can perceive the presence of remote landscape elements such as patches of habitat. Such perceptual abilities are of interest because they influence the probability that an animal will successfully disperse to a new patch in a landscape. Furthermore, understanding how perceptual range differs between species may help to explain differential species sensitivity to patch isolation. The objective of this research was to assess the perceptual range of eastern chipmunks (Tamias striatus), gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis), and fox squirrels (Sciurus niger) in fragmented agricultural landscapes. Animals were captured in remote woodlots and translocated to unfamiliar agricultural fields. There they were released at different distances from a woodlot and their movements towards or away from the woodlot were used to assess their ability to perceive forested habitat. Observed perceptual ranges of approximately 120 m for chipmunks, 300 m for gray squirrels, and 400 m for fox squirrels, suggest that differences in landscape-level perceptual abilities may influence the occurrence of these species in isolated habitat patches. 相似文献
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Few relevant data are available to analyze how landscape features affect the abundance and movement patterns of tropical insects.
We used mark-release-recapture techniques to study the effects of landscape structure and composition on habitat preferences
and movements of Canthon cyanellus cyanellus individuals, within a complex tropical deciduous forest landscape in South Mexico during 2004 and 2005. In total, 2,460 individuals
of C. c. cyanellus were captured, including 1,225 females and 1,235 males, out of which 124 individuals (65 females and 59 males) were recaptured
once, and 9 individuals (seven females and two males) were recaptured twice. The abundance of individuals was equally high
in large forest fragments, small forest fragments and hedgerows, but the abundance in pastures was less than half of the abundance
in the other habitat types. To disentangle the movement behaviour of the species from the spatially and temporally varying
sampling effort, we applied a Bayesian state-space modelling framework with a diffusion based movement model. Males showed
generally faster movement rate than females, and they moved faster within forests and hedgerows than within pastures. Contrary
to the assumption of the diffusion model, individuals did not move in a continuous fashion, indicated by the large fraction
of individuals that were recaptured in the site of release. However, the posterior predictive data did not deviate substantially
from the real data in terms of the mean and maximum movement distances recorded, and in terms of the dependence of movement
distance on time between captures. Our results suggest that an important component of the biota in Mexican agro-pasture landscapes
can utilize contemporary landscape elements such as hedgerows or small forest fragments in addition to large fragments of
remnant habitat. These habitats are still locally common in semi-natural ecosystems and require less intensive conservation
management. 相似文献
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Juan Luis H. Cardós Isabel Martínez Victoria Calvo Gregorio Aragón 《Landscape Ecology》2016,31(9):1975-1995
Context
Mediterranean forests have been fragmented intensively over time, thereby yielding small and isolated forest remnants. They host a rich variety of epiphytes, which may be affected by landscape structure. Previous studies have analyzed the influence of habitat quality on these epiphytic communities, but there is little knowledge of the effects of other fragment features.Objectives
We evaluated the impacts of forest loss and fragmentation on epiphytic communities (lichens and bryophytes) at plot and fragment scales after controlling the variation in forest structure and management.Methods
We considered 40 fragments of dense oak forests in a human-modified landscape. We quantified their spatial attributes (size and shape), the quality of the surrounding matrix and the forest stand structure. We modeled community traits, and the presence and abundance of species at fragment and plot scales.Results
Fragment size, shape, and the quality of the surrounding matrix were key factors that affected epiphytic richness and diversity. Larger and more regularly shaped fragments hosted the richest and most diverse communities, possibly offering a larger core area and thus favoring the entry of typical forest species. A high-contrast matrix was only favorable in small fragments, probably allowing the arrival of propagules. The species-level response was highly variable.Conclusions
Landscape structure provides powerful explanations of the richness and diversity losses among epiphytes. Forest management should ensure the retention of the largest possible continuous forests. The management strategy of the matrix will depend on the conservation goal, since we observed different effects related with quality and fragment size.15.
Heike Kappes Kurt Jordaens Frederik Hendrickx Jean-Pierre Maelfait Luc Lens Thierry Backeljau 《Landscape Ecology》2009,24(5):685-697
Habitat fragmentation is a major cause for species loss, but its effect on invertebrates with low active dispersal power,
like terrestrial gastropods, has rarely been studied. Such species can not cross a hostile habitat matrix, for which the predictions
of island theory, such as positive relations between species richness and patch size, should apply. In order to test this
prediction, we studied gastropod species diversity by assessing gastropod assemblage characteristics from 35 sites in 19 fragments
of deciduous old-growth forests in the Lower Rhine Embayment, Germany. Assemblages differed between larger (≥700 ha) and smaller
forests (<400 ha), those of large forests held a higher percentage of forest species. Although α-diversity was similar between
the two forest size classes, small forests often comprised matrix species, resulting in a higher β-diversity. Edge effects
on the species richness of matrix species were noticeable up to 250 m into the forest. Hierarchical partitioning revealed
that distance to disturbances (external edge, internal edges like roads) explained most assemblage variables, whereas forest
size and woodland cover within a 1 km radius from the sites explained only a few assemblage variables. Densities of two forest-associated
species, Discus rotundatus and Arion fuscus, decreased with forest size. Yet, forest size was positively correlated with richness of typical forest species and densities
of Limax cinereoniger. The latter species seems to need forests of >1,000 ha, i.e., well above the size of most fragments. In conclusion, the prediction
is valid only for forest species. The response to fragmentation is species specific and seems to depend on habitat specialization
and macroclimatic conditions.
Jean-Pierre Maelfait: Deceased. 相似文献
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Ricardo Rocha Milou Groenenberg Paulo E. D. Bobrowiec Mar Cabeza Jorge M. Palmeirim Christoph F. J. Meyer 《Landscape Ecology》2017,32(1):31-45
Context
Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation are widespread drivers of biodiversity decline. Understanding how habitat quality interacts with landscape context, and how they jointly affect species in human-modified landscapes, is of great importance for informing conservation and management.Objectives
We used a whole-ecosystem manipulation experiment in the Brazilian Amazon to investigate the relative roles of local and landscape attributes in affecting bat assemblages at an interior-edge-matrix disturbance gradient.Methods
We surveyed bats in 39 sites, comprising continuous forest (CF), fragments, forest edges and intervening secondary regrowth. For each site, we assessed vegetation structure (local-scale variable) and, for five focal scales, quantified habitat amount and four landscape configuration metrics.Results
Smaller fragments, edges and regrowth sites had fewer species and higher levels of dominance than CF. Regardless of the landscape scale analysed, species richness and evenness were mostly related to the amount of forest cover. Vegetation structure and configurational metrics were important predictors of abundance, whereby the magnitude and direction of response to configurational metrics were scale-dependent. Responses were ensemble-specific with local-scale vegetation structure being more important for frugivorous than for gleaning animalivorous bats.Conclusions
Our study indicates that scale-sensitive measures of landscape structure are needed for a more comprehensive understanding of the effects of fragmentation on tropical biota. Although forest fragments and regrowth habitats can be of conservation significance for tropical bats our results further emphasize that primary forest is of irreplaceable value, underlining that their conservation can only be achieved by the preservation of large expanses of pristine habitat.17.
Conservation strategies should be based on a solid understanding of processes underlying species response to landscape change.
In forests fragmented by agriculture, elevated nest predation rates have been reported in many forest bird species, especially
near edges. In intensively-managed forest landscapes, timber harvesting might also be associated with negative edge effects
or broader “context” effects on some species when the matrix provides additional resources to their major nest predators.
In this study, we hypothesized that proximity to a forest edge and proportion of cone-producing plantations will increase
nest predation risk in fragments of relatively undisturbed forest. We focused on the Brown Creeper (Certhia americana), an indicator species of late-seral forests. We compared habitat configuration and composition at four spatial scales (0.14,
0.5, 1 and 2 km) around 54 nests and related daily nest survival rate to the distance to the nearest forest edge, mean patch
size of late-seral forest (r = 141 m), proportion of non-forested lands (r = 141 m), density of maintained roads (r = 1 km), proportion of cone-producing spruce plantations (r = 2 km), and year. The best model included distance to the nearest edge and proportion of cone-producing plantations. Distance
of nests to the nearest edge was the best individual predictor of daily nest survival. A larger sample of nests showed a significant
threshold in distance to the nearest forest edge; nests located at least 100 m away were more likely to fledge young. These
results suggest that even in managed forest landscapes, matrix effects can be important and some bird species may exhibit
negative edge effects. 相似文献
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We explored the usefulness of three satellite land cover data sets available to land managers in south-central Sweden for
conservation planning using four deciduous forest focal resident bird species with different habitat requirements. Habitat
suitability models using empirical species-specific habitat parameters and a Geographic Information System were applied to
evaluate and compare the degree of consistency among three different land cover data sets. The study area encompassed 10,000 km2 in a landscape mosaic of managed boreal forests and is within the distribution range of all four focal species. Although
the three land cover data sets indicated similar total amounts of deciduous forest, the habitat suitability models showed
that different land cover data yielded inconsistent results regarding the amount and distribution of suitable habitat within
5×5 km grid cells. Given this sensitivity to the choice of land cover data sets, the habitat suitability models showed positive
relationships among the selected focal species for each land cover data set separately. As expected, decreasing amounts of
suitable habitat were identified for species with higher specialisation. Thus, because habitat suitability models are an appropriate
way to gain insight into the functionality and connectivity of habitat networks, land cover data must be carefully evaluated
and if necessary combined with other landscape information for effective conservation planning. 相似文献
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With expansion of urban areas worldwide, migrating songbirds increasingly encounter fragmented landscapes where habitat patches
are embedded in an urban matrix, yet how migrating birds respond to urbanization is poorly understood. Our research evaluated
the relative importance of patch-level effects and body condition to movement behaviour of songbirds during migratory stopover
within an urban landscape. We experimentally relocated 91 migrant Swainson’s thrushes (Catharus ustulatus) fitted with 0.66 g radio-transmitters to seven forest patches that differed in area (0.7–38.4 ha) and degree of urbanization
within central Ohio, USA, May 2004–2007. Fine-scale movement rate of thrushes (n = 55) did not differ among urban forest sites, but birds in low energetic condition moved at higher rates, indicating an
energetically mediated influence on movement behaviour. In larger sites, Swainson’s thrushes (n = 59) had greater coarse-level movement during the first 3 days and utilized areas farther from forest edge, indicating stronger
influence by patch-level factors. Thrushes exhibited strong site tenacity, with only five individuals (7%) leaving release
patches prior to migratory departure. Movement outside the release patch only occurred at the smallest forest patches (0.7
and 4.5 ha), suggesting that these sites were too small to meet needs of some individuals. Swainson’s thrushes exhibited edge
avoidance and apparent area sensitivity within urban forest patches during stopover, implying that conservation of larger
patches within urban and other fragmented landscapes may benefit this species and other migrant forest birds. 相似文献
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Small mammals in a mosaic of forest remnants and anthropogenic habitats—evaluating matrix quality in an Atlantic forest landscape 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
The matrix of altered habitats that surrounds remnants in human dominated landscapes has been considered homogeneous and inhospitable.
Recent studies, however, have shown the crucial role of the matrix in maintaining diversity in fragmented landscapes, acting
as a mosaic of units with varying permeability to different species. Inclusion of matrix quality parameters is especially
urgent in managing fragmented landscapes in the tropics where agriculture frontiers are still expanding. Using standardized
surveys in 23 sites in an Atlantic forest landscape, we evaluated matrix use by small mammals, the most diverse ecological
group of mammals in the Neotropics, and tested the hypothesis that endemic species are the most affected by the conversion
of original forest into anthropogenic habitats. By comparing species distribution among forest remnants and the predominant
adjacent habitats (native vegetation in initial stages of regeneration, eucalyptus plantations, areas of agriculture and rural
areas with buildings), we found a strong dissimilarity in small mammal assemblages between native vegetation (including initial
stages) and anthropogenic habitats, with only two species being able to use all habitats. Endemic small mammals tended to
occupy native vegetation, whereas invading species from other countries or open biomes tended to occupy areas of non-native
vegetation. Our results highlight that future destruction of native vegetation will favor invading or generalist species which
could dominate highly disturbed landscapes, and that some matrix habitats, such as regenerating native vegetation, should
be managed to increase connectivity among populations of endemic species. 相似文献