Global effects of forest modification on herpetofauna communities.

ABSTRACT: As the area covered by human-modified environments grows, it is increasingly important to understand the responses of communities to the novel habitats created, especially for sensitive and threatened taxa. We aimed to improve understanding of the major evolutionary and ecological processes that shape the assemblage of amphibian and reptile communities to forest modifications. To this end, we compiled a global data set of amphibian and reptile surveys in natural, disturbed (burned, logged), and transformed (monocultures, polyspecific plantations) forest communities to assess the richness, phylogenetic diversity, and composition of those communities, as well as the morphological disparity among taxa between natural and modified forest habitats. Forest transformations led to a diversity redu

SUBMITTER: Iglesias-Carrasco M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10099509 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature