Selective logging weakly influences species co-occurrence in a community of tropical understorey birds.

ABSTRACT: Selective logging is a major driver of tropical land-use change, causing reductions in forest specialist species with concurrent increases in edge-tolerant species. A key question is understanding how selective logging impacts co-occurrence and assembly mechanisms in vertebrate communities as forests recover post-logging. Using a 10-year, repeat-sample study of understorey bird species in Borneo, we compare the structure of species co-occurrences over time between old-growth unlogged and logged forests, investigating the roles of functional traits and local abundance in driving co-occurrence patterns. Co-occurrence patterns were resilient to selective logging over time, although patterns were not consistent across all species in both forest types. Species with more specialised diets showed

SUBMITTER: Costantini D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12424286 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature