Patterns of biodiversity response along a gradient of forest use in Eastern Amazonia, Brazil.

ABSTRACT: The preservation of tropical forests is increasingly at risk, including forests located within human-modified landscapes that retain high conservation value. People modify and interact with these landscapes through a wide range of uses. However, our knowledge of how different forest uses affect biodiversity is limited. Here, we analyse the responses of different taxa to four distinct categories of forest management, namely old-growth forest, Brazil nut extraction areas, reduced impact logging areas, and eucalyptus plantations. Within six independent replicates of each category, we sampled three taxa (fruit-feeding butterflies, dung beetles, and trees) in eastern Amazonia. Forests under moderate use (Brazil nut extraction and reduced-impact logging) had similar, albeit slightly lower, diver

SUBMITTER: Milheiras SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7020811 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature