Different response of the taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of birds to forest fragmentation.

ABSTRACT: Habitat fragmentation is considered as major threat to biodiversity worldwide. Biodiversity can be described as taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity. However, the effect of forest fragmentation on taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity is barely understood. We compare the response of taxonomic (species richness), phylogenetic and functional diversity of birds to forest fragmentation. We hypothesised that with increasing forest patch isolation and/or decreasing patch size the diversity of birds decreases but only if certain thresholds of fragmentation metrics are reached. Specifically, we hypothesized that out of the three diversity components the taxonomic diversity is the most sensitive to forest fragmentation, which means that it starts declining at larger patch siz

SUBMITTER: Belcik M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7683534 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature