Human density modulates spatial associations among tropical forest terrestrial mammal species.

ABSTRACT: The spatial aggregation of species pairs often increases with the ecological similarity of the species involved. However, the way in which environmental conditions and anthropogenic activity affect the relationship between spatial aggregation and ecological similarity remains unknown despite the potential for spatial associations to affect species interactions, ecosystem function, and extinction risk. Given that human disturbance has been shown to both increase and decrease spatial associations among species pairs, ecological similarity may have a role in mediating these patterns. Here, we test the influences of habitat diversity, primary productivity, human population density, and species' ecological similarity based on functional traits (i.e., functional trait similarity) on spatial asso

SUBMITTER: Gorczynski D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9827980 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature