Characterising extinction debt following habitat fragmentation using neutral theory

• Published in: Ecology letters Vol. 22; no. 12; pp. 2087 - 2096
• Main Authors: Thompson, Samuel E. D., Chisholm, Ryan A., Rosindell, James, Drake, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; connectivity; Ecosystem; Endangered & extinct species; Extinction; extinction debt; Extinction, Biological; Fragmentation; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat loss; Habitats; modelling; neutral theory; Preservation; spatially explicit; Species; habitat loss; connectivity; extinction debt; Biodiversity; modelling; neutral theory; fragmentation; spatially explicit

Habitat loss leads to species extinctions, both immediately and over the long term as ‘extinction debt’ is repaid. The same quantity of habitat can be lost in different spatial patterns with varying habitat fragmentation. How this translates to species loss remains an open problem requiring an under...