Effects of crowding due to habitat loss on species assemblage patterns

• Published in: Conservation biology Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 405 - 415
• Main Authors: Vallejos, Marcelo Alejandro Villegas, Padial, André Andrian, Vitule, Jean Ricardo Simões, Monteiro‐Filho, Emygdio Leite de Araujo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2020
• Subjects: Abundance; anthropogenic disturbance; Atlantic Forest; avian assemblages; Birds; Bosque Atlántico; Composition; Crowding; deforestación; Deforestation; density increase; Ecological distribution; Ecological effects; ecological footprint; Ecological function; ensamblajes aviares; functional diversity; habitat destruction; Habitat loss; Habitats; Heterogeneity; Impact assessment; incremento en la densidad; infrastructure; landscapes; Microenvironments; Microhabitat; Microhabitats; Neotropical realm; perturbación antropogénica; Refuges; reino Neotropical; Species; species diversity; Stocking density; Taxa; Taxonomy; temporal variation; Temporal variations; Tropical forests; 人类干扰; 大西洋森林; 密度增加; 新热带界; 森林砍伐; 鸟类群聚; perturbación antropogénica; 大西洋森林; 密度增加; ensamblajes aviares; 森林砍伐; Bosque Atlántico; 新热带界; deforestation; incremento en la densidad; 鸟类群聚; Neotropical realm; anthropogenic disturbance; deforestación; avian assemblages; 人类干扰; reino Neotropical; Atlantic Forest; density increase

Terrestrial animals are negatively affected by habitat loss, which is assessed on a landscape scale, whereas secondary effects of habitat loss, such as crowding, are usually disregarded. Such impacts are inherently hard to address and poorly understood, and there is a growing concern that they could...