Single large AND several small habitat patches: A community perspective on their importance for biodiversity

• Published in: Basic and applied ecology Vol. 65; pp. 16 - 27
• Main Authors: Szangolies, Leonna, Rohwäder, Marie-Sophie, Jeltsch, Florian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier GmbH 01.12.2022; Elsevier
• Subjects: agricultural land; applied ecology; Coexistence; Community; Competition; Coviability; Fragmentation; habitats; Heterogeneity; home range; Home-ranges; Inter-individual difference; juveniles; landscape management; landscapes; mammals; Personality; SLOSS; species; species diversity; Coviability; Competition; Heterogeneity; SLOSS; Inter-individual difference; Personality; Coexistence; Home-ranges; Community; Fragmentation

•Individual-based mammal community model simulation.•Fragmentation is not necessarily negative for biodiversity.•Inter-individual difference (risk-tolerant/risk-averse) benefits species communities.•Small habitats additional to large ones increase diversity (SLASS rather than SLOSS).•Creating small...