Experimental Test of Matrix Permeability and Corridor Use by an Endemic Understory Bird

• Published in: Conservation biology Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 135 - 145
• Main Authors: CASTELLÓN, TRACI D, SIEVING, KATHRYN E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 350 Main Street , Malden , MA 02148 , USA , and 9600 Garsington Road , Oxford OX4 2DQ , UK Blackwell Science Inc 01.02.2006; Blackwell Science; Blackwell; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Animal Identification Systems; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Applied ecology; Aves; Biological and medical sciences; Birds; Chile; Connectivity; Conservation biology; Conservation of Natural Resources; Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife; corredores; corridors; cruce de claros; Demography; Dispersal; dispersión; Environment; Forest conservation; forest fragmentation; Forest habitats; fragmentación de bosques; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; gap crossing; Geography; Habitat conservation; Habitat corridors; Habitat fragmentation; Habitats; Landscape; Landscapes; matrix; matriz; Parks, reserves, wildlife conservation. Endangered species: population survey and restocking; Passeriformes; Passeriformes - physiology; Pasture; pastures; Permeability; physiology; Population Dynamics; rain forests; Rainforests; Rhinocryptidade; Rhinocryptidae; Shrubs; Sieving; Time Factors; Translocation; Understory; Vegetation; Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution; Wildlife conservation; Chile; South America; Forests; Experimental test; Endemic species; dispersal; Permeability; forest fragmentation; matrix; Dispersion; Conservation corridor; Fragmentation; Vertebrata; gap crossing; Understory; corridors; Rhinocryptidae; Habitat; Aves; Environmental protection

Because of widespread habitat fragmentation, maintenance of landscape connectivity has become a major focus of conservation planning, but empirical tests of animal movement in fragmented landscapes remain scarce. We conducted a translocation experiment to test the relative permeability of three land...