Selective logging reduces body size in omnivorous and frugivorous tropical forest birds

• Main Authors: Simone Messina, David Costantini, Suzanne Tomassi, Cindy C.P.Cosset, Suzan Benedick, Marcel Eens, David P.Edwards
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2021
• Subjects: QL671-699 Birds; SF461-473 Birds. Cage birds
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30681/1/Selective%20logging%20reduces%20body%20size%20in%20omnivorous%20and%20frugivorous%20tropical%20forest%20birds-Abstract.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30681/2/Selective%20logging%20reduces%20body%20size%20in%20omnivorous%20and%20frugivorous%20tropical%20forest%20birds.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30681/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320721000884?casa_token=FrXRGgOEJscAAAAA:ioXVZYUcMUNZSntOKWj-qiLR94HZwoo8l68c7U4qF8EvXvZoRM8f56-dvKz07xjBvIl0dOmfksP9; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109036
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Selective logging is the main anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests, driving shifts in species abundances. Body size and body condition are important metrics of fitness that may be affected by habitat degradation. We conducted a four-year study to investigate how selective logging impacted t...