Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals

• Main Authors: Betts, Matthew G., Wolf, Christopher, Pfeifer, Marion, Banks-Leite, Cristina, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Victor, Ribeiro, Danilo Bandini, Barlow, Jos, Eigenbrod, Felix, Faria, Deborah, Fletcher, Robert J., Hadley, Adam S., Hawes, Joseph E., Holt, Robert D., Klingbeil, Brian, Kormann, Urs, Lens, Luc, Levi, Taal, Medina-Rangel, Guido F., Melles, Stephanie L., Mezger, Dirk, Morante-Filho, José Carlos, Orme, C. David L., Peres, Carlos A., Phalan, Benjamin T., Pidgeon, Anna, Possingham, Hugh, Ripple, William J., Slade, Eleanor M., Somarriba, Eduardo, Tobias, Joseph A., Tylianakis, Jason M., Urbina-Cardona, J. Nicolás, Valente, Jonathon J., Watling, James I., Wells, Konstans, Wearn, Oliver R., Wood, Eric, Young, Richard, Ewers, Robert M.
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences::Ecology; Biodiversity; Fragmentation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145942
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Habitat loss is the primary driver of biodiversity decline worldwide, but the effects of fragmentation (the spatial arrangement of remaining habitat) are debated. We tested the hypothesis that forest fragmentation sensitivity - affected by avoidance of habitat edges - should be driven by historical...