Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals

Author:

Betts Matthew G.1ORCID,Wolf Christopher1ORCID,Pfeifer Marion2ORCID,Banks-Leite Cristina3ORCID,Arroyo-Rodríguez Víctor4ORCID,Ribeiro Danilo Bandini5ORCID,Barlow Jos67,Eigenbrod Felix8ORCID,Faria Deborah9ORCID,Fletcher Robert J.10ORCID,Hadley Adam S.1,Hawes Joseph E.11ORCID,Holt Robert D.12ORCID,Klingbeil Brian13ORCID,Kormann Urs11415ORCID,Lens Luc16ORCID,Levi Taal1,Medina-Rangel Guido F.17ORCID,Melles Stephanie L.18ORCID,Mezger Dirk19ORCID,Morante-Filho José Carlos920ORCID,Orme C. David L.3ORCID,Peres Carlos A.21ORCID,Phalan Benjamin T.22ORCID,Pidgeon Anna23ORCID,Possingham Hugh2425ORCID,Ripple William J.1ORCID,Slade Eleanor M.26ORCID,Somarriba Eduardo27ORCID,Tobias Joseph A.3ORCID,Tylianakis Jason M.28ORCID,Urbina-Cardona J. Nicolás29ORCID,Valente Jonathon J.130ORCID,Watling James I.31ORCID,Wells Konstans32ORCID,Wearn Oliver R.33ORCID,Wood Eric34ORCID,Young Richard35,Ewers Robert M.3ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Forest Biodiversity Research Network, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.

2. School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.

3. Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Road, Ascot SL5 7PY, UK.

4. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Campus Morelia, Antigua Carretera Patzcuaro no. 8701, Ex-Hacienda de San José de la Huerta, 58190 Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico.

5. Instituo de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Caixa Postal 549, 79070-900 Campo Grande, Brazil.

6. Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK.

7. Setor Ecologia, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, 37200-000, Lavras, MG, Brazil.

8. Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.

9. Applied Conservation Ecology Lab, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, da Biodiversidade, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Ilhéus-Itabuna, km 16, Salobrinho, 45662-000 Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil.

10. Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.

11. Applied Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge CB1 1PT, UK.

12. Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.

13. School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA.

14. Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, Switzerland.

15. Division of Forest Sciences, School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Zollikofen, Switzerland.

16. Ghent University, Department of Biology, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.

17. Groupo de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Reptiles, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Ciudad Universitaria, Edificio 425, Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia.

18. Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada.

19. Department of Science and Education, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL 60605, USA.

20. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Avenida Transnordestina, s/n - Novo Horizonte, 44036-900 Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil.

21. Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.

22. Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, 40170-115 Bahia, Brazil.

23. Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1630 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA.

24. School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia.

25. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.

26. Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Dr., 637459 Singapore.

27. Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Turrialba, Costa Rica.

28. School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand.

29. Department of Ecology and Territory, School of Rural and Environmental Studies, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia.

30. Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Migratory Bird Center, National Zoological Park, Washington, DC 20013, USA.

31. Department of Biology, John Carroll University, University Heights, OH 44118, USA.

32. Department of Biosciences, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, Wales, UK.

33. Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY, UK.

34. Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032, USA.

35. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Les Augres Manor, Trinity, Jersey JE3 5BP, UK.

Abstract

Vulnerability to habitat fragmentation Habitat fragmentation caused by human activities has consequences for the distribution and movement of organisms. Betts et al. present a global analysis of how exposure to habitat fragmentation affects the composition of ecological communities (see the Perspective by Hargreaves). In a dataset consisting of 4489 animal species, regions that historically experienced little disturbance tended to harbor a higher proportion of species vulnerable to fragmentation. Species in more frequently disturbed regions were more resilient. High-latitude areas historically experienced more disturbance and harbor more resilient species, which suggests that extinction has removed fragmentation-sensitive species. Thus, conservation efforts to limit fragmentation are particularly important in the tropics. Science , this issue p. 1236 ; see also p. 1196

Funder

National Science Foundation

SEP-CONACYT

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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