Conservation ecology: area trumps mobility in fragment bird extinctions

Curr Biol. 2007 Apr 17;17(8):R283-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.02.019.

Abstract

Tropical forest understory birds are highly sensitive to habitat fragmentation. Recent results from a monumental Amazonian fragmentation experiment show that habitat needs of these specialized birds make mobility a liability, leading to their extinctions from forest fragments.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Birds*
  • Conservation of Natural Resources*
  • Ecology
  • Ecosystem*
  • Extinction, Biological
  • Trees
  • Tropical Climate