Conservation biology: predicting birds' responses to forest fragmentation.
Understanding species' ecological responses to habitat fragmentation is critical for biodiversity conservation, especially in tropical forests. A detailed recent study has shown that changes in the abundances of bird species following fragmentation may be dramatic and unpredictable.
Sekercioglu
Cagan H
CH
Center for Conservation Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, 371 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. cagan@stanford.edu
Sodhi
Navjot S
NS
D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D001717:Birds; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D005544:Forecasting / Q000379:methods; D016468:Forestry