2. Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Tropical Birds

  1. Navjot S. Sodhi1,
  2. Çağan H. Şekercioğlu2,
  3. Jos Barlow3,
  4. Scott K. Robinson4

Published Online: 23 MAR 2011

DOI: 10.1002/9781444342611.ch2

Book Title

Conservation of Tropical Birds

Conservation of Tropical Birds

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How to Cite

Sodhi, N. S., Şekercioğlu, Ç. H., Barlow, J. and Robinson, S. K. (2011) Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Tropical Birds, in Conservation of Tropical Birds, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444342611.ch2

Author Information

  1. 1

    National University of Singapore

  2. 2

    Stanford University, USA

  3. 3

    Lancaster University, UK

  4. 4

    University of Florida, UK

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 23 MAR 2011
  2. Published Print: 8 APR 2011

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9781444334821

Online ISBN: 9781444342611

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Keywords:

  • habitat fragmentation effects - on tropical birds;
  • habitat fragmentation, a characteristic feature - of most terrestrial ecosystems;
  • habitat fragmentation, dominant areas of ecological research - encompassing different areas;
  • theoretical basis for research on habitat fragmentation - traced back to equilibrium theory of island biogeography;
  • “SLOSS” debate (Single Large or Several Small) - whether single large or small reserves, more effective for preserving species subject to fragmentation;
  • area effects, most studied aspect of habitat fragmentation - small populations, vulnerable to extinction due to their heightened susceptibility to stochastic events;
  • physical effects - accompanied by a suite of biological phenomena;
  • human-induced edge effects, more cryptic - not having a direct influence on forest structure;
  • edge effects, important - even swamping area-related effects of fragmentation;
  • degradation of forest structure within forest strips - important factors in study by Lees and Peres (2008a), strongly affected by their width

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Theoretical premises of fragmentation

  • Area effects in tropical birds

  • Edge effects

  • Fragment isolation and the importance of connectivity

  • Temporal change in forest fragments

  • Conclusion

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