Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals

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  • Matthew G. Betts
    Forest Biodiversity Research Network, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
  • Christopher Wolf
    Forest Biodiversity Research Network, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
  • Marion Pfeifer
    School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.
  • Cristina Banks-Leite
    Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Road, Ascot SL5 7PY, UK.
  • Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez
    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.
  • Danilo Bandini Ribeiro
    Instituo de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Caixa Postal 549, 79070-900 Campo Grande, Brazil.
  • Jos Barlow
    Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK.
  • Felix Eigenbrod
    Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.
  • Deborah Faria
    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.
  • Robert J. Fletcher
    Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
  • Adam S. Hadley
    Forest Biodiversity Research Network, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
  • Joseph E. Hawes
    Applied Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge CB1 1PT, UK.
  • Robert D. Holt
    Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
  • Brian Klingbeil
    School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA.
  • Urs Kormann
    Forest Biodiversity Research Network, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
  • Luc Lens
    Ghent University, Department of Biology, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
  • Taal Levi
    Forest Biodiversity Research Network, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
  • Guido F. Medina-Rangel
    Groupo de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Reptiles, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Ciudad Universitaria, Edificio 425, Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia.
  • Stephanie L. Melles
    Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada.
  • Dirk Mezger
    Department of Science and Education, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL 60605, USA.
  • José Carlos Morante-Filho
    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.
  • C. David L. Orme
    Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Road, Ascot SL5 7PY, UK.
  • Carlos A. Peres
    Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.
  • Benjamin T. Phalan
    Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, 40170-115 Bahia, Brazil.
  • Anna Pidgeon
    Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1630 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
  • Hugh Possingham
    School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
  • William J. Ripple
    Forest Biodiversity Research Network, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
  • Eleanor M. Slade
    Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Dr., 637459 Singapore.
  • Eduardo Somarriba
    Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Turrialba, Costa Rica.
  • Joseph A. Tobias
    Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Road, Ascot SL5 7PY, UK.
  • Jason M. Tylianakis
    School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand.
  • J. Nicolás Urbina-Cardona
    Department of Ecology and Territory, School of Rural and Environmental Studies, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia.
  • Jonathon J. Valente
    Forest Biodiversity Research Network, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
  • James I. Watling
    Department of Biology, John Carroll University, University Heights, OH 44118, USA.
  • Konstans Wells
    Department of Biosciences, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, Wales, UK.
  • Oliver R. Wearn
    Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY, UK.
  • Eric Wood
    Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032, USA.
  • Richard Young
    Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Les Augres Manor, Trinity, Jersey JE3 5BP, UK.
  • Robert M. Ewers
    Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Road, Ascot SL5 7PY, UK.

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<jats:title>Vulnerability to habitat fragmentation</jats:title> <jats:p> Habitat fragmentation caused by human activities has consequences for the distribution and movement of organisms. Betts <jats:italic>et al.</jats:italic> 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. </jats:p> <jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> , this issue p. <jats:related-article xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="doi" issue="6470" page="1236" related-article-type="in-this-issue" vol="366" xlink:href="10.1126/science.aax9387">1236</jats:related-article> ; see also p. <jats:related-article xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="doi" issue="6470" page="1196" related-article-type="in-this-issue" vol="366" xlink:href="10.1126/science.aba1103">1196</jats:related-article> </jats:p>

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  • Science

    Science 366 (6470), 1236-1239, 2019-12-06

    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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