TY - JOUR
T1 - How forest marsupials are affected by habitat degradation and fragmentation? A meta-analysis
AU - Fontúrbel, Francisco E.
AU - Candia, Alina B.
AU - Salazar, Daniela A.
AU - Malebrán, Javiera
AU - González-Browne, Catalina
AU - Botto-Mahan, Carezza
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments We are grateful to Mariano Rodríguez-Cabal who contributed with literature. Comments of four anonymous reviewers improved an early version. Funding was provided by the Scott Neotropical Fund program of the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo & Cleveland Zoological Society, the People’s Trust for Endangered Species, the Rufford Small Grants Foundation, and two CONICYT graduate fellowships. Final writing of this article was supported by FONDECYT project 3140528 (FEF).
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - Habitat fragmentation and degradation are important biodiversity change drivers worldwide. Their effects have been described for many animal groups, but little is known about marsupials. We conducted a meta-analysis aiming to evaluate the actual effects of habitat fragmentation and degradation on forest marsupials. From a literature survey, we obtained 85 case studies reporting disturbance comparisons. We found a negative overall effect, as well as a negative effect for habitat fragmentation, but not for habitat degradation. Marsupials from Oceania were negatively affected by habitat disturbance, whereas there was no effect for those from South America. Arboreal marsupials were negatively affected, whereas terrestrial marsupials did not. Species from the families Dasyuridae (Antechinus spp.) and Microbiotheriidae (Dromiciops gliroides) showed to be sensitive to habitat disturbance.
AB - Habitat fragmentation and degradation are important biodiversity change drivers worldwide. Their effects have been described for many animal groups, but little is known about marsupials. We conducted a meta-analysis aiming to evaluate the actual effects of habitat fragmentation and degradation on forest marsupials. From a literature survey, we obtained 85 case studies reporting disturbance comparisons. We found a negative overall effect, as well as a negative effect for habitat fragmentation, but not for habitat degradation. Marsupials from Oceania were negatively affected by habitat disturbance, whereas there was no effect for those from South America. Arboreal marsupials were negatively affected, whereas terrestrial marsupials did not. Species from the families Dasyuridae (Antechinus spp.) and Microbiotheriidae (Dromiciops gliroides) showed to be sensitive to habitat disturbance.
KW - Arboreal marsupials
KW - Australia
KW - Conservation priority
KW - South America
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U2 - 10.1007/s00114-014-1193-z
DO - 10.1007/s00114-014-1193-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 24880245
AN - SCOPUS:84904821275
VL - 101
SP - 599
EP - 602
JO - Naturwissenschaften
JF - Naturwissenschaften
SN - 0028-1042
IS - 7
ER -