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ProfessorJamesRosindell

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences (Silwood Park)

Professor of Biodiversity Theory
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 2242j.rosindell

 
 
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W1.5KennedySilwood Park

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Thompson:2019:10.1111/ele.13398,
author = {Thompson, S and Chisholm, RA and Rosindell, J},
doi = {10.1111/ele.13398},
journal = {Ecology Letters},
pages = {2087--2096},
title = {Characterizing extinction debt following habitat fragmentation using neutral theory},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.13398},
volume = {22},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Habitat loss leads to species extinctions, both immediately and over the long-term as “extinction debt” is repaid. The same quantity of habitat can be lost in different spatial patterns with varying habitat fragmentation. How this translates to species loss remains an open problem requiring an understanding of the interplay between community dynamics and habitat structure across temporal and spatial scales. Here we develop formulas that characterize extinction debt in a spatial neutral model after habitat loss and fragmentation. Central to our formulas are two new metrics, which depend on properties of the taxa and landscape: “effective area”, measuring the remaining number of individuals; and “effective connectivity”, measuring individuals’ ability to disperse through fragmented habitat. This formalizes the conventional wisdom that habitat area and habitat connectivity are the two critical requirements for long term preservation of biodiversity. Our approach suggests that mechanistic fragmentation metrics help resolve debates about fragmentation and species loss.
AU  - Thompson,S
AU  - Chisholm,RA
AU  - Rosindell,J
DO  - 10.1111/ele.13398
EP  - 2096
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1461-023X
SP  - 2087
TI  - Characterizing extinction debt following habitat fragmentation using neutral theory
T2  - Ecology Letters
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.13398
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/73342
VL  - 22
ER  -
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