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Prof Joseph Tobias

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

Professor of Biodiversity & Ecosystems
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 1059j.tobias Website

 
 
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2.10KennedySilwood Park

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Betts:2019:10.1126/science.aax9387,
author = {Betts, MG and Wolf, C and Pfeifer, M and Banks-Leite, C and Arroyo-Rodríguez, V and Ribeiro, DB and Barlow, J and Eigenbrod, F and Faria, D and Fletcher, RJ and Hadley, AS and Hawes, JE and Holt, RD and Klingbeil, B and Kormann, U and Lens, L and Levi, T and Medina-Rangel, GF and Melles, SL and Mezger, D and Morante-Filho, JC and Orme, CDL and Peres, CA and Phalan, BT and Pidgeon, A and Possingham, H and Ripple, WJ and Slade, EM and Somarriba, E and Tobias, JA and Tylianakis, JM and Urbina-Cardona, JN and Valente, JJ and Watling, JI and Wells, K and Wearn, OR and Wood, E and Young, R and Ewers, RM},
doi = {10.1126/science.aax9387},
journal = {Science},
pages = {1236--1239},
title = {Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aax9387},
volume = {366},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Habitat loss is the primary driver of biodiversity decline worldwide, but the effects of fragmentation (the spatial arrangement of remaining habitat) are debated. We tested the hypothesis that forest fragmentation sensitivity-affected by avoidance of habitat edges-should be driven by historical exposure to, and therefore species' evolutionary responses to disturbance. Using a database containing 73 datasets collected worldwide (encompassing 4489 animal species), we found that the proportion of fragmentation-sensitive species was nearly three times as high in regions with low rates of historical disturbance compared with regions with high rates of disturbance (i.e., fires, glaciation, hurricanes, and deforestation). These disturbances coincide with a latitudinal gradient in which sensitivity increases sixfold at low versus high latitudes. We conclude that conservation efforts to limit edges created by fragmentation will be most important in the world's tropical forests.
AU  - Betts,MG
AU  - Wolf,C
AU  - Pfeifer,M
AU  - Banks-Leite,C
AU  - Arroyo-Rodríguez,V
AU  - Ribeiro,DB
AU  - Barlow,J
AU  - Eigenbrod,F
AU  - Faria,D
AU  - Fletcher,RJ
AU  - Hadley,AS
AU  - Hawes,JE
AU  - Holt,RD
AU  - Klingbeil,B
AU  - Kormann,U
AU  - Lens,L
AU  - Levi,T
AU  - Medina-Rangel,GF
AU  - Melles,SL
AU  - Mezger,D
AU  - Morante-Filho,JC
AU  - Orme,CDL
AU  - Peres,CA
AU  - Phalan,BT
AU  - Pidgeon,A
AU  - Possingham,H
AU  - Ripple,WJ
AU  - Slade,EM
AU  - Somarriba,E
AU  - Tobias,JA
AU  - Tylianakis,JM
AU  - Urbina-Cardona,JN
AU  - Valente,JJ
AU  - Watling,JI
AU  - Wells,K
AU  - Wearn,OR
AU  - Wood,E
AU  - Young,R
AU  - Ewers,RM
DO  - 10.1126/science.aax9387
EP  - 1239
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 0036-8075
SP  - 1236
TI  - Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals
T2  - Science
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aax9387
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31806811
UR  - https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6470/1236/
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/75642
VL  - 366
ER  -
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