Forest loss and the biodiversity threshold: an evaluation considering species habitat requirements and the use of matrix habitats.

Habitat loss is the main driver of the current biodiversity crisis, a landscape-scale process that affects the survival of spatially-structured populations. Although it is well-established that species responses to habitat loss can be abrupt, the existence of a biodiversity threshold is still the ca...

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Main Authors: Candelaria Estavillo, Renata Pardini, Pedro Luís Bernardo da Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3853156?pdf=render