Natural canopy bridges effectively mitigate tropical forest fragmentation for arboreal mammals

Abstract Linear infrastructure development and resulting habitat fragmentation are expanding in Neotropical forests, and arboreal mammals may be disproportionately impacted by these linear habitat clearings. Maintaining canopy connectivity through preservation of connecting branches (i.e. natural ca...

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Main Authors: Tremaine Gregory, Farah Carrasco-Rueda, Alfonso Alonso, Joseph Kolowski, Jessica L. Deichmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04112-x