DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.03.038
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85018975624
论文题名: Integrating plant richness in forest patches can rescue overall biodiversity in human-modified landscapes
作者: Farah F.T. ; Muylaert R.D.L. ; Ribeiro M.C. ; Ribeiro J.W. ; Mangueira J.R.D.S.A. ; Souza V.C. ; Rodrigues R.R.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2017
卷: 397 起始页码: 78
结束页码: 88
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Anthropogenic landscape
; Atlantic Forest
; Forest coverage
; Forest fragmentation
; Seasonal forest
; Vegetal richness
Scopus关键词: Biodiversity
; Conservation
; Ecology
; Ecosystems
; Plants (botany)
; Restoration
; Anthropogenic landscape
; Atlantic forest
; Forest coverage
; Forest fragmentations
; Seasonal forest
; Vegetal richness
; Forestry
; biodegradation
; biodiversity
; functional role
; habitat conservation
; habitat fragmentation
; human activity
; landscape
; landscape change
; patch size
; protected area
; rare species
; species richness
; tropical region
; Atlantic Forest
英文摘要: The substitution of natural ecosystems with agriculture has led to the establishment of human-modified landscapes globally. In some tropical regions, this process is decades-old, allowing for the study of the effect of such modifications on the remaining biodiversity. However, unlike forest fragments inside regions with extensive primary coverage, the conservation value of ecosystems embedded within intensive farming, i.e., the anthropogenic matrices, has long been ignored, as have the effects of the landscape on such disturbed forest communities. Since the degradation process is predicted to cause the collapse of these fragmented forests, we can choose either to neglect them or to attempt the reversal of the degradation process for biodiversity conservation. Here we investigated the possible influence of landscape predictors on numerous plant species and on the relative proportions of different functional groups. Our results revealed that the richness found in human-modified landscapes had significantly more species than the protected reserves (+90%). The distribution of species suggested that any forest patch is likely to harbour a rare species. Generalised linear models and quantile regressions showed that forest cover and connected area influences the persistence of pioneer species and non-pioneer species of the canopy and zoochorics, with the latter also depending on slope. Rarefaction analysis revealed that natural remnants retain many species, even in sites with less than 20% forest cover. The presence of many zoochoric and non-pioneer canopy species may indicate a qualitative aspect to support conservation–restoration efforts. These results indicate that the current strategy, which is limited to the preservation of biodiversity in public conservation reserves, should be reconsidered and should include smaller remnants of the natural ecosystem in a regional context and adopt large-scale restoration strategies to preserve the species pool. © 2017 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/64309
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作者单位: Laboratory of Ecology and Forest Restoration (LERF), Department of Biological Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias 11, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil; Conservation Biology Laboratory (LABIC), Institute of Biological Sciences, São Paulo State University, Av. 24A 1515, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil; Spatial Ecology and Conservation Laboratory (LEEC), Institute of Biological Sciences, São Paulo State University, Av. 24A 1515, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil; Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas, R. Monteiro Lobato 255, CampinasSP, Brazil; Department of Biological Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias 11, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
Recommended Citation:
Farah F.T.,Muylaert R.D.L.,Ribeiro M.C.,et al. Integrating plant richness in forest patches can rescue overall biodiversity in human-modified landscapes[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2017-01-01,397