期刊
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
卷 285, 期 1889, 页码 -出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1868
关键词
conservation biogeography; fragmentation; habitat loss; prevalence; species-area relationship; threshold area
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31471981, 31770462]
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province [LZ18C030002]
- China Scholarship Council [201506320019]
- NSERC Discovery Grant [2017-03839]
Habitat loss and fragmentation are considered to be the leading drivers of biodiversity loss. The small-island effect (SIE) can be used to predict species extinctions resulting from habitat lass and has important implications for species conservation. However, to date, no study has explicitly evaluated the prevalence of SIEs in habitat islands. Here, we compiled 90 global datasets to systematically investigate the prevalence and underlying factors determining the ubiquity of SIEs in habitat island systems. Among the 90 datasets, SIEs were unambiguously detected in 36 cases. We found significant effects of habitat island types and taxon groups on the threshold area of SIEs. The number of islands, area range, species range, island type and taxon group were key variables that determined the prevalence of SIEs. Our study demonstrates that SIEs occur in 40% of cases and thus are common in habitat islands. We conclude that conservation biologists and applied ecologists should consider the prevalence of SIEs when making management strategies in fragmented landscapes.
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