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Effects of Forest Fragmentation on the Vertical Stratification of Neotropical Bats

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dc.contributor.authorSilva, Inês
dc.contributor.authorRocha, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorLópez-Baucells, Adrià
dc.contributor.authorFarneda, Fábio Z.
dc.contributor.authorMeyer, Christoph F. J.
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-23T19:38:57Z
dc.date.available2021-02-23T19:38:57Z
dc.date.issued2020-02-07
dc.description.abstractVertical stratification is a key component of the biological complexity of rainforests. Understanding community- and species-level responses to disturbance across forest strata is paramount for evidence-based conservation and management. However, even for bats, known to extensively explore multiple layers of the complex three-dimensional forest space, studies are biased towards understory-based surveys and only few assessments of vertical stratification were done in fragmented landscapes. Using both ground and canopy mist-nets, we investigated how the vertical structure of bat assemblages is influenced by forest fragmentation in the experimentally fragmented landscape of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Central Amazon, Brazil. Over a three year-period, we captured 3077 individuals of 46 species in continuous forest (CF) and in 1, 10 and 100 ha forest fragments. In both CF and forest fragments, the upper forest strata sustained more diverse bat assemblages than the equivalent understory layer, and the midstory layers had significantly higher bat abundance in fragments than in CF. Artibeus lituratus and Rhinophylla pumilio exhibited significant shifts in their vertical stratification patterns between CF and fragments (e.g., R. pumilio was more associated with the upper strata in fragments than in CF). Altogether, our study suggests that fragmentation modulates the vertical stratification of bat assemblages.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationSilva, I.; Rocha, R.; López-Baucells, A.; Farneda, F.Z.; Meyer, C.F.J. Effects of Forest Fragmentation on the Vertical Stratification of Neotropical Bats. Diversity 2020, 12, 67. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12020067pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/d12020067pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/46496
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.relationFCT PTDC/BIA-BIC/111184/2009pt_PT
dc.relationFCT SFRH/BD/80488/2011pt_PT
dc.relationFCT PD/BD/52597/2014pt_PT
dc.relationFellowship from Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)pt_PT
dc.relationBat Conservation International student research fellowshipspt_PT
dc.relationARDITI – Madeira’s Regional Agency for the Development of Research, Technology and Innovation (grant M1420-09-5369-FSE-000002)pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.titleEffects of Forest Fragmentation on the Vertical Stratification of Neotropical Batspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.issue2pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage67pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleDiversitypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume12pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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