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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'Habitat loss is one of the key drivers of the ongoing decline of biodiversity.
However, ecologists still argue about how fragmentation of habitat (independent
of habitat loss) affects species richness. The recently proposed habitat amount
hypothesis posits that species richness only depends on the total amount of habitat
in a local landscape. In contrast, empirical studies report contrasting patterns:
some find positive and others negative effects of fragmentation per se on species
richness. To explain this apparent disparity, we devise a stochastic, spatially
explicit model of competitive species communities in heterogeneous habitats. The
model shows that habitat loss and fragmentation have complex effects on species
diversity in competitive communities. When the total amount of habitat is large,
fragmentation per se tends to increase species diversity, but if the total amount
of habitat is small, the situation is reversed: fragmentation per se decreases
species diversity.'
article_processing_charge: Yes (via OA deal)
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Joel
full_name: Rybicki, Joel
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last_name: Rybicki
orcid: 0000-0002-6432-6646
- first_name: Nerea
full_name: Abrego, Nerea
last_name: Abrego
- first_name: Otso
full_name: Ovaskainen, Otso
last_name: Ovaskainen
citation:
ama: Rybicki J, Abrego N, Ovaskainen O. Habitat fragmentation and species diversity
in competitive communities. Ecology Letters. 2020;23(3):506-517. doi:10.1111/ele.13450
apa: Rybicki, J., Abrego, N., & Ovaskainen, O. (2020). Habitat fragmentation
and species diversity in competitive communities. Ecology Letters. Wiley.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13450
chicago: Rybicki, Joel, Nerea Abrego, and Otso Ovaskainen. “Habitat Fragmentation
and Species Diversity in Competitive Communities.” Ecology Letters. Wiley,
2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13450.
ieee: J. Rybicki, N. Abrego, and O. Ovaskainen, “Habitat fragmentation and species
diversity in competitive communities,” Ecology Letters, vol. 23, no. 3.
Wiley, pp. 506–517, 2020.
ista: Rybicki J, Abrego N, Ovaskainen O. 2020. Habitat fragmentation and species
diversity in competitive communities. Ecology Letters. 23(3), 506–517.
mla: Rybicki, Joel, et al. “Habitat Fragmentation and Species Diversity in Competitive
Communities.” Ecology Letters, vol. 23, no. 3, Wiley, 2020, pp. 506–17,
doi:10.1111/ele.13450.
short: J. Rybicki, N. Abrego, O. Ovaskainen, Ecology Letters 23 (2020) 506–517.
date_created: 2020-01-04T11:04:30Z
date_published: 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-09-05T16:04:30Z
day: '01'
ddc:
- '000'
department:
- _id: DaAl
doi: 10.1111/ele.13450
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
isi:
- '000503625200001'
file:
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intvolume: ' 23'
isi: 1
issue: '3'
language:
- iso: eng
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
month: '03'
oa: 1
oa_version: Published Version
page: 506-517
project:
- _id: 260C2330-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: H2020
grant_number: '754411'
name: ISTplus - Postdoctoral Fellowships
- _id: 26A5D39A-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: H2020
grant_number: '840605'
name: Coordination in constrained and natural distributed systems
publication: Ecology Letters
publication_identifier:
eissn:
- 1461-0248
issn:
- 1461-023X
publication_status: published
publisher: Wiley
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Habitat fragmentation and species diversity in competitive communities
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legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)
short: CC BY (4.0)
type: journal_article
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