Low reproductive rate predicts species sensitivity to habitat loss: a meta-analysis of wetland vertebrates.
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SUBMITTER: Quesnelle PE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3961235 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Low reproductive rate predicts species sensitivity to habitat loss: a meta-analysis of wetland vertebrates.
Quesnelle Pauline E PE Lindsay Kathryn E KE Fahrig Lenore L
PloS one 20140320 3
We tested the hypotheses that species with greater mobility and/or higher reproductive rates are less sensitive to habitat loss than species with lower mobility and/or reproductive rates by conducting a meta-analysis of wetland vertebrate responses to wetland habitat loss. We combined data from 90 studies conducted worldwide that quantified the relationship between wetland amount in a landscape and population abundance of at least one wetland species to determine if mobility (indexed as home ran ...[more]
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