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Almeida-Maués, Paula C. R., Bueno, Anderson S., Palmeirim, Ana Filipa, Peres, Carlos A. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1588-8765 and Mendes-Oliveira, Ana Cristina
(2022)
Assessing assemblage-wide mammal responses to different types of habitat modification in Amazonian forests.
Scientific Reports, 12.
ISSN 2045-2322
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Abstract
Tropical forests are being heavily modified by varying intensities of land use ranging from structural degradation to complete conversion. While ecological responses of vertebrate assemblages to habitat modification are variable, such understanding is critical to appropriate conservation planning of anthropogenic landscapes. We assessed the responses of medium/large-bodied mammal assemblages to the ecological impacts of reduced impact logging, secondary regrowth, and eucalyptus and oil palm plantations in Eastern Brazilian Amazonia. We used within-landscape paired baseline-treatment comparisons to examine the impact of different types of habitat modification in relation to adjacent primary forest. We examined assemblage-wide metrics including the total number of species, number of primary forest species retained in modified habitats, abundance, species composition, and community integrity. We ranked all types of habitat modification along a gradient of assemblage-wide impact intensity, with oil palm and eucalyptus plantations exerting the greatest impact, followed by secondary regrowth, and selectively logging. Selectively-logged and secondary forests did not experience discernible biodiversity loss, except for the total number of primary forest species retained. Secondary forests further experienced pronounced species turnover, with loss of community integrity. Considering the biodiversity retention capacity of anthropogenic habitats, this study reinforces the landscape-scale importance of setting aside large preserved areas.
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| Additional Information: | Funding Information: P.C.R.A.M. was funded by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) with the PhD scholarship. A.F.P. was funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 792678. A.C.M.O. was funded by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) with the postdoctoral Grant (No. 233814/2014-0). |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sdg 15 - life on land ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_on_land |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Biology |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Feb 2022 12:30 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2023 14:51 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/83418 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-022-05450-1 |
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