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Mind the gap: scale‐dependent and dispersal‐mediated response to forest fragmentation
Author(s) -
Honnay Olivier
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of vegetation science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1654-1103
pISSN - 1100-9233
DOI - 10.1111/jvs.12295
Subject(s) - biological dispersal , fragmentation (computing) , species richness , ecology , seed dispersal , habitat fragmentation , forest fragmentation , habitat , geography , vegetation (pathology) , scale (ratio) , biology , cartography , sociology , medicine , population , demography , pathology
Species richness of habitat fragments is affected by spatial isolation. However, the scale of this phenomenon, and its interactions with the species’ seed dispersal potential has remained underexplored. By integrating seed trap and species distribution data, Koh et al., in this issue of the Journal of Vegetation Science , make a compelling case for scale‐dependent species’ responses to forest fragmentation.