Natural history traits influence winners and losers for herpetological communities in disturbed tropical habitats.

IF 2.3 2区 环境科学与生态学 Q2 ECOLOGY
Rowland K Griffin, Todd R Lewis, Joseph Tzanopoulos, Richard A Griffiths
{"title":"Natural history traits influence winners and losers for herpetological communities in disturbed tropical habitats.","authors":"Rowland K Griffin, Todd R Lewis, Joseph Tzanopoulos, Richard A Griffiths","doi":"10.1007/s00442-025-05691-7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Habitat alteration can lead to a few 'winning' species outcompeting many 'losing' species, an effect commonly termed as 'Winner-Loser-Replacements' or WLRs. This can lead to homogenisation of species assemblages at phylogenetic and functional levels. Most previous studies analyse responses of species abundance without considering natural history traits associated with those species. This study uses fourth corner modelling techniques to investigate the interaction between ecological data and natural history trait information using a herpetofaunal assemblage that includes 19 species of amphibians, 28 snakes, and 20 lizards, in Parque Nacional Laguna del Tigre, Guatemala. A total of 120 transects were surveyed using Visual Encounter Surveys, comprising 18 in disturbed habitat, 66 in forest habitat, and 36 in edge habitat respectively. Overall, greater diversity of ecological traits was revealed in forest and edge habitats compared to disturbed habitats at the forest edge close to agricultural land. Models revealed that for amphibians (Hypopachus variolosus and Incilius valliceps) and snakes (Coniophanes schmidtii and Leptodeira septentrionalis), association with bare ground, and in the case of amphibians, leaf litter, predicts species persistence in disturbed habitats. Continued forest fragmentation in the region will result in increased edge effects, and a greater proportion of forest remaining in an early successional state, leading to a highly reduced, homogenized, amphibian and reptile assemblage. Using such models for community assemblages of animals to reveal the identity of WLR patterns in forests with continued fragmentation is a useful tool to reveal which species are at risk of impact before habitats become degraded.</p>","PeriodicalId":19473,"journal":{"name":"Oecologia","volume":"207 3","pages":"52"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11897091/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Oecologia","FirstCategoryId":"93","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-025-05691-7","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ECOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

Habitat alteration can lead to a few 'winning' species outcompeting many 'losing' species, an effect commonly termed as 'Winner-Loser-Replacements' or WLRs. This can lead to homogenisation of species assemblages at phylogenetic and functional levels. Most previous studies analyse responses of species abundance without considering natural history traits associated with those species. This study uses fourth corner modelling techniques to investigate the interaction between ecological data and natural history trait information using a herpetofaunal assemblage that includes 19 species of amphibians, 28 snakes, and 20 lizards, in Parque Nacional Laguna del Tigre, Guatemala. A total of 120 transects were surveyed using Visual Encounter Surveys, comprising 18 in disturbed habitat, 66 in forest habitat, and 36 in edge habitat respectively. Overall, greater diversity of ecological traits was revealed in forest and edge habitats compared to disturbed habitats at the forest edge close to agricultural land. Models revealed that for amphibians (Hypopachus variolosus and Incilius valliceps) and snakes (Coniophanes schmidtii and Leptodeira septentrionalis), association with bare ground, and in the case of amphibians, leaf litter, predicts species persistence in disturbed habitats. Continued forest fragmentation in the region will result in increased edge effects, and a greater proportion of forest remaining in an early successional state, leading to a highly reduced, homogenized, amphibian and reptile assemblage. Using such models for community assemblages of animals to reveal the identity of WLR patterns in forests with continued fragmentation is a useful tool to reveal which species are at risk of impact before habitats become degraded.

求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 求助全文
来源期刊
Oecologia
Oecologia 环境科学-生态学
CiteScore
5.10
自引率
0.00%
发文量
192
审稿时长
5.3 months
期刊介绍: Oecologia publishes innovative ecological research of international interest. We seek reviews, advances in methodology, and original contributions, emphasizing the following areas: Population ecology, Plant-microbe-animal interactions, Ecosystem ecology, Community ecology, Global change ecology, Conservation ecology, Behavioral ecology and Physiological Ecology. In general, studies that are purely descriptive, mathematical, documentary, and/or natural history will not be considered.
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术官方微信