Renata Pardini

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a large data set of plants, birds and dung beetles (1,538, 460 and 156 species, respectively) sampled in 36 catchments in the Brazilian state of Para.

TL;DR: In this article, a new conceptual model was proposed to describe the mechanisms and consequences of biodiversity change in fragmented landscapes, identifying the fragmentation threshold as a first step in a positive feedback mechanism that has the capacity to impair ecological resilience, and drive a regime shift in biodiversity.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated how species abundance and alpha and beta diversity are affected by fragment size and the presence of corridors in an Atlantic forest landscape, and the importance of secondary forest for the conservation of tropical fauna, the hyperdynamism of small isolated fragments and the potential of corridors to buffer habitat fragmentation effects in tropical landscapes.

TL;DR: Results highlight the importance of secondary forest for the conservation of tropical fauna, the hyper-dynamism of small isolated fragments and the potential of corridors to buffer habitat fragmentation effects in tropical landscapes.

TL;DR: The authors argue that Fahrig's conclusions are drawn from a narrow and potentially biased subset of available evidence, which ignore much of the observational, experimental and theoretical evidence for negative effects of altered habitat configuration.