Ecological correlates of vulnerability to fragmentation in forest birds on inundated subtropical land-bridge islands

摘要: Abstract Identifying the ecological and life-history traits that render species vulnerable to fragmentation is an important prerequisite for development of effective conservation strategies minimize future biodiversity losses. When determining how influence vulnerability fragmentation, however, several confounding factors such as detectability synergistic effects among are rarely considered. In this study, after controlling these methodological shortcomings, we determined influenced using bird data collected from islands created by inundation Thousand Island Lake, China. We obtained eight field surveys literature: natural abundance, geographical range size, habitat specificity, body trophic level, mobility, fecundity, nest type. After phylogenetic correction, were used separately in combination assess their associations with index vulnerability, proportion occupied. Inclusion analysis resulted considerable increases overall island occupancy all general cryptic particular. Accounting altered rank best models thus identification relationships between vulnerability. found interactions abundance specificity. Our findings highlight importance incorporating into studies. From a perspective, our results suggest should give priority efforts rare low high