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Anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests can double biodiversity loss from deforestation. Multiple edge effects and their implications in fragmented landscapes. Forest fragmentation and matrix effects: the matrix does matter. BIOFRAG - a new database for analyzing BIOdiversity responses to forest FRAGmentation. Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth’s ecosystems. Our results highlight the pervasive ability of forest edges to restructure ecological communities on a global scale. Smaller-bodied amphibians, larger reptiles and medium-sized non-volant mammals experienced a larger reduction in suitable habitat than other forest-core species. Species that live in the centre of the forest (forest core), that were more likely to be listed as threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), reached peak abundances only at sites farther than 200–400 m from sharp high-contrast forest edges. We show that the abundances of 85% of species are affected, either positively or negatively, by forest edges. Here we assembled a global dataset on species responses to fragmentation and developed a statistical approach for quantifying edge impacts in heterogeneous landscapes to quantify edge-determined changes in abundance of 1,673 vertebrate species. However, predicting these declines is challenging in heterogeneous fragmented landscapes. Forest edges influence more than half of the world’s forests and contribute to worldwide declines in biodiversity and ecosystem functions.
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