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DOI	10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117979
	Complex habitat drives mammal communities in a flammable landscape
	Dorph A.; Swan M.; Rochelmeyer E.; Di Stefano J.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0378-1127
卷号	462
英文摘要	In flammable ecosystems biodiversity can be influenced by multiple drivers, and conservation management requires knowledge of their relative influence. For example, land managers often manipulate fire regimes to increase environmental heterogeneity and promote biodiversity. However, the influence of fire relative to other drivers of biodiversity is often unknown. In this study, we used a temporally replicated dataset to (a) examine the effect of climate, topography, time since fire and habitat structure on mammal alpha- and beta-diversity and (b) assess the consistency of these responses through time. We surveyed ground-dwelling mammals within the Otway Ranges of Australia over four periods between 2010 and 2017. Alpha- and beta-diversity were most strongly influenced by habitat complexity. Alpha-diversity showed a strong positive relationship with habitat complexity, while there was a constant change in beta-diversity along the habitat complexity gradient. The remaining drivers, particularly time since fire, had relatively low influence. Alpha- and beta-diversity were often influenced by different environmental variables, emphasising the value of assessing multiple levels of species diversity. Finally, each survey period predicted the observed data in other years poorly, reflecting temporal change in response patterns, and demonstrating multiple years of data may be needed to characterise the response of species diversity to potential drivers. Overall, our results show environmental variables – particularly habitat structure – are more influential than time since fire in driving species diversity. Land managers seeking to manage species diversity may do so indirectly, through the influence of fire on habitat complexity. However, to do so effectively requires greater understanding of how fire interacts with other factors to influence floristics and vegetation recovery. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.
英文关键词	Climate; Fire regime; Habitat; Species diversity; Topography
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Biodiversity; Digital storage; Fires; Mammals; Managers; Surveys; Topography; Alpha and beta diversities; Climate; Conservation management; Environmental heterogeneity; Environmental variables; Fire regimes; Habitat; Vegetation recovery; Ecosystems; biodiversity; climate change; community dynamics; conservation management; fire; habitat structure; landscape ecology; mammal; species diversity; topography; Biodiversity; Ecosystems; Fires; Mammals; Surveys; Topography; Australia; Otway Range; Victoria [Australia]; Mammalia
来源期刊	Forest Ecology and Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/155394
作者单位	Fire Ecology and Biodiversity Group, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne, 4 Water Street, Creswick, Victoria 3363, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Dorph A.,Swan M.,Rochelmeyer E.,et al. Complex habitat drives mammal communities in a flammable landscape[J],2020,462.
APA	Dorph A.,Swan M.,Rochelmeyer E.,&Di Stefano J..(2020).Complex habitat drives mammal communities in a flammable landscape.Forest Ecology and Management,462.
MLA	Dorph A.,et al."Complex habitat drives mammal communities in a flammable landscape".Forest Ecology and Management 462(2020).