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Amazonia; colonization; deforestation; ecological species invasions; land-use change; Neotropics; rain forest; RAIN-FOREST BIRDS; BRAZILIAN AMAZONIA; SPECIES RICHNESS; HOUSE SPARROWS; FUTURE; CONSERVATION; MOVEMENTS; FRAGMENTS; HABITATS; PATTERNS
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Avian Ecological Succession In The Amazon: A Long-Term Case Study Following Experimental Deforestation, Cameron L. Rutt, Vitek Jirinec
Avian Ecological Succession In The Amazon: A Long-Term Case Study Following Experimental Deforestation, Cameron L. Rutt, Vitek Jirinec
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Approximately 20% of the Brazilian Amazon has now been deforested, and the Amazon is currently experiencing the highest rates of deforestation in a decade, leading to large-scale land-use changes. Roads have consistently been implicated as drivers of ongoing Amazon deforestation and may act as corridors to facilitate species invasions. Long-term data, however, are necessary to determine how ecological succession alters avian communities following deforestation and whether established roads lead to a constant influx of new species. We used data across nearly 40 years from a large-scale deforestation experiment in the central Amazon to examine the avian colonization process in a …