Researchers estimated the impact of targeted habitat restoration on the duration between habitat loss and extinction of tropical bird species in two biodiversity hotspots--the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and the Atlantic Forest of Brazil--and found that restoring links between large adjoining habitat fragments could reduce species extinctions, providing a large potential return on investment in biodiversity.
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Article #17-05834: "Targeted habitat restoration can reduce extinction rates in fragmented forests," by William D. Newmark, Clinton Jenkins, Stuart Pimm, Phoebe McNeally, and John Halley.
MEDIA CONTACT: William D. Newmark, Natural History Museum of Utah, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; tel: 801-587-5738, 801-440-9577; e-mail: < bnewmark@umnh.utah.edu >; Clinton N. Jenkins, Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Nazaré Paulista, BRAZIL; tel: +55-11-99983-1583; e-mail: < clinton.jenkins@gmail.com >
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences