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Bird vulnerability to forest loss

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Two recent studies come to different yet complementary conclusions about the factors — species traits, climate conditions and past disturbances — that determine the responses of bird species to forest loss and fragmentation.

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Fig. 1: The relationships among species traits, geographical properties and sensitivity to deforestation and fragmentation in birds.

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Neate-Clegg, M.H.C. Bird vulnerability to forest loss. Nat Ecol Evol 8, 188–189 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02259-7

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