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Title: How should the area of forest patches in an agricultural landscape affect the pr
Post by: colleen on Feb 4, 2012
How should the area of forest patches in an agricultural landscape affect the proportion of bird species in a community that are associated with forest edge habitats? How should patch area affect the presence of birds associated with forest interiors?


Title: Re: How should the area of forest patches in an agricultural landscape affect the pr
Post by: bio_man on Feb 8, 2012
As forest patch area increases, the proportion of forest edge birds should decrease and the proportion of forest interior species should increase. This is because the relative proportion of the patch which is edge decreases as the total area increases.