Ecology 6th Edition by Charles Krebs

Exercise 5

One of the most extensive ecological experiments is being carried out by the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project in the Brazilian Amazon. One experiment has involved creating small isolated patches of rain forest and following the extinction and colonization of these patches over time. Ferraz et al. (2007) have reported on the impacts of fragmentation on Amazon birds. Discuss what predictions you would make for this experiment from island biogeography theory, and review the results to date.