Species-richness, abundance, and body size of stream-breeding anurans across land-use types in Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo)

Approximately 70% of Earth’s surface is impacted by human land-use. While numerous studies have demonstrated that species richness is higher in primary (undisturbed) forest than in secondary forest or agriculture sites, some studies fail to detect differences in species richness across land-use type. Recent work suggests that individual-level changes such as body size or body condition can occur more rapidly than population- or community-level processes, such as abundance and species richness, respectively. Thus, body size and condition may be more sensitive measures of environmental changes.... Mehr ...