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Science 16 May 2008:
Vol. 320. no. 5878, p. 874
DOI: 10.1126/science.1155686
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Response to Comment on "Habitat Split and the Global Decline of Amphibians"

Carlos Roberto Fonseca,1 Carlos Guilherme Becker,1,2 Célio Fernando Baptista Haddad,3 Paulo Inácio Prado4*

Habitat split, defined as human-induced disconnection between habitats used by different life history stages of a species, is a strong factor negatively affecting the richness of Brazilian Atlantic Forest amphibians. Here, the disconnection between streams and forest fragments is shown to reduce the proportion of species with aquatic larvae in local communities.

1 Laboratório de Interação Animal-Planta, Centro 2, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 93022-970 São Leopoldo RS, Brazil.
2 Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-970 Campinas SP, Brazil.
3 Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Caixa, Postal 199, 13506-900 Rio Claro SP, Brazil.
4 Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, 05508-900 São Paulo SP, Brazil.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: prado{at}ib.usp.br

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