A major goal in modern ecology is understanding the source of variation in species responses to anthropogenic change. Trait‐based approaches show promise, but traits found to be predictive in one study often fail in others. We seek to understand whether variation in traits’ explanatory power comes about due to interaction effects—between multiple traits and between traits and the environment. We assess the context‐dependence of trait‐based responses to habitat conversion by testing the hypothesis that abundance in converted habitats decreases with arboreality, while including interactions with reproductive mode, a trait of known importance, and biologically relevant climate variables.

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气候和土地利用变化的严重性会改变基于特征的生境转化反应

现代生态学的一个主要目标是了解物种对人为变化的响应的变化源。基于特质的方法显示出希望，但是一项研究中发现具有预测性的特质在其他研究中往往会失败。我们试图了解特质解释力的变化是否是由于多种特质之间以及特质与环境之间的相互作用所引起的。我们通过测试以下假设来评估基于特征对生境转化的响应的上下文相关性：在转换后的生境中，丰度随着树木的生长而减少，同时包括与繁殖方式的相互作用，已知重要性的特征以及生物学相关的气候变量。