The Atlantic Forest in Brazil is a biodiversity hotspot, yet its diverse ecosystems and species are becoming increasingly threatened by habitat loss and extreme habitat fragmentation. Most habitat patches of Atlantic Forest are dispersed across agricultural landscapes (e.g., grazing and cropping) in relatively small and isolated fragments (80% 70 %), the position of SLEs within the landscapes was more important than their respective areas for connectivity. Although the landscapes were deeply fragmented, we showed that the presence of SLEs can increase connectivity and reduce further biodiversity loss in the Atlantic Forest.

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小景观元素使巴西大西洋森林的连通性和区域高度分散

巴西的大西洋森林是生物多样性的热点，但是其多样化的生态系统和物种正日益受到栖息地丧失和极端栖息地破碎化的威胁。大西洋森林的大多数栖息地斑块分散在整个农业景观中（例如，放牧和耕种），分布在相对较小且孤立的碎片中（80％70％），SLE在景观中的位置比它们各自的连通区域更为重要。尽管景观被严重分割，但我们证明了SLE的存在可以增强连接性并减少大西洋森林中生物多样性的进一步损失。