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We hypothesized that species richness is lower in fragments compared to continuous forest, and that fragmentation leads to altered assemblage composition.

In less constrained situations with lower regional similarity, species richness is lower, the dynamics are no longer driven by the one species-one source situation and the indirect effects of habitat loss on extinction will be more important.

Parasite diversity and species richness were lower in wetlands impacted by both pesticides and land use.

In low grazing intensity plots, macrofungi species richness was found to be higher, while bird species richness was lower.

Plant species richness was lower in fertilized than in unfertilized parcels and in abandoned compared with used parcels.

Species richness was lower in heavily grazed pastures compared with localities with a low or intermediate grazing pressure.

Our result that flock densities were slightly, but significantly, higher in robusta while overall habitat specialist and foraging guild richness was lower echoes recent findings that flocking behaviors may permit for habitat specialists to use more modified or disturbed habitats.

Decay stage also appeared to be an important factor for saproxylic beetles associated to logging residues; richness was lower in fresh than in decayed residues.

Summer bird species richness was lower in places that had a greater percentage of area covered by buildings in the adjacent landscape.

On sites where arable reversion took place, microbial communities were similar to those from unimproved grasslands although overall vegetation diversity and fungal richness were lower.

The nematode abundance and taxonomic diversity (generic richness) were lower at Hailun than at other sites, and higher values of evenness were observed at Hailun and Harbin than at Dehui and Gongzhuling.