Habitat Structural Diversity Matters!
In general, increased structural diversity leads to increased amphibian and reptile diversity.
- Structural diversity mainly contributed by plant community, but also abiotic factors.
- Eg., lowland tropical forests generally have greater structural diversity than termperate forests.
- Understory, canopy, epiphytic plants, tree species diversity (=leaf, twig, and stem diversity).
Places to inhabit, hide, breed, increased prey.