Mammal functional diversity increases with vegetation structural complexity in two forest types

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This work was part of a study of the effects of fire on biodiversity in the Otway Ranges, funded by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning and Parks Victoria. Field work was conducted under the National Parks Act and Forest Act, and camera-trapping methods were approved by the University of Melbourne Animal Ethics Committee (ID 1513682.1). We thank Paul Bentley, Matthew Chick, Peter Collins, Julio Najera-Umana, and volunteers for their assistance in the data collection.