scholarly journals Trait shifts in bird communities from primary forest to human settlements in Mexican seasonal forests. Are there ruderal birds?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leopoldo D. Vázquez-Reyes ◽  
Horacio Paz-Hernández ◽  
Héctor O. Godínez-Álvarez ◽  
María del Coro Arizmendi ◽  
Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza
Keyword(s):  
Bird Communities ◽  
Primary Forest ◽  
Human Settlements ◽  
Seasonal Forests

scholarly journals Directional effects of biotic homogenization of bird communities in Mexican seasonal forests

The Condor ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 119 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leopoldo D. Vázquez-Reyes ◽  
María del Coro Arizmendi ◽  
Héctor O. Godínez-Álvarez ◽  
Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza
Keyword(s):  
Bird Communities ◽  
Biotic Homogenization ◽  
Seasonal Forests

scholarly journals Agricultural land in the Amazon basin supports low bird diversity and is a poor replacement for primary forest

The Condor ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 122 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Montague H C Neate-Clegg ◽  
Çağan H Şekercioğlu
Keyword(s):  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Bird Communities ◽  
Bird Diversity ◽  
Primary Forest ◽  
Forest Fragments ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
History Of ◽  
Matrix Habitats

Abstract The Amazon has a long history of disturbance under subsistence agriculture, but slash-and-burn agriculture is small in scale and has relatively low impact on resident avifauna. More recently, the Amazon has suffered extensive deforestation in favor of cattle ranching and other modern systems of agriculture. Cattle pastures, mechanized agriculture, and even tree plantations have detrimental effects on bird communities, greatly lowering diversity, especially that of primary forest interior specialists. A rising threat to the Amazon is the spread of oil palm plantations that retain few bird species and are not viable alternatives to forest. Embedded within the expanding agropastoral mosaic are forest fragments that have experienced a well-documented loss of diversity. Yet, the matrix can mitigate the recovery of fragmented bird communities depending on the type of secondary regrowth. Connectivity via matrix habitats or forest corridors is critical for the maintenance of forest avifauna. With so many types of land use developing across the Amazon, the “tropical countryside” has potential value for bird diversity. However, evidence suggests that the agropastoral mosaic harbors a small, more homogenized avifauna with few forest species, especially when primary forest is absent from the landscape. For the Amazon Basin’s bird life to be conserved into the future, preservation of large tracts of well-connected primary forest is vital. Tropical countryside dominated by agriculture simply cannot sustain sufficient levels of biodiversity.

The Global Report on Human Settlements

1988 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 519-520
Author(s):  
Maurice Kirk
Keyword(s):  
Human Settlements

Functional evenness of bird communities varies along the elevational gradient in Europe: Conservation implications

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Morelli ◽  
Yanina
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Elevation Gradient ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Elevational Gradient ◽  
Negative Association ◽  
Bird Communities ◽  
Breeding Bird ◽  
Bird Species Richness ◽  
Large Spatial Scale ◽  
Functional Evenness

ContextThe negative association between elevation and species richness is a well-recognized pattern in macro-ecology. ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to investigate changes in functional evenness of breeding bird communities along an elevation gradient in Europe. MethodsUsing the bird data from the EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds we estimated an index of functional evenness which can be assumed as a measure of the potential resilience of communities.ResultsOur findings confirm the existence of a negative association between elevation and bird species richness in all European eco regions. However, we also explored a novel aspect of this relationship, important for conservation: Our findings provide evidence at large spatial scale of a negative association between the functional evenness (potential community resilience) and elevation, independent of the eco region. We also found that the Natura2000 protected areas covers the territory most in need of protection, those characterized by bird communities with low potential resilience, in hilly and mountainous areas.ConclusionsThese results draw attention to European areas occupied by bird communities characterized by a potential lower capacity to respond to strong ecological changes, and, therefore, potentially more exposed to risks for conservation.

:Structure and Meaning in Human Settlements

2007 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 202-204
Author(s):  
EDWARD SWENSON
Keyword(s):  
Human Settlements

The dynamics of changes in the structure and species composition of primary forest stands in selected areas of Pieniny National Park

2011 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Jaworski ◽  
Dorota Jakubowska
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
National Park ◽  
Primary Forest ◽  
Forest Stands

Dynamika zmian budowy, struktury i składu gatunkowego drzewostanów o charakterze pierwotnym na wybranych powierzchniach w Pienińskim Parku Narodowym

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