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Lee M. Small farmlands can serve as open habitat for birds in subtropical cities of southern China. Ecol Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/1440-1703.12336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Myung‐Bok Lee
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences Guangzhou China
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Lee MB, Chen D, Zou F. Winter Bird Diversity and Abundance in Small Farmlands in a Megacity of Southern China. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.859199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Urban expansion often accompanies a loss of natural habitats and arable lands but an increase in urban population. In China, vegetable-dominant small farmlands are common in urban/peri-urban areas. Some farmlands are also associated with government policy that aims to enhance local farmers’ livelihoods as well as increase food availability for city citizens. While small urban farmlands create open greenery cover that may provide birds with resources such as food and shelter, little attention has been given to understanding bird diversity in urban farmlands. Using two hierarchical models (multi-species occupancy model and N-mixture model), we examined how species richness and abundance of birds were associated with environmental characteristics within and surrounding urban farmlands in Guangzhou, one of the largest cities in China. We conducted crop and bird surveys at urban farmlands during two winter seasons between December 2019 and January 2021. Species richness increased with non-woody (herbaceous) vegetation cover within a farmland. Abundance of three species was also positively associated with the local non-woody vegetation variable. Two species were more abundant at farmlands with higher crop diversity. Compositional features of matrix surrounding a farmland (a 500-m circular area) did not affect species richness. However, species richness and abundance of one species tended to decrease with increasing farmland fragmentation (patch density of farmlands) within a 1-km circular area. These findings suggest that (1) birds could be more influenced by environmental features within farmlands than matrix features surrounding farmlands, (2) local uncultivated herbaceous vegetation is an important environmental feature, and (3) diverse crops in farmlands may benefit some birds. They also indicate that the landscape pattern of farmlands, such as degree of fragmentation, could affect bird diversity in urban farmlands.
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Żmihorski M, Kotowska D, Zyśk-Gorczyńska E. Using citizen science to identify environmental correlates of bird-window collisions in Poland. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 811:152358. [PMID: 34921884 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Bird collisions with windows are among the highest sources of human caused mortality to this group of animals. However, environmental correlates of spatial patterns in collision risk are poorly understood, thus making mitigation measures difficult to implement. We took advantage of Covid-19 lockdown in the spring of 2020, when people were obligated to stay mainly at home, and performed a memory-recall questionnaire survey concerning bird-window collisions in Poland. We received information on bird-window collisions with 1800 buildings across the whole country accompanied by characteristics of each building, its vicinity and resident's behavior (time spent home, window cleaning). We supplemented these data with landscape description and performed statistical models to estimate importance of 13 explanatory variables as predictors of number of bird-window collisions. Reported number of collisions increased with the share of forests and arable land within 2 km of the building, and with proximity to rivers. Number of collisions also increased when single trees were close to buildings. More collisions were reported for houses than for flats and for new buildings than for old ones. Reported number of collisions increased with window cleaning which might suggest that cleaning reduces glass visibility for birds. As bird-window collision risk is highly variable among buildings but can be reduced with several measures improving glass visibility for birds, we recommend to use predictive models to identify collision hotspots for applying these measures. New houses located near rivers, in forests or agricultural landscapes have highest collision risk, and trees near buildings, often planted to benefit birds, can additionally elevate collision rate, thus potentially creating ecological traps. In such collision hotspots, reduction of window cleaning frequency can be considered as a mitigation measure unless the visual markers improving glass visibility for birds are installed on the panels.
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- Michał Żmihorski
- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Stoczek 1, 17-230 Białowieża, Poland
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- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, 31-120 Kraków, Poland
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Adhikari JN, Khatiwada JR, Adhikari D, Sapkota S, Bhattarai BP, Rijal D, Sharma LN. Comparison of bird diversity in protected and non-protected wetlands of western lowland of Nepal. JOURNAL OF THREATENED TAXA 2022. [DOI: 10.11609/jott.7452.14.1.20371-20386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Protected areas are considered important for biodiversity conservation, however, studies have shown that habitats outside protected areas can also support high diversity and are important for biodiversity conservation. In this context, we compared the bird diversity between protected (Rani Taal in Shuklaphanta National Park) and non-protected (Sati Karnali Taal) wetlands in western Nepal. Bird surveys were conducted from February to August 2019, using open width point count method in 100 m intervals along transects. A total of 122 species belonging to 18 orders and 44 families were recorded from the protected wetland, and 107 species belonging to 16 orders and 41 families from the non-protected wetland area. Insectivores had high abundance in both wetlands (43% and 47% in protected and non-protected wetlands, respectively). Forest-dependent birds were more abundant in protected wetland compared to non-protected wetland. Our study showed that both protected and non-protected wetlands along with agricultural landscapes, support a richness of birds. Hence priority should be given to both wetlands for the conservation of birds.
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Smith OM, Kennedy CM, Echeverri A, Karp DS, Latimer CE, Taylor JM, Wilson‐Rankin EE, Owen JP, Snyder WE. Complex landscapes stabilize farm bird communities and their expected ecosystem services. J Appl Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Olivia M. Smith
- Department of Entomology University of Georgia Athens GA USA
- School of Biological Sciences Washington State University Pullman WA USA
- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program Michigan State University East Lansing MI USA
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- Global Protect Oceans, Lands and Waters Program The Nature Conservancy Fort Collins CO USA
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- Center for Conservation Biology Stanford University Stanford CA USA
- The Natural Capital Project Stanford University Stanford CA USA
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- Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology University of California Davis CA USA
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- Global Protect Oceans, Lands and Waters Program The Nature Conservancy Fort Collins CO USA
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- Department of Entomology University of Georgia Athens GA USA
- Department of Entomology Washington State University Pullman WA USA
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- Department of Entomology Washington State University Pullman WA USA
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- Department of Entomology University of Georgia Athens GA USA
- Department of Entomology Washington State University Pullman WA USA
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Rosin ZM, Pärt T, Low M, Kotowska D, Tobolka M, Szymański P, Hiron M. Village modernization may contribute more to farmland bird declines than agricultural intensification. Conserv Lett 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Zuzanna M. Rosin
- Faculty of Biology, Department of Cell Biology Adam Mickiewicz University Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6 Poznań Poland
- Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
- Institute of Nature Conservation Polish Academy of Sciences Kraków Poland
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- Department of Zoology Poznań University of Life Sciences Poznań Poland
- Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Wien Austria
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- Faculty of Biology, Department of Behavioural Ecology Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań Poland
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- Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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Mayer M, Šálek M, Fox AD, Juhl Lindhøj F, Jacobsen LB, Sunde P. Fine-scale movement patterns and habitat selection of little owls (Athene noctua) from two declining populations. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0256608. [PMID: 34570774 PMCID: PMC8476024 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Advances in bio-logging technology for wildlife monitoring have expanded our ability to study space use and behavior of many animal species at increasingly detailed scales. However, such data can be challenging to analyze due to autocorrelation of GPS positions. As a case study, we investigated spatiotemporal movements and habitat selection in the little owl (Athene noctua), a bird species that is declining in central Europe and verges on extinction in Denmark. We equipped 6 Danish food-supplemented little owls and 6 non-supplemented owls in the Czech Republic with high-resolution GPS loggers that recorded one position per minute. Nightly space use, measured as 95% kernel density estimates, of Danish male owls were on average 62 ha (± 64 SD, larger than any found in previous studies) compared to 2 ha (± 1) in females, and to 3 ± 1 ha (males) versus 3 ± 5 ha (females) in the Czech Republic. Foraging Danish male owls moved on average 4-fold further from their nest and at almost double the distance per hour than Czech males. To create availability data for the habitat selection analysis, we accounted for high spatiotemporal autocorrelation of the GPS data by simulating correlated random walks with the same autocorrelation structure as the actual little owl movement trajectories. We found that habitat selection was similar between Danish and Czech owls, with individuals selecting for short vegetation and areas with high structural diversity. Our limited sample size did not allow us to infer patterns on a population level, but nevertheless demonstrates how high-resolution GPS data can help to identify critical habitat requirements to better formulate conservation actions on a local scale.
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- Martin Mayer
- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Brno, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Andrzejczak R, Dylewski Ł, Jerzak L, Peťko B, Myczko Ł. Does Traditional Feeding of Outdoor Guard Dogs Provide a Food Resource for Wild Mammals and Birds? Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:ani11051198. [PMID: 33921922 PMCID: PMC8143549 DOI: 10.3390/ani11051198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Revised: 04/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Access to food is crucial in the life of birds, and affects reproduction, survival and, consequently, population size. We investigated how traditional care of dogs affected rural birds and other animal populations. Using camera traps, it was found that the food fed to dogs was also taken by seven species of birds and at least three species of mammals. The most numerous species taking dog food was the house sparrow, Passer domesticus, which is declining in Europe. In the case of this species, females were more likely than males to use food provided for dogs, with a clear preference for food prepared in the human kitchen. We conclude that the food provided to domestic pets can be an important component of the diet of wild birds and mammals living close to humans. Abstract Access to food is crucial in the life of birds and affects reproduction, survival and, consequently, population size. In the case of bird species inhabiting villages, poorer food conditions now exist, mainly because of changes in the lifestyle of rural residents and a reduction in the number of farm animals traditionally housed in backyards. Recent changes have also affected dog populations in villages, and the majority of them are no longer kept outside as guard dogs, but rather inside houses as pets. We investigated how traditional care of dogs impacted rural birds and other animal populations. The study was carried out at the end of winter and early spring in 29 farmsteads in western Poland. Using camera traps, it was found that the food fed to dogs was also taken by seven species of birds and at least three species of mammals. The most numerous species taking dog food was the house sparrow, Passer domesticus, which is declining in Europe. In the case of this species, females were more likely than males to use food given to dogs, with a clear preference for food prepared in the human kitchen. We conclude that the food provided to domestic pets can be an important component of the diet of wild birds and mammals living close to humans.
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- Róża Andrzejczak
- Department of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71 C, 60-625 Poznań, Poland; (R.A.); (B.P.)
- Institute of Biological Scienes, University of Zielona Góra, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland;
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- Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Parkowa 5, 62-035 Kórnik, Poland;
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- Institute of Biological Scienes, University of Zielona Góra, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland;
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- Department of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71 C, 60-625 Poznań, Poland; (R.A.); (B.P.)
- University of Veterinary Medicine in Kosice, Komenského 68/73, 041 81 Košice, Slovakia
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- Department of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71 C, 60-625 Poznań, Poland; (R.A.); (B.P.)
- Correspondence:
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Havlíček J, Riegert J, Bandhauerová J, Fuchs R, Šálek M. Species-specific breeding habitat association of declining farmland birds within urban environments: conservation implications. Urban Ecosyst 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11252-021-01111-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Liao J, Liao T, He X, Zhang T, Li D, Luo X, Wu Y, Ran J. The effects of agricultural landscape composition and heterogeneity on bird diversity and community structure in the Chengdu Plain, China. Glob Ecol Conserv 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Żmihorski M, Kowalski M, Cichocki J, Rubacha S, Kotowska D, Krupiński D, Rosin ZM, Šálek M, Pärt T. The use of socio-economy in species distribution modelling: Features of rural societies improve predictions of barn owl occurrence. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 741:140407. [PMID: 32603947 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 06/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Variation of habitats and resources important for farmland birds seems to be only partly captured by ordinary statistics on land-use and agricultural production. For instance, densities of rodents being prey for owls and raptors or structures of rural architecture providing nesting sites for many species are central for bird diversity but are not reported in any official statistics. Thus, modelling species distributions, population abundance and trends of farmland birds may miss important predictive habitat elements. Here, we involve local socio-economy factors as a source of additional information on rural habitat to test whether it improves predictions of barn owl occurrence in 2768 churches across Poland. Barn owls occurred in 778 churches and seemed to prefer old churches made of brick located in regions with a milder climate, higher share of arable land and pastures, low road density and low levels of light pollution. Including data on local unemployment, the proportion of elder citizens, commune income per citizen, the share of citizens with high education and share of farmers among working population improved the model substantially and some of these variables predicted barn owl occurrence better than several land-use and climate data. Barn owls were more likely to occur in areas with high unemployment, a higher proportion of older citizens in a local population and higher share of farmers among working population. Importantly, the socio-economy variables were correlated with the barn owl occurrence despite all climatic, infrastructure and land-use data were present in the model. We conclude that the socio-economy of local societies may add important but overlooked information that links to spatial variation in farmland biodiversity.
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- Michał Żmihorski
- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Stoczek 1, 17-230 Białowieża, Poland.
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- Wildlife Society "Stork", Srebrna 16/9, 00-810 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Zoology, University of Zielona Góra, Prof. Z. Szafran St. 1, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland
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- Owl Conservation Association, Sobkowiaka 30b/4, 65-119 Zielona Góra, Poland
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- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, 31-120 Kraków, Poland; Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Box 7044, SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Box 7044, SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Experimental Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic; Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 1176, Suchdol, 165 21 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Box 7044, SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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Smith OM, Edworthy A, Taylor JM, Jones MS, Tormanen A, Kennedy CM, Fu Z, Latimer CE, Cornell KA, Michelotti LA, Sato C, Northfield T, Snyder WE, Owen JP. Agricultural intensification heightens food safety risks posed by wild birds. J Appl Ecol 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Olivia M. Smith
- School of Biological Sciences Washington State University Pullman WA USA
- Department of Entomology University of Georgia Athens GA USA
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- Department of Entomology Washington State University Pullman WA USA
- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences University of British Columbia Vancouver BC USA
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- Department of Entomology University of Georgia Athens GA USA
- Department of Entomology Washington State University Pullman WA USA
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- Department of Entomology Washington State University Pullman WA USA
- WSU‐Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center Wenatchee WA USA
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- School of Biological Sciences Washington State University Pullman WA USA
- Department of Entomology Washington State University Pullman WA USA
- Department of Biological Sciences Arkansas Tech University Russellville AR USA
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- Department of Entomology Washington State University Pullman WA USA
- Department of Entomology Texas A&M University College Station TX USA
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- School of Biological Sciences Washington State University Pullman WA USA
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- Department of Entomology University of Georgia Athens GA USA
- Department of Entomology Washington State University Pullman WA USA
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- School of Biological Sciences Washington State University Pullman WA USA
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- Department of Entomology Washington State University Pullman WA USA
- WSU‐Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center Wenatchee WA USA
- Centre for Tropical Environmental Sustainability Science James Cook University Brisbane Qld Australia
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- Department of Entomology University of Georgia Athens GA USA
- Department of Entomology Washington State University Pullman WA USA
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- Department of Entomology Washington State University Pullman WA USA
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Smith OM, Kennedy CM, Owen JP, Northfield TD, Latimer CE, Snyder WE. Highly diversified crop-livestock farming systems reshape wild bird communities. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS : A PUBLICATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2020; 30:e02031. [PMID: 31674710 PMCID: PMC7078872 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Revised: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Agricultural intensification is a leading threat to bird conservation. Highly diversified farming systems that integrate livestock and crop production might promote a diversity of habitats useful to native birds foraging across otherwise-simplified landscapes. At the same time, these features might be attractive to nonnative birds linked to a broad range of disservices to both crop and livestock production. We evaluated the influence of crop-livestock integration on wild bird richness and density along a north-south transect spanning the U.S. West Coast. We surveyed birds on 52 farms that grew primarily mixed vegetables and fruits alone or integrated livestock into production. Crop-livestock systems harbored higher native bird density and richness relative to crop-only farms, a benefit more pronounced on farms embedded in nonnatural landscapes. Crop-livestock systems bolstered native insectivores linked to the suppression of agricultural pest insects but did not bolster native granivores that may be more likely to damage crops. Crop-livestock systems also significantly increased the density of nonnative birds, primarily European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) and House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) that may compete with native birds for resources. Models supported a small, positive correlation between nonnative density and overall native bird density as well as between nonnative density and native granivore density. Relative to crop-only farms, on average, crop-livestock systems exhibited 1.5 times higher patch richness, 2.4 times higher density of farm structures, 7.3 times smaller field sizes, 2.4 times greater integration of woody crops, and 5.3 times greater integration of pasture/hay habitat on farm. Wild birds may have responded to this habitat diversity and/or associated food resources. Individual farm factors had significantly lower predictive power than farming system alone (change in C statistic information criterion (ΔCIC) = 80.2), suggesting crop-livestock systems may impact wild birds through a suite of factors that change with system conversion. Collectively, our findings suggest that farms that integrate livestock and crop production can attract robust native bird communities, especially within landscapes devoted to intensified food production. However, additional work is needed to demonstrate persistent farm bird communities through time, ecophysiological benefits to birds foraging on these farms, and net effects of both native and nonnative wild birds in agroecosystems.
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- Olivia M. Smith
- School of Biological SciencesWashington State UniversityPullmanWashington99164USA
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- Department of EntomologyWashington State UniversityPullmanWashington99164 USA
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- Department of EntomologyTree Fruit Research and Extension CenterWenatacheeWashington98802USA
- Centre for Tropical Environmental Sustainability ScienceJames Cook UniversityCairnsQueensland4878 Australia
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- Department of EntomologyWashington State UniversityPullmanWashington99164 USA
- Present address:
Department of EntomologyUniversity of GeorgiaAthensGeorgia30602USA
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Rosin ZM, Hiron M, Żmihorski M, Szymański P, Tobolka M, Pärt T. Reduced biodiversity in modernized villages: A conflict between sustainable development goals. J Appl Ecol 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Zuzanna M. Rosin
- Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
- Department of Cell Biology Faculty of Biology Institute of Experimental Biology Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań Poland
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- Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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- Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences Białowieża Poland
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- Department of Behavioural Ecology Institute of Environmental Biology Faculty of Biology Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań Poland
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- Institute of Zoology Poznań University of Life Sciences Poznań Poland
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- Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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Kajzer-Bonk J, Skórka P, Bonk M, Lenda M, Rożej-Pabijan E, Wantuch M, Moroń D. The effect of railways on bird diversity in farmland. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:31086-31098. [PMID: 31456147 PMCID: PMC6828635 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-06245-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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With a length exceeding 210,000 km in Europe, railways are common linear features dissecting landscapes. However, the impact of railway networks on biodiversity is equivocal. In this study, we investigated the effect of railway embankments on bird diversity components in an agricultural landscape in southern Poland. Forty transects including 20 along railways and 20 as controls in open fields were established. Birds were counted twice in 2009, and environmental characteristics were estimated for each transect. Ordination techniques and generalized additive models were used to compare species composition, richness, abundance, conservation status, population trends and phylogenetic and functional diversity indices between railway and field transects. Species richness and phylogenetic diversity but not abundance nor functional diversity were higher along railway transects than along field transects. Diversity indices near railways, mostly species richness and phylogenetic diversity, were positively associated with bush cover, wet meadow cover, wetland cover and the slope of the railway but negatively associated with dry meadow cover and field cover. Our study shows that railway embankments may be beneficial for bird diversity but probably do not alter the functional properties of bird communities as much as open fields. Proper management of these linear habitats may increase their value for birds and contribute to long-term bird community persistence.
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- Joanna Kajzer-Bonk
- Department of Entomology, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387, Kraków, Poland.
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- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, 31-120, Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, 31-120, Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, 31-120, Kraków, Poland
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, QLD, St. Lucia, 4072, Australia
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- Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Podchorążych 2, 30-084, Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30, -387, Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sławkowska 17, 31-016, Kraków, Poland
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