Primary productivity in cities and their influence over subtropical bird assemblages
| Autor: | Agustina Malizia, Josefina Haedo, Ezequiel Aráoz, Antonela Gioia, Leonardo Paolini |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0106 biological sciences
Resource (biology) 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Soil Science PHOTOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTIVITY Subtropics 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente SUBTROPICAL ENVIRONMENT Abundance (ecology) Urbanization VEGETATION COVER 0105 earth and related environmental sciences BIRDS Ecology Agroforestry Forestry URBAN ECOLOGY Urban ecology Geography Productivity (ecology) Species richness Urban ecosystem Meteorología y Ciencias Atmosféricas CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS |
| Zdroj: | Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 26:57-64 |
| ISSN: | 1618-8667 |
| Popis: | Changes in ecosystem structure caused by urbanization produce a reduction in photosynthetic productivity, which can lead to reductions in resource availability for birds. Here, we analyzed the relation between photosynthetic productivity and bird assemblages in a subtropical urban ecosystem, in North-Western Argentina. We used Generalized Linear Models to assess the responses of bird abundance, richness and diversity to photosynthetic productivity, vegetation cover and distance to main natural forest. We found higher bird richness and diversity with increasing photosynthetic productivity and vegetation cover, and with decreasing distance to forests; while total bird abundance was positively related to vegetation cover. When we classified bird species in different groups, based on their use of the environment, we found that species adapted to urban environments were more dependent on photosynthetic productivity, while species related to native forests were more dependent on the distance to source forests. Understanding the factors that affect bird assemblages in cities is important for the development of strategies for urban planning and conservation. Fil: Haedo, Josefina. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina Fil: Gioia, Antonela. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina Fil: Aráoz, Ezequiel. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina Fil: Paolini, Leonardo. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina Fil: Malizia, Agustina. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina |
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