2020
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12832
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Assessing avian diversity and community composition along a successional gradient in traditional Lacandon Maya agroforests

Abstract: Evidence regarding the ability of agroforests to conserve biological diversity has been mixed; they tend to maintain avian communities with species richness similar to that of undisturbed forest ecosystems but generally do not completely preserve community composition. Using a combination of occupancy modeling and non-metric multidimensional scaling on point-count data, we assessed changes in avian community diversity and composition along a successional gradient in traditional Lacandon Maya agroforests and co… Show more

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“…Loss of forest species likely is a result of their sensitivity to light, higher penetration of which is inevitable as a forest's footprint decreases (Jirinec et al, 2022; Patten & Smith‐Patten, 2012), setting up species of forest interior as losers. Conversely, these same patch size and fragmentation drivers can lead to higher species (Falkowski et al, 2020) and functional diversity in disturbed landscapes relative to protected areas, even after accounting for species extirpations (Levey et al, 2021). This may be achieved by maintaining a baseline group of species that successfully forage and nest throughout a heterogeneous landscape, the increase ins forest edge and grassland species, and colonizing species raising community functional diversity (García et al, 2014).…”
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“…Loss of forest species likely is a result of their sensitivity to light, higher penetration of which is inevitable as a forest's footprint decreases (Jirinec et al, 2022; Patten & Smith‐Patten, 2012), setting up species of forest interior as losers. Conversely, these same patch size and fragmentation drivers can lead to higher species (Falkowski et al, 2020) and functional diversity in disturbed landscapes relative to protected areas, even after accounting for species extirpations (Levey et al, 2021). This may be achieved by maintaining a baseline group of species that successfully forage and nest throughout a heterogeneous landscape, the increase ins forest edge and grassland species, and colonizing species raising community functional diversity (García et al, 2014).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Smaller patch size and higher fragmentation combine to drive declines in insectivorous birds specializing in understorey foraging (Patten et al, 2010;Şekercioğlu et al, 2002) and in frugivorous species dependent on large fruiting trees (Luck & Daily, 2003), especially species with lower dispersal capacities . Loss of forest species likely is a result of their sensitivity to light, higher penetration of which is inevitable as a forest's footprint decreases and fragmentation drivers can lead to higher species (Falkowski et al, 2020) and functional diversity in disturbed landscapes relative to protected areas, even after accounting for species extirpations . This may be achieved by maintaining a baseline group of species that successfully forage and nest throughout a heterogeneous landscape, the increase ins forest edge and grassland species, and colonizing species raising community functional diversity (García et al, 2014).…”
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“…It is likely that successful restoration initiatives in tropical Africa (Figure 1 and Box 1) will need to place more emphasis on providing direct economic benefits to farmers and local communities, owing to lower incomes in the Afrotropics relative to other tropical regions [32] and greater regional activity of smallholder, rather than industrial, farming [59]. (7) Include traditional ecological knowledge and local farming practices in restoration initiatives Over millennia, local farmers have developed close relationships with natural systems to protect and improve their livelihoods [60], resulting in a wealth of traditional ecological knowledge that can support productive and resilient agroecosystems [61]. Restoration practitioners should work more closely with members of local communities to include traditional ecological knowledge and local farming practices as experimental treatments when testing restoration strategies, helping to make restoration more transdisciplinary in the process [62].…”
Section: Trends In Ecology and Evolutionmentioning
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“…Restoration practitioners should work more closely with members of local communities to include traditional ecological knowledge and local farming practices as experimental treatments when testing restoration strategies, helping to make restoration more transdisciplinary in the process [62]. For instance, traditional agroforests of the Lacandon Maya people in Mexico [61] and traditional home gardens in Indonesia [63] and Ethiopia [64] are important habitats that represent a means of restoring local bird biodiversity in agricultural areas. In Brazil, restoration researchers have worked with the marginalised Rural Landless Workers' Movement [Movimento Sem Terra (MST)] to champion farming practices that are alternatives to widespread industrial farm management and, by comparison, maintain higher levels of biodiversity (Figure 1 and Box 3) [65].…”
Section: Trends In Ecology and Evolutionmentioning
confidence: 99%