Distribution Patterns of Migrant and Resident Birds in Successional Forests of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico1

Smith, Andrea L.; Ortíz, Julián M.; Robertson, Raleigh J.

doi:10.1646/0006-3606(2001)033[0153:dpomar]2.0.co;2

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“…(), Smith et al . (), and our personal observations. We computed these analyses in the platform BioDiversity Pro (McAleece et al .…”

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“…Differences in bird abundances among habitats have been interpreted by different authors as the result of some bird species preferring a particular habitat type, while other species being present with similar abundances in all the habitats (Andrade & Rubio‐Torgler , Smith et al . ). In our study area, bracken fern‐invades sites and pastures had bird communities with fewer species, and were dominated by one to three species of granivorous birds.…”

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“…This habitat heterogeneity, and the highly mobile capacity of birds, facilitates the species enrichment of secondary forests patches (Smith et al . , Loreau et al . ).…”

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“…This high diversity of habitats, usually found within small areas, dramatically affects the composition of bird communities (Smith et al . ). While secondary forests tend to be considered as low‐quality habitats, they may increase connectivity among isolated fragments of mature forest, and enrich the faunal assemblages by supplying a high diversity of food and nesting resources (Blake & Loiselle , Smith et al .…”

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“…While secondary forests tend to be considered as low‐quality habitats, they may increase connectivity among isolated fragments of mature forest, and enrich the faunal assemblages by supplying a high diversity of food and nesting resources (Blake & Loiselle , Smith et al . ).…”

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Birds, Cattle, and Bracken Ferns: Bird Community Responses to a Neotropical Landscape Shaped by Cattle Grazing Activities

Maya-Elizarrarás

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2015

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Large areas of tropical moist forests have been converted to cattle pastures, generating complex landscapes where different habitats are represented by small patches with an uneven spatial distribution. Here, we describe how bird communities respond to the different elements present in a livestock landscape that was originally dominated by tropical moist forest. We surveyed six habitats: open pastures, pastures with shrubs, early‐ and middle‐secondary forests, mature forest, and pastures invaded by bracken ferns (Pteridium aquilinum). Bird diversity was high in secondary and mature forests, and low in fern‐invaded sites and open pastures. Fern‐dominated sites had the lowest bird species richness, and trophic guild diversity of all habitats. Habitat structure affected both bird species richness and densities in similar ways. Tree species richness was the habitat attribute that had a bigger positive effect on bird species richness. Bird community structure varied among sampled habitats, separating habitats in two major groups (forests and pastures). Our data indicate that bracken fern‐invaded pastures were the worst habitat condition for avian communities. To increase bird diversity, we recommend to eliminate or manage bracken fern and to increase shrub and tree cover in open pastures to provide food resources and shelter for birds. Finally, we encourage the maintenance of secondary and mature forest remnants as a strategy to conserve resident birds within a landscape dominated by livestock activities.

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“…(), Smith et al . (), and our personal observations. We computed these analyses in the platform BioDiversity Pro (McAleece et al .…”

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confidence: 97%

“…This habitat heterogeneity, and the highly mobile capacity of birds, facilitates the species enrichment of secondary forests patches (Smith et al . , Loreau et al . ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Birds, Cattle, and Bracken Ferns: Bird Community Responses to a Neotropical Landscape Shaped by Cattle Grazing Activities

Maya-Elizarrarás

Schondube

2015

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Distribution and abundance of nearctic–neotropical songbird migrants in a forest restoration site in southern Costa Rica

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Many ecological relationships that are inherently reciprocal are often studied from one perspective only (Agrawal et al. 2007). One example is the interaction between tropical forests and nearctic-neotropical migratory songbirds (hereafter migrants). Several studies have determined that some migrant populations are limited by conditions at their tropical wintering grounds in Central America, South America and the Caribbean (Marra et al. 1998, Mills 2006); however, the ecological role of migrants in these tropical forests is poorly understood.

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Distribution of the community of frugivorous birds along a successional gradient in a tropical dry forest in south-western Mexico

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Abstract:Few reports have described the relationship between the distribution of frugivorous birds and vegetation successional changes in dry forests. We assessed the abundance and behaviour of frugivorous birds in early, intermediate and mature dry forests in the Balsas river basin, Guerrero, Mexico. We selected nine dry-forest fragments, three fragments per stage, in these three stages of succession. We analysed the vegetation, estimated bird abundances in 10-min count periods, and recorded the way birds process fruits in circular plots (11–15 plots per fragment, 123 plots in total). Birds were classified as seed predators (15% of all individuals in this study), pulp consumers (15%) or legitimate dispersers (70%). Bird abundance was higher in mature forests in the dry season, while abundance and richness of legitimate dispersers and seed predators were positively related to vegetation complexity. Mature forests have a high vegetation complexity and a high cover of Bursera species that produce fruit during the dry season. During the rains, abundance was higher in early-successional sites when the zoochorous plants produced fruit. Legitimate disperser migrants (i.e. Tyrannus vociferans, Myiarchus cinerascens and M. tyrannulus) were widespread, helping the establishment of zoochorous trees such as Bursera spp. in early-successional forests.

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Distribution Patterns of Migrant and Resident Birds in Successional Forests of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico1

Cited by 9 publications

References 37 publications

Birds, Cattle, and Bracken Ferns: Bird Community Responses to a Neotropical Landscape Shaped by Cattle Grazing Activities

Birds, Cattle, and Bracken Ferns: Bird Community Responses to a Neotropical Landscape Shaped by Cattle Grazing Activities

Distribution and abundance of nearctic–neotropical songbird migrants in a forest restoration site in southern Costa Rica

Distribution of the community of frugivorous birds along a successional gradient in a tropical dry forest in south-western Mexico

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