Habitat selection of cavity‐nesting birds in the Hyrcanian deciduous forests of northern Iran

Assadi, Saeedeh Bani; Kaboli, Mohammad; Etemad, V; Khanaposhtani, Maryam Ghadiri; Tohidifar, Mohammad

doi:10.1007/s11284-015-1293-z

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“…The share of tree canopies nesters decreases from 22.9 to 0%, and their relative abundance in the community decreases from 0.227 to 0. In order to maintain the diversity of birds, it is necessary to have a shrub layer, snags and stumps (Assadi et al, 2015). In general, the heterogeneity of the environment contributes to an increase in the alpha diversity of communities (Katsimanis et al, 2006;.…”

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Bird Communities and Vegetation Composition in the Urban Forest Ecosystem: Correlations and Comparisons of Diversity Indices

Blinkova

Shupova²

2017

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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Blinkova O., Shupova T.: Bird communities and vegetation composition in the urban forest ecosystem: correlations and comparisons of diversity indices. Ekológia (Bratislava), Vol. 36, No. 4, p. 366-387, 2017.Assessment of relationships and diversity indices between bird's communities and composition of the forest ecosystem is an important subject of synecological research to identify the intensity of human impact on the flora and fauna. Urban recreation is one of the major causes of violation of the structural and functional integrity of the forest ecosystem. Studies of avian complex and phytocoenosis have focused on the impact of urban recreation on the compositions of tree, shrub and herbaceous layers and species, trophic and ecological compositions of breeding-birds and feeding-birds communities. This paper compares the measurement of the diversity of bird communities and forestry vegetation (diversity indices, dominance indices, distribution uniformity indices) of intensive, medium, moderate and weak stages of recreational transformation of biotope. The stands formed Quercus robur L., Carpinus betulus L., Acer platanoides L., Tilia cordata L. The floristic list comprised 78 grass species. A total number of 43 species of avifauna including 37 breeding species are observed during the study. There were significant correlations between vertical heterogeneity of tree distribution and abundance, species richness and nesting density of birds. The interrelationship between species diversity of birds and floristic richness was also confirmed.

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Bird Communities and Vegetation Composition in the Urban Forest Ecosystem: Correlations and Comparisons of Diversity Indices

Blinkova

Shupova²

2017

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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“…ENMs (fundamental niches) larger than the current distribution ranges (realized niches) of the southern lineages suggest that niche filling might be prevented by competition between neighbouring lineages with similar niches (Sexton et al, ). Given that Eurasian nuthatches are secondary cavity nesters (Bani Assadi, Kaboli, Etemad, Khanaposhtani, & Tohidifar, ; Harrap & Quinn, ) and tree holes are limited resources, competition for nest sites may be one of the factors that prevent different lineages from coexisting. Nevertheless, observation of competitive behaviour between lineages in their contact zones is warranted to directly test this hypothesis.…”

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The niches of nuthatches affect their lineage evolution differently across latitude

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Ecological niche evolution can promote or hinder the differentiation of taxa and determine their distribution. Niche‐mediated evolution may differ among climatic regimes, and thus, species that occur across a wide latitudinal range offer a chance to test these heterogeneous evolutionary processes. In this study, we examine (a) how many lineages have evolved across the continent‐wide range of the Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea), (b) whether the lineages’ niches are significantly divergent or conserved and (c) how their niche evolution explains their geographic distribution. Phylogenetic reconstruction and ecological niche models (ENMs) showed that the Eurasian nuthatch contained six parapatric lineages that diverged within 2 Myr and did not share identical climatic niches. However, the niche discrepancy between these distinct lineages was relatively conserved compared with the environmental differences between their ranges and thus was unlikely to drive lineage divergence. The ENMs of southern lineages tended to cross‐predict with their neighbouring lineages whereas those of northern lineages generally matched with their abutting ranges. The coalescence‐based analyses revealed more stable populations for the southern lineages than the northern ones during the last glaciation cycle. In contrast to the overlapping ENMs, the smaller parapatric distribution suggests that the southern lineages might have experienced competitive exclusion to prevent them from becoming sympatric. On the other hand, the northern lineages have expanded their ranges and their current abutting distribution might have resulted from lineages adapting to different climatic conditions in allopatry. This study suggests that niche evolution may affect lineage distribution in different ways across latitude.

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“…Видовой состав гнездящихся птиц водохранилища не постоянен. Аборигенные виды покидают места обитания, а новые занимают их, реагируя на деятельность человека различными способами (Fischer et al, 2007;Kurosawa, 2009;Assadi et al, 2015;Seymour et al, 2015;Shupova and Chaplygina, 2016). Увеличение в целом количества видов птиц, обитающих на водохранилище, сопровождалось элиминацией из сообщества некоторых видов.…”

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Transformation in the diversity of avifauna under the influence of recreational load

Shupova¹

2017

Biosys. divers.

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This article examines the bird community of a large reservoir and its surrounding area , located in the central part of a large city in the northern part of the steppe zone of Ukraine. The city, Krivoy Rog, has a population of over 700,000 people. Large areas of the city have undergone dramatic transformation. Industrial and and residential areas of the city are located around the reservoir. The shores of the reservoirs are subject to recreational loading. The natural landscape here is a combination of steppe habitats and scubland.. The material for this study was collected in the breeding seasons of 1996, 1999, 2012, 2015. The number and distribution of birds were determined by registrations of birds along transects. The diversity index, dominance and evenness of species distribution in the breeding bird communities were compared for different habitats and different years. In breeding season 73 bird species belonging to 15 orders were found on the territory of the reservoir. Of these, 62 species bred, and 11 more used the area for foraging but bred in adjacent habitats. 24 species were present in winter. The average density of the breeding birds per species increased from 1.8 ± 0.4 pairs/km of survey route in 1996 to 3.2 ± 0.8 pairs/km in 2015. The dominant species in the breeding bird communities were Passer montanus L., Sturnus vulgaris L., Parus major L., Fulica atra L., Podiceps cristatus L. In the period 1996-1999 the habitat conditions in the territory of the water reservoir changed. These changes were associated with mass recreation of city residents here. The changes resulted in a stressful situation for the habitats and the bird communities. The changes resulted in an imbalance in the development of the bird communities. Since 2012 the birds adapted to the new environmental conditions and formed a new community. By 2015, the species diversity of birds had increased, the degree of pressure on the dominant species and the species distribution of the species had leveled off. The number of bird species nesting in the habitats of the water reservoir had increased. Within the bird communities ground and cavity nesting birds were replaced by woodland-nesting species. Transformation of bird habitat had a decisive impact on the development of the community of nesting birds. The differences in ecological characteristics of the community of birds were expressed along the gradient of transformation of habitats: the proportion of ground-nesting species in the community fell, species diversity was reduced, the dominant species increased their pressure on the bird community and and the distribution of of species abundance became more uniform. Against the background of these changes, the diversity of breeding species increased in the tree plantations, as compared to transformed natural habitats. This is evidence, that the development of the bird communities in artificially created habitats and development of bird communities in transformed habitats takes place in different ways and in different directions.

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Habitat selection of cavity‐nesting birds in the Hyrcanian deciduous forests of northern Iran

Cited by 9 publications

References 49 publications

Bird Communities and Vegetation Composition in the Urban Forest Ecosystem: Correlations and Comparisons of Diversity Indices

Bird Communities and Vegetation Composition in the Urban Forest Ecosystem: Correlations and Comparisons of Diversity Indices

The niches of nuthatches affect their lineage evolution differently across latitude

Transformation in the diversity of avifauna under the influence of recreational load

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