2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00645
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High microhabitat heterogeneity drives high functional traits in forest birds in five protected forest areas in the urban mosaic of Durban, South Africa

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“…Fine‐scale habitat heterogeneity, particularly in terms of the vegetation structure, has been reported to drive species, functional and phylogenetic diversity patterns in tropical birds (Foord et al., 2018; Karp et al., 2012; Maseko et al., 2019; Prescott et al., 2016). As expected, attributes linked to vegetation structure were important determinants of avian diversity here.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Fine‐scale habitat heterogeneity, particularly in terms of the vegetation structure, has been reported to drive species, functional and phylogenetic diversity patterns in tropical birds (Foord et al., 2018; Karp et al., 2012; Maseko et al., 2019; Prescott et al., 2016). As expected, attributes linked to vegetation structure were important determinants of avian diversity here.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Lower vegetation height and soil moisture positively affected inverse Simpson index values, but adversely affected ses.MNTD values. These attributes may provide suitable conditions for closely related understorey insectivorous and ground‐nesting species, but negatively affect canopy dwellers and clades with bare‐ground affinities (Maseko et al., 2019).…”
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“…Generally, urban areas exhibit a gradient of effects on biodiversity, often highest at the most modified urban core (McDonnell et al 2009), although modern industrial cities expand in complex and dynamic ways characterised by sprawl developing in fractal patterns (Ramalho and Hobbs 2012), or are a mosaic of habitats, with some natural and green spaces interspersed (Alexander et al 2019a(Alexander et al , 2019b(Alexander et al , 2019cMaseko et al 2019Maseko et al , 2020. The diversity of indigenous species typically decreases with proximity to the urban core (Kark et al 2007;Reis et al 2012).…”
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“…Despite the general trend of degraded biological diversity, some native species benefit from cities, and conservation strategies can be applied in some areas (McKinney 2002;Marzluff 2017;Maseko et al 2019Maseko et al , 2020Zungu et al 2020aZungu et al , 2020b. For example, in South Africa, some residential estates are managed with the specific goal of conservation, catering for particular requirements of endangered species enclosed within the estate (Grey-Ross et al 2009;Alexander et al 2019aAlexander et al , 2019bAlexander et al , 2019c.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%