Improving the sustainability of working landscapes in Latin America: An application of community-based monitoring data on bird populations to inform management guidelines

Ortega‐Álvarez, Rubén; Zúñiga‐Vega, J. Jaime; Ruiz‐Gutiérrez, Viviana; Benítez, Esteban Berrones; Mena, Israel Medina; Felipe, Francisco Ramírez

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2017.09.033

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“…We used model-averaged estimates of regression coefficients to predict the effect of habitat traits on local colonization and extinction probabilities of our target species. Following Ortega-Álvarez, Zúñiga-Vega, et al (2018), we used these predictions to determine…”

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Local colonization and extinction in forestry habitats: Assessing the effects of productive activities on the occupancy dynamics of bird populations

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Assessing the impact of working landscapes on biodiversity and defining locally contextualized management guidelines for productive activities are key for sustainability. Occupancy dynamics provide information about sites in the landscape that are either avoided or preferred by populations through the estimation of extinction and colonization probabilities, respectively. We identified the habitat traits that affected colonization and extinction probabilities of target birds (forest-dependent, endemic, or conservation concern species) within a Neotropical working landscape by using multi-season occupancy models to point count data collected through a participatory monitoring approach and considering our imperfect detectability of species in the field. We provided colonization and extinction scenarios according to local land uses (forestry plots, urban-cropfield areas, and conservation forests) to recommend management activities that could have a positive impact on bird conservation. Shrub cover was key for local colonization of most of our focal species. Increasing values of tree size and tree species richness can enhance microhabitat complexity, which in turn promotes the presence of arboreal birds. Selective forestry management, in which only the largest individuals of a few tree species are extracted, promoted high colonization rates of birds because the structure of the vegetation remains relatively unaffected. In contrast, intensive forestry management plots, in which most trees are removed, resulted detrimental for bird occupancy. Local management guidelines should pay special attention to maintaining shrub cover, tree size, and tree species richness above critical values (>50%, >30 cm, >7 tree species, respectively) to promote habitat use by birds in this type of working landscapes.

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Local colonization and extinction in forestry habitats: Assessing the effects of productive activities on the occupancy dynamics of bird populations

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“…Wilson’s Warbler; Cleveland Bent 1953) reduce the potential for spatial co‐occurrence with more gregarious resident wood‐warblers that depend on denser forests, such as the Red Warbler, the Golden‐browed Warbler and the Slate‐throated Whitestart (Dreelin 2014, Schulenberg 2017, Ortega‐Álvarez et al . 2018).…”

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“…2007, Ortega‐Álvarez et al . 2018). In contrast, our environmental variables were negatively associated with occupancy of three of the five migratory species of wood‐warblers (Table 2).…”

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“…urban‐cropfield areas), whereas resident wood‐warblers depend more on forested areas (Ortega‐Álvarez et al . 2018, Archer et al . 2019).…”

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“…We hypothesized that resident wood‐warblers are more likely to occupy sites with dense vegetation cover and a high diversity of tree species because they are closely associated with forested sites (Ortega‐Álvarez et al . 2018), but that their presence will be inversely associated with migratory wood‐warblers because migrants are highly efficient foragers and may compete intensely for food with residents to satisfy the severe energetic demands of migration (Greenberg & Salgado Ortiz 1994, Toms 2013, Sherry et al . 2016).…”

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Assessing the effects of habitat characteristics and co‐occurrence with closely related species on occupancy of resident ‘wood‐warblers’ in a Neotropical working landscape

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The simultaneous effects of habitat traits and interspecific interactions determine the occurrence and habitat use of wildlife populations. However, little research has been devoted to examining spatial co‐occurrence among closely related species while considering the effect of habitat variation and imperfect detectability of species in the field. In this study, we focused on migratory and resident 'wood‐warblers' that coexist during the winter in a Neotropical working landscape in southern Mexico to understand if habitat occupancy of resident wood‐warblers is influenced by habitat characteristics and by the presence of other species of resident and migratory wood‐warblers. For this purpose, we implemented two‐species occupancy models, which account for the imperfect detectability of these birds in the field. Our results revealed that habitat occupancy of resident wood‐warblers was positively influenced by the presence of other closely related species (both migratory and resident). These positive relationships may be explained by the fact that different species of wood‐warblers frequently participate in mixed‐species flocks. However, these patterns of species co‐occurrence were more evident among resident species than between migratory and resident species, which may be explained by micro‐habitat segregation and differences in behaviours between resident and migratory wood‐warblers. We also found that some habitat characteristics may mediate the observed patterns of species co‐occurrence. Specifically, sites with larger trees were associated with the co‐occurrence of some species of resident wood‐warblers. In addition, we discuss the possibility that species co‐occurrence might be the result of shared preferences for environmental factors that we did not consider. Our study highlights the importance of the interplay between species co‐occurrence and habitat traits in determining the presence and habitat use of resident birds in Neotropical working landscapes.

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Enhancing our knowledge on the Ornate Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus ornatus) through community-based monitoring records from tropical Mexico

Ortega-Álvarez

Benítez

Mena

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Improving the sustainability of working landscapes in Latin America: An application of community-based monitoring data on bird populations to inform management guidelines

Cited by 15 publications

References 55 publications

Local colonization and extinction in forestry habitats: Assessing the effects of productive activities on the occupancy dynamics of bird populations

Local colonization and extinction in forestry habitats: Assessing the effects of productive activities on the occupancy dynamics of bird populations

Assessing the effects of habitat characteristics and co‐occurrence with closely related species on occupancy of resident ‘wood‐warblers’ in a Neotropical working landscape

Enhancing our knowledge on the Ornate Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus ornatus) through community-based monitoring records from tropical Mexico

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