Influence of Land-Use Type on Forest Bird Community Composition in Mount Kenya Forest

Mahiga, Samuel Njuki; Webala, Paul W.; Mware, Mugo; Ndang’ang’a, Paul K.

doi:10.1155/2019/8248270

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“…Likewise, in our study, we found that omnivorous species are mostly found in forest habitats. Similar results were shown by studies around the globe (Dario 2017;Mahiga et al 2019). Insectivorous birds are the habitat specialists and are least dispersive or residential (He et al 2019), hence are more specialized to the habitat.…”

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Bird community structure as a function of habitat heterogeneity: A case of Mardi Himal, Central Nepal

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Abstract. Pandey N, Khanal L, Chapagain N, Singh KD, Bhattarai BP, Chalise MK. 2021. Bird community structure as a function of habitat heterogeneity: A case of Mardi Himal, Central Nepal. Biodiversitas 22: 262-271. Community structure of birds at different habitat types is underexplored in the montane environment of the central Himalaya. Therefore, this study explored bird community structure in different habitat types in Mardi Himal of the Annapurna Conservation Area, central Nepal, and tested association of different feeding guilds with the habitats. Data on the avian richness and abundance were collected in the winter and the summer of 2019 by point count method along the elevational gradient in every 100 m rise and analyzed using ordination methods. A total of 673 individuals of 112 bird species from 35 families under 13 orders were recorded. Among the observed orders and families, the order Passeriformes (77 species) and family Muscicapidae (16 species) were the most dominant. A linear species accumulation curve was obtained in both seasons. Species richness and abundance were found higher at forest edges of mid-elevations and insectivores were the most abundant birds. Frugivorous and carnivorous birds showed no specific association with habitat types, whereas, insectivores and omnivores were more abundant in pastureland and forest, respectively. Our results revealed that the community composition of birds varies with the habitat types and their feeding specialization is one of the major determinants.

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Bird community structure as a function of habitat heterogeneity: A case of Mardi Himal, Central Nepal

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“…This also agrees with Soderstrom et al, (2003) where generalist species were successful in human disturbed habitats but not of any conservation concern. This finding is similar to Mahiga et al, (2019) on the influence of land-use type on forest bird community composition in Mount Kenya Forest where granivore bird species were more in farmlands than any other feeding guild which was attributed to food resources FRANCIS, MJ; CHASKDA, AA; OMBUGADU, A; KARAU, SD; MATHIAS, OC; OLORI-OKE, O; YAKUBU, CK in such habitat. The Bishops in Amrum Forest Reserve were mostly recorded in the savannah grassland.…”

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Abundance and Habitat Preference of the Genus Euplectes in Protected and Non protected Habitats of Jos East Plateau State, Nigeria

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Ombugadu³

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The knowledge on the factors influencing habitat selection is of uttermost importance because it guides the development of conservation action plan for species. Till date, there is no baseline study on the genus Euplectes in Northern Nigeria thus, an attempt to investigate the habitat preference of the genus was carried out in Amurum Forest Reserve and the nonprotected habitats of Fobur. Line transects of 200m were randomly laid across the study sites. The abundance of Bishop species was highest in farmland compared to grassland and rocky outcrop. Therefore, the number of the species was significantly different between habitats (F2, 573 = 5.454, P = 0.0015). There was a significant relationship between flock size and number of seeds across habitat types. Number of individual birds increased with increase in seed number (F1, 57 = 21687.786, P < 0.001). With the exception of grass height, there was a highly significant difference in relation to vegetation variables taken between plots where Bishop species were sighted and the random points where they were not seen (P < 0.001). The finding suggests that farmlands should be integrated into conservation plan in the nonprotected area based on the high population of the genus recorded.

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“…Birds are an important part of forest ecosystems and a key part of food chains that are crucial for maintaining ecosystem function and resilience (Lundberg & Moberg 2003;Mahiga et al 2019). In addition, birds play vital ecological roles in both agricultural land and forest ecosystems especially pest control, pollination, and seed dispersal (Whelan et al 2008;Mulwa et al 2012;Basnet et al 2016).…”

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Factors affecting the species richness and composition of bird species in a community managed forest of Nepal

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Joshi³

et al. 2021

J. Threat. Taxa

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There exists limited information on biodiversity including avifaunal diversity and habitat condition in community forests (CF) of Nepal; thus we aimed to fulfill such gaps in Tibrekot CF of Kaski district. We used the point count method for assessing bird diversity and laid out a circular plot size of radius 5-m within 15-m distance from each point count station for recording the biophysical habitat characteristics. Bird species’ diversity, richness and evenness were calculated using popular indexes and General Linear Model (GLM) was used to test the respective effect of various biophysical factors associated with the richness of bird species. In total, 166 (summer 122, winter 125) bird species were recorded in 46 sample plots. The Shannon-Wiener diversity index was calculated as 3.99 and 4.09, Margalef’s richness index as 16.84 and 17.53 and Pielou’s evenness index as 0.83 and 0.84 for summer and winter, respectively. The influencing factors for richness of bird species were season (χ21, 90= 112.21; P= 0.016) with higher richness in the summer season and low vegetation cover (χ21, 89= 113.88; P= 0.0064) with higher richness in lower percentage cover. Thus, community managed forest should be protected as it has a significant role in increasing bird diversity, which has potential for attracting avifaunal tourism for the benefit of the local communities.

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Influence of Land-Use Type on Forest Bird Community Composition in Mount Kenya Forest

Cited by 17 publications

References 52 publications

Bird community structure as a function of habitat heterogeneity: A case of Mardi Himal, Central Nepal

Bird community structure as a function of habitat heterogeneity: A case of Mardi Himal, Central Nepal

Abundance and Habitat Preference of the Genus Euplectes in Protected and Non protected Habitats of Jos East Plateau State, Nigeria

Factors affecting the species richness and composition of bird species in a community managed forest of Nepal

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