Intensive farming drives long-term shifts in avian community composition

Hendershot, J. Nicholas; Smith, Jeffrey R.; Anderson, Christopher B.; Letten, Andrew D.; Frishkoff, Luke O.; Zook, James; Fukami, Tadashi; Daily, Gretchen C.

doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2090-6

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“…These farms should occupy a small extent because of the high yields they offer and the damage they cause to forest species (Hendershot et al . 2020). All farms are delimited by semi‐natural treed elements, and all wildlife‐friendly matrices (e.g.…”

Section: Why Is It Important To Preserve Forest Cover?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…2018; Hendershot et al . 2020). Yet, different agroecological practices can be adapted to improve the quality of these matrices.…”

Section: How Can Matrix Quality Prevent Species Losses?mentioning

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“…2019a; Hendershot et al . 2020). Designing and implementing effective conservation strategies have never been so urgent for the future of forest species – and our own future, too (Washington 2013).…”

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“…2010); (5) maintaining a small number of large forest patches (Diamond 1975); (6) maintaining a large number of small forest patches (Simberloff & Abele 1982; Fahrig 2017, 2020) and (7) improving the quality of the anthropogenic matrix by reducing agricultural intensification (Hendershot et al . 2020), pesticide use (Sánchez‐Bayo & Wyckhuys 2019) and hunting (Deere et al 2020), and implementing measures to mitigate wildlife road‐kill (Rytwinski & Fahrig 2015; Alamgir et al . 2017).…”

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Designing optimal human‐modified landscapes for forest biodiversity conservation

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Agriculture and development transform forest ecosystems to human-modified landscapes. Decades of research in ecology have generated myriad concepts for the appropriate management of these landscapes. Yet, these concepts are often contradictory and apply at different spatial scales, making the design of biodiversity-friendly landscapes challenging. Here, we combine concepts with empirical support to design optimal landscape scenarios for forest-dwelling species. The supported concepts indicate that appropriately sized landscapes should contain ≥ 40% forest cover, although higher percentages are likely needed in the tropics. Forest cover should be configured with c. 10% in a very large forest patch, and the remaining 30% in many evenly dispersed smaller patches and semi-natural treed elements (e.g. vegetation corridors). Importantly, the patches should be embedded in a high-quality matrix. The proposed landscape scenarios represent an optimal compromise between delivery of goods and services to humans and preserving most forest wildlife, and can therefore guide forest preservation and restoration strategies.

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“…2018; Hendershot et al . 2020). Yet, different agroecological practices can be adapted to improve the quality of these matrices.…”

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Designing optimal human‐modified landscapes for forest biodiversity conservation

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“…On the other hand, ethnobotanical data on the value of the forest for providing the wild edible plants and other non-timber forest products to the local communities as well as the feedback effect from traditional knowledge and cultural diversity to forest conservation should be added into the specifications for assessment of forest ecosystem services. Recently discovery revealed that altering the cropping pattern from intensive monoculture to diversified agriculture, could help to withstand the climate change, protect vital wildlife and alleviate the long-term loss of biodiversity outside natural protected area in the future [51]. Besides, increasing plant species diversity could promote beneficial trophic interactions between insects and plants, ultimately contributing to increased ecosystem services [52] Thus, we suggested that more wild edible plants could be introduced and cultivated in the nearby protected areas, farming land, rubber forest, tea plantation field and village owned forest, homegardens as well as any suitable sites to build corridors or ex situ reserve areas for some important, rare, medicinal and edible plants, conserve more plant genetic resources and establish a diversified agriculture.…”

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Ethnobotanical Study on Wild Edible Plants Used by Three Trans-Boundary Ethnic Groups in Jiangcheng County, Pu’er, Southwest China

Cao¹,

Zhou

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Abstract Background: Dai, Hani and Yao people in the trans-boundary region between China, Laos and Vietnam, have gathered plentiful traditional knowledge about wild edible plants during the long history of understanding and using natural resources. The ecologically rich environment and the multi-ethnic integration provide a valuable foundation and driving force for high biodiversity and cultural diversity in this region. However, little study has uncovered the mystical veil of this unique and attractive culture. Methods: Ethnobotanical fieldwork, market and village survey have been conducted in 20 villages of Jiangcheng County during the period from 2016 to 2019. Altogether 109 local Dai, Hani and Yao people were interviewed, and their traditional knowledge of wild edible plants was recorded. Voucher specimens were identified by the authors and deposited in the herbarium of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences (HITBC). The statistical analysis was performed using R Studio software. Results: 211 wild edible plants, belonging to 73 families and 152 genera, were recorded. These plants were consumed as wild edible vegetables, seasonal fruits, salads, spices, sour condiments, tonic soups, tea substitutes, liquor brewing or dyeing materials. The use value (UV), current cultivation, market availability, as well as the quantitative traditional knowledge inheritance situation of these wild edible plants among different generations were analyzed. Based on the data from threatened species list of China’s higher plants and the IUCN red list, the food plant list for Asia Elephant, the subject database of China plant and the calculated UV score, the top 30 most important wild edible plants were selected for further cultivation in the local village Conclusion: Traditional knowledge of wild edible plants, owned by Dai, Hani and Yao people in Jiangcheng County, is rich but at risk of losing among the young generation. Diversified cultivation of wild edible plants by the local communities could be a solution for sustainable use of natural resources, and conserve the endangered species in this trans-boundary region.

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Effects of density, species interactions, and environmental stochasticity on the dynamics of British bird communities

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Grøtan

Sæther

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Our knowledge of the factors affecting species abundances is mainly based on time-series analyses of a few well-studied species at single or few localities, but we know little about whether results from such analyses can be extrapolated to the community level. We apply a joint species distribution model to longterm time-series data on British bird communities to examine the relative contribution of intra-and interspecific density dependence at different spatial scales, as well as the influence of environmental stochasticity, to spatiotemporal interspecific variation in abundance. Intraspecific density dependence has the major structuring effect on these bird communities. In addition, environmental fluctuations affect spatiotemporal differences in abundance. In contrast, species interactions had a minor impact on variation in abundance.Thus, important drivers of single-species dynamics are also strongly affecting dynamics of communities in time and space.

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Intensive farming drives long-term shifts in avian community composition

Cited by 97 publications

References 44 publications

Designing optimal human‐modified landscapes for forest biodiversity conservation

Designing optimal human‐modified landscapes for forest biodiversity conservation

Ethnobotanical Study on Wild Edible Plants Used by Three Trans-Boundary Ethnic Groups in Jiangcheng County, Pu’er, Southwest China

Effects of density, species interactions, and environmental stochasticity on the dynamics of British bird communities

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