Interactions between landscape structure and bird mobility traits affect the connectivity of agroecosystem networks

Zhang, Jingjing; Pannell, Jennifer L.; Case, Bradley S.; Hinchliffe, Graham; Stanley, Margaret C.; Buckley, Hannah

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107962

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“…Our study highlighted the growing concern on how changes are shaping land-use-land-cover dynamics and its influence on bird-preferred habitats and diversity in Ghana's Ashanti Region. Studies have shown that several factors, namely, interspecific attraction among birds (Szymkowiak et al 2017), landscape structure (Zhang et al 2021), nest predation (Tolvanen et al 2018), competition for resources (Wakefield et al 2011), food availability and disturbance (Tong et al 2021), can have a direct or indirect influence on birds preferred four habitats at Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary. The shape of the curves is habitats while moving across landscapes.…”

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“…habitat-selection studies have shown that several factors, namely, interspecific attraction among birds (Szymkowiak et al 2017), landscape structure (Zhang et al 2021), nest predation (Tolvanen et al 2018), competition for resources (Wakefield et al 2011), food availability and disturbances (S ¸ekercioglu ˘ et al 2012;Tong et al 2021), can have a direct or indirect influence on birds occupying their preferred habitat. Report on global bird population decline (Gaston et al 2003;Birdlife International 2011), as a result of habitat transformation (Wijesinghe and Brooke 2005;Mammides et al 2015), has led to renewed interest in bird habitatselection studies (Belder et al 2018).…”

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“…In recent times, habitat-selection studies have shown that several factors, namely, interspecific attraction among birds (Szymkowiak et al . 2017), landscape structure (Zhang et al . 2021), nest predation (Tolvanen et al .…”

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Bird community structure and habitat association in Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary, Ashanti Region (Ghana)

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Context Globally, an estimated 1.3% of the bird species have gone extinct over the past millennia, largely owing to habitat loss. Aims This study investigated bird–habitat associations and assemblages in the Owabi Ramsar wetland. Methods The study was conducted over 5 months (May–September 2019) in four habitat types (agricultural land, built-up, forest reserve, and open-water area). Data were collected in 84 plots across four habitats (i.e. built-up area = 25, forest reserve = 25, agricultural land = 25 and open-water area = 9 plots), using a point-count technique. The Gambin model, non-metric multidimensional scaling, Chao-1, and Hill numbers models were used to evaluate differences in bird diversity and composition among the habitat types. Key results In all, 1260 individual birds, belonging to 81 species, were encountered. Many of the species occurred in the forest habitat (n = 46, 56.8%. Species from the agricultural land (n = 37) and built-up (n = 30) were mainly habitat generalists that used these two habitats as their shared feeding station. Bird–habitat specialisation grouping equally showed the forest specialists to be the highest (n = 23, 38.4%), whereas the open water had the least number of habitat specialisation associations (e.g. white-faced whistling duck, n = 20, 24.7%). Five species were widely distributed in all four habitats (e.g. bronze-mannikins and white-throated bee-eaters), indicating their broad habitat preferences and ability to adapt to varied conditions. The forest reserve tended to be the most diverse, which was likely mediated by factors such as nesting microhabitats, varied food availability, and human-led activities. Conclusions This study highlighted bird dietary structure and associated habitat type and bird-habitat specialisation in four different land-use types at Owabi Ramsar wetland. Implications Given the increasing level of disturbance, there is the likelihood that the population of forest-dependent and open water-dependent birds will be lost or will have to change or modify their behaviour to be similar to that of open-tolerant or open-country birds if managers of the Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary fail to implement the recommended management interventions highlighted.

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“…Further, spatial data generated for landscape features can be used as part of modelling exercises to investigate possible spatial landscape designs aimed at achieving desired ecological outcomes. For example, Zhang et al (2021) explored how simple revegetation scenarios affect landscape patch distribution and potential native bird habitat connectivity in this north Canterbury landscape. Ultimately, landscape-scale revegetation options require input from farm scale assessments and discussions with landowners or landowner collectives (e.g.…”

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Towards a framework for targeting national-scale, native revegetation in Aotearoa New Zealand’s agroecosystems

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Forbes²,

Stanley³

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The incorporation of native, woody vegetation into New Zealand's agricultural ecosystems offers a "nature-based solution" approach for mitigating poor environmental outcomes of land use practices, biodiversity loss, and the accelerating effects of climatic change. However, to achieve this at scale requires a systematic framework for scoping, assessing, and targeting native revegetation opportunities in a way that addresses national-scale priorities, supports landscape-scale ecological processes, and recognises that land use decisions are made at farm-scales by landowners. In this forum discussion, we outline the requirements for a spatial decision support system for native revegetation; we provide illustrations of national-, landscape-, and farm-scale components of this framework and outline a range of organisational, societal, and scientific challenges that must be addressed to enable effective and targeted revegetation across the country. Our primary motivation is to provide a focus for discussions among scientists, policy makers, hapū, iwi, landowners, communities, and other interested parties who are invested in restoring biodiverse and resilient agroecosystems.

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“…Bird dispersal has previously been considered in New Zealand (1) in relation to the ability of birds to recover from population reduction (Spurr 1979), (2) in regard to island biogeography and reserve design (Williams 1981;Hackwell 1982;Diamond 1984;East & Williams 1984;), and only recently (3) as an element of mainland landscape connectivity (Zhang et al 2021).…”

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Movements and habitat connectivity of New Zealand forest birds: a review of available data

Innes¹,

Miskelly²,

Armstrong³

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New Zealand's original forested landscape has been greatly fragmented since human arrival, limiting connectivity and habitat quality for forest-dependent fauna. We review the limited available information about forest bird movement behaviour, especially whole-year sociality and movement, natal dispersal, and pasture-and water-gap crossing. Most small insectivores (17 species) and North Island kōkako are territorial year-round, but frugivore-nectivores (three species), raptors (two species), and volant parrots (four species) can be highly mobile, presumably to find scattered food. Natal dispersal is the main behaviour by which birds find new habitats and mates, but natal dispersal distances are unknown for half the species we review. There is limited information about species' ability to cross gaps between forests, and more is known about movement over water than pasture. We classify four species (North Island kōkako, pōpokotea, South Island tīeke, and North Island brown kiwi) as strongly gap limited, defined as currently unknown to cross water or pasture gaps larger than 500 m. A further eight species (mohua, tītitipounamu, pīpipi, weka, North Island tīeke, kakaruai, toutouwai, and miromiro) are moderately gap-limited, with maximum observed gap-crossing distances of less than 5 km. Pending new data, these twelve species have most need of corridors or translocations to enable them to establish in new, safe, ecosanctuary sites. Habitat connectivity can be increased by strategic planting, but this also risks decreasing populations if birds emigrate from safe to unsafe sites. Many managed ecosanctuaries are too small to accommodate natal dispersal distances expected in continuous forest, so pest control is required at larger scale in the long term to restore natural movement patterns.

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Interactions between landscape structure and bird mobility traits affect the connectivity of agroecosystem networks

Cited by 13 publications

References 69 publications

Bird community structure and habitat association in Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary, Ashanti Region (Ghana)

Bird community structure and habitat association in Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary, Ashanti Region (Ghana)

Towards a framework for targeting national-scale, native revegetation in Aotearoa New Zealand’s agroecosystems

Movements and habitat connectivity of New Zealand forest birds: a review of available data

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