The role of woodpeckers (family: Picidae) as ecosystem engineers in urban parks: a case study in the city of Madrid (Spain)

Catalina-Allueva, Patricia; Martín, Carlos A.

doi:10.1007/s11252-020-01087-y

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“…In recent decades, woodpeckers have started to attract an increasing amount of attention from researchers, as they are considered to be a group of great significance in avian conservation biology owing to their role as keystone species, "ecosystem engineers" and indicators of habitat quality (Jones, Lawton & Schachak 1994;Martin 2015; Menon & Shahabuddin 2021). This group of birds are often important keystones in urban environments, where natural cavities in trees can be limited (Catalina-Allueva & Martín 2021). Hence, our understanding of their biology is crucial for proper environmental management and conservation plans and projects.…”

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A review of co-occurrence and hybridization as neglected factors in studies of Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacusand Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major

Bakai,

Gorman,

Kajtoch

2024

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Some species of woodpecker (Picidae), such as in the genus Dendrocopos, are known to occasionally hybridize. The distribution, biology and ecology of the Syrian woodpecker (D. syriacus) and the great spotted woodpecker (D. major) are fairly wellknown (less so in the case of Syrian), but these closely related species are seldom treated together in studies. This review summarizes the published data on these species in order to evaluate the omissions and inaccuracies in research and surveys on their sympatric populations. As research that deals with both species together is scant, the need to examine interactions, both antagonistic and hybridization, is advisable in order to properly understanding their ecology, ethology, breeding biology and demography.

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A review of co-occurrence and hybridization as neglected factors in studies of Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacusand Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major

Bakai,

Gorman,

Kajtoch

2024

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“…Urban wildlife plays a number of valuable roles in the continued success of urban ecosystem functions, including flower and crop pollination [8], pest control through predation [9,10], serving as a prey source, and accelerating tree-cavity production to the benefit of habitat creation [11]. Human-wildlife interactions can also benefit humans directly through betterment of mental health and developing emotional connections with the environment [12,13].…”

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Arborists and Urban Foresters Support for Urban Wildlife and Habitat Sustainability: Results of an Urban Ecology-Focused Survey of Arborists

Martin

Almas

2022

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Urbanization is causing fragmentation of natural areas and impacting urban wildlife populations. Sustainability of wildlife and their habitat in arboriculture has focused on three key areas: retaining wildlife snags and beneficial-tree features (e.g., hollows/cavities), education of arborists and the public, and the adoption of systems-level thinking into arboriculture (i.e., the consideration of wildlife in risk matrices and pruning objectives). We surveyed 805 arborists using an international online survey to examine how arborists perceive these key areas of wildlife conservation and sustainability in urban forest management. Systems-level thinking was the highest rated method for arborists to support urban wildlife, followed by the retaining of wildlife snags. Education and the involvement of conservation groups received lower ratings, and the retainment of branches with hollows or cavities received the lowest ratings. In selecting important factors for wildlife snag retainment, arborists were most concerned with tree risk and targets, followed by setting (urban versus rural) and use of the tree by wildlife. Other factors that are the concern of urban ecologists were less important to respondents. Our findings support continued urban ecology education for arborists which focuses on whole/complex systems thinking to develop sustainable urban forest management practices which benefit urban wildlife.

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Nest-site selection of the Iberian Green Woodpecker (Picus sharpei) in three biogeographical regions

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Lizarraga

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The role of woodpeckers (family: Picidae) as ecosystem engineers in urban parks: a case study in the city of Madrid (Spain)

Cited by 11 publications

References 53 publications

A review of co-occurrence and hybridization as neglected factors in studies of Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacusand Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major

A review of co-occurrence and hybridization as neglected factors in studies of Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacusand Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major

Arborists and Urban Foresters Support for Urban Wildlife and Habitat Sustainability: Results of an Urban Ecology-Focused Survey of Arborists

Nest-site selection of the Iberian Green Woodpecker (Picus sharpei) in three biogeographical regions

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