Influence of human population size and the built environment on avian assemblages in urban green spaces

Latta, Steven C.; Musher, Lukas J.; Latta, Krista; Katzner, Todd E.

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“…Based on our data, Turkish graveyards still host diverse orchid flora and represent important orchid habitats, despite the detected salep harvesting activity. Our results strengthen the emerging view that graveyards may play an important role for diversity conservation not only in large cities (e.g., McPherson & Nilon, ; Kocian, Némethová, Melicherová, & Matusková, ; Munshi‐South ; Latta et al., ; Butt, Lowe, & Duncanson, ; Buchholz et al., ; Čanády & Mošanský, ) but also when the surrounding land cover has been extensively transformed (McBarron, Benson, & Doherty, ; Ruch, Torke, Badger, & Rothrock, ). Our results also emphasize the special cultural–funerary role of graveyards in reducing the impacts of human exploitation on natural resources.…”

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Turkish graveyards as refuges for orchids against tuber harvest

Molnár

Nagy

Löki

et al. 2017

Ecology and Evolution

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Harvest of orchid tubers for salep production is widespread in southwestern Asia and the Balkans and constitutes a major conservation risk for wild orchid populations. Synanthropic habitats, such as graveyards, are important refuges for orchids and other organisms and could offer protection from salep harvesting because of their special cultural role. However, little is known about the occurrence and factors influencing harvesting of salep in graveyards. During field surveys of 474 graveyards throughout Turkey, we observed 333 graveyards with orchids, 311 graveyards with tuberous orchids, and salep harvest in 14 graveyards. Altogether, 530 individuals of 17 orchid species were collected, representing 9% of the individuals recorded. Harvesting intensity was relatively low, and populations were usually not wholly destroyed. However, some species were clearly more affected than others. Salep harvesting risk of orchid species was significantly associated with flowering time, with early‐flowering species being more affected. A marginally significant positive relationship between harvesting risk and species‐specific tuber size was also detected. Our data suggest that graveyards might offer some protection against salep harvesting in Turkey, but they also show that some orchid taxa are much more affected than others. Overall, our observations add more weight to the conservation value of these special habitats.

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Turkish graveyards as refuges for orchids against tuber harvest

Molnár

Nagy

Löki

et al. 2017

Ecology and Evolution

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“…6). Lower species richness and higher abundance of exotics in the "urban core" have been observed by others (Chace and Walsh 2006;Latta et al 2013) and structural simplification of vegetation and a reduction of habitat are the most plausible explanations (McKinney 2008). However, less vegetation and more built structures in the urban core may provide only a partial explanation.…”

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“…Urbanization affects biodiversity by replacing natural habitat with built structures often leading to a more homogenized landscape (Blair 2001;MacGregor-Fors et al 2013;Beardsley et al 2009). A common finding among studies of bird distribution in urban environments is a decrease in species richness in relation to increased urbanization (Chace and Walsh 2006;McKinney 2008;Murgui 2009;Latta et al 2013;MacGregor-Fors et al 2013). Evidence also suggests a positive relationship between species richness and green space such as parks and urban gardens (Melles et al 2003;Chamberlain et al 2007;Murgui 2009;Latta et al 2013;Chaiyarat et al 2018) and tree cover (Rolando et al 1997;MacGregor-Fors et al 2013).…”

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“…A common finding among studies of bird distribution in urban environments is a decrease in species richness in relation to increased urbanization (Chace and Walsh 2006;McKinney 2008;Murgui 2009;Latta et al 2013;MacGregor-Fors et al 2013). Evidence also suggests a positive relationship between species richness and green space such as parks and urban gardens (Melles et al 2003;Chamberlain et al 2007;Murgui 2009;Latta et al 2013;Chaiyarat et al 2018) and tree cover (Rolando et al 1997;MacGregor-Fors et al 2013). Vegetation on, or around, buildings has been shown to be related to urban bird composition (Deng and Jim 2007;Belcher et al 2018), as has the size, height and variability of building height (MacGregor-Fors and Schondube 2011;Pellissier et al 2012).…”

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“…While many studies have investigated the relationship between urbanization and the composition and distribution of avifauna in urban areas, most have been in relatively large cities in temperate climates (examples include van Heezik et al 2008;Murgui 2009;Pellissier et al 2012;Latta et al 2013;Meffert and Dziock 2013;Dale 2018). The unequal balance toward studies in large urban centers in temperate climates is also evident in several meta-analyses of urban bird ecology (see for example Clergeau et al 2001;Chace and Walsh 2006;McKinney 2008).…”

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Relationship of bird richness, abundance and assemblage to the built environment in a small island tropical urban setting: a Suva, Fiji case study

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Your article is protected by copyright and all rights are held exclusively by Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. This e-offprint is for personal use only and shall not be self-archived in electronic repositories. If you wish to selfarchive your article, please use the accepted manuscript version for posting on your own website. You may further deposit the accepted manuscript version in any repository, provided it is only made publicly available 12 months after official publication or later and provided acknowledgement is given to the original source of publication and a link is inserted to the published article on Springer's website. The link must be accompanied by the following text: "The final publication is available at link.springer.com". AbstractThere have been few studies investigating the relationship between the built environment and the status of bird distributions in small island tropical urban areas. We present a study investigating the relationship between bird species richness, abundance and assemblage to the built environment in Suva, Fiji. Field surveys were taken at 54 randomly selected sites throughout the city, stratified by three building density classes and the central business district (CBD). At each site bird counts were recorded, along with environmental data such as average building height, within a 150 m radius. Land-use information was obtained from screen digitized high-resolution satellite imagery within the same radius. Distance to undeveloped patches of land within the urban area was calculated using a GIS. Analysis of the effects of the built environment was carried out for all species, and for exotic and native species separately. Abundance of exotics was significantly higher in the central business district (CBD) than all other urban density classes, and significantly higher than natives in all other density classes. We found a negative relationship between native species richness and distance to undeveloped patches, but no relationship for exotics. Species assemblage was not related to urban density class. We conclude that the status of native and exotic bird species in Suva is similar to what has been found in urban areas in temperate climates, and conservation efforts should focus on minimizing the amount of heavily urbanized "core areas" and protecting undeveloped areas of forested vegetation to improve bird biodiversity in small tropical islands cities.

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Counting Birds in Urban Areas: A Review of Methods for the Estimation of Abundance

Heezik

Seddon

2017

Ecology and Conservation of Birds in Urban Environments

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Influence of human population size and the built environment on avian assemblages in urban green spaces

Cited by 21 publications

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Turkish graveyards as refuges for orchids against tuber harvest

Turkish graveyards as refuges for orchids against tuber harvest

Relationship of bird richness, abundance and assemblage to the built environment in a small island tropical urban setting: a Suva, Fiji case study

Counting Birds in Urban Areas: A Review of Methods for the Estimation of Abundance

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