Taxonomic diversity, functional diversity and evolutionary uniqueness in bird communities of Beijing's urban parks: Effects of land use and vegetation structure

Morelli, Federico; Benedetti, Yanina; Su, Tongping; Zhou, Bo; Moravec, David; Šímová, Petra; Liang, Wei

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2017.03.009

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“…Structural differences between forest stands usually translate to different biodiversity patterns of animal species (e.g., [161,162] for birds). In an Australian study, the volume of the understory vegetation was an important predictor for species richness in different groups of animals [163].…”

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Emerging Urban Forests: Opportunities for Promoting the Wild Side of the Urban Green Infrastructure

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Many cities aim to increase urban forest cover to benefit residents through the provision of ecosystem services and to promote biodiversity. As a complement to traditional forest plantings, we address opportunities associated with “emerging urban forests” (i.e., spontaneously developing forests in cities) for urban biodiversity conservation. We quantified the area of successional forests and analyzed the species richness of native and alien plants and of invertebrates (carabid beetles, spiders) in emerging forests dominated by alien or native trees, including Robinia pseudoacacia, Acer platanoides, and Betula pendula. Emerging urban forests were revealed as shared habitats of native and alien species. Native species richness was not profoundly affected by the alien (co-)dominance of the canopy. Instead, native and alien plant species richnesses were positively related. Numbers of endangered plants and invertebrates did not differ between native- and alien-dominated forest patches. Patterns of tree regeneration indicate different successional trajectories for novel forest types. We conclude that these forests (i) provide habitats for native and alien species, including some endangered species, (ii) allow city dwellers to experience wild urban nature, and (iii) support arguments for adapting forests to dynamic urban environments. Integrating emerging urban forests into the urban green infrastructure is a promising pathway to sustainable cities and can complement traditional restoration or greening approaches.

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Section: Community Structurementioning

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Emerging Urban Forests: Opportunities for Promoting the Wild Side of the Urban Green Infrastructure

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“…Medidas de mitigación de proyectos inmobiliarios que involucren el reemplazo de árboles adultos por árboles juveniles, no compensarían la pérdida de servicios ecosistémicos brindados por los árboles añosos (Stagoll et al 2012, Morelli et al 2017. Árboles añosos promoverían una mayor cantidad de aves nidificantes (Altamirano et al 2012), mayor riqueza y abundancia de aves, y mayor riqueza de especies asociadas a bosques (Stagoll et al 2012).…”

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“…En general, zonas con una alta densidad de construcción presentan una baja abundancia de aves nativas porque la calidad del hábitat sería baja para estas especies (Haedo et al 2017;Amaya-Espinel et al 2019). Sin embargo, algunas especies pueden ser más abundantes en sitios con una mayor densidad de edificaciones (Threlfall et al 2016, Morelli et al 2017. Estas especies se clasifican como sinantrópicas y en gran medida corresponden a especies exóticas y cosmopolitas.…”

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Conservación en la ciudad: ¿Cómo influye la estructura del hábitat sobre la abundancia de especies de aves en una metrópoli latinoamericana?

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El limitado número de investigaciones ecológicas en ecosistemas urbanos de Latinoamérica dificulta manejar las áreas urbanas para la conservación de biodiversidad. Además, la mayoría de los estudios ecológicos en ciudades se han enfocado en parques y plazas, ignorando la mayor parte del ecosistema urbano. Para brindar evidencia científica robusta que permita contribuir al manejo del hábitat urbano para la conservación de aves, investigamos la influencia de variables del hábitat sobre la abundancia de especies de aves nativas y exóticas en la ciudad de Santiago, Chile. Durante la temporada reproductiva de 2017-2018, evaluamos aves y variables del hábitat en 455 puntos distribuidos a través de la ciudad. Ajustamos modelos lineales generalizados para evaluar la influencia de variables del hábitat sobre la abundancia de las especies de aves. En 905 conteos realizados, registramos 35 especies de aves (31 nativas y 4 exóticas). La abundancia de aves nativas (tórtola, fío-fío, chercán, zorzal, chincol y mirlo) aumentó con la cobertura de vegetación leñosa. Puntos con mayor cobertura arbustiva en el microhábitat exhibieron una mayor abundancia de zorzal, chincol y fío-fío. Opuesto a la respuesta de las aves nativas, la abundancia de las especies exóticas (paloma y gorrión) disminuyó con el aumento de la vegetación. Nuestros resultados demuestran la importancia de la vegetación leñosa para conservar especies de aves nativas en Santiago. Estrategias de manejo que (1) eviten la pérdida de vegetación leñosa e (2) incrementen árboles y arbustos en áreas urbanas carentes de cobertura vegetal promoverían una mayor abundancia de aves nativas.

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“…Data were collected in forested areas west of the exclusion zone around the Fukushima Daiichi power plants in 2011-2016 (see more details in Møller et al 2015a, b). The study in Beijing was conducted during June 2016 in 10 city urban parks across the metropolis (see more details in Morelli et al 2017a). The study in Guizhou was performed during June 2015 in the Kuankuoshui National Nature Reserve, southwestern China, in a subtropical moist broadleaf and mixed forest, interspersed with abandoned tea plantations, shrubby areas, and open fields used as cattle pastures (see more details in Yang et al 2010a, b).…”

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Multiple species of cuckoos are superior predictors of bird species richness in Asia

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Abstract. The abundance and the presence of common cuckoos Cuculus canorus have been shown to predict species richness of birds across Europe, while there are no such analyses available for other continents where species richness of parasitic cuckoos is larger. Here, we tested whether species richness of birds increased with the number of cuckoo species in two study areas in China and one in Japan. We also tested whether species richness of birds can be predicted by the number of cuckoo individuals. Furthermore, we compared the strength of association between overall bird species richness and species richness of cuckoos, Paridae, Corvidae, and birds of prey. This is the first study demonstrating that cuckoo species richness is more strongly associated with overall bird species richness than richness of species belonging to other families, and rather than occurrence of a single cuckoo species, as already demonstrated for the common cuckoo in Europe. The number of cuckoo species was positively associated with both non-host and host species richness. We found evidence of the number of cuckoo species being associated with species richness of birds independently of country and year, while abundance of individual cuckoos was not a statistically significant predictor. Furthermore, we showed that richness of host species is strongly positively correlated with overall bird species richness in both countries. This implies that the high species richness of cuckoos in South-East Asia is a reliable predictor of overall bird species richness.

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Taxonomic diversity, functional diversity and evolutionary uniqueness in bird communities of Beijing's urban parks: Effects of land use and vegetation structure

Cited by 75 publications

References 48 publications

Emerging Urban Forests: Opportunities for Promoting the Wild Side of the Urban Green Infrastructure

Emerging Urban Forests: Opportunities for Promoting the Wild Side of the Urban Green Infrastructure

Conservación en la ciudad: ¿Cómo influye la estructura del hábitat sobre la abundancia de especies de aves en una metrópoli latinoamericana?

Multiple species of cuckoos are superior predictors of bird species richness in Asia

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