The effects of grassland ecosystem afforestation on avian phylogenetic diversity, taxonomic diversity and evolutionary distinctiveness

Jacoboski, Lucilene Inês; Luza, André Luís; Paulsen, Raquel Klein; Pezda, Angelo Marcon; Hartz, Sandra Maria

doi:10.1016/j.actao.2019.103449

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“…Based on this, we propose that species that prefer open habitats within cities might react to forests as local environmental filters, as has been suggested for forest-farmland and grassland-forest plantation systems (Jacoboski et al, 2019;García-Navas and Thuiller, 2020). Likewise, species that need large forest patches may be filtered out from small isolated green spaces.…”

Section: Diversity Patternsmentioning

confidence: 77%

Taxonomic, Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity of Bird Assemblages in Urban Green Spaces: Null Model Analyses, Temporal Variation and Ecological Drivers

2022

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Urban expansion is a pervasive driver of biodiversity loss. To understand the effects of urbanization on diversity, we investigated the response of bird taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversity to urban green spaces’ characteristics in thirty-one green spaces of Mexico City. Selected sites encompassed variation of environmental factors along a transformation gradient, from natural protected areas to landscaped parks. Bird observations were conducted during winter (non-breeding season), spring (dry breeding season), and summer (wet breeding season). We used multi-model inference to assess the relationship of green space area, shape, isolation, tree richness, habitat diversity, and vegetation cover with species richness, Faith’s phylogenetic diversity, and functional richness. We calculated standardized effect sizes from null models to assess phylogenetic and functional structure. We registered 91 species belonging to 28 families across all sites and seasons. The number of detected species was largest in winter and decreased toward the dry breeding season, and then toward the wet breeding season. We found a moderate to strong positive relationship of species richness with phylogenetic diversity and functional richness. Overall, phylogenetic and functional structure of bird communities in green spaces was neither clustered nor over-dispersed. However, few cases of functional clustering, phylogenetic clustering, or both were observed, and they corresponded to natural protected areas. Results showed a predominant role of green space area in determining community diversity and phylogenetic structure while it did not influence functional structure. Contrary to our predictions, habitat diversity had a negative effect on species richness and phylogenetic diversity and this effect was detected only during the wet breeding season, whereas isolation showed a positive relationship with phylogenetic and functional structure, during the wet breeding season and winter, respectively. This study emphasizes the use of complementary measures of diversity together with the comparison between observed and expected values to get a better insight into the mechanisms by which green spaces’ characteristics affect bird diversity across the seasons.

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Section: Diversity Patternsmentioning

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Taxonomic, Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity of Bird Assemblages in Urban Green Spaces: Null Model Analyses, Temporal Variation and Ecological Drivers

2022

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“…Barlow et al 2007a;Fonseca et al 2009). Severe loss of diversity has been recorded in tree plantations isolated from natural forest, in landscapes already dominated by tree plantations and in tree plantations established in areas of natural grassland (Filloy et al 2010;Corbelli et al 2015;Prescott et al 2016;Jacoboski et al 2019), conditions do not meet by the protected area studied by us.…”

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“…Although tree plantations may maintain some of the characteristics of natural forests, such as tall and high canopy cover, and deep litter layer, they are typically unsuitable for many edge-intolerant species and forest specialists (Filloy et al 2010;Dias et al 2013), leading to a decline in the taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of the local assemblages (Machado et al 2012;Gangenova et al 2018;Jacoboski et al 2019). Such declines caused by the local extinction of intolerant and specialist species triggered by the establishment of tree plantations have been observed for mammals (Barlow et al 2007a;Yue et al 2015), birds (Dias et al 2013;Corbelli et al 2015;Jacoboski et al 2016Jacoboski et al , 2019, reptiles (Saccol et al 2017) and anurans (Saccol et al 2017;Gangenova et al 2018). In the specific case of the anurans, the effects of tree plantations on leaf-litter frog assemblages are still poorly understood (e.g.…”

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Effects of natural forest and tree plantations on leaf‐litter frog assemblages in Southern Brazil

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Anuran amphibians are extremely sensitive to changes in the environment and are severely threatened with extinction by human activities. The conversion of natural habitats to tree plantations is expanding in southern Brazil, emphasising the need for both scientists and society to understand the potential effects of this practice on animal communities. Here, we evaluated whether the richness, composition and abundance of leaflitter frogs change among natural forests, plantations of the native Araucaria angustifolia and plantations of an introduced pine Pinus spp. We obtained data on the composition of the leaf-litter frog assemblages by sampling natural forest and tree plantations in the Passo Fundo National Forest, southern Brazil. We sampled leaf-litter frogs using pitfall trap arrays from March 2017 to February 2018. We used generalised linear mixed models to estimate the effect of habitat type on leaf-litter frogs while considering variation induced by season effect and spatial autocorrelation. We recorded 311 individual leaf-litter frogs belonging to nine species and five families. We did not find differences in species richness and composition, total abundance and abundance of the most frequent species Physalaemus cuvieri, P. carrizorum and Rhinella icterica among Pinus plantations, Araucaria angustifolia plantations and natural forests. These results indicate that tree plantations and natural forests can be equally suitable to leaf-litter frogs. Such suitability is promoted by the light levels of management exerted on these plantations, the old age of the plantations and the heterogeneous mosaic of habitat types maintained within this National Forest. Our study shows that some management decisions can preserve habitat quality to wildlife in modified landscapes.

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“…Os impactos adversos causados pela produção de eucalipto em larga escala vão além de uma transformação visual, pois implica em mudanças socioambientais (Tucci et al, 1997;Larrañaga et al, 2009;Farinaci et al, 2013;Vechi et al, 2018;Baratelli et al, 2020;Rodrigues et al, 2021). À medida que a vegetação nativa e os solos agrícolas são ocupados pela eucaliptocultura, pautado pelo modelo agroexportador baseado no latifúndio monocultor, ocorrem o empobrecimento da biodiversidade local (Zanzini et al, 2017;Rosa et al, 2018;Jacoboski et al, 2019), degradação ambiental e conflitos no meio rural e urbano, culminando no sufocamento da biosociodiversidade local (Santos & Trevisan, 2009;Sell & Figueiró, 2011;Rezende et al, 2013;Baratelli et al, 2020;Medeiros et al, 2020;Gualberto et al, 2021).…”

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Expansão e impactos socioambientais da cultura de Eucalyptus spp. (Myrtaceae) no Brasil: um panorama da literatura

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No Brasil Eucalyptus tem sido um gênero muito cultivado por apresentar características comerciais desejáveis, haja vista que da maioria das espécies se aproveita a celulose, madeira e óleos essenciais. Assim, este estudo objetivou realizar uma compilação de dados acerca da expansão da eucaliptocultura no Brasil na última década e seus impactos socioambientais. Foi realizada uma revisão da literatura mediante consulta de livros e artigos científicos das bases eletrônicas Scielo, Periódicos CAPES e EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). A demanda do mercado externo nos últimos 20 anos posicionou o Brasil em patamares elevados no contexto mundial de produção de celulose e fez com que houvesse uma grande expansão da área plantada de eucalipto no Brasil na última década. As atividades das fases de implantação, manutenção e colheita da eucaliptocultura, resultam em modificações das condições socioambientais outrora existente no local. Entre os impactos benéficos está a contribuição positiva à economia nacional, pois, gera um incremento comercial, com produtos de consumo interno e para exportação, impostos e empregos para a população. Entre os impactos adversos estão o empobrecimento da biodiversidade local, degradação ambiental e conflitos no meio rural e urbano. Para minimizar esses impactos adversos é necessária a implementação de uma gestão ambiental ecologicamente correta, com a identificação das características e condições de conservação ambientais locais (como, proximidade de áreas de vegetação ripária, biodiversidade local, tipos de clima e solo, declividade do terreno, disponibilidade hídrica da bacia hidrográfica), da estrutura fundiária pré-existente e implementação de um conjunto de ações mitigadoras para cada impacto adverso.

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The effects of grassland ecosystem afforestation on avian phylogenetic diversity, taxonomic diversity and evolutionary distinctiveness

Cited by 16 publications

References 45 publications

Taxonomic, Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity of Bird Assemblages in Urban Green Spaces: Null Model Analyses, Temporal Variation and Ecological Drivers

Taxonomic, Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity of Bird Assemblages in Urban Green Spaces: Null Model Analyses, Temporal Variation and Ecological Drivers

Effects of natural forest and tree plantations on leaf‐litter frog assemblages in Southern Brazil

Expansão e impactos socioambientais da cultura de Eucalyptus spp. (Myrtaceae) no Brasil: um panorama da literatura

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