Urbanized birds have superior establishment success in novel environments

Møller, Anders Pape; Dı́az, Mario; Flensted-Jensen, Einar; Grim, Tomáš; Ibáñez‐Álamo, Juan Diego; Jokimäki, Jukka; Mänd, Raivo; Markó, Gábor; Tryjanowski, Piotr

doi:10.1007/s00442-015-3268-8

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“…However, not all species respond equally to habitat transformations, and there are many examples of species occupying and even proliferating in transformed environments 3, 4 . In this sense, there is an increasing interest in studying how species colonize and thrive in novel habitats 5, 6 as well as understanding the drivers of change in habitat preferences shown by many species as a response to anthropogenic habitat changes.…”

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Urban conservation hotspots: predation release allows the grassland-specialist burrowing owl to perform better in the city

Rebolo-Ifrán

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Carrete

2017

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Although habitat transformation is one of the main causes of biodiversity loss, there are many examples of species successfully occupying and even proliferating in highly human-modified habitats such are the cities. Thus, there is an increasing interest in understanding the drivers favoring urban life for some species. Here, we show how the low richness and abundance of predators in urban areas may explain changes in the habitat selection pattern of a grassland specialist species, the burrowing owl Athene cunicularia, toward urban habitats. Predation release improves the demographic parameters of urban individuals, thus favoring an increment in the breeding density of the species in urban areas that accounts for the apparent positive selection of this habitat in detriment of the more natural ones that are avoided. These results suggest that traditional habitat selection analyses do not necessarily describe habitat choice decisions actively taken by individuals but differences in their demographic prospects. Moreover, they also highlight that cites, as predator-free refuges, can become key conservation hotspots for some species dependent on threatened habitats such as the temperate grasslands of South America.

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Urban conservation hotspots: predation release allows the grassland-specialist burrowing owl to perform better in the city

Rebolo-Ifrán

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2017

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“…These so‐called urban exploiters, some of which have an exotic origin, dominate urban communities despite being often absent or rare in the surrounding natural environments (Case ; Møller et al . ). They thus provide a net gain in the regional phylogenetic richness.…”

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“…While most species do not seem to tolerate well the extreme environmental alterations associated with urbanisation, and hence tend to avoid them, some perceive urban environments as ecological opportunities (Blair 1996). These so-called urban exploiters, some of which have an exotic origin, dominate urban communities despite being often absent or rare in the surrounding natural environments (Case 1996;Møller et al 2015). They thus provide a net gain in the regional phylogenetic richness.…”

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Urbanisation and the loss of phylogenetic diversity in birds

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Despite the recognised conservation value of phylogenetic diversity, little is known about how it is affected by the urbanisation process. Combining a complete avian phylogeny with surveys along urbanisation gradients from five continents, we show that highly urbanised environments supported on average 450 million fewer years of evolutionary history than the surrounding natural environments. This loss was primarily caused by species loss and could have been higher had not been partially compensated by the addition of urban exploiters and some exotic species. Highly urbanised environments also supported fewer evolutionary distinctive species, implying a disproportionate loss of evolutionary history. Compared with highly urbanised environments, changes in phylogenetic richness and evolutionary distinctiveness were less substantial in moderately urbanised environments. Protecting pristine environments is therefore essential for maintaining phylogenetic diversity, but moderate levels of urbanisation still preserve much of the original diversity.

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“…The degradation of natural habitats is a significant factor affecting the fauna in inhabited localities (Tomiałojc, 2007;Grimm et al, 2008;Møller et al, 2015). The authors prove that the mosaic of landscapes increases the species richness of birds.…”

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Bird communities and vegetation composition in natural and semi-natural forests of megalopolis: correlations and comparisons of diversity indices (Kyiv city, Ukraine)

Blinkova

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2018

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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Blinkova O., Shupova T.: Bird communities and vegetation composition in natural and semi-natural forests of megalopolis: correlations and comparisons of diversity indices (Kyiv city, Ukraine). Ekológia (Bratislava), Vol. 37, No. 3, p. 259-288, 2018. Assessment of correlations and comparisons of diversity indices between birds communities and vegetation composition of the forest ecosystem is an important subject of synecological research to identify the intensity of human impact on the flora and fauna in megalopolis. Urban recreation is one of the major causes of violation of the structural and functional integrity of the forest ecosystem. Studies on avian complex and phytocoenosis have focused on the impact of urban recreation on the soil surface, compositions of trees, shrub and herbaceous layers and species, trophic and ecological compositions of nesting-birds and feeding-birds communities. This article compares the measurement of the diversity of bird communities and forestry vegetation (diversity indices, dominance indices, evenness indices) in the natural and semi-natural forests of the Kyiv city on a gradient of recreational transformation. The stands formed consist of Quercus robur L., Carpinus betulus L., Acer platanoides L., Tilia cordata L., Ulmus glabra Huds., Fraxinus excelsior L. and Prunus avium L. The floristic list comprised 65 grass species. A total of 49 species of avifauna were found, including 44 species that were protected by the Bern, Bonn and Washington Conventions. There were significant correlations between vertical and horizontal heterogeneities of tree distribution and abundance, species richness and nesting density of birds. The interrelationship between species diversity of birds and floristic richness was also confirmed.

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Urbanized birds have superior establishment success in novel environments

Cited by 63 publications

References 50 publications

Urban conservation hotspots: predation release allows the grassland-specialist burrowing owl to perform better in the city

Urban conservation hotspots: predation release allows the grassland-specialist burrowing owl to perform better in the city

Urbanisation and the loss of phylogenetic diversity in birds

Bird communities and vegetation composition in natural and semi-natural forests of megalopolis: correlations and comparisons of diversity indices (Kyiv city, Ukraine)

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