Does urbanization affect the seasonal dynamics of bird communities in urban parks?
The environmental factors affecting the spatial dynamics of bird communities in urban parks are well understood, but much less attention has been paid to the seasonal dynamics of bird communities. Since migrant and resident human commensal birds might have contrasting responses to environmental fact...
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paper:paper_10838155_v19_n2_p631_Leveau2023-06-08T16:05:55Z Does urbanization affect the seasonal dynamics of bird communities in urban parks? Bird abundance Bird composition Bird richness Breeding season Migrant birds Non-breeding season Temporal homogenization The environmental factors affecting the spatial dynamics of bird communities in urban parks are well understood, but much less attention has been paid to the seasonal dynamics of bird communities. Since migrant and resident human commensal birds might have contrasting responses to environmental factors of urban parks, we expected different seasonal dynamics among parks. On the other hand, because bird species can have different habitat relationships throughout the year, we also expected different responses of bird richness to environmental variables between breeding and non-breeding seasons. Bird surveys were conducted in 14 small urban parks (1–4 Ha) of Mar del Plata city (Argentina) for one full annual cycle. Bird richness changed between seasons, but bird abundance remained constant. Bird community composition did not vary between seasons, but urban parks near the urban center, with the highest pedestrian traffic and isolation to other green areas had the least seasonal change of composition. During the breeding season, bird richness was negatively affected by the percentage cover of high buildings surrounding the immediate limits of parks, whereas during the non-breeding season bird richness was not related with any environmental variable. Bird composition variation among parks was affected by the distance to the urban center during both seasons. Results showed that urbanization promotes a seasonal homogenization of bird communities in urban parks, probably by affecting the presence of migrant species and promoting the temporal stability of human commensal species. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York. 2016 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_10838155_v19_n2_p631_Leveau http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_10838155_v19_n2_p631_Leveau |
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Bird abundance Bird composition Bird richness Breeding season Migrant birds Non-breeding season Temporal homogenization |
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Bird abundance Bird composition Bird richness Breeding season Migrant birds Non-breeding season Temporal homogenization Does urbanization affect the seasonal dynamics of bird communities in urban parks? |
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Bird abundance Bird composition Bird richness Breeding season Migrant birds Non-breeding season Temporal homogenization |
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The environmental factors affecting the spatial dynamics of bird communities in urban parks are well understood, but much less attention has been paid to the seasonal dynamics of bird communities. Since migrant and resident human commensal birds might have contrasting responses to environmental factors of urban parks, we expected different seasonal dynamics among parks. On the other hand, because bird species can have different habitat relationships throughout the year, we also expected different responses of bird richness to environmental variables between breeding and non-breeding seasons. Bird surveys were conducted in 14 small urban parks (1–4 Ha) of Mar del Plata city (Argentina) for one full annual cycle. Bird richness changed between seasons, but bird abundance remained constant. Bird community composition did not vary between seasons, but urban parks near the urban center, with the highest pedestrian traffic and isolation to other green areas had the least seasonal change of composition. During the breeding season, bird richness was negatively affected by the percentage cover of high buildings surrounding the immediate limits of parks, whereas during the non-breeding season bird richness was not related with any environmental variable. Bird composition variation among parks was affected by the distance to the urban center during both seasons. Results showed that urbanization promotes a seasonal homogenization of bird communities in urban parks, probably by affecting the presence of migrant species and promoting the temporal stability of human commensal species. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York. |
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Does urbanization affect the seasonal dynamics of bird communities in urban parks? |
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Does urbanization affect the seasonal dynamics of bird communities in urban parks? |
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Does urbanization affect the seasonal dynamics of bird communities in urban parks? |
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Does urbanization affect the seasonal dynamics of bird communities in urban parks? |
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Does urbanization affect the seasonal dynamics of bird communities in urban parks? |
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does urbanization affect the seasonal dynamics of bird communities in urban parks? |
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2016 |
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