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- Human and Environmental Factors Shape Tree Species Assemblages in West African Tropical ForestsPublication . Asuk, Sijeh; Wayman, Joseph; Sadler, Jonathan; Pugh, Thomas; Matthews, Thomas; Ebu, Vincent; Phillips, Oliver; Lewis, Simon; Sonké; Bonaventure; Talbot, Joey; Comiskey, James; Zemagho, Lise; Ojo, Lucas; Begne, Serge; Taedoumg, Hermann; Sunderland, Terry; Hubau, Wannes; Droissart, Vincent; Qie, Lan; Gilpin, Martin; Simo-Droissart, Murielle; Feldpausch, Ted; Peh, Kelvin; Banin, Lindsay; Kamdem, Marie; Kettridge, Nicholas; Cabral, JulianoABSTRACT: Aim This study investigated how human activities and local environmental variables shape tree assemblages (species composition in a defined location), comparing their effects on edible and inedible tree species. Three hypotheses were tested: (1) Environmental filtering impacts spatial beta-diversity more than dispersal limitation; (2) human activities significantly influence regional tree beta-diversity; and (3) predictors of beta-diversity differ between edible and inedible species. Location Tropical forest in Nigeria and Cameroon in West and Central Africa. Methods Tree data were collected between 2002 and 2019 from 66 forest plots. Species were categorised as edible and inedible by humans using interviews and online databases. Pairwise beta-diversity (partitioned into total beta-diversity and turnover) between plots was analysed using Generalised Dissimilarity Models (GDMs) with geographical distance, plot-specific variables (forest composition, climate, elevation, stem density, human influence indicators), and human influence indicators (distance to closest human presence [DCHP], and nearest anthropogenic edges [DNAE]) as predictors. Results The dataset included 236 edible species (11,097 stems) and 472 inedible species (17,202 stems), with high species turnover (> 90%) dominating beta-diversity patterns. Due to local plot-level factors, environmental filtering (deviance explained for all species: 37.4%, edible: 18.9% and inedible: 31.4%) exerted greater influence on species assemblages than geographical distance alone. Beta-diversity drivers differed between edible and inedible species: elevation strongly influenced turnover in inedible species, whereas forest composition significantly shaped the assemblage of edible species, reflecting patterns of human-mediated species selection and species dominance. Human presence impacted the overall beta-diversity of inedible species but only influenced the turnover component of edible species. Main Conclusions Tree assemblages in the Nigeria–Cameroon forest region were primarily structured by local environmental conditions and human activities rather than by dispersal limitation. Effective conservation should incorporate sustainable human activities and traditional ecological knowledge, with further research needed to explore the long-term anthropogenic impacts on these forests.
- Movement ecology of urban birds: a review of tracking studiesPublication . Eckhartt, Gregory; Sadler, Jonathan; Matthews, Thomas; Graham, Laura; Reynolds, S. JamesABSTRACT: The world is urbanizing rapidly, impacting the movements of wildlife living within ever fragmenting urban habitats. Movement tracking by biologgers can reveal the nature of these impacts for birds—particularly those that are prevalent within urban environments. We assembled and reviewed 123 studies examining the movements of birds in urban environments using movement tracking. We assumed that avian movements are driven by different internal states, such as foraging or reproduction, and synthesized the literature accordingly. We found that the number of studies per year increased over time, which was accompanied by a significant decrease in the average body mass of studied species over time. However, this was largely driven by studies employing non-satellite biologgers, as opposed to generally more high-resolution satellite biologgers such as GPS (interaction t130 = 3.50, p < 0.001). Furthermore, a tendency towards the study of structurally larger dietary-generalist species (e.g. Laridae spp.; 31.6% study effort) leaves significant gaps in our movement knowledge of smaller dietary-specialist species. Priority areas for future investigations are thus outlined, including focusing on smaller common urban taxa, such as songbirds generally, which form a significant but understudied proportion of our urban birds.