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Effects of land‐use change on avian taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity in a tropical montane rainforest

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dc.contributor.authorRurangwa, Marie Laure
dc.contributor.authorAguirre‐Gutiérrez, Jesús
dc.contributor.authorMatthews, Thomas J.
dc.contributor.authorNiyigaba, Protais
dc.contributor.authorWayman, Joseph P.
dc.contributor.authorTobias, Joseph A.
dc.contributor.authorWhittaker, Robert J.
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-11T11:37:53Z
dc.date.available2022-02-11T11:37:53Z
dc.date.issued2021-09
dc.description.abstractAIM: Although land use change is a leading cause of biodiversity loss worldwide, there is scant information on the extent to which it has affected the structure and composition of bird communities in the Afrotropical region. This study aimed to quantify the effects of habitat transformation on taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity in Afrotropical bird communities. LOCATION: Nyungwe landscape, a montane rainforest with adjoining farmland in south-west Rwanda. METHODS: Data on bird occurrence, abundance and functional traits were collected in 2017/18 using point counts. We also collected data on habitat and morphological traits for all bird species recorded. We quantified bird diversity using a range of metrics, including the inverse Simpson index, functional dispersion and the standardized effect size of mean nearest taxon distance. RESULTS: In comparison with primary forest areas, even low levels of land use change altered species composition and reduced species diversity. Although overall functional diversity and phylogenetic diversity were similar across land use types, we found a significant contraction of trophic and locomotory trait structures of bird communities in restored areas and cultivated areas, respectively. Soil moisture, elevation and lower vegetation height were major factors influencing taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic dimensions of bird communities, although their effects varied across these dimensions. MAIN CONCLUSIONS: The sensitivity of forest species to minor habitat disturbance emphasizes the value of conserving primary vegetation. Long-term conservation of bird communities in Afromontane ecosystems requires halting wide-scale destruction of primary forest, promoting vegetation heterogeneity in the ecological restoration of degraded habitats and adopting wildlife-friendly agricultural practices. Our results suggest that monitoring and conservation in these landscapes can be refined using taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity metrics to provide complementary information about the current and likely future impacts of land use change.en
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dc.identifier.citationRurangwa, M.L., Aguirre-Gutiérrez J., Matthews T.J., Niyigaba P., Wayman J.P., Tobias J.A. & Whittaker R.J. (2021). Effects of land-use change on avian taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity in a tropical montane rainforest. Diversity and Distributions, 27, 1732-1746. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13364en
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ddi.13364pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn1472-4642
dc.identifier.issn1366-9516
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/6182
dc.identifier.wos000667081100001
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherWileypt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ddi.13364?af=Rpt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectBirdsen
dc.subjectFunctional Diversityen
dc.subjectLand Use Changeen
dc.subjectNyungwe Foresten
dc.subjectPhylogenetic Diversityen
dc.subjectRwandaen
dc.subjectTaxonomic Diversityen
dc.subjectTropical Foresten
dc.titleEffects of land‐use change on avian taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity in a tropical montane rainforesten
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oaire.citation.endPage1746pt_PT
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oaire.citation.startPage1732pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleDiversity and Distributionsen
oaire.citation.volume27pt_PT
person.familyNameMatthews
person.givenNameThomas
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-7624-244X
person.identifier.scopus-author-id56005200900
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