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The native reed‐specific bird, reed parrotbill, has been detected in exotic smooth cordgrass

After the smooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora invaded coastal China, native birds started avoiding the green desert, and bird diversity declined. After many years, a few passerine birds began to enter and use smooth cordgrass, but only birds with a nonspecialised habitat. In this study, we found...

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Autores principales: Dawei, Wu, Zhenqi, Wang, Wei, Hu, Changhu, Lu, Pan, Chen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10412437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37575595
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10417
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author Dawei, Wu
Zhenqi, Wang
Wei, Hu
Changhu, Lu
Pan, Chen
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description After the smooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora invaded coastal China, native birds started avoiding the green desert, and bird diversity declined. After many years, a few passerine birds began to enter and use smooth cordgrass, but only birds with a nonspecialised habitat. In this study, we found that a native reed‐specific bird, the parrotbill Calamornis heudei, flocked and sang in a smooth cordgrass habitat throughout the overwintering period near Sheyang Port in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province. This observation suggests that native obligate birds may be forced to adapt to exotic smooth cordgrass habitats after long‐term coexistence, which would, obviously, affect the distribution, feeding and reproduction of birds. The concern is that this could be an ecological trap, leading to unknown consequences. More research is required to examine the process occurring along the Chinese coast.
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spelling pubmed-104124372023-08-11 The native reed‐specific bird, reed parrotbill, has been detected in exotic smooth cordgrass Dawei, Wu Zhenqi, Wang Wei, Hu Changhu, Lu Pan, Chen Ecol Evol Nature Notes After the smooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora invaded coastal China, native birds started avoiding the green desert, and bird diversity declined. After many years, a few passerine birds began to enter and use smooth cordgrass, but only birds with a nonspecialised habitat. In this study, we found that a native reed‐specific bird, the parrotbill Calamornis heudei, flocked and sang in a smooth cordgrass habitat throughout the overwintering period near Sheyang Port in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province. This observation suggests that native obligate birds may be forced to adapt to exotic smooth cordgrass habitats after long‐term coexistence, which would, obviously, affect the distribution, feeding and reproduction of birds. The concern is that this could be an ecological trap, leading to unknown consequences. More research is required to examine the process occurring along the Chinese coast. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10412437/ /pubmed/37575595 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10417 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Dawei, Wu
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Changhu, Lu
Pan, Chen
The native reed‐specific bird, reed parrotbill, has been detected in exotic smooth cordgrass
title The native reed‐specific bird, reed parrotbill, has been detected in exotic smooth cordgrass
title_full The native reed‐specific bird, reed parrotbill, has been detected in exotic smooth cordgrass
title_fullStr The native reed‐specific bird, reed parrotbill, has been detected in exotic smooth cordgrass
title_full_unstemmed The native reed‐specific bird, reed parrotbill, has been detected in exotic smooth cordgrass
title_short The native reed‐specific bird, reed parrotbill, has been detected in exotic smooth cordgrass
title_sort native reed‐specific bird, reed parrotbill, has been detected in exotic smooth cordgrass
topic Nature Notes
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10412437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37575595
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10417
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