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The traits that predict the magnitude and spatial scale of forest bird responses to urbanization intensity
As humans continue moving to urban areas, there is a growing need to understand the effects of urban intensification on native wildlife populations. Forest species in remnant habitat are particularly vulnerable to urban intensification, but the mechanisms behind these effects are poorly understood....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6657869/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31344134 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220120 |
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author | Paton, Grant D. Shoffner, Alexandra V. Wilson, Andrew M. Gagné, Sara A. |
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description | As humans continue moving to urban areas, there is a growing need to understand the effects of urban intensification on native wildlife populations. Forest species in remnant habitat are particularly vulnerable to urban intensification, but the mechanisms behind these effects are poorly understood. An understanding of how species traits, as proxies for mechanisms, mediate the effects of urban intensification on forest species can help fill this knowledge gap. Using a large point count dataset from the Second Pennsylvania Breeding Bird Atlas, we tested for the effects of species traits on the magnitude and spatial scale of the responses of 58 forest bird species to urbanization intensity in landscapes surrounding count locations. Average urbanization intensity effect size across species was -0.36 ± 0.49 (SE) and average scale of effect of urbanization intensity was 4.87 ± 5.95 km. Resident forest bird species that are granivorous or frugivorous, cavity-nesting, and have larger clutch sizes and more fledglings per clutch had more positive associations with increasing urbanization intensity in landscapes. In addition, the effect of urbanization intensity on forest birds manifested most strongly at larger spatial scales for granivorous, frugivorous, or omnivorous species that are cavity-nesting, have larger clutch sizes and longer wingspans, and flock in larger numbers. To our knowledge, the present study represents the first direct tests of the effects of species traits on both the magnitude and spatial scale of the effect of urbanization on forest birds, as well as the first evidence that migratory status, clutch size, wingspan, and fledglings per clutch are important determinants of the responses of forest birds to urbanization. We discuss the possible mechanisms underlying our results and their implications for forest bird conservation in urbanizing landscapes. |
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spelling | pubmed-66578692019-08-07 The traits that predict the magnitude and spatial scale of forest bird responses to urbanization intensity Paton, Grant D. Shoffner, Alexandra V. Wilson, Andrew M. Gagné, Sara A. PLoS One Research Article As humans continue moving to urban areas, there is a growing need to understand the effects of urban intensification on native wildlife populations. Forest species in remnant habitat are particularly vulnerable to urban intensification, but the mechanisms behind these effects are poorly understood. An understanding of how species traits, as proxies for mechanisms, mediate the effects of urban intensification on forest species can help fill this knowledge gap. Using a large point count dataset from the Second Pennsylvania Breeding Bird Atlas, we tested for the effects of species traits on the magnitude and spatial scale of the responses of 58 forest bird species to urbanization intensity in landscapes surrounding count locations. Average urbanization intensity effect size across species was -0.36 ± 0.49 (SE) and average scale of effect of urbanization intensity was 4.87 ± 5.95 km. Resident forest bird species that are granivorous or frugivorous, cavity-nesting, and have larger clutch sizes and more fledglings per clutch had more positive associations with increasing urbanization intensity in landscapes. In addition, the effect of urbanization intensity on forest birds manifested most strongly at larger spatial scales for granivorous, frugivorous, or omnivorous species that are cavity-nesting, have larger clutch sizes and longer wingspans, and flock in larger numbers. To our knowledge, the present study represents the first direct tests of the effects of species traits on both the magnitude and spatial scale of the effect of urbanization on forest birds, as well as the first evidence that migratory status, clutch size, wingspan, and fledglings per clutch are important determinants of the responses of forest birds to urbanization. We discuss the possible mechanisms underlying our results and their implications for forest bird conservation in urbanizing landscapes. Public Library of Science 2019-07-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6657869/ /pubmed/31344134 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220120 Text en © 2019 Paton et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Paton, Grant D. Shoffner, Alexandra V. Wilson, Andrew M. Gagné, Sara A. The traits that predict the magnitude and spatial scale of forest bird responses to urbanization intensity |
title | The traits that predict the magnitude and spatial scale of forest bird responses to urbanization intensity |
title_full | The traits that predict the magnitude and spatial scale of forest bird responses to urbanization intensity |
title_fullStr | The traits that predict the magnitude and spatial scale of forest bird responses to urbanization intensity |
title_full_unstemmed | The traits that predict the magnitude and spatial scale of forest bird responses to urbanization intensity |
title_short | The traits that predict the magnitude and spatial scale of forest bird responses to urbanization intensity |
title_sort | traits that predict the magnitude and spatial scale of forest bird responses to urbanization intensity |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6657869/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31344134 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220120 |
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