No Cover Image

Journal article 19 views

Supporting bird diversity and ecological function in managed grassland and forest systems needs an integrative approach

Kirsten Jung, Miriam Teuscher, Stefan Böhm, Konstans Wells Orcid Logo, Manfred Ayasse, Markus Fischer, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Swen C. Renner, Marco Tschapka

Frontiers in Environmental Science, Volume: 12

Swansea University Author: Konstans Wells Orcid Logo

Full text not available from this repository: check for access using links below.

Check full text

DOI (Published version): 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1401513

Abstract

In modified production landscapes, biodiversity faces unprecedented pressures from human actions, resulting in significant species declines of plant and animal taxa, including birds. Understanding the underlying mechanisms responsible for such declines is essential to counteract further loss and sup...

Full description

Published in: Frontiers in Environmental Science
ISSN: 2296-665X
Published: Frontiers Media SA
Online Access: Check full text

URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67326
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
first_indexed 2024-08-06T21:02:19Z
last_indexed 2024-08-06T21:02:19Z
id cronfa67326
recordtype SURis
fullrecord <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rfc1807 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><bib-version>v2</bib-version><id>67326</id><entry>2024-08-06</entry><title>Supporting bird diversity and ecological function in managed grassland and forest systems needs an integrative approach</title><swanseaauthors><author><sid>d18166c31e89833c55ef0f2cbb551243</sid><ORCID>0000-0003-0377-2463</ORCID><firstname>Konstans</firstname><surname>Wells</surname><name>Konstans Wells</name><active>true</active><ethesisStudent>false</ethesisStudent></author></swanseaauthors><date>2024-08-06</date><deptcode>BGPS</deptcode><abstract>In modified production landscapes, biodiversity faces unprecedented pressures from human actions, resulting in significant species declines of plant and animal taxa, including birds. Understanding the underlying mechanisms responsible for such declines is essential to counteract further loss and support practitioners in conserving biodiversity and associated ecosystem function. In this study, we used standardized bird monitoring data collected over 6 years in managed forest and grassland areas across different regions in Germany, Central Europe. We combined these data with morphometric, ecological, behavioral, and acoustic trait data and detailed information on local land use management practices to understand how management decisions affect species and functional diversity, as well as ecological processes shaping local species composition. Our results reveal that the ecosystem and regional context must be considered to understand how management practices affect bird diversity aspects and composition. In forests, regional management decisions related to tree species and stand age affected bird diversity, as well as community and functional composition, and indicated environmental sorting due to ecological and behavioral requirements, biotic interactions, and morphometric constraints. In grasslands, independent of local management practices, increased intensity of land use resulted in an overall loss in bird species richness and functional diversity. Predominantly, constraints due to ecological or behavioral requirements affected bird species assemblage composition. In addition, our results indicated the importance of woody vegetation near managed grasslands and of considering environmental conditions beyond the local scale to support bird diversity and associated ecosystem functions. Our results highlighted that local management decisions can support bird diversity and maintain ecological function. However, this needs a view beyond the local scale of management units. It also demands a joint effort of biologists and land managers to integrate targeted conservation actions into regional management practices and create a network of habitats within production landscapes to protect nature, guard against biotic and functional homogenization, and prevent further degradation of ecosystems in production landscapes.</abstract><type>Journal Article</type><journal>Frontiers in Environmental Science</journal><volume>12</volume><journalNumber/><paginationStart/><paginationEnd/><publisher>Frontiers Media SA</publisher><placeOfPublication/><isbnPrint/><isbnElectronic/><issnPrint/><issnElectronic>2296-665X</issnElectronic><keywords/><publishedDay>0</publishedDay><publishedMonth>0</publishedMonth><publishedYear>0</publishedYear><publishedDate>0001-01-01</publishedDate><doi>10.3389/fenvs.2024.1401513</doi><url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1401513</url><notes/><college>COLLEGE NANME</college><department>Biosciences Geography and Physics School</department><CollegeCode>COLLEGE CODE</CollegeCode><DepartmentCode>BGPS</DepartmentCode><institution>Swansea University</institution><apcterm>Another institution paid the OA fee</apcterm><funders>German Science Foundation</funders><projectreference>DFG Priority Program 1374 “Biodiversity Exploratories” (DFG Project numbers: 193945537; 433326865; and 193990583)</projectreference><lastEdited>2024-08-06T22:02:17.9678310</lastEdited><Created>2024-08-06T21:55:23.5675276</Created><path><level id="1">Faculty of Science and Engineering</level><level id="2">School of Biosciences, Geography and Physics - Biosciences</level></path><authors><author><firstname>Kirsten</firstname><surname>Jung</surname><order>1</order></author><author><firstname>Miriam</firstname><surname>Teuscher</surname><order>2</order></author><author><firstname>Stefan</firstname><surname>Böhm</surname><order>3</order></author><author><firstname>Konstans</firstname><surname>Wells</surname><orcid>0000-0003-0377-2463</orcid><order>4</order></author><author><firstname>Manfred</firstname><surname>Ayasse</surname><order>5</order></author><author><firstname>Markus</firstname><surname>Fischer</surname><order>6</order></author><author><firstname>Wolfgang W.</firstname><surname>Weisser</surname><order>7</order></author><author><firstname>Swen C.</firstname><surname>Renner</surname><order>8</order></author><author><firstname>Marco</firstname><surname>Tschapka</surname><order>9</order></author></authors><documents/><OutputDurs/></rfc1807>
spelling v2 67326 2024-08-06 Supporting bird diversity and ecological function in managed grassland and forest systems needs an integrative approach d18166c31e89833c55ef0f2cbb551243 0000-0003-0377-2463 Konstans Wells Konstans Wells true false 2024-08-06 BGPS In modified production landscapes, biodiversity faces unprecedented pressures from human actions, resulting in significant species declines of plant and animal taxa, including birds. Understanding the underlying mechanisms responsible for such declines is essential to counteract further loss and support practitioners in conserving biodiversity and associated ecosystem function. In this study, we used standardized bird monitoring data collected over 6 years in managed forest and grassland areas across different regions in Germany, Central Europe. We combined these data with morphometric, ecological, behavioral, and acoustic trait data and detailed information on local land use management practices to understand how management decisions affect species and functional diversity, as well as ecological processes shaping local species composition. Our results reveal that the ecosystem and regional context must be considered to understand how management practices affect bird diversity aspects and composition. In forests, regional management decisions related to tree species and stand age affected bird diversity, as well as community and functional composition, and indicated environmental sorting due to ecological and behavioral requirements, biotic interactions, and morphometric constraints. In grasslands, independent of local management practices, increased intensity of land use resulted in an overall loss in bird species richness and functional diversity. Predominantly, constraints due to ecological or behavioral requirements affected bird species assemblage composition. In addition, our results indicated the importance of woody vegetation near managed grasslands and of considering environmental conditions beyond the local scale to support bird diversity and associated ecosystem functions. Our results highlighted that local management decisions can support bird diversity and maintain ecological function. However, this needs a view beyond the local scale of management units. It also demands a joint effort of biologists and land managers to integrate targeted conservation actions into regional management practices and create a network of habitats within production landscapes to protect nature, guard against biotic and functional homogenization, and prevent further degradation of ecosystems in production landscapes. Journal Article Frontiers in Environmental Science 12 Frontiers Media SA 2296-665X 0 0 0 0001-01-01 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1401513 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1401513 COLLEGE NANME Biosciences Geography and Physics School COLLEGE CODE BGPS Swansea University Another institution paid the OA fee German Science Foundation DFG Priority Program 1374 “Biodiversity Exploratories” (DFG Project numbers: 193945537; 433326865; and 193990583) 2024-08-06T22:02:17.9678310 2024-08-06T21:55:23.5675276 Faculty of Science and Engineering School of Biosciences, Geography and Physics - Biosciences Kirsten Jung 1 Miriam Teuscher 2 Stefan Böhm 3 Konstans Wells 0000-0003-0377-2463 4 Manfred Ayasse 5 Markus Fischer 6 Wolfgang W. Weisser 7 Swen C. Renner 8 Marco Tschapka 9
title Supporting bird diversity and ecological function in managed grassland and forest systems needs an integrative approach
spellingShingle Supporting bird diversity and ecological function in managed grassland and forest systems needs an integrative approach
Konstans Wells
title_short Supporting bird diversity and ecological function in managed grassland and forest systems needs an integrative approach
title_full Supporting bird diversity and ecological function in managed grassland and forest systems needs an integrative approach
title_fullStr Supporting bird diversity and ecological function in managed grassland and forest systems needs an integrative approach
title_full_unstemmed Supporting bird diversity and ecological function in managed grassland and forest systems needs an integrative approach
title_sort Supporting bird diversity and ecological function in managed grassland and forest systems needs an integrative approach
author_id_str_mv d18166c31e89833c55ef0f2cbb551243
author_id_fullname_str_mv d18166c31e89833c55ef0f2cbb551243_***_Konstans Wells
author Konstans Wells
author2 Kirsten Jung
Miriam Teuscher
Stefan Böhm
Konstans Wells
Manfred Ayasse
Markus Fischer
Wolfgang W. Weisser
Swen C. Renner
Marco Tschapka
format Journal article
container_title Frontiers in Environmental Science
container_volume 12
institution Swansea University
issn 2296-665X
doi_str_mv 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1401513
publisher Frontiers Media SA
college_str Faculty of Science and Engineering
hierarchytype
hierarchy_top_id facultyofscienceandengineering
hierarchy_top_title Faculty of Science and Engineering
hierarchy_parent_id facultyofscienceandengineering
hierarchy_parent_title Faculty of Science and Engineering
department_str School of Biosciences, Geography and Physics - Biosciences{{{_:::_}}}Faculty of Science and Engineering{{{_:::_}}}School of Biosciences, Geography and Physics - Biosciences
url http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1401513
document_store_str 0
active_str 0
description In modified production landscapes, biodiversity faces unprecedented pressures from human actions, resulting in significant species declines of plant and animal taxa, including birds. Understanding the underlying mechanisms responsible for such declines is essential to counteract further loss and support practitioners in conserving biodiversity and associated ecosystem function. In this study, we used standardized bird monitoring data collected over 6 years in managed forest and grassland areas across different regions in Germany, Central Europe. We combined these data with morphometric, ecological, behavioral, and acoustic trait data and detailed information on local land use management practices to understand how management decisions affect species and functional diversity, as well as ecological processes shaping local species composition. Our results reveal that the ecosystem and regional context must be considered to understand how management practices affect bird diversity aspects and composition. In forests, regional management decisions related to tree species and stand age affected bird diversity, as well as community and functional composition, and indicated environmental sorting due to ecological and behavioral requirements, biotic interactions, and morphometric constraints. In grasslands, independent of local management practices, increased intensity of land use resulted in an overall loss in bird species richness and functional diversity. Predominantly, constraints due to ecological or behavioral requirements affected bird species assemblage composition. In addition, our results indicated the importance of woody vegetation near managed grasslands and of considering environmental conditions beyond the local scale to support bird diversity and associated ecosystem functions. Our results highlighted that local management decisions can support bird diversity and maintain ecological function. However, this needs a view beyond the local scale of management units. It also demands a joint effort of biologists and land managers to integrate targeted conservation actions into regional management practices and create a network of habitats within production landscapes to protect nature, guard against biotic and functional homogenization, and prevent further degradation of ecosystems in production landscapes.
published_date 0001-01-01T22:02:19Z
_version_ 1806673526235594752
score 11.021648

Similar Items