Can guava monocultures (Psidium guajava L.) function as refuge for bird conservation?
Agricultural intensification negatively affects bird communities, and the response of birds to these changes varies from those that survive and increase their populations (disturb-tolerant species) to those that cannot adapt to new conditions and are regionally extinct (disturb-sensitive species). T...
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| author | Cleverton da Silva Juan Ruiz-Esparza Fabiana Oliveira da Silva Cristiano Schetini de Azevedo Adauto de Souza Ribeiro |
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| description | Agricultural intensification negatively affects bird communities, and the response of birds to these changes varies from those that survive and increase their populations (disturb-tolerant species) to those that cannot adapt to new conditions and are regionally extinct (disturb-sensitive species). Thus, the present study sought to investigate the bird community in 39 guava orchards in the semiarid region of the state of Sergipe, northeast Brazil. Field observations were made between July and October 2017, through a one-hour visit to each orchard. Samplings were conducted using the MacKinnon’s List method. In addition to bird sampling, walks were carried out in the orchards to observe nesting. Seventy-six species of birds belonging to 30 families were recorded using the guava orchards. The most frequent species were Vanellus chilensis, Columbina talpacoti, Columbina picui, Crotophaga ani, Pitangus sulphuratus and Sporophila albogularis. Of the 186 nests recorded in the orchards, the majority (n = 144 nests; 77.4%) belonged to Columbina picui, Columbina talpacoti and Columbina minuta. The results demonstrate that the bird community in the guava orchards is formed only by disturb-tolerant species, showing that the studied guava orchards are not favorable to the conservation of disturb-sensitive birds of the Caatinga domain. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9674be2fb82c4eb2b49fbd5afe344ae52022-12-22T02:41:02ZengPensoft PublishersNeotropical Biology and Conservation2236-37772021-11-0116447549110.3897/neotropical.16.e7029670296Can guava monocultures (Psidium guajava L.) function as refuge for bird conservation?Cleverton da Silva0Juan Ruiz-Esparza1Fabiana Oliveira da Silva2Cristiano Schetini de Azevedo3Adauto de Souza Ribeiro4Universidade Federal de SergipeInstituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Estudos Interdisciplinares e Transdisciplinares em Ecologia e EvoluçãoUniversidade Federal de SergipeUniversidade Federal de Ouro PretoUniversidade Federal de SergipeAgricultural intensification negatively affects bird communities, and the response of birds to these changes varies from those that survive and increase their populations (disturb-tolerant species) to those that cannot adapt to new conditions and are regionally extinct (disturb-sensitive species). Thus, the present study sought to investigate the bird community in 39 guava orchards in the semiarid region of the state of Sergipe, northeast Brazil. Field observations were made between July and October 2017, through a one-hour visit to each orchard. Samplings were conducted using the MacKinnon’s List method. In addition to bird sampling, walks were carried out in the orchards to observe nesting. Seventy-six species of birds belonging to 30 families were recorded using the guava orchards. The most frequent species were Vanellus chilensis, Columbina talpacoti, Columbina picui, Crotophaga ani, Pitangus sulphuratus and Sporophila albogularis. Of the 186 nests recorded in the orchards, the majority (n = 144 nests; 77.4%) belonged to Columbina picui, Columbina talpacoti and Columbina minuta. The results demonstrate that the bird community in the guava orchards is formed only by disturb-tolerant species, showing that the studied guava orchards are not favorable to the conservation of disturb-sensitive birds of the Caatinga domain.https://neotropical.pensoft.net/article/70296/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Cleverton da Silva Juan Ruiz-Esparza Fabiana Oliveira da Silva Cristiano Schetini de Azevedo Adauto de Souza Ribeiro Can guava monocultures (Psidium guajava L.) function as refuge for bird conservation? Neotropical Biology and Conservation |
| title | Can guava monocultures (Psidium guajava L.) function as refuge for bird conservation? |
| title_full | Can guava monocultures (Psidium guajava L.) function as refuge for bird conservation? |
| title_fullStr | Can guava monocultures (Psidium guajava L.) function as refuge for bird conservation? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can guava monocultures (Psidium guajava L.) function as refuge for bird conservation? |
| title_short | Can guava monocultures (Psidium guajava L.) function as refuge for bird conservation? |
| title_sort | can guava monocultures psidium guajava l function as refuge for bird conservation |
| url | https://neotropical.pensoft.net/article/70296/download/pdf/ |
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