Improvement of vegetation structure enhances bird functional traits and habitat resilience in an area of ongoing restoration in the Atlantic Forest
Abstract Ecological restoration is a traditional option for recovering biodiversity and ecosystem functions. Birds perform pollination, seed dispersal, and pest-control services, which catalyze increases in habitat structure. Habitat complexity changes bird composition, but there is little evidence...
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| author | MARCOS ANTÔNIO MELO MARCO AURÉLIO G. DA SILVA AUGUSTO JOÃO PIRATELLI |
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| description | Abstract Ecological restoration is a traditional option for recovering biodiversity and ecosystem functions. Birds perform pollination, seed dispersal, and pest-control services, which catalyze increases in habitat structure. Habitat complexity changes bird composition, but there is little evidence of its effects on bird functional diversity in Neotropical restorations. We tested whether bird functional diversity and composition respond to increased habitat complexity. Point-counts were performed (January-December 2015) in an area undergoing restoration (536 ha) in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, in restorations with less and more structured vegetation and pastures and forest-fragments. The functional bird traits considered were diet, habitat, biomass, environmental sensitivity, and foraging strata. Increased habitat complexity was evaluated using plant characteristics (exotic grass, canopy, herbaceous cover, and diameter at breast height). A total of 172 bird species (5% endemic; 12% migratory) were recorded. Increased vegetation structure in both restored sites and forest-fragments drove a reorganization and addition of functional bird traits, which positively influenced functional richness, dispersion, and evenness. Shifts in plant-characteristics rearranged bird functional traits (diet-forest-dependence and diet-strata-foraging). The rapid development of vegetation structure is a key factor for restoration because it provides additional habitat for semi-dependent forest birds and enhances resilience and sustainability in new man-made forests. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-de0b5189107b465aa7984b5bf61b3b832022-12-22T04:12:52ZengAcademia Brasileira de CiênciasAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências1678-26902020-11-0192suppl 210.1590/0001-3765202020191241Improvement of vegetation structure enhances bird functional traits and habitat resilience in an area of ongoing restoration in the Atlantic ForestMARCOS ANTÔNIO MELOhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9940-8441MARCO AURÉLIO G. DA SILVAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8786-0537AUGUSTO JOÃO PIRATELLIhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0268-4007Abstract Ecological restoration is a traditional option for recovering biodiversity and ecosystem functions. Birds perform pollination, seed dispersal, and pest-control services, which catalyze increases in habitat structure. Habitat complexity changes bird composition, but there is little evidence of its effects on bird functional diversity in Neotropical restorations. We tested whether bird functional diversity and composition respond to increased habitat complexity. Point-counts were performed (January-December 2015) in an area undergoing restoration (536 ha) in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, in restorations with less and more structured vegetation and pastures and forest-fragments. The functional bird traits considered were diet, habitat, biomass, environmental sensitivity, and foraging strata. Increased habitat complexity was evaluated using plant characteristics (exotic grass, canopy, herbaceous cover, and diameter at breast height). A total of 172 bird species (5% endemic; 12% migratory) were recorded. Increased vegetation structure in both restored sites and forest-fragments drove a reorganization and addition of functional bird traits, which positively influenced functional richness, dispersion, and evenness. Shifts in plant-characteristics rearranged bird functional traits (diet-forest-dependence and diet-strata-foraging). The rapid development of vegetation structure is a key factor for restoration because it provides additional habitat for semi-dependent forest birds and enhances resilience and sustainability in new man-made forests.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652020000400754&tlng=enactive restorationavian assemblagesbird guildsecosystem functionsfunctional diversity |
| spellingShingle | MARCOS ANTÔNIO MELO MARCO AURÉLIO G. DA SILVA AUGUSTO JOÃO PIRATELLI Improvement of vegetation structure enhances bird functional traits and habitat resilience in an area of ongoing restoration in the Atlantic Forest Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências active restoration avian assemblages bird guilds ecosystem functions functional diversity |
| title | Improvement of vegetation structure enhances bird functional traits and habitat resilience in an area of ongoing restoration in the Atlantic Forest |
| title_full | Improvement of vegetation structure enhances bird functional traits and habitat resilience in an area of ongoing restoration in the Atlantic Forest |
| title_fullStr | Improvement of vegetation structure enhances bird functional traits and habitat resilience in an area of ongoing restoration in the Atlantic Forest |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improvement of vegetation structure enhances bird functional traits and habitat resilience in an area of ongoing restoration in the Atlantic Forest |
| title_short | Improvement of vegetation structure enhances bird functional traits and habitat resilience in an area of ongoing restoration in the Atlantic Forest |
| title_sort | improvement of vegetation structure enhances bird functional traits and habitat resilience in an area of ongoing restoration in the atlantic forest |
| topic | active restoration avian assemblages bird guilds ecosystem functions functional diversity |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652020000400754&tlng=en |
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