Functional shifts in bird communities from semi-natural oak forests to conifer plantations are not consistent across Europe.

While the area of plantation forest increased globally between 2010 and 2015, more than twice the area of natural forests was lost over the same period (6.5 million ha natural forest lost per year versus 3.2 million ha plantation gained per year). Consequently, there is an increasing need to underst...

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Main Authors: Scott M Pedley, Luc Barbaro, João L Guilherme, Sandra Irwin, John O'Halloran, Vânia Proença, Martin J P Sullivan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220155