Avifaunal Richness and Abundance Along an Urban Rural Gradient with Emphasis on Vegetative and Anthropogenic Attributes in Tiruchirappalli, India

Landscape Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 131-148

  Menon, Manjula ^a   M, Prashanthi Devi ^a   Rangaswamy, Mohanraj ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic factors; Birds; Factor analysis; Landscape attributes; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU; TIRUCHIRAPPALLI;

AVES;

EID: 84950253870     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2014.910294     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. M.Alberti,, J.M.Marzluff,, & E.Shulenberger, (2003). Integrating humans into ecology: Opportunities and challenges for studying urban ecosystems. Bioscience, 53, 1169–1179.10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[1169:IHIEOA]2.0.CO;2
2. R.O.Alvareza,, & I.MacGregor-Fors, (2009). Living in the big city: Effects of urban land-use on bird community structure, diversity, and composition. Landscape and Urban Planning, 90, 189–195.10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.11.003
3. H.Andren, (1994). The effects of habitat fragmentation on birds and mammals in landscapes with different proportions of suitable habitat: A review. Oikos, 71, 355–366.10.2307/3545823
4. A.V.Badyaev,, R.L.Young,, K.P.Oh,, & C.Addison, (2008). Evolution on a local scale: Developmental, functional, and genetic bases of divergence in bill form and associated changes in song structure between adjacent habitats. Evolution, 62, 1951–1964.10.1111/evo.2008.62.issue-8
5. S.R.Beissinger,, & D.R.Osborne, (1982). Effects of urbanization on avian community organization. Condor, 84, 75–83.10.2307/1367825
6. R.B.Blair, (1996). Land use and avian species diversity along an urban gradient. Ecological Applications, 6, 506–519.10.2307/2269387
7. R.B.Blair, (1999). Birds and butterflies along an urban gradient: Surrogate taxa for assessing biodiversity? Ecological Applications, 9, 164–170.10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0164:BABAAU]2.0.CO;2
8. R.B.Blair, (2001). Land-use and avian species diversity along an urban gradient. Ecological Applications, 6, 506–519.
9. F.Bonier, (2012). Hormones in the city: Endocrine ecology of urban birds. Hormones and Behavior, 61, 763–772.10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.03.016
10. E.Cam,, J.D.Nichols,, J.R.Sauer,, J.E.Hines,, & A.H.Flather, (2000). Relative species richness and community completeness: Birds and urbanization in the mid-Atlantic states. Ecological Applications, 10, 1196–1210.10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[1196:RSRACC]2.0.CO;2
11. J.F.Chace,, & J.J.Walsh, (2006). Urban effects on native avifauna: A review. Landscape and Urban Planning, 74, 46–69.10.1016/j.landurbplan.2004.08.007
12. P.Clergeau,, J.P.L.Savard,, G.Mennechez,, & G.Falardeau, (1998). Bird abundance and diversity along an urban–rural gradient: A comparative study between two cities on different continents. Condor, 100, 413–425.10.2307/1369707
13. K.R.Crooks,, A.V.Suarez,, & A.T.Bolger, (2004). Avian assemblages along a gradient of urbanization in a highly fragmented landscape. Biological Conservation, 115, 451–462.10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00162-9
14. C.De la Maza,, J.Hernandez,, H.Bown,, M.Rodriguez,, & F.Escobedo, (2002). Vegetation diversity in the Santiago de Chile urban ecosystem. Arboricultural Journal, 26, 347–357.10.1080/03071375.2002.9747349
15. A.Doxa,, Y.Bas,, M.L.Paracchini,, P.Pointereau,, J.M.Terres,, & F.Jiguet, (2010). Low-intensity agriculture increases farmland bird abundances in France. Journal of Applied Ecology, 47, 1348–1356.10.1111/jpe.2010.47.issue-6
16. J.T.Emlen, (1974). An urban bird community in Tucson, Arizona: Derivation, structure, regulation. Condor, 76, 184–197.10.2307/1366729
17. R.T.T.Forman,, & L.E.Alexander, (1998). Roads and their major ecological effects. Annual Review of Ecological Systematics, 29, 207–231.10.1146/ecolsys.1998.29.issue-1
18. R.T.T.Forman,, B.Reineking,, & A.M.Hersperger, (2002). Road traffic and nearby grassland bird patterns in a periurbanizing landscape. Environmental Management, 29, 782–800.10.1007/s00267-001-0065-4
19. R.E.Green,, G.A.Tyler,, & C.G.R.Bowden, (2000). Habitat selection,ranging behaviour and diet of the stone curlew (Burhinusoedicnemus) in southern England. Journal of Zoology, 250, 161–183.10.1111/jzo.2000.250.issue-2
20. R.Grimmett,, & T.Inskipp, (2005). Birds of Southern India. Hungerford, Berkshire: D & N publishing, Lowesden Business Park.
21. B.Groombridge,, & M.D.Jenkins, (2002). World Atlas of Biodiversity: Earth’s living resources in the 21st Century. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
22. J.Jokimaki,, & J.Suhonen, (1998). Distribution and habitat selection of wintering birds in urban environments. Landscape and Urban Planning, 39, 253–263.10.1016/S0169-2046(97)00089-3
23. N.Khera,, V.Mehta,, & B.C.Sabata, (2009). Interrelationship of birds and habitat features in urban greenspaces in Delhi, India. Urban forestry and urban greening, 8, 187–196.10.1016/j.ufug.2009.05.001
24. S.Knapp,, I.Kuhn,, V.Mosbrugger,, & S.Klotz, (2008). Do protected areas in urban and rural landscapes differ in species diversity. Biodiversity Conservation, 17, 1595–1612.10.1007/s10531-008-9369-5
25. R.K.Lancaster,, & W.E.Rees, (1979). Bird communities and the structure of urban habitats. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 57, 2358–2368.10.1139/z79-307
26. I.MacGregor-Fors, (2008). Relation between habitat attributes and bird richness in a western Mexico suburb. Landscape and Urban Planning, 84, 92–98.10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.06.010
27. J.M.Marzluff,, & K.Ewing, (2001). Restoration of fragmented landscapes for the conservation of birds: A general framework and species recommendations for urbanizing landscapes. Restoration Ecology, 9, 280–292.10.1046/j.1526-100x.2001.009003280.x
28. J.M.Marzluff,, R.Bowman,, & R.Donnely, (2001). A historical perspective on urban bird research: Trends, terms, and approaches. In J.M.Marzluff, R.Bowman, & R.Donnely (Eds.), Avian Conservation and Ecology in an Urbanizing World (pp. 1–17). Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic.10.1007/978-1-4615-1531-9
29. M.J.McDonnell, (1997). A paradigm shift. Urban Ecosystems, 1, 85–86.10.1023/A:1018598708346
30. M.J.McDonnell,, & S.T.A.Pickett, (1990). Ecosystem structure and function along urban–rural gradients: An unexploited opportunity for ecology. Ecology, 71, 1232–1237.10.2307/1938259
31. M.L.McKinney, (2002). Urbanization, biodiversity, and conservation. Bioscience, 52, 883–890.10.1641/0006-3568(2002)052[0883:UBAC]2.0.CO;2
32. S.J.Melles, (2005). Urban bird diversity an indicator of Human social diversity and economic inequality in Vancouver. British Columbia, Urban Habitat, 3, 25–48.
33. S.J.Melles,, S.Glenn,, & K.Martin, (2003). Urban bird diversity and landscape complexity: Species–environment associations along a multiscale habitat gradient. Conservation Ecology, 7(1), 5.
34. B.A.Millsap,, & C.Bear, (2000). Density and reproduction of burrowing owls along an urban gradient. Journal of Wildlife Management, 64, 33–41.10.2307/3802972
35. U.M.Mortberg, (2001). Resident bird species in urban forest remnants: Landscape and habitat perspectives. Landscape Ecology, 16, 193–203.10.1023/A:1011190902041
36. R.L.Mumme,, S.J.Schoech,, G.E.Woolfenden,, & J.W.Fitzpatrick, (2000). Life and death in the fast lane: Demographic consequences of road mortality in the Florida scrub-jay. Conservation Biology, 14, 501–512.10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.98370.x
37. A.Naithani,, & B.Dinesh, (2012). Bird community structure in natural and urbanized habitats along an altitudinal gradient in Pauri district (Garhwal Himalaya) of Uttarakhand state, India. Biologia, 67, 800–808.10.2478/s11756-012-0068-z
38. J.Niemela,, B.J.Kotze,, S.Venn,, L.Penev,, I.Stoyanov,, J.Spence,, D.Hartley,, & M.De Oca, (2002). Carabid beetle assemblages (Coleoptera, Caribidae) across urban–rural gradients: An international comparison. Landscape Ecology, 17, 387–401.10.1023/A:1021270121630
39. I.G.Pablo,, F.Julieta,, & M.B.Isabel, (2009). Bird community responses along urban–rural gradients: Does the size of the urbanized area matter? Landscape and Urban Planning, 90, 33–41.
40. D.Palomino,, & L.M.Carrascal, (2006). Urban influence on birds at a regional scale: A case study with the avifauna of northern Madrid province. Landscape and Urban Planning, 77, 276–290.10.1016/j.landurbplan.2005.04.003
41. B.R.Petit,, L.J.Petit,, V.A.Saab,, & T.E.Martin, (1995). Fixed-radius point counts in forests: Factors influencing effectiveness and efficiency. Report No. PSW-GTR-149. USDA, Forest Service, Albany, CA.
42. A.D.Rodewald,, & R.H.Yahner, (2001). Influence of landscape composition on avian community structure and associated mechanisms. Ecology, 82, 3493–3504.10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[3493:IOLCOA]2.0.CO;2
43. E.Shochat, (2004). Credit or debit. Resource input changes population dynamics of city-slicker birds, Oikos, 106, 622–626.
44. E.Shochat,, P.S.Warren,, S.H.Faeth,, N.E.McIntyre,, & D.Hope, (2006). From patterns to emerging processes in mechanistic urban ecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 21, 186–191.10.1016/j.tree.2005.11.019
45. M.Suarez-Rodriguez,, I.Lopez-Rull,, & C.Macias Garcia, (2012). Incorporation of cigarette butts into nests reduces nest ectoparasite load in urban birds: New ingredients for an old recipe. Biology Letters, 9(1), 20120931.10.1098/rsbl.2012.0931
46. M.Suarez-Rubio,, & J.R.Thomlinson, (2009). Landscape and patch-level factors influence bird communities in an urbanized tropical island. Biological Conservation, 142, 1311–1321.10.1016/j.biocon.2008.12.035
47. J.W.Sutherland, (2004). Ecological census techniques. A hand book: Cambridge university press.
48. Y.Van Heezik,, A.Smyth,, & R.Mathieu, (2008). Diversity of native and exotic birds across an urban gradient in a New Zealand city. Landscape and Urban Planning, 87, 223–232.10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.06.004
49. J.G.White,, M.J.Antos,, J.A.Fitzsimmons,, & G.C.Palmer, (2005). Non-uniform bird assemblages in urban environments: The influence of streetscape vegetation. Landscape and Urban Planning, 71, 123–135.
50. J.Wu,, D.E.Jelinski,, M.Luck,, & P.T.Tueller, (2000). Multiscale analysis of landscape heterogeneity: Scale variance and pattern metrics. Geographic Information Sciences, 6, 6–19.
51. L.Zhang,, J.Wu,, Y.Zhen,, & J.Shu, (2004). A GIS-based gradient analysis of urban landscape pattern of Shanghai metropolitan area, China. Landscape and Urban Planning, 69, 1–16.10.1016/j.landurbplan.2003.08.006