Extreme Landscapes Decrease Taxonomic and Functional Bird Diversity but Promote the Presence of Rare Species

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 23-38

  Godet, Laurent ^a   Devictor, Vincent ^b   Burel, Françoise ^c   Robin, Jean Guy ^d   Ménanteau, Loïc ^a   Fournier, Jérôme ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d Le Daviaud ^*  (France)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

fragmentation; functional diversity; landscape; landscape composition; landscape configuration; passerines; salinas; songbirds; species rarity; taxonomic diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PASSERINE; RARE SPECIES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SONGBIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIALIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; WATERFOWL;

FRANCE;

AVES; EMBERIZA SCHOENICLUS; LUSCINIA SVECICA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 84979715881     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/00016454AO2016.51.1.003     Document Type: Article

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