Impact of forest cover loss on forest dependent avian species in Kenya DOI Creative Commons
Peggy Mutheu Ngila, Bello A. Danmallam, Iniunam Aniefiok Iniunam

et al.

Scientific African, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 26, P. e02463 - e02463

Published: Nov. 5, 2024

Language: Английский

Associations between urbanization and avian communities in the Afrotropics: Evidence from taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity DOI Creative Commons
Adewale G. Awoyemi, Yahkat Barshep, Shiiwua A. Manu

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Global Ecology and Conservation, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 54, P. e03108 - e03108

Published: July 23, 2024

Urbanization negatively affects biodiversity worldwide, with the rapidly urbanizing Afrotropical area being understudied. Furthermore, most previous studies investigating this topic focused on taxonomic diversity while recent findings have highlighted need to incorporate complementary metrics. Thus, study investigated how urbanization bird taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic in Nigeria, a country one of fastest rates world. We conducted censuses at 400 points organized across eight paired comparisons (urban vs non-urban habitats), vegetation zones (rainforest savannah), seasons (dry wet). Of total 237 species recorded, 65 % were never encountered urban areas, suggesting negative effect that was also supported by our statistical analyses. Taxonomic significantly higher than habitats. This contrasted result functional diversity, which habitat. These relationships similar seasons, but more intense rainforest, revealing birds zone are vulnerable their savannah counterparts. found water cover promoted all avian metrics analyzed during dry season independently urbanization. In contrast, canopy bush mediated effects some components (i.e., diversity). Our results highlight significance incorporating spatiotemporal patterns related provide much needed information for city planners other stakeholders Afrotropics.

Language: Английский

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Bird‐mediated ecosystem services and disservices in cities and towns DOI Creative Commons
Liba Pejchar, Christine C. Rega‐Brodsky, Luis‐Bernardo Vázquez

et al.

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 10, 2025

All cities are home to birds, which, through their activities, can either enhance or detract from human well‐being. To identify such interactions, we synthesize current understanding of bird‐mediated ecosystem services and disservices in cities. We find widespread evidence that birds provide cultural services, but the link between urban bird diversity these benefits is surprisingly tenuous. Birds also have potential regulating services; however, rather than being measured, usually assumed non‐urban research, may be overestimated (eg pollination, seed dispersal) undervalued (decomposition, nutrient cycling). People's perceptions not uniform, always delivered equitably among residents. call for moving beyond using species richness traits as proxies, instead explicitly measuring across heterogeneous landscape. Such information critical designing sustain biodiversity result net positive, equitable, people.

Language: Английский

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Ecosystem service trade-offs weaken ecological network interactions DOI
Jing Xie, Binggeng Xie, Junhan Li

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Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 145572 - 145572

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Citizen science reveals socio-economic influences on solitary bee abundance across multiple scales in a Global South city DOI Creative Commons
Chevonne Reynolds, Dominic A. W. Henry,

Brishan Kalyan

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Landscape Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 40(2)

Published: Jan. 23, 2025

Language: Английский

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Trade‐Offs and Synergies of Ecosystem Services in the Urban Agglomeration on the Northern Slope of the Tianshan Mountains: A Perspective of Socio‐Ecological Drivers DOI

J Chen,

Yan Sun, Zhanbin Luo

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Land Degradation and Development, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 28, 2025

ABSTRACT Understanding the combined impacts of socio‐ecological drivers on trade‐offs and synergies between ecosystem services (EST/ESS) is vital for stakeholders in regional planning governance. However, limited knowledge underlying mechanisms hinders our ability to assess impact configurations EST/ESS during processes natural social progress. In this study, we established a comprehensive research model delineating functional areas predicated geographic distribution (ESs) explore interrelationships among EST/ESS. First, quantified spatiotemporal distributions four ES indicators from 2000 2020 determined three distinct zones grounded service bundles (ESBs) relationships. Significant spatial heterogeneity occurred throughout study area. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed through which affected EST/ESS, it found that magnitudes these influences varied significantly identified zones. Natural, physical, biological factors, along with socioeconomic climate were directly or indirectly affect mediating variables such as vegetation cover landscape configuration. Based findings, provides actionable guidance zoning management policies aimed at achieving balanced sustainable development ecological systems. Conducted urban agglomeration northern slope Tianshan Mountains, offers valuable practical references growth large‐scale agglomerations China globally.

Language: Английский

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Impact of forest cover loss on forest dependent avian species in Kenya DOI Creative Commons
Peggy Mutheu Ngila, Bello A. Danmallam, Iniunam Aniefiok Iniunam

et al.

Scientific African, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 26, P. e02463 - e02463

Published: Nov. 5, 2024

Language: Английский

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