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T1 Low effect on open-farmland birds of young afforestations in heterogeneous Mediterranean croplands
A1 Sánchez Oliver, Juan Salvador
A1 Rey Benayas, José María
A1 Carrascal, Luis M.
K1 Conservation status
K1 Distance effects
K1 Land use types
K1 Pine plantations
K1 Species richness
K1 CAP
K1 Medio Ambiente
K1 Environmental science
K1 Biología
K1 Biology
AB Afforestation programs such as the one promoted by the EU Common Agricultural Policy have spread tree plantations on former cropland. These afforestations attract generalist forest and ubiquitous species but may cause severe damage to open habitat species, especially birds of high conservation value. We investigated the effects of young (<20 yr) tree plantations dominated by pine P. halepensis on bird communities inhabiting the adjacent open farmland habitat in central Spain. We hypothesize that pine plantations located at shorter distances from open fields and with larger surface would affect species richness and conservation value of bird communities. Regression models controlling for the influence of land use types around plantations revealed positive effects of higher distance to pine plantation edge on community species richness in winter, and negative effects on an index of conservation concern (SPEC) during the breeding season. However, plantation area did not have any effect on species richness or community conservation value. Our results indicate that the effects of pine afforestation on bird communities inhabiting Mediterranean cropland are diluted by heterogeneous agricultural landscapes.
YR 2015
FD 2015
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/38649
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/38649
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Ciencia y Educación
DS MINDS@UW
RD 19-abr-2024