Migratory birds benefit from urban environments in a highly anthropized Neotropical region.

ABSTRACT: Land use change from wildlands to urban and productive environments can dramatically transform ecosystem structure and processes. Despite their structural and functional differences from wildlands, human-modified environments offer unique habitat elements for wildlife. In this study, we examined how migratory birds use urban, productive, and wildland environments of a highly anthropized region of Western Mexico known as "El Bajío". We used Generalized Linear Models to compare species richness, abundance, and the functional traits of migratory bird assemblages among these three environments. Results revealed differences in species richness, composition, and the functional traits of migratory birds among environments. Regardless of wildlands showing medium to high levels of human disturbance

SUBMITTER: Pacheco-Munoz R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11760022 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature