Multidimensional patterns of bird diversity and its driving forces in the Yangtze River Basin of China.

ABSTRACT: Biodiversity is fundamental to human well-being and economic development. The Yangtze River, the largest river in China, faces biodiversity loss due to habitat degradation, climate change, and other anthropogenic threats. However, the long-term changes in the region's biodiversity remain poorly understood. Here, we constructed an optimized living planet index (LPIO) by combining Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling and Random Forest Modeling. Using data from a monitoring network of 536 sites, we observed an increasing trend in terrestrial bird diversity and functional complexity across the entire watershed from 2011 to 2020. Our findings indicate that a large-scale ecological restoration program has contributed to increases in terrestrial and aquatic bird diversity in the Yan

SUBMITTER: Liu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11803227 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature