Rebound From Restoration: Assessing the Diversity of Bird Assemblages in Revegetated and Remnant Patches of Critically Endangered Lowland Subtropical Rainforest.

ABSTRACT: With increased rates of biodiversity loss and deforestation, ecological restoration has become a common practice worldwide. Despite this, metrics that are often used to quantify the success of biodiversity recovery display highly variable patterns depending upon the ecosystem being restored. The aims of this study were to investigate four biodiversity metrics - Chao2 species richness, rainforest-dependent species richness, functional diversity and phylogenetic diversity - of bird assemblages occurring in connected remnant, fragmented remnant, old revegetation and young revegetation patches of critically endangered Australian lowland subtropical rainforest (LSR). The study also examined the influence of site-based vegetation and landscape attributes on bird assemblages in these patches. A c

SUBMITTER: Borrow M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12531714 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature