Seasonal effects of farmer-managed livestock grazing exclusions on bird communities in Burkina Faso.

ABSTRACT: Anthropogenic activities such as livestock grazing and deforestation are primary causes of land degradation in drylands such as the Sahel Zone of Africa, threatening the livelihoods of rural communities and biodiversity. To restore degraded habitats, measures such as farmer-managed livestock grazing exclusion, where the native vegetation is protected and can naturally regenerate, have been implemented. Yet the benefits of such measures for biodiversity remain poorly understood, especially in regions that experience strong seasonality. Here, we used passive acoustic monitoring to study how livestock grazing exclusion affects the avifauna at the community and species level across the dry and wet seasons. Focusing on an NGO-driven initiative that has implemented a large network of small-scale

SUBMITTER: Quintas I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12683984 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature