Assessing the impact of revegetation and weed control on urban sensitive bird species.

ABSTRACT: Nature in cities is concentrated in urban green spaces, which are key areas for urban biodiversity and also important areas to connect people with nature. To conserve urban biodiversity within these natural refugia, habitat restoration such as weed control and revegetation is often implemented. These actions are expected to benefit biodiversity, although species known to be affected by urbanization may not be interacting with restoration in the ways we anticipate. In this study, we use a case study to explore how urban restoration activities impact different bird species. Birds were grouped into urban sensitivity categories and species abundance, and richness was then calculated using a hierarchical species community model for individual species responses, with "urban class" used as the hi

SUBMITTER: Archibald CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5478067 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature