Conservation of Neotropical migratory birds in tropical hardwood and oil palm plantations.

ABSTRACT: Tropical forests in the Americas are undergoing rapid conversion to commercial agriculture, and many migratory bird species that use these forests have experienced corresponding populations declines. Conservation research for migratory birds in the tropics has focused overwhelmingly on shade coffee plantations and adjacent forest, but both cover types are now in decline, creating an urgent need to evaluate conservation opportunities in other agricultural systems. Here we compare how a community of 42 Neotropical migratory bird species and a subset of five conservation-priority species differ in usage and habitat associations among a secondary forest baseline and four expanding commercial plantation systems in Guatemala: African oil palm, teak, rubber, and mixed-native hardwoods. We found t

SUBMITTER: Bennett RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6312276 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature