Functional shifts in bird communities from semi-natural oak forests to conifer plantations are not consistent across Europe.

ABSTRACT: While the area of plantation forest increased globally between 2010 and 2015, more than twice the area of natural forests was lost over the same period (6.5 million ha natural forest lost per year versus 3.2 million ha plantation gained per year). Consequently, there is an increasing need to understand how plantation land use affects biodiversity. The relative conservation value of plantation forests is context dependent, being influenced by previous land use, management regimes and landscape composition. What is less well understood, and of importance to conservation management, is the consistency of diversity patterns across regions, and the degree to which useful generalisations can be provided within and among bioregions. Here, we analyse forest birds in Ireland, France and Portugal, r

SUBMITTER: Pedley SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6645557 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature