Avian species richness and tropical urbanization gradients: Effects of woodland retention and human disturbance.

ABSTRACT: Urbanization is a major driver of tropical biodiversity loss. In temperate regions avian species richness-urbanization intensity relationships typically exhibit unimodal patterns, with peak richness at intermediate urbanization levels. In tropical regions, the form of such relationships and the extent to which they are moderated by patches of seminatural habitat are unclear. We address these questions in Bangkok, Thailand (one of the largest and most rapidly expanding tropical mega-cities) and generate conservation recommendations for tropical biodiversity in urban locations. We use repeated point count surveys at a random location, and the largest available woodland patch, in 150 1 km × 1 km grid cells selected along the urbanization gradient. Woodland patches support higher species richn

SUBMITTER: Thaweepworadej P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9541691 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature