Urban Bird Community Assembly Mechanisms and Driving Factors in University Campuses in Nanjing, China.

ABSTRACT: University campuses are important components of cities, harboring the majority of urban biodiversity. In this study, based on monthly bird survey data covering 12 university campuses located either downtown or in the newly developed areas in Nanjing, China, in 2019, we studied the assembly processes of each campus's bird population and their main drivers by modeling a set of ecological and landscape determinants. Our results showed that (1) bird abundance and species diversity in the newly developed areas were significantly higher than in those downtown; (2) the phylogeny of bird communities in all universities followed a pattern of aggregation, indicating that environmental filtering played a major role in community assembly; (3) specifically, grass, water, and buildings were the main fac

SUBMITTER: Zhao Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9952131 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature