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DOI 10.1002/ece3.3534
Title (Primary) Relative importance of the land-use composition and intensity for the bird community composition in anthropogenic landscapes
Author Pellissier, V.; Mimet, A.; Fontaine, C.; Svenning, J.-C.; Couvet, D.
Source Titel Ecology and Evolution
Year 2017
Department CLE; iDiv
Volume 7
Issue 24
Page From 10513
Page To 10535
Language englisch
Keywords agriculture; community structure and functioning; heterogeneity; human appropriation of net primary productivity; human impact; land cover; management; practices; species-area relationship; species–energy relationship
UFZ wide themes RU1;
Abstract Humans are changing the biosphere by exerting pressure on land via different land uses with variable intensities. Quantifying the relative importance of the land-use composition and intensity for communities may provide valuable insights for understanding community dynamics in human-dominated landscapes. Here, we evaluate the relative importance of the land-use composition versus land-use intensity on the bird community structure in the highly human-dominated region surrounding Paris, France. The land-use composition was calculated from a land cover map, whereas the land-use intensity (reverse intensity) was represented by the primary productivity remaining after human appropriation (NPPremaining), which was estimated using remote sensing imagery. We used variance partitioning to evaluate the relative importance of the land-use composition versus intensity for explaining bird community species richness, total abundance, trophic levels, and habitat specialization in urban, farmland, and woodland habitats. The land-use composition and intensity affected specialization and richness more than trophic levels and abundance. The importance of the land-use intensity was slightly higher than that of the composition for richness, specialization, and trophic levels in farmland and urban areas, while the land-use composition was a stronger predictor of abundance. The intensity contributed more to the community indices in anthropogenic habitats (farmland and urban areas) than to those in woodlands. Richness, trophic levels, and specialization in woodlands tended to increase with the NPPremaining value. The heterogeneity of land uses and intensity levels in the landscape consistently promoted species richness but reduced habitat specialization and trophic levels. This study demonstrates the complementarity of NPPremaining to the land-use composition for understanding community structure in anthropogenic landscapes. Our results show, for the first time, that the productivity remaining after human appropriation is a determinant driver of animal community patterns, independent of the type of land use.
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Pellissier, V., Mimet, A., Fontaine, C., Svenning, J.-C., Couvet, D. (2017):
Relative importance of the land-use composition and intensity for the bird community composition in anthropogenic landscapes
Ecol. Evol. 7 (24), 10513 - 10535 10.1002/ece3.3534