Effects of fire disturbance on bird communities and species of mountain Serrano forest in central Argentina

In central Argentina, Serrano forest has a long history of fire disturbance; however, the impact of fire on avifauna remains unknown. We compared the avian–habitat relationships in forest patches with low, moderate, and high fire regimes using a community-level (species richness, abundance, ordinati...

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Autores principales: Albanesi, Sebastián, Dardanelli, Sebastian, Bellis, Laura Marisa
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3522
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1007/s10310-012-0388-4?journalCode=tjfr20
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10310-012-0388-4
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author Albanesi, Sebastián
Dardanelli, Sebastian
Bellis, Laura Marisa
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description In central Argentina, Serrano forest has a long history of fire disturbance; however, the impact of fire on avifauna remains unknown. We compared the avian–habitat relationships in forest patches with low, moderate, and high fire regimes using a community-level (species richness, abundance, ordination and guilds) and species-level (indicator species analysis) approach. In patches under each fire condition, we recorded bird community composition, richness and abundance, and different vegetation structure variables. The site under high-severity fire regime was structurally poor and had been converted from original forest to dense grassland. There, diversity of bird community was low, retaining approximately 30 % of the species present in the least impacted site. Avian assemblage was dominated by generalist and open area birds. Guilds were underrepresented, showing an important reduction of foliage granivorous, nectarivorous, omnivores, and foliage and bark insectivorous, and absence of fly-catchers. Moreover, low abundance of forest understory, midstory, and canopy species and of birds belonging to open and closed nesting guilds was detected. By contrast, under low and moderate-severity fire regimes highest bird diversity as well as highest representativeness of most guilds was observed. Forest bird species were strongly associated with low fire disturbance, whereas moderate fire disturbance was characterized by the presence of forest and generalist species. Given the critical conservation status of Serrano forest in Córdoba, Argentina, habitat restoration and protection of forest relicts could be suitable measures to promote avifauna preservation.
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spelling INTA35222018-10-01T14:42:55Z Effects of fire disturbance on bird communities and species of mountain Serrano forest in central Argentina Albanesi, Sebastián Dardanelli, Sebastian Bellis, Laura Marisa Biodiversidad Aves Incendios Forestales Incendios Biodiversity Forest Fires Fires Córdoba, Argentina Bosque Serrano Fire Disturbance Serrano Forest In central Argentina, Serrano forest has a long history of fire disturbance; however, the impact of fire on avifauna remains unknown. We compared the avian–habitat relationships in forest patches with low, moderate, and high fire regimes using a community-level (species richness, abundance, ordination and guilds) and species-level (indicator species analysis) approach. In patches under each fire condition, we recorded bird community composition, richness and abundance, and different vegetation structure variables. The site under high-severity fire regime was structurally poor and had been converted from original forest to dense grassland. There, diversity of bird community was low, retaining approximately 30 % of the species present in the least impacted site. Avian assemblage was dominated by generalist and open area birds. Guilds were underrepresented, showing an important reduction of foliage granivorous, nectarivorous, omnivores, and foliage and bark insectivorous, and absence of fly-catchers. Moreover, low abundance of forest understory, midstory, and canopy species and of birds belonging to open and closed nesting guilds was detected. By contrast, under low and moderate-severity fire regimes highest bird diversity as well as highest representativeness of most guilds was observed. Forest bird species were strongly associated with low fire disturbance, whereas moderate fire disturbance was characterized by the presence of forest and generalist species. Given the critical conservation status of Serrano forest in Córdoba, Argentina, habitat restoration and protection of forest relicts could be suitable measures to promote avifauna preservation. EEA Paraná Fil: Albanesi, Sebastián. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Cátedra de Ecología; Argentina Fil: Dardanelli, Sebastian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Paraná; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Centro de Zoología Aplicada; Argentina Fil: Bellis, Laura Marisa. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Cordoba. Instituto de Diversidad y Ecologia Animal; Argentina 2018-10-01T14:34:53Z 2018-10-01T14:34:53Z 2014 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3522 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1007/s10310-012-0388-4?journalCode=tjfr20 1341-6979 1610-7403 (Online) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10310-012-0388-4 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Córdoba (province) Taylor & Francis Journal of forest research 19 (1). (2014)
spellingShingle Biodiversidad
Aves
Incendios Forestales
Incendios
Biodiversity
Forest Fires
Fires
Córdoba, Argentina
Bosque Serrano
Fire Disturbance
Serrano Forest
Albanesi, Sebastián
Dardanelli, Sebastian
Bellis, Laura Marisa
Effects of fire disturbance on bird communities and species of mountain Serrano forest in central Argentina
title Effects of fire disturbance on bird communities and species of mountain Serrano forest in central Argentina
title_full Effects of fire disturbance on bird communities and species of mountain Serrano forest in central Argentina
title_fullStr Effects of fire disturbance on bird communities and species of mountain Serrano forest in central Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Effects of fire disturbance on bird communities and species of mountain Serrano forest in central Argentina
title_short Effects of fire disturbance on bird communities and species of mountain Serrano forest in central Argentina
title_sort effects of fire disturbance on bird communities and species of mountain serrano forest in central argentina
topic Biodiversidad
Aves
Incendios Forestales
Incendios
Biodiversity
Forest Fires
Fires
Córdoba, Argentina
Bosque Serrano
Fire Disturbance
Serrano Forest
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