Urbanization affects spatial variation and species similarity of bird diversity distribution

Sun, Bin; Lu, Yonglong; Yang, Yifu; Yu, Mingzhao; Yuan, Jingjing; Yu, Ran; Bullock, James M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0529-4020; Stenseth, Nils Chr.; Li, Xia; Cao, Zhiwei; Lei, Haojie; Li, Jialong. 2022 Urbanization affects spatial variation and species similarity of bird diversity distribution. Science Advances, 8 (49), eade3061. 9, pp. 10.1126/sciadv.ade3061

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Abstract/Summary

Although cities are human-dominated systems, they provide habitat for many other species. Because of the lack of long-term observation data, it is challenging to assess the impacts of rapid urbanization on biodiversity in Global South countries. Using multisource data, we provided the first analysis of the impacts of urbanization on bird distribution at the continental scale and found that the distributional hot spots of threatened birds overlapped greatly with urbanized areas, with only 3.90% of the threatened birds’ preferred land cover type in urban built-up areas. Bird ranges are being reshaped differently because of their different adaptations to urbanization. While green infrastructure can improve local bird diversity, the homogeneous urban environment also leads to species compositions being more similar across regions. More attention should be paid to narrow-range species for the formulation of biodiversity conservation strategies, and conservation actions should be further coordinated among cities from a global perspective.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1126/sciadv.ade3061
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Biodiversity (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	2375-2548
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment
Related URLs:	Other Other
Date made live:	19 Jun 2023 17:23 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534724

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