Habitat structure influences the diversity, richness and composition of bird assemblages in successional Atlantic rain forests

• Published in: Tropical conservation science Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 503 - 524
• Main Authors: Casas, Grasiela, Darski, Bianca, Ferreira, Pedro M. A, Kindel, Andreas, Müller, Sandra C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.03.2016; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Abandonment; avifauna; Birds; Composition; Conservation; estrutura da vegetação; florestas secundárias; Forest management; Forests; Guilds; habitat modification; Habitats; modificação do habitat; Rain; Rainforests; Regeneration; secondary forests; Shifting cultivation; Slash and burn; Species composition; Species diversity; Vegetation; vegetation structure; Atlantic Forest; A, Atlantic; avifauna; habitat modification; vegetation structure; estrutura da vegetação; secondary forests; florestas secundárias; modificação do habitat

This study evaluated the influence of vegetation structure on bird diversity, guilds, and the richness and composition of species in different successional stages of the subtropical Atlantic rain forest. Much of the land that was formerly agricultural in the Brazilian Atlantic rain forest region is...