Partitioning beta diversity to untangle mechanisms underlying the assembly of bird communities in Mediterranean olive groves

• Published in: Diversity & distributions Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 112 - 127
• Main Authors: García-Navas, Vicente, Martínez-Núñez, Carlos, Tarifa, Rubén, Molina-Pardo, José L., Valera, Francisco, Salido, Teresa, Camacho, Francisco M., Rey, Pedro J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley 01.01.2022; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Agricultural expansion; Agriculture; Agroforestry; Biodiversity; Birds; community ecology; Complexity; Environmental impact; farmland birds; Farms; functional beta diversity; Functionals; Fuzzy sets; Ground cover; Indicator species; intensification; Keystone species; Landscape; landscapes; Lanius; nestedness; olive farms; olives; RESEARCH ARTICLE; Spain; Species richness; Taxonomy; woody crop; Spain

Aim We investigated taxonomic and functional beta diversity of bird communities inhabiting Mediterranean olive groves subject to either intensive or low‐intensity management of the ground cover and located in landscapes with different degrees of complexity. Location Andalusia, southern Spain. Method...