The relationships between urbanization and bird functional traits across the streetscape

Author(s)

Pena, Joao Carlos ; Ovaskainen, Otso ; MacGregor-Fors, Ian ; Teixeira, Camila Palhares ; Ribeiro, Milton Cezar

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING; v. 232, p. 12-pg., 2023-01-12.

Abstract

The urbanization process leads to changes in bird communities' taxonomic and functional compositions. Highly urbanized areas generally exhibit a reduced number of bird species sharing few functional traits. However, most urban bird studies focused on vegetation patches in temperate cities. In this study, we investigate how urban environmental attributes - noise, height of buildings, and urban vegetation characteristics - modulate species occurrences and the distribution of functional traits across the streetscape of a tropical metropolis. We predicted diverse trait-environment relationships, but that highly urbanized contexts (e.g., noisy streets with tall buildings) would be mostly occupied b,y a lower number of species sharing generalist traits. We also predicted to observe (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 18/00107-3 - A continental scale assessment of predation risk on insect prey in urban landscapes: a collaborative research network
• Grantee: João Carlos de Castro Pena
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 22/10760-1 - Biodiversity in the Anthropocene: a synthesis on the effect of agriculture expansion within Cerrado and Atlantic Forest
• Grantee: Milton Cezar Ribeiro
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - Brazil
• FAPESP's process: 21/08534-0 - Biodiversity and associated ecosystem services: LTER Corridor of Cantareira Mantiqueira
• Grantee: Milton Cezar Ribeiro
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• FAPESP's process: 20/01779-5 - Biodiversity in the Anthropocene: agroecosystem effects on biodiversity conservation and ecosystem function maintenance
• Grantee: Milton Cezar Ribeiro
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• FAPESP's process: 13/50421-2 - New sampling methods and statistical tools for biodiversity research: integrating animal movement ecology with population and community ecology
• Grantee: Milton Cezar Ribeiro
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• FAPESP's process: 21/10195-0 - Contribution of payment for ecosystem services on multi-dimensions within Atlantic Forest
• Grantee: Milton Cezar Ribeiro
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 18/22215-2 - Ecological approaches to assess the effects of urbanization on birds and ecological processes
• Grantee: João Carlos de Castro Pena
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor