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Grassland vegetation height affects bird responses to forest edges in Mediterra...
Faria, João; Reino, Luís; Beja, Pedro; Gonçalves, David; Sánchez-Oliver, Juan S.; Moreira, Francisco; Catry, Inês; Rotenberry, John T.; Morgado, RuiAfforestation affects Mediterranean farmland biodiversity due to loss and fragmentation of grassland habitats. While the influence of landscape context and plantation edges on farmland bird responses to afforestation is well-documented, less is known about the influence of grassland vegetation height and how it interacts with afforestation to influence bird communities. Here, we examined how changes in grasslan...
Combined effects of landscape composition and heterogeneity on farmland avian d...
Santana, Joana; Reino, Luís; Stoate, Chris; Moreira, Francisco; Ribeiro, Paulo F.; Santos, José L.; Rotenberry, John T.; Beja, PedroConserving biodiversity on farmland is an essential element of worldwide efforts for reversing the global biodiversity decline. Common approaches involve improving the natural component of the landscape by increasing the amount of natural and seminatural habitats (e.g., hedgerows, woodlots, and ponds) or improving the production component of the landscape by increasing the amount of biodiversity-friendly crops....
Distance to edges, edge contrast and landscape fragmentation: interactions affe...
Fabião, António; Reino, Luís; Osborne, Patrick E.; Beja, Pedro; Morgado, Rui; Rotenberry, John T.Afforestation often causes direct habitat losses for farmland birds of conservation concern, but it is uncertain whether negative effects also extend significantly into adjacent open land. Information is thus required on how these species react to wooded edges, and how their responses are affected by edge and landscape characteristics. These issues were examined in Mediterranean arable farmland, using bird coun...