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Effects of land‐use change on avian taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic dive...
Rurangwa, Marie Laure; Aguirre‐Gutiérrez, Jesús; Matthews, Thomas J.; Niyigaba, Protais; Wayman, Joseph P.; Tobias, Joseph A.; Whittaker, Robert J.AIM: Although land use change is a leading cause of biodiversity loss worldwide, there is scant information on the extent to which it has affected the structure and composition of bird communities in the Afrotropical region. This study aimed to quantify the effects of habitat transformation on taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity in Afrotropical bird communities. LOCATION: Nyungwe landscape, a monta...
Assessing tropical forest restoration after fire using birds as indicators : An...
Rurangwa, Marie Laure; Matthews, Thomas J.; Niyigaba, Protais; Tobias, Joseph A.; Whittaker, Robert J.The necessity to restore rainforest habitats degraded by anthropogenic fires is widely recognized, however, research on restoration approaches has mainly centred on the recovery of forest structural complexity. There is insufficient evidence on the efficacy of restoration methods in the recovery of the faunal diversity and features linked to key ecosystem functions. We assessed the taxonomic diversity and funct...