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Bramorska B, Komar E, Maugeri L, Ruczyński I, Żmihorski M. Socio-economic variables improve accuracy and change spatial predictions in species distribution models. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 924:171588. [PMID: 38461982 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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In an era marked by increasing anthropogenic pressure, understanding the relations between human activities and wildlife is crucial for understanding ecological patterns, effective conservation, and management strategies. Here, we explore the potential and usefulness of socio-economic variables in species distribution modelling (SDM), focusing on their impact on the occurrence of wild mammals in Poland. Beyond the environmental factors commonly considered in SDM, like land-use, the study tests the importance of socio-economic characteristics of local human societies, such as age, income, working sector, gender, education, and village characteristics for explaining distribution of diverse mammalian groups, including carnivores, ungulates, rodents, soricids, and bats. The study revealed that incorporating socio-economic variables enhances the predictive power for >60 % of species and overall for most groups, with the exception being carnivores. For all the species combined, among the 10 predictors with highest predictive power, 6 belong to socio-economic group, while for specific species groups, socio-economic variables had similar predictive power as environmental variables. Furthermore, spatial predictions of species occurrence underwent changes when socio-economic variables were included in the model, resulting in a substantial mismatch in spatial predictions of species occurrence between environment-only models and models containing socio-economic variables. We conclude that socio-economic data has potential as useful predictors which increase prediction accuracy of wildlife occurrence and recommend its wider usage. Further, to our knowledge this is a first study on such a big scale for terrestrial mammals which evaluates performance based on presence or absence of socio-economic predictors in the model. We recognise the need for a more comprehensive approach in SDMs and that bridging the gap between human socio-economic dynamics and ecological processes may contribute to the understanding of the factors influencing biodiversity.
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- Beata Bramorska
- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Stoczek 1, 17-230 Białowieża, Poland.
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- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Stoczek 1, 17-230 Białowieża, Poland
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- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Stoczek 1, 17-230 Białowieża, Poland
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- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Stoczek 1, 17-230 Białowieża, Poland
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- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Stoczek 1, 17-230 Białowieża, Poland
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Żmihorski M, Kotowska D, Zyśk-Gorczyńska E. Using citizen science to identify environmental correlates of bird-window collisions in Poland. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 811:152358. [PMID: 34921884 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Bird collisions with windows are among the highest sources of human caused mortality to this group of animals. However, environmental correlates of spatial patterns in collision risk are poorly understood, thus making mitigation measures difficult to implement. We took advantage of Covid-19 lockdown in the spring of 2020, when people were obligated to stay mainly at home, and performed a memory-recall questionnaire survey concerning bird-window collisions in Poland. We received information on bird-window collisions with 1800 buildings across the whole country accompanied by characteristics of each building, its vicinity and resident's behavior (time spent home, window cleaning). We supplemented these data with landscape description and performed statistical models to estimate importance of 13 explanatory variables as predictors of number of bird-window collisions. Reported number of collisions increased with the share of forests and arable land within 2 km of the building, and with proximity to rivers. Number of collisions also increased when single trees were close to buildings. More collisions were reported for houses than for flats and for new buildings than for old ones. Reported number of collisions increased with window cleaning which might suggest that cleaning reduces glass visibility for birds. As bird-window collision risk is highly variable among buildings but can be reduced with several measures improving glass visibility for birds, we recommend to use predictive models to identify collision hotspots for applying these measures. New houses located near rivers, in forests or agricultural landscapes have highest collision risk, and trees near buildings, often planted to benefit birds, can additionally elevate collision rate, thus potentially creating ecological traps. In such collision hotspots, reduction of window cleaning frequency can be considered as a mitigation measure unless the visual markers improving glass visibility for birds are installed on the panels.
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- Michał Żmihorski
- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Stoczek 1, 17-230 Białowieża, Poland
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- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, 31-120 Kraków, Poland
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Rosin ZM, Pärt T, Low M, Kotowska D, Tobolka M, Szymański P, Hiron M. Village modernization and reduced abundance of farmland birds: Why compensation for lost nesting sites may not be enough. Conserv Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Zuzanna M. Rosin
- Faculty of Biology, Department of Avian Biology and Ecology Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań Poland
- Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences Kraków Poland
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- Department of Zoology Poznań University of Life Sciences Poznań Poland
- Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Wien Austria
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- Faculty of Biology, Department of Behavioural Ecology Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań Poland
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- Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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Hertzog LR, Röder N, Frank C, Böhner HGS, Kamp J. Village modernization and farmland birds: A reply to Rosin et al. (2021). Conserv Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Thünen Institute of Rural Studies Brauschweig Germany
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- Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten e.V. (DDA) Münster Germany
- Department of Conservation Biology University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany
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- Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten e.V. (DDA) Münster Germany
- Department of Conservation Biology University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany
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Kosicki JZ. The impact of feral domestic cats on native bird populations. Predictive modelling approach on a country scale. ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2021.100964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rosin ZM, Pärt T, Low M, Kotowska D, Tobolka M, Szymański P, Hiron M. Village modernization may contribute more to farmland bird declines than agricultural intensification. Conserv Lett 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Zuzanna M. Rosin
- Faculty of Biology, Department of Cell Biology Adam Mickiewicz University Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6 Poznań Poland
- Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
- Institute of Nature Conservation Polish Academy of Sciences Kraków Poland
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- Department of Zoology Poznań University of Life Sciences Poznań Poland
- Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Wien Austria
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- Faculty of Biology, Department of Behavioural Ecology Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań Poland
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- Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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Andrzejczak R, Dylewski Ł, Jerzak L, Peťko B, Myczko Ł. Does Traditional Feeding of Outdoor Guard Dogs Provide a Food Resource for Wild Mammals and Birds? Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:ani11051198. [PMID: 33921922 PMCID: PMC8143549 DOI: 10.3390/ani11051198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Revised: 04/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Access to food is crucial in the life of birds, and affects reproduction, survival and, consequently, population size. We investigated how traditional care of dogs affected rural birds and other animal populations. Using camera traps, it was found that the food fed to dogs was also taken by seven species of birds and at least three species of mammals. The most numerous species taking dog food was the house sparrow, Passer domesticus, which is declining in Europe. In the case of this species, females were more likely than males to use food provided for dogs, with a clear preference for food prepared in the human kitchen. We conclude that the food provided to domestic pets can be an important component of the diet of wild birds and mammals living close to humans. Abstract Access to food is crucial in the life of birds and affects reproduction, survival and, consequently, population size. In the case of bird species inhabiting villages, poorer food conditions now exist, mainly because of changes in the lifestyle of rural residents and a reduction in the number of farm animals traditionally housed in backyards. Recent changes have also affected dog populations in villages, and the majority of them are no longer kept outside as guard dogs, but rather inside houses as pets. We investigated how traditional care of dogs impacted rural birds and other animal populations. The study was carried out at the end of winter and early spring in 29 farmsteads in western Poland. Using camera traps, it was found that the food fed to dogs was also taken by seven species of birds and at least three species of mammals. The most numerous species taking dog food was the house sparrow, Passer domesticus, which is declining in Europe. In the case of this species, females were more likely than males to use food given to dogs, with a clear preference for food prepared in the human kitchen. We conclude that the food provided to domestic pets can be an important component of the diet of wild birds and mammals living close to humans.
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- Róża Andrzejczak
- Department of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71 C, 60-625 Poznań, Poland; (R.A.); (B.P.)
- Institute of Biological Scienes, University of Zielona Góra, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland;
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- Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Parkowa 5, 62-035 Kórnik, Poland;
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- Institute of Biological Scienes, University of Zielona Góra, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland;
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- Department of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71 C, 60-625 Poznań, Poland; (R.A.); (B.P.)
- University of Veterinary Medicine in Kosice, Komenského 68/73, 041 81 Košice, Slovakia
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- Department of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71 C, 60-625 Poznań, Poland; (R.A.); (B.P.)
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Havlíček J, Riegert J, Bandhauerová J, Fuchs R, Šálek M. Species-specific breeding habitat association of declining farmland birds within urban environments: conservation implications. Urban Ecosyst 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11252-021-01111-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Bełcik M, Lenda M, Amano T, Skórka P. Different response of the taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of birds to forest fragmentation. Sci Rep 2020; 10:20320. [PMID: 33230280 PMCID: PMC7683534 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76917-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Habitat fragmentation is considered as major threat to biodiversity worldwide. Biodiversity can be described as taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity. However, the effect of forest fragmentation on taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity is barely understood. We compare the response of taxonomic (species richness), phylogenetic and functional diversity of birds to forest fragmentation. We hypothesised that with increasing forest patch isolation and/or decreasing patch size the diversity of birds decreases but only if certain thresholds of fragmentation metrics are reached. Specifically, we hypothesized that out of the three diversity components the taxonomic diversity is the most sensitive to forest fragmentation, which means that it starts declining at larger patch size and higher connectivity values than phylogenetic and functional diversity do. We compared the three biodiversity metrics of central European bird species in a large set of forest patches located in an agricultural landscape. General additive modeling and segmented regression were used in analyses. Habitat fragmentation differentially affected studied biodiversity metrics. Bird taxonomic diversity was the most responsive towards changes in fragmentation. We observed an increase in taxonomic diversity with increasing patch area, which then stabilized after reaching certain patch size. Functional diversity turned out to be the least responsive to the fragmentation metrics and forest stand characteristics. It decreased linearly with the decreasing isolation of forest patches. Apart from the habitat fragmentation, bird taxonomic diversity but not phylogenetic diversity was positively associated with forest stand age. The lower share of dominant tree species, the highest taxonomic diversity was. While preserving a whole spectrum of forests (in terms of age, fragmentation and size) is important from the biodiversity perspective, forest bird species might need large, intact, old-growth forests. Since the large and intact forest becomes scarcer, our study underscore their importance for the preservation of forest specialist species.
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- Michał Bełcik
- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, 31-120, Kraków, Poland.
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- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, 31-120, Kraków, Poland
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, 31-120, Kraków, Poland
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Żmihorski M, Kowalski M, Cichocki J, Rubacha S, Kotowska D, Krupiński D, Rosin ZM, Šálek M, Pärt T. The use of socio-economy in species distribution modelling: Features of rural societies improve predictions of barn owl occurrence. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 741:140407. [PMID: 32603947 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 06/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Variation of habitats and resources important for farmland birds seems to be only partly captured by ordinary statistics on land-use and agricultural production. For instance, densities of rodents being prey for owls and raptors or structures of rural architecture providing nesting sites for many species are central for bird diversity but are not reported in any official statistics. Thus, modelling species distributions, population abundance and trends of farmland birds may miss important predictive habitat elements. Here, we involve local socio-economy factors as a source of additional information on rural habitat to test whether it improves predictions of barn owl occurrence in 2768 churches across Poland. Barn owls occurred in 778 churches and seemed to prefer old churches made of brick located in regions with a milder climate, higher share of arable land and pastures, low road density and low levels of light pollution. Including data on local unemployment, the proportion of elder citizens, commune income per citizen, the share of citizens with high education and share of farmers among working population improved the model substantially and some of these variables predicted barn owl occurrence better than several land-use and climate data. Barn owls were more likely to occur in areas with high unemployment, a higher proportion of older citizens in a local population and higher share of farmers among working population. Importantly, the socio-economy variables were correlated with the barn owl occurrence despite all climatic, infrastructure and land-use data were present in the model. We conclude that the socio-economy of local societies may add important but overlooked information that links to spatial variation in farmland biodiversity.
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- Michał Żmihorski
- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Stoczek 1, 17-230 Białowieża, Poland.
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- Wildlife Society "Stork", Srebrna 16/9, 00-810 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Zoology, University of Zielona Góra, Prof. Z. Szafran St. 1, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland
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- Owl Conservation Association, Sobkowiaka 30b/4, 65-119 Zielona Góra, Poland
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- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, 31-120 Kraków, Poland; Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Box 7044, SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Box 7044, SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Experimental Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic; Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 1176, Suchdol, 165 21 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Box 7044, SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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Rosin ZM, Hiron M, Żmihorski M, Szymański P, Tobolka M, Pärt T. Reduced biodiversity in modernized villages: A conflict between sustainable development goals. J Appl Ecol 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Zuzanna M. Rosin
- Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
- Department of Cell Biology Faculty of Biology Institute of Experimental Biology Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań Poland
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- Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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- Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences Białowieża Poland
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- Department of Behavioural Ecology Institute of Environmental Biology Faculty of Biology Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań Poland
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- Institute of Zoology Poznań University of Life Sciences Poznań Poland
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- Department of Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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Kajzer-Bonk J, Skórka P, Bonk M, Lenda M, Rożej-Pabijan E, Wantuch M, Moroń D. The effect of railways on bird diversity in farmland. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:31086-31098. [PMID: 31456147 PMCID: PMC6828635 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-06245-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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With a length exceeding 210,000 km in Europe, railways are common linear features dissecting landscapes. However, the impact of railway networks on biodiversity is equivocal. In this study, we investigated the effect of railway embankments on bird diversity components in an agricultural landscape in southern Poland. Forty transects including 20 along railways and 20 as controls in open fields were established. Birds were counted twice in 2009, and environmental characteristics were estimated for each transect. Ordination techniques and generalized additive models were used to compare species composition, richness, abundance, conservation status, population trends and phylogenetic and functional diversity indices between railway and field transects. Species richness and phylogenetic diversity but not abundance nor functional diversity were higher along railway transects than along field transects. Diversity indices near railways, mostly species richness and phylogenetic diversity, were positively associated with bush cover, wet meadow cover, wetland cover and the slope of the railway but negatively associated with dry meadow cover and field cover. Our study shows that railway embankments may be beneficial for bird diversity but probably do not alter the functional properties of bird communities as much as open fields. Proper management of these linear habitats may increase their value for birds and contribute to long-term bird community persistence.
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- Joanna Kajzer-Bonk
- Department of Entomology, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387, Kraków, Poland.
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- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, 31-120, Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, 31-120, Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, 31-120, Kraków, Poland
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, QLD, St. Lucia, 4072, Australia
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- Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Podchorążych 2, 30-084, Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30, -387, Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sławkowska 17, 31-016, Kraków, Poland
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Lenda M, Skórka P, Knops J, Żmihorski M, Gaj R, Moroń D, Woyciechowski M, Tryjanowski P. Multispecies invasion reduces the negative impact of single alien plant species on native flora. DIVERS DISTRIB 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Magdalena Lenda
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, School of Biological Sciences The University of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
- Institute of Zoology Poznań University of Life Sciences Poznan Poland
- Institute of Nature Conservation Polish Academy of Sciences Kraków Poland
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- Institute of Nature Conservation Polish Academy of Sciences Kraków Poland
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- School of Biological Sciences University of Nebraska Lincoln Nebraska
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- Institute of Nature Conservation Polish Academy of Sciences Kraków Poland
- Mammal Research InstitutePolish Academy of Sciences Białowieża Poland
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Environmental Biogeochemistry Poznan University of Life Sciences Poznan Poland
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- Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals Polish Academy of Sciences Kraków Poland
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- Institute of Zoology Poznań University of Life Sciences Poznan Poland
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Krauze-Gryz D, Gryz J, Żmihorski M. Cats kill millions of vertebrates in Polish farmland annually. Glob Ecol Conserv 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2018.e00516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Tryjanowski P, Morelli F, Osiejuk TS, Møller AP. Functional significance of cuckoo Cuculus canorus calls: responses of conspecifics, hosts and non-hosts. PeerJ 2018; 6:e5302. [PMID: 30245923 PMCID: PMC6149496 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Male cuckoos Cuculus canorus produce calls that differ in number of syllables depending on environmental conditions and presence of male and female conspecifics. Why different males produce so repeatable calls that vary greatly in duration among males remains an open question. We used playback of cuckoo calls with few or many syllables (hereafter short and long calls), and woodpigeon calls (a control that also produces few or many syllables), predicting that playback of longer cuckoo calls should attract more male cuckoos (if males with such calls are dominant and successfully out-compete other males due to intraspecific competition), and attract more hosts mobbing male cuckoos (cuckoos with such calls and their females attract more hosts because of an increased risk of parasitism). Because cuckoos differentially parasitize hosts away from human habitation, we also tested whether the number of syllables in cuckoo calls differed with distance from buildings. Playback showed significant effects of number of syllables in cuckoo calls, but not woodpigeon Columba palumbus calls, with an additional effect of distance from human habitation decreasing the response to playback. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that longer cuckoo calls, especially played back near human habitation, attract more conspecifics and hosts than shorter calls. To the best of knowledge this is the first study showing that cuckoo call response modified both other cuckoo individuals, as well as hosts response.
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- Piotr Tryjanowski
- Institute of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Applied Geoinformatics and Spatial Planning, Czech University of Life Science, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Behavioural Ecology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznań, Poznań, Poland
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- Department Ecologie Systématique Evolution, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris Sud (Paris XI), Orsay Cedex, France
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Reif J, Vermouzek Z. Collapse of farmland bird populations in an Eastern European country following its EU accession. Conserv Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Jiří Reif
- Faculty of Science, Institute for Environmental Studies; Charles University; Praha 2 Czechia
- Faculty of Science; Department of Zoology and Laboratory of Ornithology; Palacky University in Olomouc; Olomouc Czechia
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Pustkowiak S, Banaszak-Cibicka W, Mielczarek ŁE, Tryjanowski P, Skórka P. The association of windmills with conservation of pollinating insects and wild plants in homogeneous farmland of western Poland. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:6273-6284. [PMID: 29247411 PMCID: PMC5846843 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-0864-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Loss of suitable seminatural habitats and homogenization of crop types have led to the population decline of pollinating insects in farmland. As these insects support crop production, many practical efforts aim to sustain pollinator diversity which is especially challenging in intensively managed and homogeneous farmland. However, there are ongoing changes of the farmland toward its multifunctionality that includes, for example, wind farm development. Windmills are often built within crops; thus, we examined if the noncropped area around windmills can be valuable habitats for wild plants and pollinating insects: bees, butterflies, and flies. Species richness, abundances, and species diversity index of plants and pollinators around windmills were similar to those found in grassland patches (a typical habitat for these insects) and higher than in the adjacent crops. Pollinator diversity index and species richness at windmills increased with the distance to the nearest grassland patch and windmill. The population sizes of pollinating insects were also positively associated with plant diversity. Particular groups of pollinators showed specific habitat associations: bees occurred mostly at windmills, butterflies were highly associated with grasslands, while flies occurred in a similar number at windmill and on grasslands. Since windmills are frequently built within extensive homogeneous fields, thus, they introduce pollination services into the interior of cropped areas, contrary to field margins, road verges, or seminatural grasslands. Thus, although the development of wind farms has various negative environmental consequences, they can be alleviated by the increase of the local population size and diversity of wild plants and pollinating insects at windmills.
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- Sylwia Pustkowiak
- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, 31-120 Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Pomology and Apiculture, Agricultural University in Kraków, Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mickiewicza 33, 31-120 Kraków, Poland
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Šálek M, Bažant M, Żmihorski M. Active farmsteads are year-round strongholds for farmland birds. J Appl Ecol 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Martin Šálek
- Institute of Vertebrate Biology; Czech Academy of Sciences; Brno Czech Republic
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences; Czech University of Life Sciences Prague; Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Zoology; Faculty of Science; University of South Bohemia; České Budějovice Czech Republic
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- Department of Ecology; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Uppsala Sweden
- Institute of Nature Conservation; Polish Academy of Sciences; Kraków Poland
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The potential of military training areas for bird conservation in a central European landscape. ACTA OECOLOGICA 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2017.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Chrenková M, Dobrý M, Šálek M. Further evidence of large-scale population decline and range contraction of the little owlAthene noctuain Central Europe. FOLIA ZOOLOGICA 2017. [DOI: 10.25225/fozo.v66.i2.a5.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Monika Chrenková
- Department of Zoology, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Raptor protection of Slovakia, Kuklovská 5, 841 04 Bratislava 4, Slovakia
- Pavol Jozef Šafárik Univerzity in Košice, Faculty of Science, Institute of Biology and Ecology, Šrobárova 2, 040 51 Košice, Slovakia
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- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 1176, Suchdol, 165 21 Prague, Czech Republic
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The geography of hotspots of rarity-weighted richness of birds and their coverage by Natura 2000. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0174179. [PMID: 28379991 PMCID: PMC5381779 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 03/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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A major challenge for biogeographers and conservation planners is to identify where to best locate or distribute high-priority areas for conservation and to explore whether these areas are well represented by conservation actions such as protected areas (PAs). We aimed to identify high-priority areas for conservation, expressed as hotpots of rarity-weighted richness (HRR)–sites that efficiently represent species–for birds across EU countries, and to explore whether HRR are well represented by the Natura 2000 network. Natura 2000 is an evolving network of PAs that seeks to conserve biodiversity through the persistence of the most patrimonial species and habitats across Europe. This network includes Sites of Community Importance (SCI) and Special Areas of Conservation (SAC), where the latter regulated the designation of Special Protected Areas (SPA). Distribution maps for 416 bird species and complementarity-based approaches were used to map geographical patterns of rarity-weighted richness (RWR) and HRR for birds. We used species accumulation index to evaluate whether RWR was efficient surrogates to identify HRRs for birds. The results of our analysis support the proposition that prioritizing sites in order of RWR is a reliable way to identify sites that efficiently represent birds. HRRs were concentrated in the Mediterranean Basin and alpine and boreal biogeographical regions of northern Europe. The cells with high RWR values did not correspond to cells where Natura 2000 was present. We suggest that patterns of RWR could become a focus for conservation biogeography. Our analysis demonstrates that identifying HRR is a robust approach for prioritizing management actions, and reveals the need for more conservation actions, especially on HRR.
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Rosin ZM, Skórka P, Szymański P, Tobolka M, Luczak A, Tryjanowski P. Constant and seasonal drivers of bird communities in a wind farm: implications for conservation. PeerJ 2016; 4:e2105. [PMID: 27547516 PMCID: PMC4957985 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background. One of the most difficult challenges for conservation biology is to reconcile growing human demands for resources with the rising need for protecting nature. Wind farms producing renewable energy have been recognised to be a threat for birds, but clear directives for environmental planning are still missing. Methods. Point counts were performed to study the relationship between eight environmental variables and bird populations in different parts of a year on the largest Polish wind farm between March 2011 and February 2013. Variables potentially related to species richness (Chao 1 estimator) and the abundance of the entire bird community as well as five selected farmland species were analysed with the use of generalized linear mixed models. Results. Some associations between the studied variables and bird populations were season/year specific, while others had a constant direction (positive or negative) across seasons and/or years. The latter were distance to the nearest turbine, field size, number of wind turbines, proximity of settlements and water bodies. Spatial autocorrelation and counting time were significantly correlated with bird population estimates but the directions of these relationships varied among seasons and years. Associations between abundance of individual species and environmental variables were species-specific. Conclusions. The results demonstrated a constant negative relationship between wind turbine proximity and bird numbers. Other environmental variables, such as field size, proximity of settlements and water bodies that also had constant associations with bird populations across seasons may be taken into account when minimizing adverse effects of wind farm development on birds or choosing optimal locations of new turbines.
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- Zuzanna M Rosin
- Department of Cell Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań , Poznań , Poland
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- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences , Kraków , Poland
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- Department of Behavioural Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań , Poznań , Poland
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- Institute of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences , Poznań , Poland
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- Institute of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences , Poznań , Poland
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