AVIAN DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE IN RELATION TO SEASON, LIVESTOCK PRESENCE AND VEGETATION COVER IN A MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL WETLAND
Coastal wetlands are considered as systems of high avian diversity and are usually used for livestock production throughout the world. In this study, the diversity and seasonal abundance of avian species were monitored for two years on a monthly basis in a coastal grazing land in Evros Delta (Greece...
Published in: | European Journal of Ecology |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
University of Kansas
2022
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://journals.ku.edu/EuroJEcol/article/view/15462 https://doi.org/10.17161/eurojecol.v8i2.15462 |
id |
ftjbi:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/15462 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftjbi:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/15462 2023-06-18T03:35:42+02:00 AVIAN DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE IN RELATION TO SEASON, LIVESTOCK PRESENCE AND VEGETATION COVER IN A MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL WETLAND Vasiliadis, Ioakim Karmiris, Ilias Kazantzidis, Savas Platis, Panagiotis Papachristou, Thomas 2022-11-26 application/pdf https://journals.ku.edu/EuroJEcol/article/view/15462 https://doi.org/10.17161/eurojecol.v8i2.15462 eng eng University of Kansas https://journals.ku.edu/EuroJEcol/article/view/15462/16614 https://journals.ku.edu/EuroJEcol/article/view/15462 doi:10.17161/eurojecol.v8i2.15462 Copyright (c) 2022 Ioakim Vasiliadis, Ilias Karmiris, Savas Kazantzidis, Panagiotis Platis, Thomas Papachristou http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 European Journal of Ecology; Vol. 8 No. 2 (2022) 1339-8474 encounter rates line transects distance sampling livestock - bird interactions grazing info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2022 ftjbi https://doi.org/10.17161/eurojecol.v8i2.15462 2023-06-03T22:24:43Z Coastal wetlands are considered as systems of high avian diversity and are usually used for livestock production throughout the world. In this study, the diversity and seasonal abundance of avian species were monitored for two years on a monthly basis in a coastal grazing land in Evros Delta (Greece). The effects of livestock (cattle) presence and different classes of vegetation cover on the number of bird species were also investigated. A total of 96 bird species belonging to 29 families were recorded. The most commonly encountered species was the Eurasian skylark Alauda arvensis. The cattle presence was not significantly correlated (p>0.05) with the abundance of recorded bird species. On the contrary, patches with vegetation cover 25.1 - 50.0% and 50.1 - 75.0 % were used by more bird species in relation to patches with cover ≤25.0% or >75.0%. We concluded that the use of livestock grazing to preserve the desired vegetation cover (25 – 75%) is a promising management tool. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alauda arvensis Eurasian Skylark The University of Kansas: Journals@KU European Journal of Ecology 8 2 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
The University of Kansas: Journals@KU |
op_collection_id |
ftjbi |
language |
English |
topic |
encounter rates line transects distance sampling livestock - bird interactions grazing |
spellingShingle |
encounter rates line transects distance sampling livestock - bird interactions grazing Vasiliadis, Ioakim Karmiris, Ilias Kazantzidis, Savas Platis, Panagiotis Papachristou, Thomas AVIAN DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE IN RELATION TO SEASON, LIVESTOCK PRESENCE AND VEGETATION COVER IN A MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL WETLAND |
topic_facet |
encounter rates line transects distance sampling livestock - bird interactions grazing |
description |
Coastal wetlands are considered as systems of high avian diversity and are usually used for livestock production throughout the world. In this study, the diversity and seasonal abundance of avian species were monitored for two years on a monthly basis in a coastal grazing land in Evros Delta (Greece). The effects of livestock (cattle) presence and different classes of vegetation cover on the number of bird species were also investigated. A total of 96 bird species belonging to 29 families were recorded. The most commonly encountered species was the Eurasian skylark Alauda arvensis. The cattle presence was not significantly correlated (p>0.05) with the abundance of recorded bird species. On the contrary, patches with vegetation cover 25.1 - 50.0% and 50.1 - 75.0 % were used by more bird species in relation to patches with cover ≤25.0% or >75.0%. We concluded that the use of livestock grazing to preserve the desired vegetation cover (25 – 75%) is a promising management tool. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Vasiliadis, Ioakim Karmiris, Ilias Kazantzidis, Savas Platis, Panagiotis Papachristou, Thomas |
author_facet |
Vasiliadis, Ioakim Karmiris, Ilias Kazantzidis, Savas Platis, Panagiotis Papachristou, Thomas |
author_sort |
Vasiliadis, Ioakim |
title |
AVIAN DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE IN RELATION TO SEASON, LIVESTOCK PRESENCE AND VEGETATION COVER IN A MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL WETLAND |
title_short |
AVIAN DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE IN RELATION TO SEASON, LIVESTOCK PRESENCE AND VEGETATION COVER IN A MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL WETLAND |
title_full |
AVIAN DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE IN RELATION TO SEASON, LIVESTOCK PRESENCE AND VEGETATION COVER IN A MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL WETLAND |
title_fullStr |
AVIAN DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE IN RELATION TO SEASON, LIVESTOCK PRESENCE AND VEGETATION COVER IN A MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL WETLAND |
title_full_unstemmed |
AVIAN DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE IN RELATION TO SEASON, LIVESTOCK PRESENCE AND VEGETATION COVER IN A MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL WETLAND |
title_sort |
avian diversity and abundance in relation to season, livestock presence and vegetation cover in a mediterranean coastal wetland |
publisher |
University of Kansas |
publishDate |
2022 |
url |
https://journals.ku.edu/EuroJEcol/article/view/15462 https://doi.org/10.17161/eurojecol.v8i2.15462 |
genre |
Alauda arvensis Eurasian Skylark |
genre_facet |
Alauda arvensis Eurasian Skylark |
op_source |
European Journal of Ecology; Vol. 8 No. 2 (2022) 1339-8474 |
op_relation |
https://journals.ku.edu/EuroJEcol/article/view/15462/16614 https://journals.ku.edu/EuroJEcol/article/view/15462 doi:10.17161/eurojecol.v8i2.15462 |
op_rights |
Copyright (c) 2022 Ioakim Vasiliadis, Ilias Karmiris, Savas Kazantzidis, Panagiotis Platis, Thomas Papachristou http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.17161/eurojecol.v8i2.15462 |
container_title |
European Journal of Ecology |
container_volume |
8 |
container_issue |
2 |
_version_ |
1769009563800961024 |