How spatial variation in areal extent and configuration of labile vegetation states affect the riparian bird community in Arctic Tundra
The Arctic tundra is currently experiencing an unprecedented combination of climate change, change in grazing pressure by large herbivores and growing human activity. Thickets of tall shrubs represent a conspicuous vegetation state in northern and temperate ecosystems, where it serves important ecol...
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The Arctic tundra is currently experiencing an unprecedented combination of climate change, change in grazing pressure by large herbivores and growing human activity. Thickets of tall shrubs represent a conspicuous vegetation state in northern and temperate ecosystems, where it serves important ecological functions, including habitat for wildlife. Thickets are however labile, as tall shrubs respond rapidly to both abiotic and biotic environmental drivers. Our aim was to assess how large-scale spatial variation in willow thicket areal extent, configuration and habitat structure affected bird abundance, occupancy rates and species richness so as to provide an empirical basis for predicting the outcome of environmental change for riparian tundra bird communities. Based on a 4-year count data series, obtained through a large-scale study design in low arctic tundra in northern Norway, statistical hierarchical community models were deployed to assess relations between habitat configuration and bird species occupancy and community richness. We found that species abundance, occupancy and richness were greatly affected by willow areal extent and configuration, habitat features likely to be affected by intense ungulate browsing as well as climate warming. In sum, total species richness was maximized in large and tall willow patches of small to intermediate degree of fragmentation. These community effects were mainly driven by responses in the occupancy rates of species depending on tall willows for foraging and breeding, while species favouring other vegetation states were not affected. In light of the predicted climate driven willow shrub encroachment in riparian tundra habitats, our study predicts that many bird species would increase in abundance, and that the bird community as a whole could become enriched. Conversely, in tundra regions where overabundance of large herbivores leads to decreased areal extent, reduced height and increased fragmentation of willow thickets, bird community richness and species-specific ... |
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Knut Langeland Rolf A. Ims Nigel G. Yoccoz John-André Henden |
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How spatial variation in areal extent and configuration of labile vegetation states affect the riparian bird community in Arctic Tundra |
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How spatial variation in areal extent and configuration of labile vegetation states affect the riparian bird community in Arctic Tundra |
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How spatial variation in areal extent and configuration of labile vegetation states affect the riparian bird community in Arctic Tundra |
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How spatial variation in areal extent and configuration of labile vegetation states affect the riparian bird community in Arctic Tundra |
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How spatial variation in areal extent and configuration of labile vegetation states affect the riparian bird community in Arctic Tundra |
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how spatial variation in areal extent and configuration of labile vegetation states affect the riparian bird community in arctic tundra |
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:50|dedup_wf_001::758cfbb983835d71981f6667232e0f11 2023-05-15T14:59:08+02:00 How spatial variation in areal extent and configuration of labile vegetation states affect the riparian bird community in Arctic Tundra Knut Langeland Rolf A. Ims Nigel G. Yoccoz John-André Henden 2013-05-14 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/5607 http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3653927 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063312 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23691020/pdf/?tool=EBI https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0063312&type=printable https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3653927/ http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013PLoSO.863312H/abstract https://munin.uit.no/bitstream/handle/10037/5607/article.pdf;sequence=1 https://munin.uit.no/handle/10037/5607 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0063312 https://paperity.org/p/60580327/how-spatial-variation-in-areal-extent-and-configuration-of-labile-vegetation-states https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2109645377 en eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) https://hdl.handle.net/10037/5607 http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3653927 https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063312 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063312 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23691020/pdf/?tool=EBI http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063312 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0063312&type=printable https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3653927/ http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013PLoSO.863312H/abstract https://munin.uit.no/bitstream/handle/10037/5607/article.pdf;sequence=1 https://munin.uit.no/handle/10037/5607 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0063312 https://paperity.org/p/60580327/how-spatial-variation-in-areal-extent-and-configuration-of-labile-vegetation-states https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063312 https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2109645377 lic_creative-commons oai:munin.uit.no:10037/5607 oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3653927 23691020 10.1371/journal.pone.0063312 oai:doaj.org/article:2534a96692434c189ac088b2904b1b06 2109645377 10|opendoar____::f47d0ad31c4c49061b9e505593e3db98 10|driver______::4dc196be332447baf11e431bd838e81c 10|opendoar____::eda80a3d5b344bc40f3bc04f65b7a357 10|opendoar____::8b6dd7db9af49e67306feb59a8bdc52c 10|openaire____::55045bd2a65019fd8e6741a755395c8c 10|openaire____::9e3be59865b2c1c335d32dae2fe7b254 10|driver______::bee53aa31dc2cbb538c10c2b65fa5824 10|doajarticles::830e55b42c4aaa815c19cfa4f2e5855e 10|openaire____::081b82f96300b6a6e3d282bad31cb6e2 10|openaire____::8ac8380272269217cb09a928c8caa993 10|openaire____::5f532a3fc4f1ea403f37070f59a7a53a 10|openaire____::806360c771262b4d6770e7cdf04b5c5a VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økologi: 488 Research Article Biology Ecology Community Ecology Community Assembly Community Structure Ecological Risk Ecological Metrics Species Diversity Species Richness Biodiversity Conservation Science Ecological Environments Spatial and Landscape Ecology Terrestrial Ecology General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology General Agricultural and Biological Sciences General Medicine envir psy Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2013 fttriple https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063312 2023-01-22T16:52:07Z The Arctic tundra is currently experiencing an unprecedented combination of climate change, change in grazing pressure by large herbivores and growing human activity. Thickets of tall shrubs represent a conspicuous vegetation state in northern and temperate ecosystems, where it serves important ecological functions, including habitat for wildlife. Thickets are however labile, as tall shrubs respond rapidly to both abiotic and biotic environmental drivers. Our aim was to assess how large-scale spatial variation in willow thicket areal extent, configuration and habitat structure affected bird abundance, occupancy rates and species richness so as to provide an empirical basis for predicting the outcome of environmental change for riparian tundra bird communities. Based on a 4-year count data series, obtained through a large-scale study design in low arctic tundra in northern Norway, statistical hierarchical community models were deployed to assess relations between habitat configuration and bird species occupancy and community richness. We found that species abundance, occupancy and richness were greatly affected by willow areal extent and configuration, habitat features likely to be affected by intense ungulate browsing as well as climate warming. In sum, total species richness was maximized in large and tall willow patches of small to intermediate degree of fragmentation. These community effects were mainly driven by responses in the occupancy rates of species depending on tall willows for foraging and breeding, while species favouring other vegetation states were not affected. In light of the predicted climate driven willow shrub encroachment in riparian tundra habitats, our study predicts that many bird species would increase in abundance, and that the bird community as a whole could become enriched. Conversely, in tundra regions where overabundance of large herbivores leads to decreased areal extent, reduced height and increased fragmentation of willow thickets, bird community richness and species-specific ... 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