Land Use Changes Threaten Bird Taxonomic and Functional Diversity Across the Mediterranean Basin: A Spatial Analysis to Prioritize Monitoring for Conservation

Fusco, Johanna; Walker, Emily; Papaïx, Julien; Debolini, Marta; Bondeau, Alberte; Barnagaud, Jean‐Yves

doi:10.3389/fevo.2021.612356

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Land Use Changes Threaten Bird Taxonomic and Functional Diversity Across the Mediterranean Basin: A Spatial Analysis to Prioritize Monitoring for Conservation

Published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution • Mar 12, 2021

Authors:

Johanna Fusco

Emily Walker

Julien Papaïx

Abstract

Land use changes rank among the highest threats to biodiversity, but assessment of their ecological impact is impaired by data paucity in vast regions of the world. For birds, land use changes may mean habitat loss or fragmentation, changes in resource availability, and disruption of biotic interact...

Subject

Species richness

Ecology

Geography

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