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DOI | 10.1007/s10021-016-0059-y |
Green Tongues into the Arid Zone: River Floodplains Extend the Distribution of Terrestrial Bird Species | |
Selwood, Katherine E.1; Clarke, Rohan H.1; McGeoch, Melodie. A.1; Mac Nally, Ralph2 | |
通讯作者 | Selwood, Katherine E. |
来源期刊 | ECOSYSTEMS |
ISSN | 1432-9840 |
EISSN | 1435-0629 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 20期号:4页码:745-756 |
英文摘要 | Floodplain and riparian ecosystems have cooler, wetter microclimatic conditions, higher water availability and greater vegetation biomass than adjacent terrestrial zones. Given these conditions, we investigated whether floodplain ecosystems allow terrestrial bird species to extend into more arid regions than they otherwise would be expected to occupy. We evaluated associations between aridity and the occurrence of 130 species using bird survey data from 2998 sites along the two major river corridors in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia. We compared the effects of aridity on species occurrence in non-floodplain and floodplain ecosystems to test whether floodplains moderate the effect of aridity. Aridity had a negative effect on the occurrence of 58 species (45%) in non-floodplain ecosystems, especially species dependent on forest and woodland habitats. Of these 58 species, the negative effects of aridity were moderated in floodplain ecosystems for 22 (38%) species: 12 showed no association with aridity in floodplain ecosystems and the adverse effects of aridity on species occurrence were less pronounced in floodplain ecosystems compared to non-floodplain ecosystems for ten species. Greater vegetation greenness indicated that floodplain vegetation was more productive than vegetation in non-floodplain ecosystems. Floodplain ecosystems allow many terrestrial species to occur in more arid regions than they otherwise would be expected to occupy. This may be due to higher vegetation productivity, cooler microclimates or connectivity of floodplain vegetation. Although floodplain and riparian ecosystems will become increasingly important for terrestrial species persistence as climate change increases drying in many parts of the world, many are also likely to be highly affected by reduced water availability. |
英文关键词 | aridity gradient birds climate change climate refugia regional diversity riparian |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Australia |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000402001300007 |
WOS关键词 | RIPARIAN VEGETATION ; WATER AVAILABILITY ; CLIMATE ; ECOSYSTEM ; GRADIENTS ; RESPONSES ; CONSERVATION ; BIODIVERSITY ; GROUNDWATER ; RESILIENCE |
WOS类目 | Ecology |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/198563 |
作者单位 | 1.Monash Univ, Sch Biol Sci, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia; 2.Univ Canberra, Inst Appl Ecol, Bruce, ACT 2617, Australia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Selwood, Katherine E.,Clarke, Rohan H.,McGeoch, Melodie. A.,et al. Green Tongues into the Arid Zone: River Floodplains Extend the Distribution of Terrestrial Bird Species[J],2017,20(4):745-756. |
APA | Selwood, Katherine E.,Clarke, Rohan H.,McGeoch, Melodie. A.,&Mac Nally, Ralph.(2017).Green Tongues into the Arid Zone: River Floodplains Extend the Distribution of Terrestrial Bird Species.ECOSYSTEMS,20(4),745-756. |
MLA | Selwood, Katherine E.,et al."Green Tongues into the Arid Zone: River Floodplains Extend the Distribution of Terrestrial Bird Species".ECOSYSTEMS 20.4(2017):745-756. |
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