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DOI	10.1007/s11252-024-01576-4
	A deep dive into the waterbird community of an urban oasis: implications for park management
	Wise, August; Rosener, Anya; Martin, Arina; Cote, Melissa; Hopwood, Christopher D.; Schwartz, Elizabeth; Tharp, Riley; Blake, Stephen
通讯作者	Wise, A
来源期刊	URBAN ECOSYSTEMS
ISSN	1083-8155
EISSN	1573-1642
出版年	2024
英文摘要	The rapid decline in avifauna populations across North America underscores the urgency of implementing effective conservation strategies. While waterfowl species have generally increased in abundance due to investments in habitat restoration and species management, most other waterbird species have declined. In contrast to the widespread decline of natural habitat for waterbirds, urban greenspaces have proliferated. However, the extent to which urban greenspaces provide habitat for waterbirds is largely unknown. We measured waterbird abundance in Forest Park, Saint Louis, which contains a large expanse of restored waterways. Between 2020 and 2022, we used point counts to quantify alpha and beta diversity of waterbirds across five waterbodies. We also quantified several environmental factors hypothesized to influence waterbird presence including weather, bathymetry, water quality, and prey abundance. We assessed environmental drivers of alpha and gamma diversity using generalized linear mixed models, and beta diversity with Jaccard's similarity indices and Mantel tests. Water depth and depth heterogeneity were the strongest determinants of alpha diversity. Measured environmental variables did not predict beta diversity but improved model fit when testing gamma diversity. Forest Park is a regionally important urban habitat for waterbirds, hosting 62% (38 species) of the total regional species pool, including nine species of conservation concern and two state endangered species. Urban parks can contribute to waterbird conservation despite habitat loss elsewhere if park managers prioritize habitat restoration. In addition to the total area of waterways, water depth and water depth homogeneity are important considerations to maximize waterbird species diversity in urban greenspaces.
英文关键词	Urban greenspace Habitat reconciliation Urban wetland Waterfowl Wading birds
类型	Article ; Early Access
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:001261488800001
WOS关键词	RECONCILIATION ECOLOGY ; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY ; BETA-DIVERSITY ; WETLAND ; BIODIVERSITY ; ABUNDANCE ; DECLINES ; DRIVERS ; TRENDS ; DEPTH
WOS类目	Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology ; Environmental Sciences ; Urban Studies
WOS研究方向	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Urban Studies
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/405828
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wise, August,Rosener, Anya,Martin, Arina,et al. A deep dive into the waterbird community of an urban oasis: implications for park management[J],2024.
APA	Wise, August.,Rosener, Anya.,Martin, Arina.,Cote, Melissa.,Hopwood, Christopher D..,...&Blake, Stephen.(2024).A deep dive into the waterbird community of an urban oasis: implications for park management.URBAN ECOSYSTEMS.
MLA	Wise, August,et al."A deep dive into the waterbird community of an urban oasis: implications for park management".URBAN ECOSYSTEMS (2024).