Spatial variation in bird species abundances: Environmental constraints across southern Neotropical regions

Climate and habitat type are frequently related with the abundance of individual species and have been hypothesized to be primary drivers of the spatial variation in species abundances at the regional scale. Our aim is to evaluate the relative roles of those environmental factors in determining spat...

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Autores principales: Filloy, J., Bellocq, M.I.
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Climate
Environmental gradients
Habitat type
Spatial structure
Terrestrial birds
Aves
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_14391791_v14_n3_p263_Filloy
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spelling todo:paper_14391791_v14_n3_p263_Filloy2023-10-03T16:16:13Z Spatial variation in bird species abundances: Environmental constraints across southern Neotropical regions Filloy, J. Bellocq, M.I. Climate Environmental gradients Habitat type Spatial structure Terrestrial birds Aves Climate and habitat type are frequently related with the abundance of individual species and have been hypothesized to be primary drivers of the spatial variation in species abundances at the regional scale. Our aim is to evaluate the relative roles of those environmental factors in determining spatial variation in bird species abundance. We surveyed birds and habitat-cover variables and compiled climatic data along a 1700-km latitudinal gradient in the southern Neotropics. To identify the primary environmental variable explaining spatial changes in species abundances we performed simple regressions; a goodness of fit test identified the environmental factor that most frequently acted as the primary predictor. Mantel tests and partial regressions were performed to account for the spatial structure of abundance and environmental factors and collinearity between them. Of the 88 species included, 70% responded primarily to habitat cover and the remaining to climate. Forest cover and annual thermal amplitude were the main habitat-cover and climatic variables, respectively, explaining spatial variation in bird abundances. Our results indicated that the considered environmental factors accounted for latitudinal changes in species abundances; however, habitat cover and climate together explained a higher proportion of the variation than each factor independently of each other. There was a primacy of habitat-cover type over climate to predict spatial changes in bird species abundances across the neotropical biogeographic regions studied, but the underlying causes are likely related with the interaction of both factors. © 2013 Gesellschaft fU{double grave}r U{double grave}kologie. Fil:Filloy, J. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Bellocq, M.I. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_14391791_v14_n3_p263_Filloy
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topic Climate
Environmental gradients
Habitat type
Spatial structure
Terrestrial birds
Aves
spellingShingle Climate
Environmental gradients
Habitat type
Spatial structure
Terrestrial birds
Aves
Filloy, J.
Bellocq, M.I.
Spatial variation in bird species abundances: Environmental constraints across southern Neotropical regions
topic_facet Climate
Environmental gradients
Habitat type
Spatial structure
Terrestrial birds
Aves
description Climate and habitat type are frequently related with the abundance of individual species and have been hypothesized to be primary drivers of the spatial variation in species abundances at the regional scale. Our aim is to evaluate the relative roles of those environmental factors in determining spatial variation in bird species abundance. We surveyed birds and habitat-cover variables and compiled climatic data along a 1700-km latitudinal gradient in the southern Neotropics. To identify the primary environmental variable explaining spatial changes in species abundances we performed simple regressions; a goodness of fit test identified the environmental factor that most frequently acted as the primary predictor. Mantel tests and partial regressions were performed to account for the spatial structure of abundance and environmental factors and collinearity between them. Of the 88 species included, 70% responded primarily to habitat cover and the remaining to climate. Forest cover and annual thermal amplitude were the main habitat-cover and climatic variables, respectively, explaining spatial variation in bird abundances. Our results indicated that the considered environmental factors accounted for latitudinal changes in species abundances; however, habitat cover and climate together explained a higher proportion of the variation than each factor independently of each other. There was a primacy of habitat-cover type over climate to predict spatial changes in bird species abundances across the neotropical biogeographic regions studied, but the underlying causes are likely related with the interaction of both factors. © 2013 Gesellschaft fU{double grave}r U{double grave}kologie.
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author Filloy, J.
Bellocq, M.I.
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Bellocq, M.I.
author_sort Filloy, J.
title Spatial variation in bird species abundances: Environmental constraints across southern Neotropical regions
title_short Spatial variation in bird species abundances: Environmental constraints across southern Neotropical regions
title_full Spatial variation in bird species abundances: Environmental constraints across southern Neotropical regions
title_fullStr Spatial variation in bird species abundances: Environmental constraints across southern Neotropical regions
title_full_unstemmed Spatial variation in bird species abundances: Environmental constraints across southern Neotropical regions
title_sort spatial variation in bird species abundances: environmental constraints across southern neotropical regions
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_14391791_v14_n3_p263_Filloy
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