La Tour du Valat

Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes

Titre :	Riparian vegetation has disproportionate benefits for landscape- scale conservation of woodland birds in highly modified environments
Auteurs :	Andrew F. Bennett, Auteur ; Dale G. Nimmo, Auteur ; James Q. Radford, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Journal of Applied Ecology (51(2) APR 2014)
Article en page(s) :	514-523
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	Identifying landscape patterns that allow native fauna to coexist with human land use is a global challenge. Riparian vegetation often persists in anthropogenic environments as strips of natural or semi-natural vegetation that provide habitat for many terrestrial species. Its relative contribution to landscape-scale conservation is likely to change as environments become increasingly modified. We used a whole of landscape' approach to test the hypothesis that riparian vegetation offers disproportionate benefits, relative to non-riparian vegetation, for the conservation of woodland birds in highly modified agricultural landscapes. We selected 24 landscapes, each 100km(2), along a gradient of landscape change represented by decreasing cover of native vegetation (from 60% to

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