Preserving wintering frugivorous birds in agro-ecosystems under land use change: Lessons from intensive and super-intensive olive orchards

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Autor(a) principal: Morgado, Rui
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Pedroso, Rui, Porto, Miguel, Herrera, José M., Rego, Francisco Castro, Moreira, Francisco, Beja, Pedro
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/22251
Resumo: Research Article
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spelling Preserving wintering frugivorous birds in agro-ecosystems under land use change: Lessons from intensive and super-intensive olive orchardsagricultural intensificationfarmland birdsfrugivoryfruit cropsMediterraneanresource trackingsuper-intensive olive orchardswintering birdsResearch Article1. Fleshy fruit production is becoming more intensive worldwide, but how this affects frugivorous birds is poorly known. In the Mediterranean region, intensive and super-intensive olive orchards are fast expanding, potentially affecting millions of wintering songbirds. Here, we test the idea that intensification may benefit frugivorous birds, at least locally, due to increased fruit availability, while negatively affecting the wider wintering bird community due to intensive management, structural simplification and landscape homogenisation. 2. We estimated olive abundance and surveyed birds in early, mid-and late winter, at traditional, intensive and super-intensive orchards in southern Portugal. We used Hierarchical Modelling of Species Communities to relate species richness, prevalence and abundance to management intensity, winter period, olive availability and landscape context, and evaluated the role of frugivory in modulating observed responses. 3. Olive availability was much higher throughout the winter in more intensive than in traditional orchards, both in trees and on the ground. Frugivorous bird abundance was higher in more intensive orchards, and the most abundant frugivorous species (blackcap, song thrush, robin) were positively affected by olive availability and/or increasing landscape cover by olive orchards, while intensification level had relatively minor effects after accounting for other variables. Non-frugivorous richness and abundance were higher in traditional orchards, and many non-frugivorous species had lower prevalence in more intensive orchards or were negatively affected by landscapes dominated by olive cultivation. 4. Synthesis and applications. While negatively affecting the wider bird community, our results suggest that olive farming intensification can contribute to sustaining large numbers of frugivorous birds in the Mediterranean region. As frugivorous birds are not seen as damaging by olive farmers, there is an opportunity to promote their conservation in intensive and super-intensive orchards, which requires management to increase habitat heterogeneity, and to reduce risks such as mortality associated with mechanical harvest and contamination with pesticide residues. Overall, we recommend that efforts to manage farmland biodiversity should consider the impacts and conservation opportunities of fruit crop intensificationBritish Ecological SocietyRepositório da Universidade de LisboaMorgado, RuiPedroso, RuiPorto, MiguelHerrera, José M.Rego, Francisco CastroMoreira, FranciscoBeja, Pedro2021-10-14T14:49:24Z20212021-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/22251engJ Appl Ecol. 2021;00:1–1210.1111/1365-2664.14029info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-06T14:51:48Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/22251Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:06:43.374276Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Preserving wintering frugivorous birds in agro-ecosystems under land use change: Lessons from intensive and super-intensive olive orchards
title Preserving wintering frugivorous birds in agro-ecosystems under land use change: Lessons from intensive and super-intensive olive orchards
spellingShingle Preserving wintering frugivorous birds in agro-ecosystems under land use change: Lessons from intensive and super-intensive olive orchards
Morgado, Rui
agricultural intensification
farmland birds
frugivory
fruit crops
Mediterranean
resource tracking
super-intensive olive orchards
wintering birds
title_short Preserving wintering frugivorous birds in agro-ecosystems under land use change: Lessons from intensive and super-intensive olive orchards
title_full Preserving wintering frugivorous birds in agro-ecosystems under land use change: Lessons from intensive and super-intensive olive orchards
title_fullStr Preserving wintering frugivorous birds in agro-ecosystems under land use change: Lessons from intensive and super-intensive olive orchards
title_full_unstemmed Preserving wintering frugivorous birds in agro-ecosystems under land use change: Lessons from intensive and super-intensive olive orchards
title_sort Preserving wintering frugivorous birds in agro-ecosystems under land use change: Lessons from intensive and super-intensive olive orchards
author Morgado, Rui
author_facet Morgado, Rui
Pedroso, Rui
Porto, Miguel
Herrera, José M.
Rego, Francisco Castro
Moreira, Francisco
Beja, Pedro
author_role author
author2 Pedroso, Rui
Porto, Miguel
Herrera, José M.
Rego, Francisco Castro
Moreira, Francisco
Beja, Pedro
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Morgado, Rui
Pedroso, Rui
Porto, Miguel
Herrera, José M.
Rego, Francisco Castro
Moreira, Francisco
Beja, Pedro
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv agricultural intensification
farmland birds
frugivory
fruit crops
Mediterranean
resource tracking
super-intensive olive orchards
wintering birds
topic agricultural intensification
farmland birds
frugivory
fruit crops
Mediterranean
resource tracking
super-intensive olive orchards
wintering birds
description Research Article
publishDate 2021
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