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

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Filloy, Julieta; Bellocq, Maria Isabel
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2013
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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.
Fil: Filloy, Julieta. Consejo Nacional de Invest. Científ.y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Bs. As; Argentina
Fil: Bellocq, Maria Isabel. Consejo Nacional de Invest. Científ.y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Bs. As; Argentina
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Abundance
Birds
Environmental Gradients
Spatial Patterns
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spelling Spatial variation in bird species abundances: Environmental constraints across southern Neotropical regionsFilloy, JulietaBellocq, Maria IsabelAbundanceBirdsEnvironmental GradientsSpatial Patternshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Climate 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.Fil: Filloy, Julieta. Consejo Nacional de Invest. Científ.y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Bs. As; ArgentinaFil: Bellocq, Maria Isabel. Consejo Nacional de Invest. Científ.y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Bs. As; ArgentinaElsevier Gmbh, Urban & Fischer Verlag2013-03-23info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/787Filloy, Julieta; Bellocq, Maria Isabel; Spatial variation in bird species abundances: Environmental constraints across southern Neotropical regions; Elsevier Gmbh, Urban & Fischer Verlag; Basic And Applied Ecology; 14; 3; 23-3-2013; 263-2701439-1791enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.baae.2013.02.007info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:18:29Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/787instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:18:29.457CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Spatial variation in bird species abundances: Environmental constraints across southern Neotropical regions
title Spatial variation in bird species abundances: Environmental constraints across southern Neotropical regions
spellingShingle Spatial variation in bird species abundances: Environmental constraints across southern Neotropical regions
Filloy, Julieta
Abundance
Birds
Environmental Gradients
Spatial Patterns
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
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Filloy, Julieta
Bellocq, Maria Isabel
author Filloy, Julieta
author_facet Filloy, Julieta
Bellocq, Maria Isabel
author_role author
author2 Bellocq, Maria Isabel
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Abundance
Birds
Environmental Gradients
Spatial Patterns
topic Abundance
Birds
Environmental Gradients
Spatial Patterns
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv 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.
Fil: Filloy, Julieta. Consejo Nacional de Invest. Científ.y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Bs. As; Argentina
Fil: Bellocq, Maria Isabel. Consejo Nacional de Invest. Científ.y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Bs. As; Argentina
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.
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