Predicting the seasonal dynamics of bird communities along an urban-rural gradient using NDVI

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Leveau, Lucas Matias; Isla, Federico Ignacio; Bellocq, Maria Isabel
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2018
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The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) is a strong and widely used proxy for bird species richness in urban environments. However, its potential to predict composition and seasonal dynamics of bird communities in urban areas remains unexplored. Our main objective was to analyze the power of NDVI to predict the seasonal dynamics of bird communities along urbanization gradients. Birds were surveyed in the breeding and non-breeding seasons. Bird species richness was estimated using COMDYN, and bird community composition was summarized in two axes using Non-metric Multidimensional Scaling (NMDS). For each of the breeding and non-breeding seasons, bird richness and the NMDS axis scores were related to both the mean NDVI of the season and the annual seasonal variation of NDVI (mean NDVI of the breeding season - mean NDVI of the non-breeding seasons). Results showed that NDVI decreased towards the most urbanized areas, with the highest seasonal variation occurring in agricultural areas. Single-family houses surrounded by yards held a high NDVI in both seasons and the lowest seasonal variation. Bird richness increased at intermediate levels of NDVI and was negatively related to the seasonal variations of the NDVI. Seasonal variation in bird community composition increased with annual mean and seasonal variation of the NDVI predicting higher seasonal stability of assemblage composition in urban than in non-urban areas. The results suggest that urbanization alters ecosystem functioning by reducing seasonal dynamics and the amount of primary productivity, which in turn promotes seasonal homogenization of urban avifauna relative to non-urban areas.
Fil: Leveau, Lucas Matias. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Isla, Federico Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Bellocq, Maria Isabel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Argentina
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bird species composition
taxonomic bird richness
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spelling Predicting the seasonal dynamics of bird communities along an urban-rural gradient using NDVILeveau, Lucas MatiasIsla, Federico IgnacioBellocq, Maria Isabelbird species compositiontaxonomic bird richnessmappingNDVIhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) is a strong and widely used proxy for bird species richness in urban environments. However, its potential to predict composition and seasonal dynamics of bird communities in urban areas remains unexplored. Our main objective was to analyze the power of NDVI to predict the seasonal dynamics of bird communities along urbanization gradients. Birds were surveyed in the breeding and non-breeding seasons. Bird species richness was estimated using COMDYN, and bird community composition was summarized in two axes using Non-metric Multidimensional Scaling (NMDS). For each of the breeding and non-breeding seasons, bird richness and the NMDS axis scores were related to both the mean NDVI of the season and the annual seasonal variation of NDVI (mean NDVI of the breeding season - mean NDVI of the non-breeding seasons). Results showed that NDVI decreased towards the most urbanized areas, with the highest seasonal variation occurring in agricultural areas. Single-family houses surrounded by yards held a high NDVI in both seasons and the lowest seasonal variation. Bird richness increased at intermediate levels of NDVI and was negatively related to the seasonal variations of the NDVI. Seasonal variation in bird community composition increased with annual mean and seasonal variation of the NDVI predicting higher seasonal stability of assemblage composition in urban than in non-urban areas. The results suggest that urbanization alters ecosystem functioning by reducing seasonal dynamics and the amount of primary productivity, which in turn promotes seasonal homogenization of urban avifauna relative to non-urban areas.Fil: Leveau, Lucas Matias. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; ArgentinaFil: Isla, Federico Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; ArgentinaFil: Bellocq, Maria Isabel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; ArgentinaElsevier Science2018-04-23info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/86373Leveau, Lucas Matias; Isla, Federico Ignacio; Bellocq, Maria Isabel; Predicting the seasonal dynamics of bird communities along an urban-rural gradient using NDVI; Elsevier Science; Landscape And Urban Planning; 177; 23-4-2018; 103-1130169-2046CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204618302275info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.04.007info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:52:43Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/86373instacron: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 09:52:43.501CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Predicting the seasonal dynamics of bird communities along an urban-rural gradient using NDVI
title Predicting the seasonal dynamics of bird communities along an urban-rural gradient using NDVI
spellingShingle Predicting the seasonal dynamics of bird communities along an urban-rural gradient using NDVI
Leveau, Lucas Matias
bird species composition
taxonomic bird richness
mapping
NDVI
title_short Predicting the seasonal dynamics of bird communities along an urban-rural gradient using NDVI
title_full Predicting the seasonal dynamics of bird communities along an urban-rural gradient using NDVI
title_fullStr Predicting the seasonal dynamics of bird communities along an urban-rural gradient using NDVI
title_full_unstemmed Predicting the seasonal dynamics of bird communities along an urban-rural gradient using NDVI
title_sort Predicting the seasonal dynamics of bird communities along an urban-rural gradient using NDVI
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Leveau, Lucas Matias
Isla, Federico Ignacio
Bellocq, Maria Isabel
author Leveau, Lucas Matias
author_facet Leveau, Lucas Matias
Isla, Federico Ignacio
Bellocq, Maria Isabel
author_role author
author2 Isla, Federico Ignacio
Bellocq, Maria Isabel
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv bird species composition
taxonomic bird richness
mapping
NDVI
topic bird species composition
taxonomic bird richness
mapping
NDVI
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) is a strong and widely used proxy for bird species richness in urban environments. However, its potential to predict composition and seasonal dynamics of bird communities in urban areas remains unexplored. Our main objective was to analyze the power of NDVI to predict the seasonal dynamics of bird communities along urbanization gradients. Birds were surveyed in the breeding and non-breeding seasons. Bird species richness was estimated using COMDYN, and bird community composition was summarized in two axes using Non-metric Multidimensional Scaling (NMDS). For each of the breeding and non-breeding seasons, bird richness and the NMDS axis scores were related to both the mean NDVI of the season and the annual seasonal variation of NDVI (mean NDVI of the breeding season - mean NDVI of the non-breeding seasons). Results showed that NDVI decreased towards the most urbanized areas, with the highest seasonal variation occurring in agricultural areas. Single-family houses surrounded by yards held a high NDVI in both seasons and the lowest seasonal variation. Bird richness increased at intermediate levels of NDVI and was negatively related to the seasonal variations of the NDVI. Seasonal variation in bird community composition increased with annual mean and seasonal variation of the NDVI predicting higher seasonal stability of assemblage composition in urban than in non-urban areas. The results suggest that urbanization alters ecosystem functioning by reducing seasonal dynamics and the amount of primary productivity, which in turn promotes seasonal homogenization of urban avifauna relative to non-urban areas.
Fil: Leveau, Lucas Matias. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Isla, Federico Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; Argentina
Fil: Bellocq, Maria Isabel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Argentina
description The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) is a strong and widely used proxy for bird species richness in urban environments. However, its potential to predict composition and seasonal dynamics of bird communities in urban areas remains unexplored. Our main objective was to analyze the power of NDVI to predict the seasonal dynamics of bird communities along urbanization gradients. Birds were surveyed in the breeding and non-breeding seasons. Bird species richness was estimated using COMDYN, and bird community composition was summarized in two axes using Non-metric Multidimensional Scaling (NMDS). For each of the breeding and non-breeding seasons, bird richness and the NMDS axis scores were related to both the mean NDVI of the season and the annual seasonal variation of NDVI (mean NDVI of the breeding season - mean NDVI of the non-breeding seasons). Results showed that NDVI decreased towards the most urbanized areas, with the highest seasonal variation occurring in agricultural areas. Single-family houses surrounded by yards held a high NDVI in both seasons and the lowest seasonal variation. Bird richness increased at intermediate levels of NDVI and was negatively related to the seasonal variations of the NDVI. Seasonal variation in bird community composition increased with annual mean and seasonal variation of the NDVI predicting higher seasonal stability of assemblage composition in urban than in non-urban areas. The results suggest that urbanization alters ecosystem functioning by reducing seasonal dynamics and the amount of primary productivity, which in turn promotes seasonal homogenization of urban avifauna relative to non-urban areas.
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Leveau, Lucas Matias; Isla, Federico Ignacio; Bellocq, Maria Isabel; Predicting the seasonal dynamics of bird communities along an urban-rural gradient using NDVI; Elsevier Science; Landscape And Urban Planning; 177; 23-4-2018; 103-113
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