Plant–frugivore interactions in an urban nature reserve and its nearby gardens

Autores
Zietsman, Mariki Yvonne; Montaldo, Norberto Horacio; Devoto, Mariano
Año de publicación
2019
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In the current global context of growing urbanization, urban nature reserves play a crucial role as habitats that serve educational, recreational and conservation purposes. Biodiversity conservation within urban reserves is a challenging task, particularly since connectivity between a reserve and its surrounding artificial green spaces (e.g. gardens and parks) may affect the ecological processes within the reserve in complex ways. In this context, we studied the feeding interactions between plants and birds to provide evidence that an urban nature reserve is connected to its surrounding artificial habitats by mobile organisms. We focused on fleshy-fruited plants and frugivorous birds, and we used a network approach to describe the feeding interactions between these two guilds. The most important connecting bird was Turdus rufiventris, an abundant and obligate frugivore, whose abundance was positively linked to fruit availability in most of the study sites. The apparent increase in the abundance of T. rufiventris in one habitat when it decreases in the other suggests that the two habitats may be complementary for this species. The nature reserve, with many native plants, however, seems to be the preferred site when both habitats offer an abundant fruit supply. Our results suggest changes in either habitat can have consequences in the other one, which has broad implications for the design of management plans of urban nature reserves.
Fil: Zietsman, Mariki Yvonne. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Cátedra de Botánica General; Argentina
Fil: Montaldo, Norberto Horacio. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Cátedra de Botánica General; Argentina
Fil: Devoto, Mariano. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Cátedra de Botánica General; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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PLANT-FRUGIVORE INTERACTIONS
ECOLOGICAL NETWORK
FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY
FRUGIVORY
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spelling Plant–frugivore interactions in an urban nature reserve and its nearby gardensZietsman, Mariki YvonneMontaldo, Norberto HoracioDevoto, MarianoPLANT-FRUGIVORE INTERACTIONSECOLOGICAL NETWORKFUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITYFRUGIVORYhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1In the current global context of growing urbanization, urban nature reserves play a crucial role as habitats that serve educational, recreational and conservation purposes. Biodiversity conservation within urban reserves is a challenging task, particularly since connectivity between a reserve and its surrounding artificial green spaces (e.g. gardens and parks) may affect the ecological processes within the reserve in complex ways. In this context, we studied the feeding interactions between plants and birds to provide evidence that an urban nature reserve is connected to its surrounding artificial habitats by mobile organisms. We focused on fleshy-fruited plants and frugivorous birds, and we used a network approach to describe the feeding interactions between these two guilds. The most important connecting bird was Turdus rufiventris, an abundant and obligate frugivore, whose abundance was positively linked to fruit availability in most of the study sites. The apparent increase in the abundance of T. rufiventris in one habitat when it decreases in the other suggests that the two habitats may be complementary for this species. The nature reserve, with many native plants, however, seems to be the preferred site when both habitats offer an abundant fruit supply. Our results suggest changes in either habitat can have consequences in the other one, which has broad implications for the design of management plans of urban nature reserves.Fil: Zietsman, Mariki Yvonne. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Cátedra de Botánica General; ArgentinaFil: Montaldo, Norberto Horacio. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Cátedra de Botánica General; ArgentinaFil: Devoto, Mariano. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Cátedra de Botánica General; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaOxford University Press2019-11-23info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/128595Zietsman, Mariki Yvonne; Montaldo, Norberto Horacio; Devoto, Mariano; Plant–frugivore interactions in an urban nature reserve and its nearby gardens; Oxford University Press; Journal of Urban Ecology; 5; 1; 23-11-2019; 1-92058-5543CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://academic.oup.com/jue/article/doi/10.1093/jue/juz021/5639698info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1093/jue/juz021info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:31:08Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/128595instacron: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 10:31:08.79CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Plant–frugivore interactions in an urban nature reserve and its nearby gardens
title Plant–frugivore interactions in an urban nature reserve and its nearby gardens
spellingShingle Plant–frugivore interactions in an urban nature reserve and its nearby gardens
Zietsman, Mariki Yvonne
PLANT-FRUGIVORE INTERACTIONS
ECOLOGICAL NETWORK
FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY
FRUGIVORY
title_short Plant–frugivore interactions in an urban nature reserve and its nearby gardens
title_full Plant–frugivore interactions in an urban nature reserve and its nearby gardens
title_fullStr Plant–frugivore interactions in an urban nature reserve and its nearby gardens
title_full_unstemmed Plant–frugivore interactions in an urban nature reserve and its nearby gardens
title_sort Plant–frugivore interactions in an urban nature reserve and its nearby gardens
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Zietsman, Mariki Yvonne
Montaldo, Norberto Horacio
Devoto, Mariano
author Zietsman, Mariki Yvonne
author_facet Zietsman, Mariki Yvonne
Montaldo, Norberto Horacio
Devoto, Mariano
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author2 Montaldo, Norberto Horacio
Devoto, Mariano
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv PLANT-FRUGIVORE INTERACTIONS
ECOLOGICAL NETWORK
FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY
FRUGIVORY
topic PLANT-FRUGIVORE INTERACTIONS
ECOLOGICAL NETWORK
FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY
FRUGIVORY
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In the current global context of growing urbanization, urban nature reserves play a crucial role as habitats that serve educational, recreational and conservation purposes. Biodiversity conservation within urban reserves is a challenging task, particularly since connectivity between a reserve and its surrounding artificial green spaces (e.g. gardens and parks) may affect the ecological processes within the reserve in complex ways. In this context, we studied the feeding interactions between plants and birds to provide evidence that an urban nature reserve is connected to its surrounding artificial habitats by mobile organisms. We focused on fleshy-fruited plants and frugivorous birds, and we used a network approach to describe the feeding interactions between these two guilds. The most important connecting bird was Turdus rufiventris, an abundant and obligate frugivore, whose abundance was positively linked to fruit availability in most of the study sites. The apparent increase in the abundance of T. rufiventris in one habitat when it decreases in the other suggests that the two habitats may be complementary for this species. The nature reserve, with many native plants, however, seems to be the preferred site when both habitats offer an abundant fruit supply. Our results suggest changes in either habitat can have consequences in the other one, which has broad implications for the design of management plans of urban nature reserves.
Fil: Zietsman, Mariki Yvonne. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Cátedra de Botánica General; Argentina
Fil: Montaldo, Norberto Horacio. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Cátedra de Botánica General; Argentina
Fil: Devoto, Mariano. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Cátedra de Botánica General; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description In the current global context of growing urbanization, urban nature reserves play a crucial role as habitats that serve educational, recreational and conservation purposes. Biodiversity conservation within urban reserves is a challenging task, particularly since connectivity between a reserve and its surrounding artificial green spaces (e.g. gardens and parks) may affect the ecological processes within the reserve in complex ways. In this context, we studied the feeding interactions between plants and birds to provide evidence that an urban nature reserve is connected to its surrounding artificial habitats by mobile organisms. We focused on fleshy-fruited plants and frugivorous birds, and we used a network approach to describe the feeding interactions between these two guilds. The most important connecting bird was Turdus rufiventris, an abundant and obligate frugivore, whose abundance was positively linked to fruit availability in most of the study sites. The apparent increase in the abundance of T. rufiventris in one habitat when it decreases in the other suggests that the two habitats may be complementary for this species. The nature reserve, with many native plants, however, seems to be the preferred site when both habitats offer an abundant fruit supply. Our results suggest changes in either habitat can have consequences in the other one, which has broad implications for the design of management plans of urban nature reserves.
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