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作者

Ivo Machar;Pavel Šimek;Martin Schlossárek;Vilem Pechanec;František Petrovič;Jan Brus;Zuzana Špinlerová;Josef Seják

来源

URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING,Vol.67,Issue1,Article 127427

语言

英文

关键字

Bird counting;Heritage city;Management of urban green areas;Urban ecology;Urban parks

作者单位

Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Department of Development and Environmental Studies, Czech Republic;Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Horticulture, Department of Green Biotechnics, Czech Republic;Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Department of Geoinformatics, Czech Republic;Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, 949 74, Nitra, Slovak Republic;Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Department of Forest Botanics, Geobiocoenology and Dendrology, Czech Republic;Jan Evangelista Purkyne University, Faculty of Environment, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic;Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Department of Development and Environmental Studies, Czech Republic;Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Horticulture, Department of Green Biotechnics, Czech Republic;Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Department of Geoinformatics, Czech Republic;Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, 949 74, Nitra, Slovak Republic;Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Department of Forest Botanics, Geobiocoenology and Dendrology, Czech Republic;Jan Evangelista Purkyne University, Faculty of Environment, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

摘要

Biodiversity in urban green areas has been widely explored in several bird studies because birds are known to be important bio-indicators. Many studies have investigated the different responses of bird communities to urbanization and land use changes in urban environments. However, there are still important knowledge gaps related to the impacts of the heterogeneity, spatial structure, and connectivity of green areas on avian diversity. Such information is needed for sustainable urban planning. In this study, we focused on the comparison of bird communities between urban parks in the heritage city of Olomouc and hardwood floodplain forests in the vicinity of the city. The results of the study indicate the high importance of urban parks for the maintenance of bird diversity even though urban parks are man-made habitats. The results highlight the importance of some native vegetation structures in urban parks (old trees, bush ecotones) for maintaining urban bird biodiversity. Some implications of the results can be widely used as a decision support tool for the management of urban green areas and for the planning of ecological networks in urban landscapes.