Title

Bird response to land use change in Northern Argentina

Authors

David J. Flaspohler, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

Files

Publication Date

12-1-2016

Description

Land use change is responsible for changes in wildlife populations including declines for many species. When one land cover type is converted into another for forestry, agriculture or pasture, some bird species are harmed while others may be favored. Understanding how biodiversity responds to land use change is essential to allowing us to anticipate and respond to management options and economic drivers of change. We studied the response of a diverse bird community in an historically grassland portion of northern Argentina, where eucalyptus plantations are expanding rapidly to support timber, pulp and incipient bioenergy industries. Plantations contained the fewest bird species and distinct and largely unique (little overlap) bird communities were found in the alternative grassland, agricultural and remnant savanna ecosystems.

Disciplines

Forest Sciences

Recommended Citation

Flaspohler, David J., "Bird response to land use change in Northern Argentina" (2016). TechTalks. 15.
https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/techtalks/15