Use of restoration plantings to enchance bird seed dispersal at the roadside: failures and prospects

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dc.contributor.authorTorre Ceijas, Rocío de la
dc.contributor.authorJiménez Escobar, María Dolores
dc.contributor.authorRamírez García, Álvaro
dc.contributor.authorMola, Ignacio
dc.contributor.authorCasado González, Miguel Ángel
dc.contributor.authorBalaguer Núñez, Luis
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-18T05:44:02Z
dc.date.available2023-06-18T05:44:02Z
dc.date.issued2015-10
dc.description.abstractPlantings are commonly used in roadside reclamation for ornamental purposes and for increasing slope stability and road safety. However, the role of these plantings in restoring ecological processes, such as seed dispersal, has received little attention. We carried out a study to assess the potential role of plantings on roadside embankments to attract frugivorous birds and to enhance seed dispersal mediated by birds from the surrounding landscape. We examined: (1) bird species richness and abundance; (2) patterns of avian spatial distribution within embankments and (3) seed dispersal mediated by birds. Bird richness and abundance did not differ between embankments with and without plantings. However, birds were not distributed randomly within embankments, with levels of species richness and abundance for facultative frugivorous between 4.8–8 times higher in areas closer to plantings. An analysis of bird droppings showed that birds only dispersed seeds of the planted species since no seeds of woody plants from matrices were detected. These results suggest that plantings acted as selective birdattractors, providing food and perches for frugivorous species. Nevertheless, the scarcity of seed-dispersing birds in the surrounding agricultural landscape prevented plantings from enhancing seed dispersal and connectivity to adjacent habitat.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución
dc.description.facultyFac. de Ciencias Biológicas
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.sponsorshipMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
dc.description.sponsorshipComunidad de Madrid
dc.description.statuspub
dc.eprint.idhttps://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/41854
dc.identifier.doi10.3846/16486897.2015.1079529
dc.identifier.issn1648-6897, ESSN: 1822-4199
dc.identifier.officialurlhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3846/16486897.2015.1079529
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/23195
dc.issue.number4
dc.journal.titleJournal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.final311
dc.page.initial302
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.relation.projectIDECONECT project: CDTI IDI-20120317
dc.relation.projectIDREMEDINAL3-CM (S2013/MAE-271)
dc.rights.accessRightsrestricted access
dc.subject.cdu574
dc.subject.cdu598.2
dc.subject.keywordEcological connectivity
dc.subject.keywordEcological memory
dc.subject.keywordLandscape structure
dc.subject.keywordMobile links
dc.subject.keywordOrnamental plantings
dc.subject.keywordLandfill
dc.subject.ucmAves
dc.subject.ucmEcología (Biología)
dc.subject.unesco2401.20 Ornitología
dc.subject.unesco2401.06 Ecología animal
dc.titleUse of restoration plantings to enchance bird seed dispersal at the roadside: failures and prospects
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dc.volume.number23
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