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DOI | 10.1111/gcb.13567 |
Global loss of avian evolutionary uniqueness in urban areas | |
Diego Ibanez-Alamo, Juan1,2; Rubio, Enrique1; Benedetti, Yanina3; Morelli, Federico4 | |
2017-08-01 | |
发表期刊 | GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
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ISSN | 1354-1013 |
EISSN | 1365-2486 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 23期号:8 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Netherlands; Spain; Italy; Czech Republic |
英文摘要 | Urbanization, one of the most important anthropogenic impacts on Earth, is rapidly expanding worldwide. This expansion of urban land-covered areas is known to significantly reduce different components of biodiversity. However, the global evidence for this effect is mainly focused on a single diversity measure (species richness) with a few local or regional studies also supporting reductions in functional diversity. We have used birds, an important ecological group that has been used as surrogate for other animals, to investigate the hypothesis that urbanization reduces the global taxonomical and/or evolutionary diversity. We have also explored whether there is evidence supporting that urban bird communities are evolutionarily homogenized worldwide in comparison with nonurban ones by means of using evolutionary distinctiveness (how unique are the species) of bird communities. To our knowledge, this is the first attempt to quantify the effect of urbanization in more than one single diversity measure as well as the first time to look for associations between urbanization and phylogenetic diversity at a large spatial scale. Our findings show a strong and globally consistent reduction in taxonomic diversity in urban areas, which is also synchronized with the evolutionary homogenization of urban bird communities. Despite our general patterns, we found some regional differences in the intensity of the effect of cities on bird species richness or evolutionary distinctiveness, suggesting that conservation efforts should be adapted locally. Our findings might be useful for conservationists and policymakers to minimize the impact of urban development on Earth's biodiversity and help design more realistic conservation strategies. |
英文关键词 | biodiversity biotic homogenization birds evolutionary distinctiveness human-induced environmental change urban ecology |
领域 | 气候变化 ; 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000404863300005 |
WOS关键词 | BIOTIC HOMOGENIZATION ; PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY ; BIRD COMMUNITIES ; LAND-USE ; DIFFERENT CONTINENTS ; SPECIES-DIVERSITY ; URBANIZATION ; BIODIVERSITY ; CITIES ; CONSERVATION |
WOS类目 | Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology ; Environmental Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/17421 |
专题 | 气候变化 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Groningen, Ctr Ecol & Evolutionary Studies, Behav & Physiol Ecol Grp, POB 11103, NL-9700 CC Groningen, Netherlands; 2.Estn Biol Donana, Dept Wetland Ecol, Avda Amer Vespucio S-N, Seville 41092, Spain; 3.Ctr Naturalist Sammarinese, Via Valdes Carli 21, I-47893 Borgo Maggiore, Republic Of San, Italy; 4.Czech Univ Life Sci Prague, Fac Environm Sci, Dept Appl Geoinformat & Spatial Planning, Kamycka 129, CZ-16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Diego Ibanez-Alamo, Juan,Rubio, Enrique,Benedetti, Yanina,et al. Global loss of avian evolutionary uniqueness in urban areas[J]. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY,2017,23(8). |
APA | Diego Ibanez-Alamo, Juan,Rubio, Enrique,Benedetti, Yanina,&Morelli, Federico.(2017).Global loss of avian evolutionary uniqueness in urban areas.GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY,23(8). |
MLA | Diego Ibanez-Alamo, Juan,et al."Global loss of avian evolutionary uniqueness in urban areas".GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 23.8(2017). |
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