Active restoration facilitates bird community recovery in an Afrotropical rainforest

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dc.contributor.authorLatja, Pirita
dc.contributor.authorValtonena, Anu
dc.contributor.authorMalinga, Geoffrey M.
dc.contributor.authorRoininen, Heikki
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-11T16:48:26Z
dc.date.available2022-12-11T16:48:26Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractActive restoration of rainforests is essential in enhancing the recovery of biodiversity in many tropical regions suffering from deforestation. However, the value of actively restored rainforests for birds is still relatively poorly understood because of the short history of active restoration programs. Here, we studied the recovery of bird communities in Kibale National Park, Uganda.Wesampled birds along a restoration gradient consisting of six restoration areas (3–16 years old) and used five primary forests as reference areas. We found that bird community compositions changed in an orderly fashion along the restoration gradient. The abundance of arboreal insectivore frugivores and forest specialists increased, while that of foliage-gleaning insectivores, granivores and forest visitors decreased towards older sites. The similarity of the bird communities of the restored forests to those of the nearby primary forests increased linearly with time. If this recovery rate is extrapolated to the future, the bird communities could reach a pre-disturbance state after only approximately 20 years of active restoration. However, previous studies have shown that recovery is typically a non-linear process, and the time needed for bird communities to recover is more likely longer than this. Nevertheless, our study provides evidence that bird communities benefit from active rainforest restoration after human-induced deforestation.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLatja, P., Valtonen, A., Malinga, G. M., & Roininen, H. (2016). Active restoration facilitates bird community recovery in an Afrotropical rainforest. Biological Conservation, 200, 70-79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.05.035en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.05.035
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/6167
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBiological Conservationen_US
dc.subjectBird community recoveryen_US
dc.subjectActive restorationen_US
dc.subjectFeeding guilden_US
dc.subjectKibaleen_US
dc.titleActive restoration facilitates bird community recovery in an Afrotropical rainforesten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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