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Aichun Xu, Maojun Zhong, Ke Tang, Xiaoyi Wang, Chen Yang, Haigen Xu, Jianfeng Yi, Wei Liu, Chunlan Zhang, Junhua Hu. 2021: Multidimensional diversity of bird communities across spatial variation of land cover in Zoige on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Avian Research, 12(1): 25. DOI: 10.1186/s40657-021-00259-4
Citation: Aichun Xu, Maojun Zhong, Ke Tang, Xiaoyi Wang, Chen Yang, Haigen Xu, Jianfeng Yi, Wei Liu, Chunlan Zhang, Junhua Hu. 2021: Multidimensional diversity of bird communities across spatial variation of land cover in Zoige on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Avian Research, 12(1): 25. DOI: 10.1186/s40657-021-00259-4
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Multidimensional diversity of bird communities across spatial variation of land cover in Zoige on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

  • 1.

    College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China

  • 2.

    Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China

  • 3.

    Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing, 210042, China

  • 4.

    Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510260, China

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 31770568

National Natural Science Foundation of China 32071544

"Light of West China" Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 2019XBZG_XBQNZG_A_003

National Major Science and Technology Projects of China 2018YFC0507206

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  • Corresponding author:

    Chunlan Zhang, chunlanzh@qq.com

    Junhua Hu, hujh@cib.ac.cn

  • †Aichun Xu and Maojun Zhong contributed equally to the study

  • Received Date: 02 Feb 2021
  • Accepted Date: 10 May 2021
  • Available Online: 24 Apr 2022
  • Publish Date: 21 May 2021
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  • Background 

    Spatial variation of land cover can result in the changes of community similarities and biotic homogenization, whereby the increasing similarity would reduce the adaptive capacity of biotic assemblages to further disturbance, and degenerate ecosystem services they offer. However, it remains scarce to integrate multidimensional diversity for unveiling how variations in land cover may influence the patterns and processes of biotic homogenization in the Anthropocene. In this study, we examined how spatial variation of land cover could alter taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional homogenization of bird communities simultaneously in a compound ecosystem of Zoige Marsh on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Acting as the largest alpine marsh and peatland in the world, Zoige Marsh has undergone great changes in the land cover pattern due to climate change and anthropogenic activities.

    Methods 

    We conducted transect surveys for bird communities over six years (2014‒2019) during breeding seasons in four main land cover types (meadow, woodland, village and marsh), representing the spatial variation of land covers in the study area. We compared multidimensional diversity (taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity) among land covers to assess the effects of spatial variation in land cover type on bird communities, particularly whether this variation has homogenized biotic communities.

    Results 

    Bird communities during breeding seasons were different and complementary in the four land covers. Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional similarities were significantly lower in meadow than in the other three types, i.e. woodland, village and marsh. However, when we controlled for the effects of taxonomic similarities, the pattern of phylogenetic similarities almost reversed, with the highest standardized effect size (SES) phylogenetic similarity in meadow; and we found no significant difference in SES functional similarity among land covers.

    Conclusions 

    Our results suggest that spatial variation of land cover can play a crucial role in regulating multiple dimensions of bird diversity in Zoige Marsh. The findings indicate that taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional homogenization of bird communities may differently response to the variation of land covers. It thus highlights not only the relative roles of different land covers in maintaining biodiversity and community structures of birds, but also the urgency of retarding ecosystem degradations on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

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  • Correction to: Avian Res (2021) 12:19

    https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-021-00254-9

    Following publication of the original article (Hou et al. 2021), the authors identified an error in Fig. 1. The correct figure is given below.

    Figure  1.  The experiment design in this study
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