DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.03.033
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84925958235
论文题名: Bird conservation values of off-reserve forests in lowland Nepal
作者: Dahal B.R. ; McAlpine C.A. ; Maron M.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2014
卷: 323 起始页码: 28
结束页码: 38
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Bird community
; Community participation
; Conservation value
; Forest management
; Tenure arrangement
Scopus关键词: Birds
; Conservation
; Environmental protection
; Biodiversity conservation
; Bird communities
; Bird species richness
; Community participation
; Conservation values
; Long-term conservation
; State managed forests
; Tenure arrangement
; Forestry
; abundance
; avifauna
; biodiversity
; bird
; community resource management
; forest management
; local participation
; lowland environment
; nature reserve
; species diversity
; species richness
; tropical forest
; Nepal
英文摘要: Although protected areas are central to global biodiversity conservation, off-reserve forests are increasingly recognized as potentially important for the long term conservation of biota, particularly in less-developed countries where communities rely directly on resources from natural areas. We assessed the conservation value of differently managed forests for birds in lowland tropical forests of Nepal. In particular, we explored whether their conservation value was additional or complementary to those of formal protected areas. Using data collected from 112 sites in protected areas (n=31), state managed forests (n=37) and community managed forests (n=44), we assessed how bird species richness, abundance, diversity and community composition varied among tenures. Although sites in protected areas had the greatest species diversity, community managed forests supported a complementary assemblage. Of 124 species recorded, only 45% were common to all management tenures. Overall, the distinctiveness and richness of species in sites in forests outside of protected areas contributed substantially to regional avifaunal diversity. These results highlight the potentially critical role of appropriately managed community forests. The maintenance of diverse bird assemblages in forest regions depends on complementary management of forests both outside and inside the established protected areas. © 2014 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/65969
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作者单位: University of Queensland, Landscape Ecology and Conservation Group, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, Brisbane 4067, Australia
Recommended Citation:
Dahal B.R.,McAlpine C.A.,Maron M.. Bird conservation values of off-reserve forests in lowland Nepal[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2014-01-01,323