Cuckoo as indicator of high functional diversity of bird communities: A new paradigm for biodiversity surrogacy

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.08.059" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.08.059</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.08.059" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.08.059</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Cuckoo as indicator of high functional diversity of bird communities: A new paradigm for biodiversity surrogacy

Original language description

We tested the hypothesis that the cuckoo may serve as an effective surrogate for different aspects of biodiversity. Six different measures of biodiversity were estimated for these three bird communities: (a) taxonomic diversity, (b) host species richness, (c) functional richness, (d) functional evenness, (e) functional divergence, and (f) evolutionary distinctiveness. Mixed models were used for studying the patterns of occurrence of the cuckoo in relation to environmental variables and biodiversity measures. The presence of the cuckoo was positively correlated with high values of taxonomic diversity, functional richness and functional evenness, but not with functional divergence or evolutionary distinctiveness of bird communities. We demonstrate that host species represent different levels of functional diversity in bird communities, because they are broadly distributed and occupy many niches for breeding and feeding. The implications for conservation are many: Hotspots determined by the occurr

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10619 - Biodiversity conservation

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

ISSN

1470-160X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

2017

Issue of the periodical within the volume

72

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

565-573

UT code for WoS article

000398426200056

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84985031128