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dc.contributor.authorArnold, Haley
dc.contributor.authorDeacon, Amy E.
dc.contributor.authorHulme, Mark F.
dc.contributor.authorSansom, Alex
dc.contributor.authorJaggernauth, Dan
dc.contributor.authorMagurran, Anne E.
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-07T15:30:01Z
dc.date.available2021-05-07T15:30:01Z
dc.date.issued2021-06
dc.identifier273340646
dc.identifierb0b9618f-5a5c-433f-aa64-845efafefcc2
dc.identifier85104454051
dc.identifier000646735900001
dc.identifier.citationArnold , H , Deacon , A E , Hulme , M F , Sansom , A , Jaggernauth , D & Magurran , A E 2021 , ' Contrasting trends in biodiversity of birds and trees during succession following cacao agroforest abandonment ' , Journal of Applied Ecology , vol. 58 , no. 6 , pp. 1248-1260 . https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13869en
dc.identifier.issn0021-8901
dc.identifier.otherRIS: urn:1FB2A3EC56F67981F64776677A4B2F53
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-0036-2795/work/93514568
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/23131
dc.descriptionThis research was supported by the University of St Andrews through the Sir Harold Mitchell bequest. AM also acknowledges support from the Leverhulme Trust (PPG-2019-402).en
dc.description.abstract1. Understanding how transformed habitats act as reservoirs of biodiversity is a key challenge at a time when ecosystems are under unprecedented pressure. Here we compare tree and bird biodiversity in actively cultivated and abandoned cacao agroforests, and use a space for time approach to ask how this diversity has changed over 100 years of succession. 2. Tree and bird communities were surveyed in cacao agroforests, secondary forests at different stages of succession and primary forests in the Northern Range of Trinidad, West Indies, to test the prediction that there are consistent temporal trends in alpha and beta‐diversity across taxa. 3. Temporal alpha‐diversity was taxon dependent. We found that tree alpha‐diversity increased with forest age. In contrast, there was no temporal trend in bird alpha‐diversity. Tree and bird species richness were negatively correlated. 4. Tree and bird composition varied with forest age and environmental distance. A greater proportion of native trees, and of highly forest‐dependent and insectivorous birds were found in older forests. 5. Our analyses show that actively cultivated and young abandoned cacao agroforests can sustain high bird alpha‐diversity, despite lower levels of tree alpha‐diversity. Old secondary and primary forests have unique species compositions including more sensitive and specialist species. Compositional shifts with successional stage for both trees and birds produce a patchwork of habitats that contribute to regional gamma‐diversity. 6. Synthesis and applications. Our research highlights the value of actively cultivated cacao agroforests and secondary forest alongside primary forests as reservoirs of biodiversity. By supporting both biodiversity and livelihoods, traditionally grown shade‐cacao agroforests fall within a people and nature framework. Taken together, these results emphasise the contributions of secondary forests, which are often overlooked, to conservation.
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dc.format.extent1332171
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Applied Ecologyen
dc.subjectBird diversityen
dc.subjectCocoaen
dc.subjectMulti-taxaen
dc.subjectPeople and natureen
dc.subjectSecondary forest successionen
dc.subjectTree diversityen
dc.subjectTropical forest biodiversity conservationen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectDASen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.titleContrasting trends in biodiversity of birds and trees during succession following cacao agroforest abandonmenten
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorThe Leverhulme Trusten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Biologyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Biological Diversityen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciencesen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. St Andrews Sustainability Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modellingen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Fish Behaviour and Biodiversity Research Groupen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotlanden
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1365-2664.13869
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.grantnumberORPG-8061en


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