20.500.12556/DiRROS-14124 Green space area and type affect bird communities in a South-eastern European city Urbanization decreases the species richness and results in the homogenization of bird communities. Bird species are important indicator species for biodiversity and reflect the habitat quality of urban forests and other green spaces. In this study we investigated the key drivers that influence bird communities in urban forests and green spaces in the Southeastern European city of Ljubljana, Slovenia. We were interested in how the number of species, species dissimilarity and indicator species are affected by the type of green space (urban forest vs park), area of green space and type of urbanization (urban vs peri-urban areas). We sampled birds twice in 2012 in 39 standardized point counts across Ljubljana. We found that the abundance was influenced by the area of the green space. Species dissimilarity and species turnover are affected by the area and type of green space. Interestingly, the analysis showed that the species composition of peri-urban areas was similar to that of urban areas. Indicator species were found for all environmental variables. On the basis of the results, we suggest the strategy that would increase the diversity of birds and increase the stability of their populations in urban areas. Urban planners should encourage 1) both forests and parks since they harbour different species of birds, 2) larger green spaces since larger areas have species that are more typical of larger areas and 3) a mosaic of a larger number of smaller forest remnants combined with larger forest complex serving as source areas. urban forest bird species composition forest remnant urbanization peri-urban forest bird monitoring species richness urbani gozdovi price Ljubljana zelene površine true false true Angleški jezik Ni določen Neznano 2021-06-14 13:29:07 2021-06-14 13:29:08 2022-08-19 03:39:07 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Opis vira z dne 14. 6. 2021; 8 str. article 127212 Vol 63 Aug. 2021 0000-00-00 PostprintKoncna Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2023-06-12 630*92+630*14(497.4Ljubljana)(045)=111 1610-8167 10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127212 66919427 RAZ_De_Groot_Maarten_i2021.pdf RAZ_De_Groot_Maarten_i2021.pdf 1 FB0F4EDE6568460381C2587BCEB27576 8f1c07a4e31ed200b4ec67b3db7acd20c379d5591c625ac8e3ee7f0836796d8b 96e93f30-17b6-11ed-b6b8-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=17515 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1618866721002375 1 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=17512 Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije 0 0 0