The effects of urbanization on bird communities

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The effects of urbanization on bird communities

• Adrian Harwood
• André Prins
• Darren Pietersen
• dwpietersen_at_zoology.up.ac.za

Department of Zoology and Entomology
University of Pretoria
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Research Question

• Does landscape structure and urbanization affect
  bird communities?

Photo Lezel Muller
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Materials and Methods

• Compare
• Richness
• Evenness
• Diversity
• Similarity

Photo Lezel Muller
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Richness
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Rank-Abundance Curve
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Shannon-Wiener Diversity
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Cluster Analysis Dendrogram
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Conclusions

• All sites are disturbed
• Diversity of habitats
• Predation Replace natural predation?