Long‐term avian community response to housing development at the boundary of US protected areas: effect size increases with time

Biodiversity conservation is a primary function of protected areas. However, protected areas also attract people, and therefore, land use has intensified at the boundaries of these lands globally. In the USA, since the 1970s, housing growth at the boundaries (

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Published in:The Journal of applied ecology 2015-10, Vol.52 (5), p.1227-1236
Main Authors: Wood, Eric M, Pidgeon, Anna M, Radeloff, Volker C, Helmers, David P, Culbert, Patrick D, Keuler, Nicholas S, Flather, Curtis H, Fuller, Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adverse effects
avian abundance
avian richness
Biodiversity
birds
Boundaries
breeding
Breeding Bird Survey
Conservation
conservation areas
ecoregions
forests
Housing developments
humans
inholding
land cover
Land use
people
private land
private lands
public land
rural housing
species diversity
species of greatest conservation need
statistical models
surveys
synanthrope
Urban ecology
variance
Wildlife sanctuaries
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Summary:Biodiversity conservation is a primary function of protected areas. However, protected areas also attract people, and therefore, land use has intensified at the boundaries of these lands globally. In the USA, since the 1970s, housing growth at the boundaries (
ISSN:0021-8901
1365-2664
DOI:10.1111/1365-2664.12492