Management guilds as indicators of environmental conditions: a case study with birds and habitat disturbances in the central Monte desert, Argentina
Keywords:
birds, disturbances, fire, grazing, indicators, management guilds, MonteAbstract
Different supra-specific groupings (e.g., guilds, functional groups) are used as management tools to obtain simple or economical indicators of the state of resources or ìhealthî of local communities. One proposed approach was to use ìmanagement guildsî, grouping those species that respond in a similar manner to the impacts in their environment. According to the a priori proposed technique, we classified the species of birds at the central Monte Desert (Biosphere Reserve of Ñacuñán, Argentina) into foraging and nesting guilds, using our own local data of diet, foraging behavior and nesting substrate, emphasizing microhabitat use. We estimated the richness of the bird assemblage, the density of each guild and the structure of the vegetation (cover of vegetation strata) in protected open forest (ìcontrolî) habitats and in habitats affected by the two most common disturbances in this system: fire and grazing. Both perturbations were associated with long-standing important changes in the structure of vegetation, particularly the fire: a reduction of the cover of grasses and woody plants. The number of bird species followed the same trend than the structure of vegetation, but the densities of only some of the foraging and nesting guilds were correlated with these modifications. Obtaining management guilds by grouping species according to the common use of resources is a plausible hypothesis, but not a property established by definition. For example, granivores did not present an homogeneous intra-guild response, and the only guilds that showed a consistent outcome to these disturbances were those whose resources, by definition, were drastically altered (e.g., if there are no shrubs, the birds that forage searching in the shrubs disappear). The a posteriori grouping of species that respond in a similar way to the disturbance may produce a useful tool, but not without problems (circularity, unknown extrapolative power, plausible but fallacious reasoning). In these cases, in which two observable variables are been associated, it is easier and more direct to measure the affected resource rather than the indicator, being the latter unnecessary.
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LOPEZ DE CASENAVE, J. 2001. Estructura gremial y organizaciÛn de un ensamble de aves del desierto del Monte. Tesis de doctorado, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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MAHNER, M & M BUNGE. 1997. Foundations of biophilosophy. Springer Verlag. BerlÌn, Alemania.
MANNAN, RW; ML MORRISON & EC MESLOW. 1984. Comment: the use of guilds in forest bird management. Wildlife Soc. B. 12:426-430.
MARONE, L. 1990. Modifications of local and regional bird diversity after a fire in the Monte Desert, Argentina. Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 63:187-195.
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MARONE, L. 1992. Seasonal and year-to-year fluctuations of bird populations and guilds in the Monte desert, Argentina. J. Field Ornithol. 63:294-308.
MARONE, L & M BUNGE. 1998. La explicación en Ecología. Boletín de la Asociación Argentina de Ecología 7:35-37.
MARONE, L; J LOPEZ DE CASENAVE & VR CUETO. 1997. Patterns of habitat selection by wintering and breeding granivorous birds in the central Monte desert, Argentina. Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 70:73-81.
MEZQUIDA, ET. 2000. Ecología reproductiva de un ensamble de aves del desierto del Monte central, Argentina. Tesis de doctorado, Univ. Autónoma. Madrid, España.
MEZQUIDA, ET. 2001a. Aspects of the breeding biology of the Crested Gallito. Wilson Bull. 113:104-108.
MEZQUIDA, ET. 2001b. La reproducción de algunas especies de Dendrocolaptidae y Furnariidae en el desierto del Monte central, Argentina. Hornero 16:23-30.
MEZQUIDA, ET. 2002. Nidificación de ocho especies de Tyrannidae en la Reserva de Ñacuñán, Mendoza, Argentina. Hornero 17:31-40.
MEZQUIDA, ET & L MARONE. 2000. Breeding biology of Gray-crowned Tyrannulet in the Monte desert, Argentina. Condor 102:205-210.
MEZQUIDA, ET & L MARONE. 2001. Factors affecting nesting success of a bird assembly in the central Monte Desert, Argentina. J. Avian Biol. 32:287-296.
MONROE, BL, JR & CG SIBLEY. 1993. A world checklist of birds. Yale University Press. New Haven, EEUU.
MORRISON, ML; BG MARCOT & RW MANNAM. 1992. Wildlife-habitat relationships: concepts and applications. University of Wisconsin Press. Madison, EEUU.
ROBERTS, TH. 1987. Construction of guilds for habitats assessment. Environ. Manage. 11:473-477.
RODEWALD, PG & KG SMITH. 1998. Short-term effects of understory and overstory management on breeding birds in Arkansas oak-hickory forests. J. Wildlife Manage. 62:1411-1417.
ROIG, FA. 1980. Flora de la Reserva Ecológica de Ñacuñán. Cuaderno Técnico 3-80. Inst. Arg. de Invest. de las Zonas Áridas (CONICET). Mendoza, Argentina.
SEVERINGHAUS, WD. 1981. Guild theory development as a mechanism for assessing environmental impact. Environ. Manage. 5:187-190.
SHANKAR RAMAN, TR; GS RAWAT & AJT JOHNSINGH. 1998. Recovery of tropical rainforest avifauna in relation to vegetation succesion following shifting cultivation in Mizoram, northeastern India. J. Appl. Ecol. 35:214-231.
SHORT, HL & KP BURNHAM. 1982. Technique for structuring wildlife guilds to evaluate impacts on wildlife communities. Special Sci. Rep. Wildlife 244. USDI Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington DC, EEUU.
SIMBERLOFF, D & T DAYAN. 1991. The guild concept and the structure of ecological communities. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 22:115-143.
SZARO, RC. 1986. Guild management: an evaluation of avian guilds as a predictive tool. Environ. Manage. 10:681-688.
VERNER, J. 1984. The guild concept applied to management of bird populations. Environ. Manage. 8:1-14.
WIENS, JA. 1989. The ecology of bird communities. Volume 1. Foundations and patterns. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, Reino Unido.
WILLIAMS, BK. 1997. Logic and science in wildlife biology. J. Wildlife Manage. 61:1007-1015.
WILSON, JB. 1999. Guilds, functional types and ecological groups. Oikos 86:507-522.
ZAR, JH. 1996. Biostatistical analysis. 3ra edn. Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River, EEUU.
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Milesi, F. A., Marone, L., Lopez De Casenave, J., Cueto, V. R., & Mezquida, E. T. (2002). Management guilds as indicators of environmental conditions: a case study with birds and habitat disturbances in the central Monte desert, Argentina. Ecología Austral, 12(2), 149–161. Retrieved from https://ojs.ecologiaaustral.com.ar/index.php/Ecologia_Austral/article/view/1554
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