Can artificial perches attract seed-dispersing birds in disturbed dry montane forests?
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https://doi.org/10.25260/EA.24.34.1.0.2179Keywords:
ecological restoration, Tyrannidae, Corvidae, natural perches, secondary forest remnants, distance to forest edge, firesAbstract
The subtropical montane forests of northwest Argentina are among the biomes with the highest restoration priority worldwide. Disturbances due to burning and overgrazing turned some sectors into pastures, but there are still secondary forest remnants with diverse birdlife that could provide effective dispersers to the sites to be restored. The lack of vertebrate-mediated seed dispersal limits the recovery of disturbed forests. An ecological restoration tool that can enhance the seed dispersal by birds is the use of artificial perches. Our aim was to evaluate the usefulness of this perches in attracting seed-dispersing birds. We work in an area formerly affected by fires and livestock, where we installed 24 artificial perches and selected 24 natural perches at two distances from the remaining forest. We recorded the diversity of birds at 20-m-radius bird-watching points in forest remnants and on artificial and natural perches in disturbed areas for 15 minutes in the morning, two consecutive days every 15 days in summer. We found differences in the species composition of forest remnants, artificial perches, and natural perches from disturbed sites, but we did not find differences in the species composition as a function of the distance of the perches from the forest edge. Neither did we find effects on the abundance of birds depending on the type of perch or the distance to the edge of the forest. Artificial perches were more attractive than natural perches for tyranid and corvid dispersers; however, they were not used by the characteristic frugivores of secondary forest remnants.
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