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dc.contributor.authorWhytock, Robinen_UK
dc.contributor.authorFuentes-Montemayor, Elisaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorWatts, Kevinen_UK
dc.contributor.authorDe Andrade, Patanjaly Barbosaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorWhytock, Roryen_UK
dc.contributor.authorFrench, Paulen_UK
dc.contributor.authorMacgregor, Nicholasen_UK
dc.contributor.authorPark, Kirstyen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-13T23:50:46Z-
dc.date.available2018-04-13T23:50:46Z-
dc.date.issued2018-04en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/25584-
dc.description.abstractEcosystem function and resilience are compromised when habitats become fragmented due to land-use change. This has led to national and international conservation strategies aimed at restoring habitat extent and improving functional connectivity (i.e. maintaining dispersal processes). However, biodiversity responses to landscape-scale habitat creation and the relative importance of spatial and temporal scales is poorly understood, and there is disagreement over which conservation strategies should be prioritised. Addressing these knowledge gaps has been challenging because (1) there can be a significant time lag between habitat creation and biodiversity responses, and (2) many taxa respond to landscape characteristics over large spatial scales. These conditions can be difficult to replicate in a controlled setting but can be simulated using ‘natural’ experiments. Here, we used 160 years of historic post-agricultural woodland creation as a natural experiment to evaluate biodiversity responses to landscape-scale habitat creation. Specifically, we disentangle the direct and indirect relationships between bird abundance and diversity, ecological continuity, patch characteristics and landscape structure, and quantify the relative importance of local and landscape scales. Results suggest that ecological continuity has an indirect effect on total bird species richness through its direct effects on stand structure. However, for functional groups most closely associated with woodland habitats, ecological continuity had little influence. This was probably because woodlands were rapidly colonised by woodland generalists in < 10 years (the minimum patch age), but were on average too young (median 50 years) to be colonised by woodland specialists. Local, patch characteristics were relatively more important than landscape characteristics. We conclude that biodiversity responses to habitat creation are dependent on local and landscape-scale factors that interact across time and space. We also suggest that knowledge gained from studies of habitat fragmentation/loss should be used to inform habitat creation with caution, since the two are not necessarily reciprocal.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserveden_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwellen_UK
dc.relationWhytock R, Fuentes-Montemayor E, Watts K, De Andrade PB, Whytock R, French P, Macgregor N & Park K (2018) Bird-community responses to habitat creation in a long-term, large-scale natural experiment. Conservation Biology, 32 (2), pp. 345-354. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12983en_UK
dc.rights© 2017 The Authors. Conservation Biology published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Society for Conservation Biology. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_UK
dc.subjectLand-use changeen_UK
dc.subjectFragmentationen_UK
dc.subjectRevegetationen_UK
dc.subjectForesten_UK
dc.subjectReforestationen_UK
dc.subjectConservation planningen_UK
dc.subjectEcological networken_UK
dc.titleBird-community responses to habitat creation in a long-term, large-scale natural experimenten_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cobi.12983en_UK
dc.identifier.pmid28685859en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleConservation Biologyen_UK
dc.citation.issn1523-1739en_UK
dc.citation.issn0888-8892en_UK
dc.citation.volume32en_UK
dc.citation.issue2en_UK
dc.citation.spage345en_UK
dc.citation.epage354en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusAM - Accepted Manuscripten_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.author.emailk.j.park@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.date07/07/2017en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationFederal University of Vicosaen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationIndependenten_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationIndependenten_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Kenten_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000428319600010en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-85034036229en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid883730en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-5550-9432en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0001-6080-7197en_UK
dc.date.accepted2017-06-30en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2017-06-30en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2017-07-07en_UK
rioxxterms.apcpaiden_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_UK
local.rioxx.authorWhytock, Robin|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorFuentes-Montemayor, Elisa|0000-0002-5550-9432en_UK
local.rioxx.authorWatts, Kevin|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorDe Andrade, Patanjaly Barbosa|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorWhytock, Rory|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorFrench, Paul|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorMacgregor, Nicholas|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorPark, Kirsty|0000-0001-6080-7197en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2017-07-07en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/|2017-07-07|en_UK
local.rioxx.filenameWhytock_et_al-2018-Conservation_Biology.pdfen_UK
local.rioxx.filecount2en_UK
local.rioxx.source0888-8892en_UK
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