Nestedness as a conservation tool: plants and birds of oak-hazel woodland in Sweden

Authors
Citation
L. Hansson, Nestedness as a conservation tool: plants and birds of oak-hazel woodland in Sweden, ECOL LETT, 1(3), 1998, pp. 142-145
Citations number
17
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
ECOLOGY LETTERS
ISSN journal
1461-023X → ACNP
Volume
1
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
142 - 145
Database
ISI
SICI code
1461-023X(199811)1:3<142:NAACTP>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Nestedness was examined for vascular planes and birds in the centres and ed ges of 26 sites of ancient oak-hazel woodland in Sweden. Both taxa exhibite d significant nestedness in site centres and for whole sites, but not at th e edges for birds. Woodland ranks of nestedness differed between plants and birds. Rank of nestedness of birds, but not of plants, depended on area. H orizontal habitat structure affected nestedness of both plants and birds. M obility appears decisive for creating rank differences between sites for va rious taxa. High mobility may also explain a greater edge effect in birds f rom allochtonous, more or less transient individuals. Nestedness in relatio n to mobility, particularly at edges, should be of theoretical interest. Th e possible use of nestedness patterns in conservation makes further analyse s urgent for less mobile taxa.