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<p>The study was conducted in the landscapes of south-eastern Ukraine during the nesting seasons 1988–2018. Within the landscape system associated with the Molochny Estuary, the ten most important ecosystem types were investigated, including the following: agricultural land, vegetated strips, meadows, islands and spits, reedbeds, urban areas, salt marshes, steppe, cliffs, artificial forests. Bird species responded to temperature and precipitation gradients. The patterns of responses were presented using Huisman, Olff and Fresco expanded by the Jansen-Oksanen hierarchical models. The nature of species response in the gradient of temperature or precipitation conditions depends on the type of particular ecosystem and is not uniform for all populations inhabiting the different landscape types. The bird communities were revealed to demonstrate an abrupt dynamic over time. The continuous changes in community structure initiated by the external environmental factors are combined with modifications of internal biotic interactions, which may lead to abrupt reorganization of the community.</p>
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The study was conducted in the landscapes of south-eastern Ukraine during the nesting seasons 1988–2018. Within the landscape system associated with the Molochny Estuary, the ten most important ecosystem types were investigated, including the following: agricultural land, vegetated strips, meadows, islands and spits, reedbeds, urban areas, salt marshes, steppe, cliffs, artificial forests. Bird species responded to temperature and precipitation gradients. The patterns of responses were presented using Huisman, Olff and Fresco expanded by the Jansen-Oksanen hierarchical models. The nature of species response in the gradient of temperature or precipitation conditions depends on the type of particular ecosystem and is not uniform for all populations inhabiting the different landscape types. The bird communities were revealed to demonstrate an abrupt dynamic over time. The continuous changes in community structure initiated by the external environmental factors are combined with modifications of internal biotic interactions, which may lead to abrupt reorganization of the community.

Annual course of temperature and precipitation as proximal predictors of birds’ responses to climatic changes on the species and community level

Bogdan Khmelnitsky Melitopol State Pedagogical University

Folia Oecologica

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The study was conducted in the landscapes of south-eastern Ukraine during the nesting seasons 1988–2018. Within the landscape system associated with the...

Annual course of temperature and precipitation as proximal predictors of birds’ responses to climatic changes on the species and community level

Published Online: Jul 31, 2021

Page range: 118 - 135

Received: Dec 19, 2020

Accepted: May 04, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foecol-2021-0013

Keywords
ecological niche, landscape diversity, ordination, temporal dynamic, trajectory analysis

© 2021 Olexander Koshelev et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Annual course of temperature and precipitation as proximal predictors of birds’ responses to climatic changes on the species and community level

Published Online: Jul 31, 2021

Page range: 118 - 135

Received: Dec 19, 2020

Accepted: May 04, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foecol-2021-0013

Keywordsecological niche, landscape diversity, ordination, temporal dynamic, trajectory analysis

© 2021 Olexander Koshelev et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
ecological niche, landscape diversity, ordination, temporal dynamic, trajectory analysis