Scale Differences in the Dependence of Seasonal Bird Diversity on Landscape Structure: A Case Study in Northeastern China
Min Li1,2, Jingjing Wang3, Suxian Hu3, Philip Stott4, Baoqing Lin5, Lianshan Li5, Hui Liu1, Heng Bao1, Duoying Cui6 and Guangshun Jiang1,*
1 College of Wildlife Resources, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, P.R. China
2 Forestry Bureau of Fuzhou City, Fuzhou Jiangxi 344000, China
3 Library of Northeast Forestry University, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, P.R. China
4Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, P.R. China
5Xianghai National Nature Reserve of Jilin, Baicheng, Jilin 137000, P.R. China.
6Beijing Key Laboratory of Captive Wildlife Technologies, Beijing Zoo, Beijing 100044, China
Min Li, Jingjing Wang and Suxian Hu are co-first authors.
* Corresponding author: jgshun@126.com
Fig. 1.
Land cover types, locations of the bird count points (circle centres) and concentric disc-shaped land cover assessment areas in Xianghai National Nature Reserve.
Fig. 2.
Response of seasonal bird species diversity to increasing spatial scales with proportion gradient of open water area in Xianghai National Nature Reserve.
Fig. 3.
Response of seasonal bird species diversity to increasing spatial scales with proportion gradient of farmland area in Xianghai National Nature Reserve.
Fig. 4.
Response of seasonal bird species diversity to increasing spatial scales with proportion gradient of alkaline marsh area in Xianghai National Nature Reserve.