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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Ecol. Evol.
Sec. Biogeography and Macroecology
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fevo.2024.1421189
This article is part of the Research Topic Indonesian Mangrove Ecology and the Changing Climate View all 3 articles

Exploring the driving factors of bird diversity in mangrove natural protected areas in Guangdong Province, China

Provisionally accepted
Xitao Yang Xitao Yang 1*Rushu Wen Rushu Wen 2*Ming Qu Ming Qu 3*ChunXia Zhang ChunXia Zhang 3*Jianing Luo Jianing Luo 1*Ruijuan Yu Ruijuan Yu 3*Yan Zhao Yan Zhao 3*Guodong Hua Guodong Hua 3*Kaiyuan Tan Kaiyuan Tan 3*
  • 1 Green Infrastructure Institute, Peking University Clinical Research Institute (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China
  • 2 School of Life Science, Jiaying University, Meizhou, Guangdong Province, China
  • 3 Guangdong Forestry Survey and Planning Institute, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

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    Under the impacts of high intensity human activities, mangrove natural protected areas are pivotal strategies for biodiversity conservation and play a significant role in preserving bird diversity.Mangrove natural protected areas in Guangdong Province, China, lie along the migratory path of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, serving as breeding, feeding, and resting grounds for birds. Variations in bird responses to environmental factors are significant. To comprehensively understand these variances, redundancy analysis was employed, focusing on bird diversity surveys conducted from March 2022 to February 2023 in natural protected areas of Guangdong to examine how driving factors such as mangrove habitat landscape, community structure, water quality, and soil sedimentation affected the diversity of avian species. The findings were as follows: (1) A total of 193 bird species spanning 17 orders and 53 families were documented, including 74 songbirds, 60 wading birds, 27 swimming birds, 17 climbing birds, 10 raptors, and 5 terrestrial birds. (2) Regarding the impact of simple effects on all bird species, aquaculture pond area, mangrove extent, and mudflat area emerged as significant factors driving bird diversity, with explanatory rates of 31.0%, 28.9%, and 20.3%, respectively. Notably, the aquaculture pond area was the main driver of bird diversity, with an explanatory rate of 31.0%. (3) Mangrove extent has emerged as a pivotal factor shaping the songbird diversity, climbing birds, raptors, and terrestrial birds, whereas the aquaculture pond area was pivotal for wading birds, swimming birds, and others. To enhance mangrove bird diversity protection, management agencies overseeing natural mangrove protected areas should adopt science-based

    Keywords: mangrove, Natural protected areas, bird, habitat, diversity, factor

    Received: 23 Apr 2024; Accepted: 22 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Yang, Wen, Qu, Zhang, Luo, Yu, Zhao, Hua and Tan. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Xitao Yang, Green Infrastructure Institute, Peking University Clinical Research Institute (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China
    Rushu Wen, School of Life Science, Jiaying University, Meizhou, Guangdong Province, China
    Ming Qu, Guangdong Forestry Survey and Planning Institute, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
    ChunXia Zhang, Guangdong Forestry Survey and Planning Institute, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
    Jianing Luo, Green Infrastructure Institute, Peking University Clinical Research Institute (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China
    Ruijuan Yu, Guangdong Forestry Survey and Planning Institute, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
    Yan Zhao, Guangdong Forestry Survey and Planning Institute, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
    Guodong Hua, Guangdong Forestry Survey and Planning Institute, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
    Kaiyuan Tan, Guangdong Forestry Survey and Planning Institute, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

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