Increasing awareness of avian ecological function.

By Ç. Şekercioğlu. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2006

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Plant-frugivore networks are less specialized and more robust at forest-farmland edges than in the interior of a tropical forest (2012, background): “Frugivory and animal seed dispersal are important processes in forest ecosystems (Sekercioglu 2006).”
Effects of forest composition and structure on bird species richness in a Mediterranean context: Implications for forest ecosystem management (2007, background): “As in other regions of the world, in the Mediterranean region forest birds play an essential functional role in forest ecosystems and are often considered as good biodiversity indicators (Sekercioglu, 2006).”
State of the world's raptors: Distributions, threats, and conservation recommendations (2018, background): “…not just because of their charisma and flagship role (Sergio et al., 2008), but also because reduced abundance of raptors can have cascading effects on ecosystem functioning through changes in the numbers and behavior of their prey (Brown et al., 1988; Terborgh et al., 2001; Şekercioğlu, 2006).”
Birds as agents of seed dispersal in a human-dominated landscape in southern Costa Rica (2008, background): “Many frugivorous birds are persisting, at least in the shortterm, in human-dominated landscapes (Greenberg et al., 1997; Hughes et al., 2002), and these birds may serve important functions such as seed dispersal and pollination (Sekercioglu, 2006).”
Ecological functions of neotropical amphibians and reptiles: a review (2015, background): “However, they are much less studied than mammals (Kunz et al. 2011) and birds (Sekercioglu 2006, Whelan et al. 2008), and scientific knowledge of their role in ecosystem functioning is inconsistent and incomplete (Urbina-Cardona 2008, Valencia-Aguilar et al. 2013).”
Fruit tracking between sites and years by birds in Mediterranean wintering grounds (2008, background): “In the context of increasing awareness of the functional role of birds as ecosystem engineers (Sekercioglu 2006), frugivorous species are of particular conservation concern because they disperse the seeds of many plants in different regions connected by migratory routes.”
Mesopredators dominate competition for carrion in an agricultural landscape (2011, background): “The removal of carcasses by vertebrates is considered an ecosystem service (Sekercioglu 2006), and intact, diverse habitats generally provide ecosystem services more efficiently than disturbed or highly altered habitats (Perfecto et al. 2004; Sekercioglu 2010).”
Global trade-offs of functional redundancy and functional dispersion for birds and mammals (2019, background): “In particular, birds and mammals act as crucial con‐ necting nodes among genetic (pollinators and seed dispersers), resource (nutrient depositor) and trophic processes (primary/sec‐ ondary consumers across habitats), especially across broad scales (Lundberg & Moberg, 2003; Sekercioglu, 2006).”
Avian pest control in vineyards is driven by interactions between bird functional diversity and landscape heterogeneity (2017, background): “…on pest insects has been studied in various natural and agricultural systems, including vineyards, and most studies report a marked reduction in invertebrate biomass by birds, usually ranging from 20% to 70% (Sekercioglu 2006; Barbaro & Battisti 2011; Jedlicka, Letourneau & Cornelisse 2014).”
Pollination and other ecosystem services produced by mobile organisms: a conceptual framework for the effects of land-use change. (2007, positive): “Some ecosystem services, such as pollination, pest control and seed dispersal, are produced at a local scale by mobile organisms foraging within or between habitats (Gilbert 1980; Lundberg & Moberg 2003; Sekercioglu 2006).”
The effects of climate change on tropical birds (2012, background): “…tropical bird species not only interact with one another, but also provide key ecosystem functions and services by interacting with other organisms such as seed dispersers, pollinators, predators, nutrient dispersers, scavengers, and ecosystem engineers (Sßekercioğlu, 2006a; Wenny et al., 2011).”
Ecosystem services by birds and bees to coffee in a changing climate: A review of coffee berry borer control and pollination (2019, background): “These ES are mainly indirect and support or enhance other services (Şekercioğlu, 2006), so neither bird nor their services are generallyTa bl e 1 (c on tin ue d) ES Re fe re nc e Co un tr y Si ze an d nu m be r of st ud y si te s El ev at io n an d cl im at e Co ffe e va ri et y Co ffe e sh ad e Fa…”
Recovery of amphibian, reptile, bird and mammal diversity during secondary forest succession in the tropics (2019, methodology): “These functional groups are similar to those used to link ecosystem functioning with genetic and trophic process (Şekercioğlu 2006, Cumming and Child 2009).”
Ecosystem Services Provided by Birds (2008, background): “As members of ecosystems, birds play many roles, including as predators, pollinators, scavengers, seed dispersers, seed predators, and ecosystem engineers (Sekercioglu 2006).”
BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH: Nestedness for different reasons: the distributions of birds, lizards and small mammals on islands of an inundated lake (2010, background): “…significance in ecosystems as pollinators, seed dispersers, arthropod predators, nutrient depositors and ecosystem engineers (Davic & Welsh, 2004; Sekercioglu, 2006; Zubaid et al., 2006), it is important to evaluate whether different vertebrate groups follow the same mechanisms underlying…”
Bird Predation On Spiders: Ecological Mechanisms And Evolutionary Consequences (2007, background): “This fact has recently led a number of authors to emphasize the importance of bird predation as part of the ‘‘ecological services’’ that human societies rely upon (e.g., Sekercioglu et al. 2004; Fayt et al. 2005; Sekercioglu 2006).”