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Impact of Management on Avian Communities in the Scottish Highlands

Newey, Scott; Mustin, Karen; Bryce, Rosalind; Fielding, Debbie; Redpath, Steve; Bunnefeld, Nils; Daniel, Bronwen; Irvine, R. Justin
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http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2427518
Date
2016
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10.1371/ journal.pone.0155473
Abstract
The protection of biodiversity is a key national and international policy objective. While pro-

tected areas provide one approach, a major challenge lies in understanding how the con-

servation of biodiversity can be achieved in the context of multiple land management

objectives in the wider countryside. Here we analyse metrics of bird diversity in the Scottish

uplands in relation to land management types and explore how bird species composition

varies in relation to land managed for grazing, hunting and conservation. Birds were sur-

veyed on the heather moorland areas of 26 different landholdings in Scotland. The results

indicate that, in relation to dominant management type, the composition of bird species var-

ies but measures of diversity and species richness do not. Intensive management for

grouse shooting affects the occurrence, absolute and relative abundance of bird species.

While less intensive forms of land management appear to only affect the relative abundance

of species, though extensive sheep grazing appears to have little effect on avian community

composition. Therefore enhanced biodiversity at the landscape level is likely to be achieved

by maintaining heterogeneity in land management among land management units. This

result should be taken into account when developing policies that consider how to achieve

enhanced biodiversity outside protected areas, in the context of other legitimate land-uses
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Plos
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PLoS ONE

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