Data from: Movements of neotropical understory passerines affected by anthropogenic forest edges in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

Citation
Hansbauer MM, Storch I, Pimentel RG, Metzger JP, Leu S, Nieto-Holguin J. 2021. Data from: Movements of neotropical understory passerines affected by anthropogenic forest edges in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.rj5sc2bk
Abstract
Edge effects are suggested to have great impact on the persistence of species in fragmented landscapes. We tested edge avoidance by forest understory passerines in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest and also compared their mobility and movement patterns in contiguous and fragmented landscapes to assess whether movements would increase in the fragmented landscape. Between 2003 and 2005, 96 Chiroxiphia caudata, 38 Pyriglena leucoptera and 27 Sclerurus scansor were radio-tracked. The most strictly forest species C. caudata and S. scansor avoided forest edges, while P. leucoptera showed affinities for the edge. Both sensitive species showed larger mean step length and maximal observed daily distance in the fragmented forest versus the unfragmented forest. P. leucoptera did not show any significant difference. There were no significant differences in proportional daily home range use for any of the three species. Our results suggested that fragmentation and the consequent increase in edge areas do influence movement behavior of sensitive forest understory birds that avoided the use of edges and increased the speed and distance they covered daily. For the most restricted forest species, it would be advisable to protect larger patches of forest instead of many small or medium fragments connected by narrow corridors. However, by comparing our data with that obtained earlier, we concluded that movement behavior of resident birds differs from that of dispersing birds and might not allow to infer functional connectivity or landscape-scale sensitivity to fragmentation; a fact that should be taken into consideration when suggesting conservation strategies.
Keywords
Chiroxiphia caudata,Pyriglena leucoptera,Sclerurus scansor,animal tracking,Atlantic rainforest,blue manakin,Chiroxiphia caudata,habitat fragmentation,home range,passerines,Pyriglena leucoptera,rufous-breasted leaftosser,Sclerurus scansor
Taxa
Taxon
Chiroxiphia caudata
Blue Manakin
Taxon
Pyriglena leucoptera
White-shouldered Fire-eye
Taxon
Sclerurus scansor
Rufous-breasted Leaftosser
Sensors
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BibTex
@misc{001/1_rj5sc2bk,
  title = {Data from: Movements of neotropical understory passerines affected by anthropogenic forest edges in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest},
  author = {Hansbauer, MM and Storch, I and Pimentel, RG and Metzger, JP and Leu, S and Nieto-Holguin, J},
  year = {2021},
  URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.rj5sc2bk},
  doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.rj5sc2bk},
  publisher = {Movebank data repository}
}
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TY  - DATA
ID  - doi:10.5441/001/1.rj5sc2bk
T1  - Data from: Movements of neotropical understory passerines affected by anthropogenic forest edges in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest
AU  - Hansbauer, Miriam M.
AU  - Storch, Ilse
AU  - Pimentel, Rafael G.
AU  - Metzger, Jean Paul
AU  - Leu, Stephan
AU  - Nieto-Holguin, Juan-Pablo
Y1  - 2021/11/03
KW  - Chiroxiphia caudata
KW  - animal movement
KW  - Pyriglena leucoptera
KW  - Sclerurus scansor
KW  - animal tracking
KW  - Atlantic rainforest
KW  - blue manakin
KW  - Chiroxiphia caudata
KW  - habitat fragmentation
KW  - home range
KW  - passerines
KW  - Pyriglena leucoptera
KW  - rufous-breasted leaftosser
KW  - Sclerurus scansor
KW  - Chiroxiphia caudata
KW  - Pyriglena leucoptera
KW  - Sclerurus scansor
PB  - Movebank data repository
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.rj5sc2bk
DO  - doi:10.5441/001/1.rj5sc2bk
ER  -
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