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- Title
REANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF URBANIZATION ON BIRD SPECIES DIVERSITY AROUND AMRAVATI.
- Authors
Mahadik, Shashibhushan B.; Godase, Dadasaheb G.; Patil, Supriya M.; Pisal, Srushti V.; Jadhav, Prakash S.; Warake, Sarita B.
- Abstract
This paper analyzes the impact of urbanization on the diversity of bird species near the city of Amravati, India. The secondary data used for analysis consist of counts of the bird species sampled over the four stages along an urbanization gradient, namely, the rural forest area, peri-urban area, suburban area, and urban area. Exploratory data analysis and analysis of variance show that the urbanization significantly impacts the diversity of bird species in the region. The richness of species decreases with an increasing level of urbanization while the evenness in the urban area is substantially lower than that in other urbanization stages. The overall diversity significantly weakens with the higher stage of urbanization. The species in the region can be classified into notably different groups according to their abundance distribution along an urbanization gradient. The comfort zone of most of the species is the rural forest area. However, some species have adapted themselves to the urbanization to the extent that their comfort zones are the higher urbanization stages.
- Subjects
BIRD diversity; SPECIES diversity; SUBURBS; URBANIZATION; BIRD populations; CITIES &; towns
- Publication
International Journal of Agricultural & Statistical Sciences, 2020, Vol 16, Issue 2, p509
- ISSN
0973-1903
- Publication type
Article