Effects of Wind Farms on the Nest Distribution of Magpie (Pica Pica) ]] in Agroforestry Systems of Chongming Island, China ]]]]]]]]
Global Ecology and Conservation 27 (2021) e01536 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Global Ecology and Conservation journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/gecco Effects of wind farms on the nest distribution of magpie (Pica pica) ]] in agroforestry systems of Chongming Island, China ]]]]]]]] Ningning Songa, Huan Xua, Shanshan Zhaoa, Ningning Liua, Shurong Zhonga, Ben Lia,c,⁎, Tianhou Wanga,b,⁎ a School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China b Institute of Eco-Chongming, Shanghai 202162, China c Shanghai Key Lab for Urban Ecological Processes and Eco-Restoration, Shanghai 200241, China article info abstract Article history: The use of wind turbines for energy generation has complex impacts on ecosystems, espe Received 11 January 2021 cially for flying wildlife. Given the importance of birds in many ecosystems and food webs, Received in revised form 4 March 2021 they are often used as ecological indicators to evaluate the direct (e.g., collision mortality) Accepted 5 March 2021 and indirect (e.g., habitat degradation and loss, low food available) impact of wind farms. To test the effect of wind farms on the nest distribution of magpie (Pica pica), a common bird Keywords: species in agroforestry systems on Chongming Island, China, the differences in magpie nest Magpie Nest density variables density variables and character variables were compared between quadrats inside and Nest character outside a wind farm. The relationship between magpie nest character variables and density Wind farm variables in each quadrat was also examined and the impacts of landscape variables on Landscape magpie nest density variables were clarified in each quadrat. From March to December 2019, nest density variables (including total and in-use nest density) were recorded in quadrats inside and outside a wind farm in an agroforestry system on Chongming Island, Shanghai.
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