Effects of landscape structure on restoration success in tropical premontane forest

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dc.contributor.authorSan-Jose, Miriamen
dc.contributor.authorWerden, Leland K.en
dc.contributor.authorJoyce, Francis H.en
dc.contributor.authorReid, J. Leightonen
dc.contributor.authorHoll, Karen D.en
dc.contributor.authorZahawi, Rakan A.en
dc.coverage.countryCosta Ricaen
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-19T14:23:16Zen
dc.date.available2022-10-19T14:23:16Zen
dc.date.issued2022-08-04en
dc.description.abstractReversing large-scale habitat degradation and deforestation goes beyond what can be achieved by site-level ecological restoration and a landscape ecology perspective is fundamental. Here we assess the relative importance of tree cover and its configuration on forest-dependent birds and late-successional tree seedlings in restoration sites in southern Costa Rica. The abundance and species richness of birds increased in landscapes with more corridors, higher tree cover, and lower levels of fragmentation, highlighting the importance of riparian corridors for connectivity, and continuous tree cover as suitable habitat. Landscape variables affected abundance and species richness of seedlings similarly, but effects were weaker, possibly because seedlings face establishment limitation in addition to dispersal limitation. Moreover, the scale of landscape effects on seedlings was small, likely because proximal individual trees can significantly influence recruitment in restoration plots. Results underscore the importance of incorporating landscape-level metrics to restoration projects, as knowing the extent, and how the landscape may affect restoration outcomes can help to infer what kind of species will arrive to restoration plots.en
dc.description.notesWe would like to thank the three anonymous reviewers who provided excellent suggestions to improve this manuscript. We thank the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) for all the support received across the entire timeframe of the restoration experiment. We thank Juan Abel Rosales for bird fieldwork and Federico Oviedo-Brenes for help with recruit identification. This research was supported by NSF-DEB 14-56520.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNSF-DEB [14-56520]en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16542-3en
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322en
dc.identifier.issue1en
dc.identifier.other13452en
dc.identifier.pmid35927554en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/112201en
dc.identifier.volume12en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherNature Portfolioen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectseed dispersalen
dc.subjecthabitat fragmentationen
dc.subjectatlantic foresten
dc.subjectprotected areasen
dc.subjectrain-foresten
dc.subjectconservationen
dc.subjectbirdsen
dc.subjectsizeen
dc.subjecttreeen
dc.subjectconfigurationen
dc.titleEffects of landscape structure on restoration success in tropical premontane foresten
dc.title.serialScientific Reportsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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