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ArticleEcology and evolution2023

The critical role of coastal protected areas in buffering impacts of extreme climatic conditions on bird diversity and their ecosystem services' provisioning in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Thabiso Michael Mokotjomela, Loyd Rodney Vukeya, Lwandiso Pamla, Zimbini Scott

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Thabiso Michael MokotjomelaSouth Africa National Biodiversity Institute Free State National Botanical Garden Bloemfontein South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4907-9691
Loyd Rodney VukeyaFree State National Botanical Garden Bloemfontein South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6592-2717
Lwandiso PamlaScientific Services Unit Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency East London South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8413-4481
Zimbini ScottSouth Africa National Biodiversity Institute Free State National Botanical Garden Bloemfontein South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8762-4905
South African National Biodiversity Institute · ZAScientific Services · ZAUniversity of the Free State · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we documented the diversity of bird species in the Eastern Cape coastal nature reserves (i.e., Hluleka, Dwesa, Silaka and Mkhambati nature reserves), and determined the potential role of each bird species in habitat maintenance using two functional traits (i.e., body mass and feeding mode) as the function's proxy. We applied the timed species count approach during bird observations, coupled with drive-by surveys to maximise spatial coverage of each nature reserve over four years. To evaluate functional diversity, bird species were classified based on functional traits such as the adult body, and their potential ecological role derived from their feeding mode and habitat associations. Over 864 h, we accumulated 818 bird records containing 178 different bird species that were classified into 58 families with 32 species occurring in all nature reserves. Shannon-Wiener Diversity Indices showed very high overall species diversity across the nature reserves (

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